Congratulations to IASSL members @rhonabrown.bsky.social and @wilcocksonamy.bsky.social on their new edited publication: '‘O’er a’ my labours sey your skill’: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson' (Taproot Press), published as part of the @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social project.

A talk by IASSL member Fernando Toda @usaloficial.bsky.social on the translations of Barbour's Bruce and Hary's Wallace into Spanish: 2 October, 5:30 UK time, in person at @uofglasgow.bsky.social & online. Book your free ticket!

Bidh Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig a' tilleadh! 14mh–16mh Iuchar 2026 aig @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Cumaibh sùil air @rannsachadh2026.bsky.social.

The latest issue of the Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies is now available in open access, with contributions by IASSL members Anna Fancett, Arianna Introna, and Petra Johana Poncarová.

The Review of Scottish Culture is now open for submissions to Issue 31. ROSC encourages multi- and interdisciplinary research on the ethnology of Scotland. journals.ed.ac.uk/rosc

The call for submissions & nominations for the 2025 Jack Medal is open until 30 November. We welcome articles & chapters on subjects related to Reception or Diaspora in Scottish Literatures (including Scots, English, Gaelic, and Latin). scotlit-iassl.org/awards/the-j...

If you missed our latest webinar 'Bridging Cultures: Scottish Literature in Korean,' organised by colleagues from Yonsei University, the complete recording is now available on the IASSL YouTube channel.

Today (Monday 8 September 2025) at 13:00 UK time / 21:00 South Korea time: our webinar 'Bridging Cultures: Scottish Literature in Korean.' All welcome!

📬 The latest issue of the IASSL newsletter, with information about recent and upcoming events, new publications, calls for papers, and much more, has just been dispatched to all members! 📬 You can also read it on the IASSL website: scotlit-iassl.org/membership/n...

John Buchan was born on 26 August 1875 #OTD in Perth. To mark the anniversary, @uofglasgow.bsky.social hosted earlier this year a lecture by IASSL trustee @murrayp.bsky.social, who has also written on Buchan for our latest newsletter. Lecture: tinyurl.com/4dhnta72 Newsletter: tinyurl.com/6sf56zxx

Deadline reminder: applications for the 'Robert Burns and the Environment' PhD Studentship at @glasgowburns.bsky.social close on Monday 18th August 2025. Research Outlines are welcomed on any aspect of 'Robert Burns and the Environment' broadly conceived.

'Diasporic documents from the Gaelic Atlantic,' in-person one-day workshop at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, 5 September. Speakers include IASSL members Rob Dunbar, @pomuirch.bsky.social, and Silke Stroh. All welcome, registration required.

New publications by our members: Ines Gstrein's article 'Towards a New Formalist Approach to Short Fiction: Janice Galloway’s Jellyfish as a Case Study' appeared in Short Fiction in Theory and Practice 14:1 (2024), as part of a special issue on the short story and ecology. Congratulations!

We are delighted to announce the next IASSL webinar: 'Bridging Cultures: Scottish Literature in Korean,' Monday 8 September 2025, 13:00 BST / 21:00 KST. All welcome! Papers by Meehyun Chung, L. M. Ratnapalan, Paul Tonks and John M. Frankl.

Congratulations to IASSL member Patra Jumsai Na Ayudhya who has recently become one of the Student Ambassadors of the Asia Scotland Institute. Patra is interested in bringing a wider range of Scottish writing to Thai audiences. 🇹🇭 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

IASSL is delighted to announce that the Fifth World Congress of Scottish Literatures is going to be held at Nanjing Normal University on 17-20 June 2027. Find out more about our events & congresses: scotlit-iassl.org/events/

New publications by our members: Karin M. Danielsson's article on learning, liberation, and posthumanism in Eric Linklater's novel The Wind on the Moon appeared in the @springernature.com journal Children’s Literature in Education (March 2025).

