Irish Links and Perspectives

Bibliographic Data

ID20085729
AuthorsRionach Ui Ogain (corresponding author)
Year2013
Pages177-198
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueThe Carrying Stream Flows On: Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of the School of Scottish Studies (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherThe Islands Book Trust (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2218/ed.9781907443404.10
OpenAlexW4312869825
ISBN9781907443404
LanguageEN
References cited11

The School of Scottish Studies came into being at the University of Edinburgh in 1951 as a research unit dedicated to ‘the study and conservation of the folk culture of Scotland’ when Professor Angus McIntosh was enabled to turn a vision which he and others had long held into reality. In that year Calum Iain Maclean was seconded from the Irish Folklore Commission to continue his collecting in Scotland, while other pioneers such as Hamish Henderson and Alan Lomax were also beginning the monumental task of systematically recording the rich oral culture of Scotland in Scots and Gaelic. The School of Scottish Studies Archives, now located in Celtic and Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University, continue as a dynamic and inspiring resource for all with an interest in Scotland and her cultural heritage, a treasure-house of sound recordings and photographs from Shetland to the Borders, from the Western Isles to Buchan, supported by an outstanding research library and other materials. The contributions brought together in this volume are based on talks given at a conference organised by the Islands Book Trust in association with the University of Edinburgh in August 2011 to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the School

Archaeology · Art · Art history · Celtic languages · Folklore · Geography · Irish · Library science · Literature · Media studies · Scots · Shetland · Sociology · Treasure · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Scottish History and National Identity

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