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Sheila Kidd

@sheilamkidd.bsky.social

Ollamh Litreachas agus Eachdraidh nan Gàidheal | Professor of Gaelic Literature and History @uofglasgow.bsky.social https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/sheilakidd/

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Association for Scottish Literature@asls.org.uk · 3d ago

CFP: Religious Texts in the Celtic Languages, 1500–1900 24–25 May 2027 @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Abstracts invited on any linguistic, philological, literary, historical or theological topic relating to religious prose & verse in the Celtic languages, from 1500 to 1900 llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scott...

Religious Texts in the Celtic Languages, 1500–1900 | Celtic & Scottish Studies | Literatures Languages and Culture

A two-day conference exploring religious prose and verse from between 1500 and 1900, written in Celtic languages including Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. Call for papers curr...

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Faclair na Gàidhlig@faclair.bsky.social · 4d ago

🍂🍁 Newsletter – Autumn 2026 🍂🍁 At the start of autumn and a new academic year, we look back in this newsletter at our activity over the summer. We’ve been really busy! #Gaelic #lexicography #historicallexicography

Faclair na Gàidhlig – Cuairt-litir | Newsletter

’S e toiseach an fhoghair a tha ann agus toiseach bliadhna ùir acadaimigich. Anns a’ chuairt-litir seo bheir sinn sùil air ais air cuid dhe na bha sinn ris as t-samhradh. Abair gun robh sinn dripeil!

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Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco@joshpizpom.bsky.social · 2w ago

EXC: 90 programmes in Edinburgh University's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are to be closed. The casualties, which include 48 language and literature programmes, will be 'taught out', w/ no admissions after 2027. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2655839...

Ninety programmes to close at leading university as savings plan takes shape

According to the document, a total of 90 programmes will be “taught out” over the next several years, including 48 in the School of Language.

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Irish in Britain@irishinbritain.bsky.social · 2w ago

Professor Mícheál Ó Mainnín will give a lecture on the portrayal of the Irish language by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and the motivations for some negative stereotypes which were to prove resilient & enduring in later centuries 6pm Thurs 1 Oct https://ow.ly/SoRF50ZKFZL

Shakespearean England and Views of the Irish Language

The Irish language has been associated with politicisation and conflict, particularly in the context of contemporary Northern Ireland identity politics. However, debates around the language extend much further back in time and some key elements of the discourse may be traced to the sixteenth century in particular.This lecture looks at the portrayal of the Irish language by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and the motivations for some negative stereotypes which were to prove resilient and enduring in later centuries.

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Association for Scottish Literature@asls.org.uk · last mo.

The earth belongs unto the Lord and all that it contains except for the West Highland piers for they belong to MacBraynes —Anon. “The crossing between Stornoway and Ullapool is short on a map, but it stretches in the mind” – Kevin MacNeil on crossing the Minch bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/08/25/t...

The Ferry: Moving Between Two Worlds

As children, we knew ferries before we knew geography. The Mainland was acknowledged to be a large and slightly nebulous place where everything happened. It existed first as something that was part…

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Sheila Kidd@sheilamkidd.bsky.social · last mo.

Meal a naidheachd dha @graceq22.bsky.social Many congratulations to Grace who was successful in her viva yesterday (supervised by Martin MacGregor and myself). 🍾 I failed to take a photo to mark the occasion, but her excellent thesis will be available via Glasgow University Library in due course

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The Past and other Places@pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · last mo.

Sluagh gun ghuth – ‘A people without a voice’: Reconstructing the past in a West Highland community. Prof Hugh Cheape. Saturday 12 Sept 2026, 14:00 - 15:00, RSE Edinburgh. #gaelic #LocalHistory #skystorians #Curious #Scotland rse.org.uk/event/sluagh...

Sluagh gun ghuth – ‘A people without a voice’: Reconstructing the past in a West Highland community

Discover the story of a West Highland community through the objects they left behind.

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Comann Gàidhlig Ghlaschu@cgaidhligghlaschu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Oidhche nam Bàrd: Pàdraig MacAoidh, Anne Frater, Niall O’ Gallagher, Sandy NicDhòmhnaill, Rody Gorman, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Màrtainn Mac an t-Saoir, Maoilios Caimbeul, Crìsdean MacIlleBhàin, agus Meg Bateman. Ceòl le Alasdair MacIlleBhàin, Gillebrìde MacIlleMhaoil & Claire Frances NicNèill.

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Association for Scottish Literature@asls.org.uk · 3mo ago

14 July, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow: £5 Bidh Oidhche san Taigh-tasgaidh a’ comharrachadh gu bheil Oilthigh Ghlaschu a’ cumail co-labhairt eadar-nàiseanta na Gàidhlig, Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig Night at the Museum marks @glasgow.ac.uk hosting Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oidhche-sa...

Oidhche san Taigh-tasgaidh | Night at the Museum

Bidh Oidhche san Taigh-tasgaidh a' comharrachadh gu bheil Oilthigh Ghlaschu a' cumail co-labhairt eadar-nàiseanta na Gàidhlig

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International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures@iassl.bsky.social · 4mo ago

On 11-12 May 2026, IASSL members Nigel Leask and Peadar O Muircheartaigh @pomuirch.bsky.social organised a symposium in the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, entitled ‘Perspectives on the Gaelic Caribbean: Irish, Scottish and Caribbean Connections’. The recording is now available on YouTube.

Perspectives on the Gaelic Caribbean: Irish, Scottish and Caribbean Connections - Day 1

YouTube video by The Barbados Museum & Historical Society

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Sheila Kidd@sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 6mo ago

If anyone who follows me is following the account below, which appeared at the start of the week, it's fake (my middle initial is missing) and it has lifted my bio and picture. It has been reported but is currently still there.

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Faclair na Gàidhlig@faclair.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Faclair na Gàidhlig’s winter newsletter is out now! Read it here or send us your email address to receive the newsletter directly to your inbox: sway.cloud.microsoft/uGL96lHBVH5S... #gàidhlig #gaidhlig #faclair #lexicography

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Project ERSKINE | Radical Gaelic Magazines 1900s – 1930s@erskineproject.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New substantial essay by Tòmas MacAilpein on Aonghas MacEanraig | Angus Henderson (1866–1937), one of the most important and prolific contributors of journalistic writing to Erskine's magazines, has been published in the latest issue of the journal Aiste. Available in open access.

Aonghas MacEanraig (1866–1937), à Àird nam Murchan: A bheatha agus a chuid sgrìobhaidhean | Aiste – Rannsachadh air Litreachas Gàidhlig / Studies in Gaelic Literature

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