The John Galt Society welcomes applications for a grant (of up to ₤1000) to defray expenses incurred in connection with research into the works, life or influence of John Galt. Archival and digital projects are eligible. The Grant will be awarded annually. thejohngaltsociety.com/research-gra...

William K. Malcolm’s biography, 'History of a Revoluter: The Life of James Leslie Mitchell/Lewis Grassic Gibbon,' was launched in May 2025. It is the most substantive study of Leslie Mitchell to date, featuring forty illustrations and full critical apparatus. Congratulations!

To promote the work and activities of our diverse network of members, IASSL runs a dedicated series of short videos, '10 Minutes With'. Visit our website to browse through the individual interviews. 🌐🎤

Did you miss the IASSL webinar 'Environmental Scotland III' on Wednesday? The recording is now available on our YouTube channel! Dana Graham Lai (Simon Fraser University) on Ellen Johnston and Alex Dick (University of British Columbia) on Walter Scott.

📩 The spring issue of the IASSL newsletter (2025/II), featuring latest publications, calls for papers, grant calls, and much more, has just been dispatched! All members receive it directly by e-mail, and it is also freely available on our website.

Tonight at 6 pm UK time / 7 pm CET time: webinar 'Environmental Scotland III', with Dana Graham Lai (Simon Fraser University) on the autobiography, poems and songs of Ellen Johnston and Alexander Dick (University of British Columbia) on Walter Scott and coastal poetics. All welcome!

Online Zoom Forum: 'Edwin Muir: The Spiritual, Ecological, and Community Vision in his Life and Work.' Wednesday 21 May 2025, 7pm-9pm GMT. Featuring contributions by IASSL members Charles Sabatos and Geraldine Coleman @ginorgym.bsky.social.

Upcoming online event by The Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster, 6 May, 7 pm GMT: 'Gaelic and Scots: Cultural Connections and Inspirations in the 20th Century'. Talks on Douglas Young, George Campbell Hay, William Neill, translation, and the magazine Gairm. Free but ticketed.

Wednesday 30 April 2025 10 am CET, at Université de Bretagne-Occidentale & on ZOOM: 'Radical Scottish Gaelic Magazines in the Twentieth Century and Contacts with Brittany' by @poncarova.bsky.social, hosted by Héritage et Création dans le Texte et l'Image & Centre de recherche bretonne et celtique.

Big news 🎓 The IASSL PhD Award is open! For theses on Scottish literature completed outside the UK (June 2024–26). Encourage your colleagues to submit! The first award will be delivered in June 2027 at our Philadelphia Conference. More details here: scotlit-iassl.org/awards/iassl...

Call for Papers: Scotland in Europe VI: 2-24 October 2025, University of Warsaw. The conference seeks to highlight the interdisciplinary nature of the topic and to facilitate cooperation between different European academic centres. Deadline: 31 May 2025. ia.uw.edu.pl/scotland-in-... 🇵🇱 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌍

The John Buchan 150 Lecture, delivered by @murrayp.bsky.social at @uofglasgow.bsky.social to commemorate John Buchan (1875–1940) on the anniversary of his birth, is now available on YouTube: youtu.be/AF_CEWklqEA?...

Boswell Book Festival @bozzybookfest.bsky.social, the world's only festival of biography and memoir, takes place on 9-11 May at Dumfries House, featuring Lionel Dumas-Perini's documentary on the intertwined lives and times of James Boswell and Corsica’s Pascale Paoli. Some events will be streamed.

A workshop on connections between Alasdair Gray and Edwin Morgan by IASSL member Domenico Di Rosa at the @agrayarchive.bsky.social coming up next Wednesday. Reserve your spot for free!

