The Société française d’études écossaises (French Society for Scottish Studies) annual conference, entitled “Scotland and the In-Between”, will take place at the Université de Lorraine (Nancy) on 12–14 November 2026.
The conference invites participants to consider the many forms of passage, transition, and mediation that have shaped Scottish history, literature, the arts, language, and culture. It welcomes contributions on topics such as liminal and mediating figures (translators, cultural brokers, travellers), hybrid forms, moments of political and cultural transition (Reformation, Union, Enlightenment, Romanticism, Devolution, Brexit), and modes of cultural exchange within Scotland and beyond.
Proposals (title, abstract of c. 300 words, and a short biography) should be sent by 28 April 2026 to: celine.sabiron@univ-lorraine.fr and yann.tholoniat@univ-lorraine.fr .
Papers may be delivered in French or English.
— Céline Sabiron