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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · 18d

Pleased to receive @rhonabrown.bsky.social and @wilcocksonamy.bsky.social’s brilliant collection of poems responding to Robert Fergusson, the bard of ‘Auld Reekie’. I’m also glad to have a wee Franco-Scots piece in there (riffing on Fergusson’s Jacobite/apocalyptical eclogue, ‘The Ghaists’). 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks for the kind post, Bill :) A religious prequel, looking into the Disruption along the lines we discussed several years ago, would be a great addendum. One day! 😃

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Bill Jenkins @billjenkins.bsky.social · 26d

Just finished reading @paulmalgrati.bsky.social 's masterly Robert Burns and Scottish Cultural Politics. Full of fascinating insights into the way social, political and cultural factors mould historical memory. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-robert-...

Robert Burns and Scottish Cultural Politics

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Mairéad Nic Craith @maireadnc.bsky.social · Aug 28

Proud of our PhD student Sarah Squire presenting on heritage and conviviality at Charles University Prague @insuhi.bsky.social @paulmalgrati.bsky.social

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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · Aug 27

Looks enthralling!

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Mairéad Nic Craith @maireadnc.bsky.social · Aug 27

Ullrich Kockel from @insuhi.bsky.social presenting on heritage and displacement at Charles University Prague @paulmalgrati.bsky.social

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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · Aug 25

The podcast of Revue Ecossaise is back with a new episode on Scotland’s European identity and the state of Scottish culture, politics and tourism after Brexit. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

Here’s the link:
on.soundcloud.com/Agth7z991bhQ...

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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · Aug 21

Successful summer for literary tourism: from the Wordsworths’s home in Grasmere to Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s house in Chambéry. Strong radical, eco-conscious and Romantic connections between them—with Robert Burns as a big missing link!

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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · Aug 12

Approaching deadline: Call for Papers from UHI Institute for Northern Studies inviting presentations in Scottish studies at its 7th Internationak St Magnus Conference (15-17 April 2026).

The theme is “Water” – deadline for submissions is 31 August.

The 7th International St Magnus Conference Call for Papers

Theme: “Borne on a Carrying Stream”: How Water has Shaped Heritage, Identity and Power The Institute for Northern Studies, UHI, is proud to announce the seventh International St Magnus …

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Aug 11

The University of Glasgow’s Centre for Robert Burns Studies is offering a PhD scholarship on “Robert Burns & the Environment” – part of a new research strand on Burns, the Environment & Sustainable Cultural Heritage

DEADLINE 18 AUGUST
#C18th #Romanticism
www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...

University of Glasgow - Scholarships & funding - Robert Burns and the Environment Scholarship

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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · Aug 9

Good question! I think a good place to start is Freeman’s ´Fergusson and the Scots Humanist Compromise’. ‘The King’s Birthday in Edinburgh’ is also a great poem to analyse through a Jacobite lens.

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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · Aug 9

Thanks, Rhona! 😊 Likewise!

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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · Aug 9

Looking forward to this halesome tribute to Robert Fergusson, the Jacobite bard of ‘Auld Reekie’. Thanks to @rhonabrown.bsky.social @wilcocksonamy.bsky.social for featuring a wee piece of mine and more importantly for linking scholarship and contemporary poetry in a way that’s only too rare still!

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frankrennie @frankrennie.bsky.social · Aug 1

This is a great regional magazine for new literature with a particular emphasis on the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. What’s more, it is free. It should be more widely appreciated.

Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · Aug 1

Nice to see my wee translations of Jules Mousseron’s mining poems in Northwords Now—from Northern French Picard into Scots. His mouse poem is a great industrial take on Burns’s agricultural precedent. 🇫🇷⚒️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · Aug 1

Nice to see my wee translations of Jules Mousseron’s mining poems in Northwords Now—from Northern French Picard into Scots. His mouse poem is a great industrial take on Burns’s agricultural precedent. 🇫🇷⚒️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · Jul 25

Great to see this piece from John Scott, who studied Scottish minority languages with me last term. He’s a fine recruit for our Cultural & Heritage course @insuhi.bsky.social

Mike Small @bellacaledonia.bsky.social · Jul 25

Learning from Aotearoa: A Path Forward for Scottish Gaelic bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/07/25/l...

