New publication in the SCROLL series! The collective monograph 'Hugh MacDiarmid 1923-2023: Visions and Revisions', edited by Camille Manfredi, Fiona Paterson, and Philippe Laplace, is now available as an e-book from @dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. brill.com/display/titl...

Hugh MacDiarmid 1923-2023

"Hugh MacDiarmid 1923-2023" published on 04 Aug 2026 by Brill.

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Kang-Yen Chiu received the 2025 Jack Medal for the chapter on 'Translation and Film Adaptation of Ivanhoe in the Modern History of Taiwan,’ published in the SCROLL volume 'Scotland and China' (2025), ed. Daisy Li Li & John Corbett. brill.com/display/titl... @dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social

International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures@iassl.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Kang-Yen Chiu received the 2025 Jack Medal for his chapter 'Translation and Film Adaptation of Ivanhoe in the Modern History of Taiwan,’ published in 'Scotland and China: Literary Encounters' (@scroll-scotlit.bsky.social, @degruyterbrill.bsky.social, 2025). Read the statement: tinyurl.com/255n2rm6

Congratulations to Kang-Yen Chiu, recipient of the 2025 Jack Medal for the chapter ‘The Translation and Film Adaptation of Ivanhoe in the Modern History of Taiwan.' The chapter appeared in 'Scotland and China: Literary Encounters' (2025), ed. Daisy Li Li & John Corbett. brill.com/display/titl...

International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures@iassl.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Kang-yen Chiu (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan) is the recipient of the 2025 Jack Medal. Sarah Sharp (@abdnriiss.bsky.social @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social) was awarded the Honourable Mention. Congratulations! 🏵️ Find out more about the awardees: tinyurl.com/255n2rm6

Happy Gray Day! Gavin Miller's 'Alasdair Gray: The Fiction of Communion' argues that Scottish social anthropology and psychiatry, including W. Robertson Smith, J.G. Frazer and R.D. Laing, can be seen as formative influences on Gray’s anti-essentialist vision of Scotland. brill.com/display/titl...

@chaminadeuniv.bsky.social on one of the latest SCROLL volumes: 'Scottish Literature of the South Seas'. According to the co-editors, Richard J. Hill and Allison E. Francis, the volume has "traced very early Scottish literary presence through to modern day parallels that has not been done before.”

Professors Publish Volume on Scottish Literature in the Pacific

The project grew out of a 2019 conference at Chaminade.

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Co-editors Li Li and John Corbett introducing the latest SCROLL volume, 'Scotland and China: Literary Encounters', which surveys the role of China in Scottish literature, and the translation and reception of Scottish literature in China. @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social

Scotland and China - Literary Encounters

YouTube video by John Corbett

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With the International Women's Day approaching, why not revisit Kirsten Stirling's 'Bella Caledonia: Woman, Nation, Text' (2008). The monograph looks at the tradition of using a female figure to represent the nation, focusing on twentieth-century Scottish literature. brill.com/display/titl...

Bella Caledonia

"Bella Caledonia" published on 01 Jan 2008 by Brill.

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25 February is the #GrayDay. In 'The Fiction of Communion', Gavin Miller re-opens contact between Alasdair Gray and those Scottish and European philosophers and psychologists who helped shape his literary vision of personal and national identity. brill.com/display/titl...

Alasdair Gray

"Alasdair Gray" published on 01 Jan 2005 by Brill.

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Latest from SCROLL: 'Scotland and China: Literary Encounters', edited by Li Li and John Corbett. The volume surveys the role of China in Scottish literature, and the translation and reception of Scottish literature in China. 👉 brill.com/display/titl...

Scotland and China

"Scotland and China" published on 20 Feb 2025 by Brill.

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Donna Heddle & @paulmalgrati.bsky.social (@insuhi.bsky.social) are the co-editors of 'France and Scotland in Literature: Auld and New Alliances', a new volume exploring connections between French & Scottish Literature. To be published by SCROLL (@dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social) in 2026. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇫🇷

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Prof Donna Heddle & Dr Paul Malgrati @thinkuhi.bsky.social to edit new volume exploring the rich ties between French & Scottish #Literature @degruyterbrill.bsky.social see blog tinyurl.com/bp6zrt52 @asls.org.uk @iassl.bsky.social

Corey E Andrews' 'The Genius of Scotland: The Cultural Production of Robert Burns, 1785-1834' investigates the figure of Burns as constructed by warring cultural forces in the literary marketplace in the Scottish Enlightenment and beyond. brill.com/display/titl... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

The Genius of Scotland

"The Genius of Scotland" published on 27 Mar 2015 by Brill.

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Scottish poet Thomas Pringle, born 5 January 1789, emigrated to the Cape Colony in 1820. As Patrick Lenahan argues, the sonnet became his choice for capturing his experiences and personal crises, and the greater trauma of colonial appropriation and racial oppression. 👉 brill.com/display/titl...