This seminar will look at how land plays out in the writing of Lewis Grassic Gibbon and of George Mackay Brown. Changes to the way land is owned and used have made political news recently, with the passing of the Land Reform Bill in the Scottish Parliament. But land is not just a matter of property or its management: it has immense cultural value and that value is reinforced in much Scottish literature, old and contemporary. The speakers will be Dr Alison Jack and Dr Linden Bicket. Full details are below, and on the attached poster/flyer. Please note this event will be held at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities (IASH) seminar room, Hope Park Square, Edinburgh. It is free and open to all, but space is limited, so please let me know if you would like to book a place. Note also the link below, for information about access to IASH. Changes to the way land is owned and used have made political news recently, with the passing of the Land Reform Bill in the Scottish Parliament. But land is not just a matter of property or its management: it has immense cultural value and that value is reinforced in much Scottish literature, old and contemporary. This seminar will look at how land plays out in the writing of Lewis Grassic Gibbon and of George Mackay Brown. Dr Alison Jack is Assistant Principal of New College, University of Edinburgh. Her research specialisations are Bible and Literature, and the New Testament and Bible in ministry. She focuses on the fiction of the 19th and 20th centuries and will address the topic through the work of Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Dr Linden Bicket is a junior teaching fellow in the School of Divinity, specialising in literature and religion. Her current research concerns the Catholic imagination of George Mackay Brown http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/about/contact-us/ This event took place on 21st April 2016. This article was published on 2024-03-19