Learning from Aotearoa: A Path Forward for Scottish Gaelic

Scotland can learn from Aotearoa (New Zealand), where Māori communities established Kura Kaupapa Māori (Māori immersion schools) and Kōhanga Reo (Māori language nests for toddlers) to defend their …

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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · Jul 23

Pleased with this commendation from my amazing students in Highlands & islands heritage and literature @insuhi.bsky.social

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Jul 14

“Scots poets might have a few lessons to teach the French”

In “Towards a Post-Colonial Alliance?”, @paulmalgrati.bsky.social offers some perspectives on Franco-Scots #poetry #translation, exploring questions of voice, place, & power
#BastilleDay 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/12/towa...

Towards a Post-Colonial Alliance? Some Perspectives on Franco-Scots Poetry Translation - The Bottle Imp

I would like to thank The Bottle Imp for inviting me to reflect on my work as a translator of both French and Scots. In this article — the first I have written on this topic — I outline a few ideas re...

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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · Jul 6

Thoroughly recommended

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Jean-Luc Mélenchon | Marxism, Mass Movements, and the Magic of Elections

Jean-Luc Mélenchon was for many years a leading member of the French Socialist Party. He broke with the Socialists in 2008 and founded the movement that is now La France Insoumise. He stood in the …

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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · Jul 2

Merci beaucoup, Rhona 😊

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Petra Johana Poncarová @poncarova.bsky.social · Jul 1

New in @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social: @paulmalgrati.bsky.social reviews 'Esther', a play in Scots by David Kinloch, published by Rob A. Mackenzie through the Blue Diode Press pamphlet series.

👉 Review: tinyurl.com/ycydu4hh
👉 Book: www.bluediode.co.uk/product-page...

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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · Jul 1

Shout out to the INS staff @thinkuhi.bsky.social HISA awards....Highly Commended Most Inspiring Lecturer Dr Paul Malgrati and nominated Above & Beyond Staff Award Dr Andrew Lind.

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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · Jun 26

"Now, the Inglis revival reaches a new milestone with Esther, a poetic play by David Kinloch, published by Rob Mackenzie’s Edinburgh-based Blue Diode Press."

TONIGHT: hear David Kinloch talk about Esther Inglis and read from his new work about her:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blue-diode...

Glasgow Review of Books @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social · Jun 26

NEW TODAY! - Ahead of tonight's launch event @byleaveswelive.bsky.social, @paulmalgrati.bsky.social reviews 'Esther', a new poetic play by David Kinloch and another milestone in the recent Esther Inglis Revival. Read the full review here - wp.me/p3nrhP-jwo

"I’ll MAK YON SINGLE INCH O SCOATLAN SHINE": On 'Esther' by David Kinloch. - Glasgow Review of Books

Esther Inglis, a Franco-Scottish calligrapher, was once celebrated for her exquisite manuscripts before fading from literary history due to male-centric narratives. Recent academic interest, particula...

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James Loxley @oldnorthroad.bsky.social · Jun 26

Esther Inglis is having a richly deserved moment, and it’s brilliant.

Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · Jun 26

Here’s my review of David Kinloch’s new play, based on the life of Ester Inglis, the Franco-Scottish miniaturist. The play is entirely in Scots and weaves textuality, multilingualism, national and gender politics beautifully. @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social

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"I’ll MAK YON SINGLE INCH O SCOATLAN SHINE": On 'Esther' by David Kinloch. - Glasgow Review of Books

Esther Inglis, a Franco-Scottish calligrapher, was once celebrated for her exquisite manuscripts before fading from literary history due to male-centric narratives. Recent academic interest, particula...

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