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Scots language debate - Scots language today
Perth's Day of Scottish Culture
Anent a Tutor in Scots at the RSAMD
Sponsor-a-Word
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Scots language debate - Scots language today
Does Scots matter and why? Should Scots be revived? Does it matter if people only use a few words of Scots in English conversation or should we try to develop a range of registers and enhanced capacities? Guests at this panel event include:
- Rab Wilson
- Gillian Munro
- Professor John Corbett
- Professor James McGonigal and
- David Purves. Chaired by Michael Hance.
With special guest Linda Fabiani, Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture. Organised in partnership with the Scots Language Centre.
Where: NLS Causewayside Building, 33 Salisbury Place, Edinburgh
When: 19.00 : Tuesday 23 September
more details: National Library of Scotland website
Saturday, November 29 at A. K. Bell Library Theatre, York Place, Perth.
Event starts at 1pm with a series of 40-minute lectures on various aspects of Scottish life and culture.
Those taking part are:
- Professor Tom Devine of the University of Edinburgh on "The 'Death' and Re-Invention of Scotland" which will focus on the creation of modern Scottish identity ;
- Dr Gerard Carruthers of the University of Glasgow - "Muriel Spark and Scotland" ;
- Harry McGrath, chairman of Cultural Connect Scotland and former co-ordinator of the School of Scottish Studies at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver - "The Scots in Canada" and
- representatives of the Neil Munro Society who will talk on the novels of Neil Munro.
There will be the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each lecture.
Tickets cost £5 [which will include coffee, tea and biscuits]] available from the A. K. Bell Library Shop, York Place, Perth [telephone 01738 477016].
In the evening at the same venue, commencing at 7.30 pm, there will be a Traditional Scottish Concert featuring
- The Linties, the Edinburgh female vocal group
- Scott Gardiner and Johnny Kemp folk singers and
- John Napier's fiddle group.
Tickets for this show are priced at £6 and are also now available from the A. K. Bell Library Shop.
Tickets and further information can also be obtained from Elliott Boyle [telephone 01738 643963] email: elliott.boyle@talktalk.net or by visiting the website at www.geocities.com/perthburnsclub/
The Depairtment o Scots Music in the Royal Scots Academy o Music an Drama/Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) in Glesca is seekin a pairt-time tutor tae learn students the Scots leid at Year 1 an Year 2, stertin fae October 2008.
It wad be richt haundy like gin the candidate haed a knawledge o tradeetional Scots music an the successfae body shuid hae a backgrun in teaching. It is expectit that the successfae tutor wad be skeely in baith the wrutten an spoken forms o the Scots leid.
For mair information or a application form fowk shuid speir at The Human Resources Department, The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3DB or phone 0141 270 8397. A body can get wittins bi dounlaidin fae the RSAMD wabsteid forby: http://www.rsamd.ac.uk/
The deidline for pittin in for the post is Wadensday 27 August 2008.
Scots Language Centre
A K Bell Library
York Place
Perth
PH2 8EP
Tel: 01738 440199
www.scotslanguage.com
Scots Language Resource Centre Association Ltd. t/a Scots Language Centre, A.K. Bell Library, York Place, Perth, Scotland PH2 8EP
If you are having difficulty thinking of birthday presents, anniversary presents, thank you presents or even Christmas presents, why not give the person who has everything a Scots word. You can nominate a person as sponsor of a Scots word in the New Edition of the Concise Scots Dictionary, or you can sponsor a word yourself. For £20 the recipient will be sent a certificate of sponsorship, an information pack about your word and a year's membership of Scottish Language Dictionaries (SLD), entitling them to SLD's newsletters and special members' prices on their dictionaries. You can delight and surprise someone and support work of national importance at the same time. Visit SLD's website for details, or alternatively email Chris Robinson or call on 0131 650 4149. |