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ASLS ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2012Crossing the Highland Line in the 19th Century:
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The nineteenth century saw the romanticisation of the Highlander, the rise of tartanry and the emergence of the modern Scottish tourist industry. It also witnessed the worst excesses of the Clearances and the beginnings of an exodus from the Highlands to the industrial cities and to the colonies. This conference will examine the literary culture of Scotland – Highland and Lowland – during this transformational period, and will explore its interactions and intersections.
- Reduced rate (ASLS members/students/unwaged): £40 each
- Full rate: £50 each
- Conference dinner, Saturday 9 June: £30 each
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Accommodation (including breakfast) at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is available at preferential rates:
- Single room: £32 per night
- Double room: £56 per night
To book accommodation, please contact:
Deputy Facilities Manager
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Sleat
Isle of Skye
IV44 8RQ
Tel: +44 (0)1471 888675
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PROGRAMME
Friday 8 June
| 18:30 | Optional buffet |
| 20:15 | Opening of conference (Boyd Robertson and Ian Brown) |
| 20:30 | Contacts and tensions between Highlands and Lowlands (Allan MacInnes) |
| 21:15 | “The Highland Drover”: the plays of Archibald Maclaren (Ian Brown and Gioia Angeletti) |
| 22:00 | Bar open |
Saturday 9 June
| 9:15 | What can Walter Scott offer us today? (Christopher Whyte) |
| 9:45 | The poetry of Ailean Dall (Ronald Black) |
| 10:15 | Tea & coffee |
| 10:45 | James Hogg and the Highlands (Suzanne Gilbert) |
| 11:15 | The great folk collectors (D. W. Stewart) |
| 11:45 | Break |
| 12:00 | The Edinburgh journals and the Highlands (David Manderson) |
| 12:30 | Gaelic periodicals (Sheila Kidd) |
| 13:00 | LUNCH |
| 14:00 | Robert Louis Stevenson: the Lowland Highlander (Christopher MacLachlan) |
| 14:30 | The unknown William Livingstone: four songs (Christopher Whyte) |
| 15:00 | Tea & coffee |
| 15:30 | Art, the Highlands and the Celtic Revival (Murdo Macdonald) |
| 16:15 | Conclusion of papers |
| 19:00 | CONFERENCE DINNER |
| 21:00 | Ceilidh: featuring Margaret Bennett |
Sunday 10 June
| 10:00 | Màiri Mhòr and the land struggle (Mark Wringe) |
| 10:30 | “That fairyland of poesy”: the Highlands in 19th century novels by women (Pam Perkins) |
| 11:00 | Tea & coffee |
| 11:30 | Neil MacLeod, bard of Skye and Edinburgh (Meg Bateman) |
| 12:00 | From Celtic Revival to Scottish Literary Renaissance (Douglas Gifford) |
| 13:00 | Optional buffet lunch |
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For further information please contact
| Staff: | Duncan Jones |
| Address: | ASLS Scottish Literature University of Glasgow 7 University Gardens Glasgow G12 8QH Scotland |
| Phone/Fax: | +44 (0) 141 330 5309 |
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Last updated 29 February 2012.