{"id":5275,"date":"2024-05-30T14:55:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T14:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=5275"},"modified":"2024-05-30T14:55:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T14:55:16","slug":"call-for-papers-robert-fergussons-textual-legacies-in-the-250-years-since-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=5275","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers: &#8216;Robert Fergusson&#8217;s Textual Legacies in the 250 Years Since his Death&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date: Friday 6th&nbsp;September<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location: Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Download the CfP&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Call-for-Papers-Fergusson-Symposium.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are inviting scholars and enthusiasts to the University of Glasgow for a day symposium dedicated to the life, works and legacy of Scots poet Robert Fergusson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This symposium commemorates 250 years since the death of the influential poet, Robert Fergusson (1750-1774). A key Scottish poet of the eighteenth century, Fergusson\u2019s career was prolific: despite having only six creative years, Fergusson\u2019s output of over one hundred poems and songs is substantial. His poems were written in English and Scots, and often heavily influenced by the reality of his Edinburgh surroundings. His most famous poems include&nbsp;<em>Auld Reikie<\/em>, \u2018The Ghaists: A Kirkyard Eclogue\u2019, \u2018Leith Races\u2019, and \u2018The Daft-Days\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This symposium will allow reflection on Fergusson\u2019s works and legacies, and disseminate participants\u2019 ongoing research across a diverse audience. As Fergusson influenced Robert Burns, Hugh MacDiarmid, Sidney Goodsir Smith, Robert Garioch and Edwin Morgan amongst others, the symposium will also allow re-examination of these lines of literary transmission. Fergusson similarly allows analysis of the role of the poet in the emerging public sphere \u2013 he was a \u2018periodicals poet\u2019, publishing many of his poems in the Edinburgh-based&nbsp;<em>Weekly Magazine, or Edinburgh Amusement<\/em>. This allowed him to respond to ongoing debates quickly, demonstrating his unique place in Scotland\u2019s public sphere in the 1760s\/1770s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We welcome papers on topics relating to Fergusson and his textual legacies. Topics may include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Fergusson\u2019s own writing.<\/li><li>responses to Fergusson\u2019s work (whether adaptations; creative response including plays, artworks, or poetry; translation, etc.).<\/li><li>Fergusson\u2019s influence on other key figures (including, but not limited to: Robert Burns; Robert Louis Stevenson; Hugh MacDiarmid; Robert Garioch; Sydney Goodsir Smith; Edwin Morgan; Tom Leonard; Les Murray; Kathleen Jamie, etc.).<\/li><li>poetry in Scots in and since the eighteenth century.<\/li><li>the \u2018periodicals poet\u2019 and the role of the poet in later periodicals.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We would be thrilled to receive abstracts for individual papers of 250 words, plus a brief speaker biography. Please send all abstracts as a PDF or Word document to Dr Amy Wilcockson at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:amy.wilcockson@glasgow.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\">amy.wilcockson@glasgow.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0by Monday 1st\u00a0July 2024. If you have any questions, please direct them to the same address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The symposium is free to attend, and organised as part of the Leverhulme Trust-funded Research Project \u2018The Works of Robert Fergusson: Reconstructing Textual and Cultural Legacies\u2019. It is supported by the Centre for Robert Burns Studies (CRBS), University of Glasgow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: Friday 6th&nbsp;September Location: Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow. Download the CfP&nbsp;here. 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