SFU Scottish Studies
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We hope all of you had a great celebration yesterday. Professor Leith Davis spoke to CBC Radio about Robbie Burns Day 2021 and some of the key themes in the Scottish bard's work. Listen to the full interview on our website: http://www.sfu.ca//leith-davis-speaks-about-robbie-burns-d SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences... ScotFestBC: The British Columbia Highland Games Simon Fraser University Pipe Band See more

Happy Burns Day! We have a special treat for you. Our director, Leith Davis, has recorded her talk from Saturday's "A Burns Celebration" and provided some additional research material on our website. So, please settle in and enjoy "Connecting Remotely in 1859: Telegraphy and the First Burns Centenary" http://www.sfu.ca//the-robert-burns-1859-centenary--mappin SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences... ScotFestBC: The British Columbia Highland Games Simon Fraser University Pipe Band See more

Check out this great profile of one of our grad students, Taylor Breckles! We also hope to see you tomorrow night at "A Robert Burns Celebration"! SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences SFU Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Professor Leith Davis lets us know what to expect at the upcoming Robert Burns Celebration with ScotFestBC: The British Columbia Highland Games. Check out her video, and if you haven't already, register for Saturday's event. Search "ScotFestBC" on Eventbrite. https://buff.ly/3ivILof SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Simon Fraser University Pipe Band

Professor Leith Davis and Jack Lee of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band are featured in the Surrey Now-Leader Newspaper's story about our "A Robert Burns Celebration" with ScotFestBC: The British Columbia Highland Games. Register now to enjoy all things Scottish on Saturday night: https://buff.ly/3oI97FT SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Professor Leith Davis' 2020 St. Andrews and Caledonian Lecture is in less than two weeks. Prof. Davis will be speaking about: What News: 18th-Century News Media and the 1715 Jacobite Rising in Cultural Memory. We are also happy to announce that Prof. Aaron Windel (Department of History) will be the event's moderator and that the Department will be co-sponsoring the event! Read the full abstract of Prof. Davis' lecture on our event page and sign up by emailing: [email protected] https://buff.ly/38jQB0S SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Simon Fraser University Department of History

This Scottish butcher shop stood in the heart of downtown Vancouver for nearly a century. A new book, "The Larder of the Wise: The Story of Vancouver's James Inglis Reid Ltd.," describes the legacy of this family business, famous for Ayrshire bacon and haggis. Read this Vancouver Is Awesome article: SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Simon Fraser University Department of History

St. Andrew's Day, the national day of Scotland, is on November 30th. Who was St. Andrew? How do people celebrate their national day in Scotland? Check out this article and the heartwarming video link to the 2018 "Saint Andrew's Day Make Someone's Day" initiative. https://buff.ly/3lexadC SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

The latest contribution to our project, "Loch-down: Connecting to Scotland Through Objects of Memory" is from Sue Cowan. Sue regularly visits Edinburgh and sketches and paints places that are meaningful to her. She says, "This year, I was, of course, unable to go to Scotland, so looking over my sketchbooks and canvases renews my connection to the place I love." Visit our website to see more of Sue's beautiful artwork.... https://buff.ly/2NjX3t5 SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Our director, Professor Leith Davis, will be delivering this year's St. Andrews and Caledonian lecture - "What News": 18th-Century News Media and the 1715 Jacobite Rising in Cultural Memory" on Monday, November 30th (7 PM) online. RSVP: [email protected] to attend and click the link to learn more. SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

"Vancouver, where 51 per cent of residents are people of colour, now has its seventh consecutive mayor of Scottish origin, Kennedy Stewart." Check out The Vancouver Sun opinion piece about the Scottish heritage of B.C. politicians, featuring quotes from SFU alumnus "Toddish McWong" and SFU political scientist Sanjay Jeram. https://buff.ly/34QcbIt... SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences