UofG1820

The University of Glasgow's Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies celebrates 200 years of the Scottish Radical War.

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The account is pretty quiet now but our followers will be pleased to here this. The volume of collected essays emerging from the January 2021 conference.

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1820: Scottish Rebellion. Essays on a 19thC Insurrection, co-edited with @KevTGallagher @craigscrolls & @CHRYSOTILEmice off to the press today: publication next year.

Thank you @moiraehansen @_Eairdsidh @blethererday @RhonaLBrown1 @carol_baraniuk @Kavos88Shaun & others!

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Our followers might be interested in the following upcoming online conference:

https://t.co/1Two89pRR9

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Highly recommended during the symposium, Judy Meewezen's 'Turtle Soup for the King' from @AdelaideBooksNY, focusing on the dramatic events of 1820 is now available. Paperback on Amazon or through your local bookseller and hardback following later this month.

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Some reflections on the @UofG1820 Symposium, ‘200 Hundred Years of the 1820 Radical Uprising’ https://t.co/mbZi9mA3Vs

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And that is a wrap!

Thank you to all our speakers for such stimulating content. Thank you to @ScottishCeltic for supporting the event.
And special thank you to all who attended and made the event such a success.

#1820ScotRads

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Final paper of what has been a fantastic day - @craigscrolls looks at the physical memorialisation of 1820 through monuments, markers and commemorations. #1820ScotRads

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(Should be 'Hardie & Baird'...apologies! Typing on the fly)

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John Gardner explores dramatic representations of 1820, including Kelman's 'Baird & Hardie' and MacMillan's 'The Rising'.

We hope to re-arrange our rehearsed reading of 'Baird & Hardie' at some point in the future. #1820ScotRads

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All the way from Texas (and extra credit for being with us since 3am local time), Michael Demson looks at conspiratorial satire as a genre for memorialising 1820, such as Murchie's song 'Bonnymuir' (already sung beautifully during Sophie's set) #1820ScotRads

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@1820Radical Thank you! So glad you're enjoying it!

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Opening the afternoon session are some beautiful renditions of songs written in response to Scottish Radicalism, sung by the immensely talented Sophie Rogers on #1820ScotRads

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Breaking for lunch now but still plenty more to come as we explore memorialisation of 1820 with song, poetry, drama and memoir. #1820ScotRads

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Finishing off this second panel is @carol_baraniuk who'll explore how the impact of the 1820 Scottish Radical Uprising had impact beyond the shores of Scotland, influencing activities in Ulster. #1820ScotRads

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Another local story as Shaun Kavanagh talks about Greenock and the radical war of 1820 #1820ScotRads

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@CHRYSOTILEmice and @KevTGallagher explore the Duntocher Radicals - a 'footnote' in the 1820 story but actually events which can shed light on the wider national picture #1820ScotRads

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@CHRYSOTILEmice and @KevTGallagher explore the story of the Duntocher Radicals and their part in the events of 1820. #1820ScotRads

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Excellent insights from Tony Lewis and Archie Henderson on the physical 1820-related holdings of Glasgow and Paisley Museums respectively. #1820ScotRads

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Clearly the move to an online event isn't dampening the enthusiasm and engagement of our audience. Some great questions for the speakers. #1820ScotRads

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Finishing up this first session , Alex Benchimol looks at look local government responses to 1820's events as reported by the Glasgow Herald. #1820ScotRads

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@RhonaLBrown1 highlights the contrast between ostensibly impartial accounts of the newspapers and the more partisan reporting of the periodical magazines
#1820ScotRads