"Scotland's Coastal Romanticisms" is supported by The European Commission’s Marie Curie Actions (Grant Agreement No. 890850) and jointly hosted by Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth Century (SWINC) and The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH).

This free in-person event will take place at the University of Edinburgh on 5th February 2022. Due to current regulations, spaces are strictly limited to 35.

Please register for in-person attendance and cancel through Eventbrite if you are no longer able to attend so that your ticket can be reallocated.

This one-day workshop seeks to expand our understanding of the coastal beyond aesthetic categories. Contributions open out to investigations of today’s coastal romanticisms on Scotland’s shores.

We invite engagement with talks that dive into the material reality and ecologies of coasts in cultural productions from domestic travellers to transnational visitors and explorers, from writers and artists to natural historians and geologists and all those drawn to the coast in order to highlight the richness of R/romanticisms, past, present and future.

The event comprises three panel sessions of up to three speakers each, and an Artist Talk.

Outline schedule

11:00-11:15: Welcome & Introduction – Professor Penny Fielding & Dr Anna Pilz

11:15-12:30: Panel I

12:30-13:30: Lunch Break

13:30-15:15: Panel II

15:15-15:45: Tea & Coffee Break

15:45-17:00: Panel III

17:00-17:15: Break

17:15-18:00: Artist Talk – In Conversation with Christina Riley

18:00: Wine Reception – hosted by The Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities

Take me to the SWINC website for full programme details including speakers

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Dr Anna Pilz on apilz@ed.ac.uk.

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* Image: James Barret, A View of Stornoway, 1798. Oil on Canvas. National Galleries Scotland.