They just held the first World Congress of Scottish Literatures.
In The Herald Rosemary Goring believes this means Literary scene gets chance to go global, as:
Stuff like a ... supplemental site dedicated to a forthcoming symposium, 21st Century Scottish Fiction: Where are we now ? are ... neat, but maybe a bit limited in scope. Still, good to see a decent amount of activity.
Meanwhile, The Scotsman has a 'revised and reduced version' of James Robertson's plenary address to the congress, arguing: Scots Literature speaks to all
In The Herald Rosemary Goring believes this means Literary scene gets chance to go global, as:
On this, the final day of the inaugural World Congress of Scottish Literatures, The International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures (IASSL) comes into being, with the promise of spreading the teaching and research into Scottish literature in universities world-wide.I like the enthusiasm and ambition but have got to wonder how great world-wide interest is in devoting resources to teaching and research in this area (as, certainly in the US, most literature/language departments seem to be shrinking and shriveling to near nothingness before our very eyes). But apparently things look good in Canada ....
Stuff like a ... supplemental site dedicated to a forthcoming symposium, 21st Century Scottish Fiction: Where are we now ? are ... neat, but maybe a bit limited in scope. Still, good to see a decent amount of activity.
Meanwhile, The Scotsman has a 'revised and reduced version' of James Robertson's plenary address to the congress, arguing: Scots Literature speaks to all