SFU Research Centre for Scottish Studies
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The Simon Fraser University Research Centre for Scottish Studies is based in Canada. We focus on Scottish history, literature & links between Scotland & Canada.
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Thursday marked the 750th anniversary of the birth of King Robert the Bruce. Check out Historic Environment Scotland's page devoted to "Good King Robert." Watch videos, read blog posts, test your knowledge with quizzes, and much more. buff.ly/4eXtidp #scottishsfu #RoberttheBruce
Director Dr. Leith Davis recently met up w/ SFU alumnus Emma Ghislaine Henderson who graduated w/ her MA from University of Kent. In this story, Emma shares her experience studying overseas, writing a thesis, & more. buff.ly/3zVvKkl #scottishsfu @sfufass SFU Alumni @SFUhistory
Check out this fascinating Q & A with Irvine Welsh. Discover which book made he want to become a writer, which book he's reading now, and much more. buff.ly/4c8ijfb #scottishsfu
Scotland's Makar, Kathleen Jamie, speaks about her book, "Carin", in which she "uses personal notes, prose poems, micro-essays and fragments to make sense of our fractured world." Read the full article. buff.ly/3YnUvA8 #scottishsfu #scottishpoetry
Robert Burns’s POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT was published #OTD, 31 July 1786. Copies of the book are 3 times rarer than the Shakespeare First Folio: Patrick Scott/SSL & Allan Young are tracking the histories of surviving Kilmarnock Editions thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/kilmar…
West Lothian secondary school students got a visit from Jackie Kay & received a "book vending machine". The machine stocks 1000+ books written by authors of colour. Free for students to use, teachers manage the device using a tokens. buff.ly/4dZhXZ1 #scottishsfu
Congratulations to our director, Professor Dr. Leith Davis, for receiving Canada's highest academic honour! Professor Davis has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. #scottishsfu RSC // SRC
The poet Robert Fergusson was born on this day in Edinburgh in 1750. He only lived until the age of 24, but his influence on poets like Robert Burns was key. Learn more about Fergusson from this Association for Scottish Literature video. buff.ly/3MwSv19 #scottishsfu #robertfergusson