Did you miss the IASSL webinar on 'BOSLIT: Bibliography of Scottish Literature in Translation: Creating Digital Futures and Networks' with Kirsteen McCue and @paulmalgrati.bsky.social last Thursday? A full recording is now available on our YouTube channel! 🌐 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Upcoming IASSL webinar on 20 March! Kirsteen McCue and @paulmalgrati.bsky.social will talk about 'BOSLIT: Bibliography of Scottish Literature in Translation: Creating Digital Futures and Networks', the history of BOSLIT, and its new beginnings. All welcome! scotlit-iassl.org/2025/03/04/b...

Did you know Derrick McClure has published the first-ever poetic translation of Andreas and The Fates of the Apostles into any language! Old English + Scots verse side by side. 📖 #Translation #ScotsLanguage

📩 The first IASSL newsletter of 2025 has been dispatched! If you are a member, check your inbox, or read it on our website: mailchi.mp/579e4758f9bf... 📩

Love Burns? ❤️🔥 Check out Leith Davis’ latest essay on Robert Burns & Romantic-era book illustration in The Oxford Handbook of Robert Burns (Oxford UP, 2024). A fresh look at Burns's early memorialisation. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Jean Baxter, dedicatee of Sunset Song, finally gets her due! 🌅 Another Song at Sunset by her grandaughter, Alison Baxter, reveals her influence on Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Available now on Amazon.

Scotland & the Coast 🌊 – Call for Papers! The 24th international congress of the French Society for Scottish Studies will be in La Rochelle, Oct 15-17, 2025. Submit your proposal by March 15, 2025!

🏵️ Announcing the 2024 Jack Medal! 🏵️ Gioia Angeletti received the Honourable Mention for the article ‘Scottish Literature of Migration and Transculturality: Subversive Reticence and Gender Negotiations in Lady Anne Barnard’s Cape Writings.' 🎊 Congratulations! Full statement: tinyurl.com/2ac53d5j

🏵️ Announcing the 2024 Jack Medal! 🏵️ Eleoma Bodammer @eleoma.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social was awarded the medal for the chapter ‘John Stuart Blackie (1809-1895): Translating Faust I in Scotland (1834).' Congratulations! 🎉 Read her full statement about the award: tinyurl.com/2ac53d5j

The John Buchan 150 Lecture, celebrating the anniversary of the author's birth, will be delivered by @murrayp.bsky.social on Tuesday 11 March 2025 at 5.30pm at @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Online tickets are available on Eventbrite (link in the article).

Who was Robert Fergusson—poet, prodigal son, or tavern rat? 🤔 Watch Rhona Brown's lecture on Scotland’s "unofficial poet laureate" at the National Galleries. 🎥 Recording available now!

Last Call for Poems! 📝 "Contemporary Responses to Robert Fergusson" – Taproot Press invites poetry submissions in Scots, English & Gaelic. Deadline: Feb 28, 2025. Submit now! 🔗

New Book Alert! 📚 Regional Romanticism: Literature and Southwest Scotland, c.1770–1830 by Gerard Lee McKeever tracks the rise of regional identity in literature. A must-read for Romanticism & Scottish studies fans!

Online exhibition alert! 🌐 Rewriting the Script: The Works and Words of Esther Inglis is live, bringing her manuscripts, calligraphy & self-portraits to the world. Curated by Anna Nadine Pike at Edinburgh University. Check it out!

Latest from SCROLL @scroll-scotlit.bsky.social: '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...

Two new John Galt editions are out! 📖 The Provost (ed. Caroline McCracken-Flesher) & Sir Andrew Wylie, of That Ilk (ed. Sharon Alker) are now available in the Edinburgh Edition of the Works of John Galt.

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-scotlit.bsky.social in 2026. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇫🇷

Scholarships for Scottish Universities' International Summer School 2025! SUISS offers courses in literature and creative writing, taught in July and August in Edinburgh. Apply by 25 April: www.suiss.ed.ac.uk/application/...

What Past Have We Now? A new contemporary Scottish literature seminar explores the political horizons of Devolution. Spring webinar: IndyRef and Scottish Literature 📅 March 27, 2025, 5-6 PM (UK). Registration link: