{"id":6280,"date":"2026-01-22T16:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=6280"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:29:17","slug":"save-the-date-14th-international-walter-scott-conference-in-edinburgh-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=6280","title":{"rendered":"Save the Date: 14th International Walter Scott Conference in Edinburgh, 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello all,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a save-the-date for the next International Walter Scott Conference:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/llc.ed.ac.uk\/english-and-scottish-literature\/14th-international-walter-scott-conference\">The 14th International Walter Scott Conference | English and Scottish Literature | Literatures Languages and Culture<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference will run from 28 to 30 June 2027 at the University of Edinburgh, with an optional trip to Scott&#8217;s home, Abbotsford House, on 1 July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two keynote speakers will be Philip Connell (University of Cambridge) and Porscha Fermanis (University College Dublin). The conference will also feature a special plenary session marking the 20th anniversary of Ian Duncan\u2019s landmark monograph&nbsp;<em>Scott\u2019s Shadow: The Novel in Romantic Edinburgh<\/em>&nbsp;(Princeton University Press, 2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More details forthcoming, with a call for papers in spring 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks and best wishes,<br>Gerry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Gerard Lee McKeever FHEA FSAScot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello all, This is a save-the-date for the next International Walter Scott Conference:&nbsp;The 14th International Walter Scott Conference | English and Scottish Literature | Literatures Languages and Culture The conference&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=6280\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6281,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6280\/revisions\/6281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}