2008 McNaughtan Lecture

The James Hogg Society is very pleased to announce the 2008 McNaughtan Lecture, to be held Wednesday 3 December at the University of Stirling.

Dr Kirsteen McCue (University of Glasgow) will give a talk entitled 'From the Songs of Albyn to German Hebrew Melodies: The Musical Adventures of James Hogg'.

The lecture will begin at 4pm in Pathfoot A96, and a reception will follow.  For more information, please contact Suzanne Gilbert by email or phone (details below) or the Hogg Society's secretary, Deirdre Shepherd, at d.a.m.shepherd@sms.ed.ac.uk.

This series of lectures is named after Hugh McNaughtan, who died in the summer of 2000. Hugh was a much-liked and much-respected member of the James Hogg Society whose presence graced and enlivened numerous Hogg Society conferences. Thanks to a munificent donation by Hugh's family, the James Hogg Society has been able to establish an annual Hugh McNaughtan lecture on a subject related to Hogg.

Dr Suzanne Gilbert

suzanne.gilbert@stir.ac.uk

01786 466206

WEA Playwrights Workshop, 16 July

The National Library of Scotland will host a reading of several new plays inspired by research into the Library's archives by members of the Workers' Educational Association Playwrights Workshop.

The reading will include Kevin Ferguson’s play about James Hogg in Edinburgh and Laure C. Paterson’s “The Search for Speke’s Nile” takes a fresh look at the rivalry between explorers, Burton and Speke.   

The reading is performed by the Citadel Arts Group, directed by Liz Hare and sponsored by the WEA Theatre Study group.

All WEA Members, Learners, Tutors and Friends are warmly invited.  The event is free but please phone or email in advance to book your place on the National Library of Scotland Events Line 0131 6234675  or events@nls.uk

Hogg Workshop, 5 August

This August the University of Edinburgh are holding a one-day summer course on The 'Shepherd' the 'Sinner' and the Songs.   Details after the link.

Welcome!

This is a new page about the activities of the James Hogg Society, hosted by the Department of English Studies at the University of Stirling.  On these pages you can find updated information about events, conferences, and activities related to Hogg, Hogg studies and the work of the Society.