Mystical Nationalism: W. B. Yeats, Patrick Pearse and the Revival of Ireland Aug 1, 2016 - Jul 31, 2017
This research will explore the religious and spiritual ideas governing the Irish Revival, especially as these were manifested in the work, thought and life of Yeats and Pearse.

Words on the Street: the Uses of a Digital Literary Landscape Jan 16, 2017 - Jan 15, 2018
This collaborative project with University of Edinburgh, will focus on the design and development of an interface, which will be accessible online, via mobile phones and tablets, and via large touchscreens in cultural venues. The aim is to create an... Read More about Words on the Street: the Uses of a Digital Literary Landscape.

Imprisonment in British Suffragette Writing Apr 1, 2009 - Feb 28, 2010

Convict Voices: Women & Prison Writing in the Long 19th Century Jan 1, 2011 - Dec 31, 2011
Convict Voices: Women & Prison Writing in the Long 19th Century investigates 19th century prison writing and other discursive spaces where convict voices could emerge. As prison populations are reaching record levels, researchers and policy-makers ar... Read More about Convict Voices: Women & Prison Writing in the Long 19th Century.

AHRC Studentship Competition (R Gordon) Sep 1, 2009 - Sep 30, 2010

Update & Adapt an exisiting live tour scrip for new self-guided application May 14, 2012 - Mar 31, 2013
The Scottish Literary Pub Tour has been operating successfully since its inception in 1996 however the company would now like to utilise new technology to widen the scope of the tour and attract a broader audience. The ultimate goal of the company is... Read More about Update & Adapt an exisiting live tour scrip for new self-guided application.

Carceral City, Cryptic Signs: Refugee and Intern Jul 1, 2008 - Aug 7, 2009

National Work of Ghost Fiction in 2nd World War Mar 8, 2010 - Aug 31, 2010

Gothic Limits Jun 1, 2011 - Aug 31, 2011
Funding for presentation of paper at Conference

The German Diaspora during World War I: Remembering Internment Camps in Britain and the Commonwealth Jan 1, 2018 - Oct 31, 2019
The project pursues three main aims and objectives:

1. Address desideratum: During the First World War, many communities in Britain and its Empire hosted internment camps for military Prisoners of War and civilian ‘enemy aliens’.
... Read More about The German Diaspora during World War I: Remembering Internment Camps in Britain and the Commonwealth.

Reading & Writing in Prison Jun 4, 2010 - Jun 5, 2010
The first event of its kind in the UK, this conference on ?Reading and Writing in Prison? seeks to raise the profile of existing research and practice in relation to British prisons and facilitate new dialogues between British researchers and interna... Read More about Reading & Writing in Prison.

RSE Visiting Fellowship - Peat Jan 24, 2017 - Jul 23, 2017
RSE Visiting Fellowship application for Alexandra Peat, Franklin University Switzerland.

The main objective of the Fellowship is to pursue research on the 1938 British Empire Exhibition in Glasgow and its relation to Scottish Modernism... Read More about RSE Visiting Fellowship - Peat.

“get leave to live”: Nan Shepherd and the canon of Scottish and International Modernism Jan 1, 2019 - Jul 31, 2020
The primary aims of this project are as follows: a) to research in the Nan Shepherd holdings, and archives related to Shepherd’s work, at the University of Aberdeen; b) to consult with several Shepherd experts and writers on her work in order to incr... Read More about “get leave to live”: Nan Shepherd and the canon of Scottish and International Modernism.

Narratives of Scottish Modernism: Christine Orr and Naomi Mitchison Feb 1, 2019 - Jan 31, 2020
The main objective of this project is to conduct archival research that will lead to new and internationally significant academic publications on the literary work of two modern Scottish female authors: Naomi Mitchison and Christine Orr. These public... Read More about Narratives of Scottish Modernism: Christine Orr and Naomi Mitchison.

A War Books Boom in Scotland? 1928-1932 Apr 1, 2020 - Aug 31, 2021
It is a critical commonplace that there was a decade?s literary silence following the First World War in writing about the conflict before a ?War Books Boom? from 1928?1932. This boom was predicated on
the international successes of Erich Mari... Read More about A War Books Boom in Scotland? 1928-1932.

The Literature House in the Digital Age: New Directions for Literary Heritage Mar 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2024
This interdisciplinary project will situate the Edinburgh Literature House within the history of such institutions, to establish a context for an investigation of how the Literature House can now meet the needs of communities and stakeholders in an e... Read More about The Literature House in the Digital Age: New Directions for Literary Heritage.

The Scottish Revival Network Mar 1, 2021 - Feb 28, 2023
The Scottish Revival Network will initiate conversations and debates on the aims, scope, influences and international connections of the Scottish Revival in literature and culture from the 1880s to the 1950s. It will seek to make explicit the cultura... Read More about The Scottish Revival Network.

Scottish Shores RSE Workshop Mar 7, 2022 - Jul 31, 2023
The Scottish Shores Workshop forges new connections between Gothic studies and the Environmental and Blue Humanities. It emphasises Scottish coasts and littoral environments, which, like others around the globe, are fleeting spaces very vulnerable to... Read More about Scottish Shores RSE Workshop.

Forgotten Women of Craiglockhart May 31, 2021 - Aug 19, 2021
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
Vacation Scholarship
Rosamund Latto

Dr David Summers Trust PhD Studentship: 'Slip out of darkness': A Study of Contemporary Queer Scottish Poetry Oct 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2026
This PhD project will synthesise Scottish literary studies, Queer theory and the developing socio-cultural contexts of modern Scottish society, to investigate a range of queer Scottish poets.