{"id":5473,"date":"2024-08-26T13:18:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=5473"},"modified":"2024-08-26T13:18:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:18:58","slug":"symposium-programme-robert-fergussons-textual-legacies-in-the-250-years-since-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=5473","title":{"rendered":"Symposium Programme: \u2018Robert Fergusson\u2019s Textual Legacies in the 250 Years Since his Death\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: Friday 6th September, 9:30am \u2013 4.45pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location: Studio Two, Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets available here via Eventbrite.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are inviting scholars and enthusiasts on Friday 6th September<\/strong> to the University of Glasgow\u2019s Advanced Research Centre <\/strong>for a day symposium dedicated to the life, works and legacy of Scots poet Robert Fergusson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 Auld Reikie<\/em>, \u2018The Ghaists: A Kirkyard Eclogue\u2019, \u2018Leith Races\u2019, and \u2018The Daft-Days\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a mix of academic papers and creative contributions, this symposium will allow reflection on Fergusson\u2019s works and legacies, through re-examining lines of literary transmission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Programme:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:00<\/strong> \u2013 Registration opens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:30<\/strong> \u2013 Welcome and Introduction to Project Fergusson<\/em>
Rhona Brown (University of Glasgow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:45 <\/strong>\u2013 P1: Amy Wilcockson (University of Glasgow), The Romantic Legacies of Robert Fergusson.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:15<\/strong> \u2013 P2: Charlotte Lauder, (University of Stirling), \u201cPeriodicals Poet(s)\u201d: Robert Fergusson, Robert Garioch and the Textual Legacies of Scottish Magazine Culture.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:45  <\/strong>\u2013 P3: Alan Riach (University of Glasgow), Fergusson,<\/em> Hugh MacDiarmid and Samuel Johnson\u2019s English: Direct Language and Insidious Implications.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:15<\/strong> \u2013 Comfort break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:45<\/strong> \u2013 P4: Frank Ferguson (Ulster University), Which Rabbie is oor Rabbie?: Robert Fergusson and Ireland, Influence, Legacy and Afterlives.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:15<\/strong> \u2013 P5: Jennifer Orr (Newcastle University), \u2018Thrice famous Fergusson\u2019: Robert Fergusson and Ireland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:45 \u2013 Lunch Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:45<\/strong> \u2013 P6: Ainsley McIntosh (University of Edinburgh), \u2018Myself, and the other fellow\u2019: Robert Fergusson, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Literary Representations of Disability.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14:15<\/strong> \u2013 P7: Mhairi Lawson (The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London), Singing Fergusson: Robert Fergusson\u2019s Songs in \u2019The Royal Shepherd\u2019, \u2018Artaxerxes\u2019 (Edinburgh 1769) and \u2019The Scots Musical Museum\u2019 (1787-1803).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14:45 \u2013 Comfort Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15:10<\/strong> \u2013 Clare Thompson (Mitchell Library), Celebrating the Scottish poet Robert Fergusson (1750 \u2013 1774): An Exhibition<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15:30<\/strong> \u2013 Martin Travers, Kieran McKenzie and Clare Yuille, (Braw Clan), Crown of Straw: Raisin The Deid.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

16:30<\/strong> \u2013 Closing comments<\/em>
Rhona Brown (University of Glasgow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16:45<\/strong> \u2013 Programme ends<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, please see the social media pages on X<\/a> and BlueSky<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The symposium is free to attend, and organised as part of the Leverhulme Trust-funded research project The Works of Robert Fergusson: Reconstructing Textual and Cultural Legacies\u2019. <\/a>It is supported by the Centre for Robert Burns Studies (CRBS), University of Glasgow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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