
Thomas Muir Symposium 2017: 'Scottish and English Radicals'
Date and time
Description
Wednesday 8th November 2017
Thomas Muir Symposium: 'Scottish and English Radicals'
Drawing on speakers from the academic community, secondary school pupils and members of local history societies.
Afternoon includes talks and music.
The principal speakers include:
Professor John Mee
Professor of Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York. Previously he held academic posts at the Australian National University, the University of Oxford and the University of Warwick. He has a special interest in English radicals of the 1790s, contemporaries of Thomas Muir.
Professor Gerard Carruthers
Professor of Scottish Literature since 1700 at the University of Glasgow. He is an authority on the works of Robert Burns and other Scottish poets and novelists of that period. He recently edited a book of Thomas Muir essays, along with Don Martin.
Don Martin
A retired librarian and local history specialist. He has a particular interest in the Scottish radicals of the 1790s, and also in the local history of Kirkintilloch. He is at present Coordinating Editor of the Scottish Local History Forum journal, Scottish Local History.
Kirkintilloch High School pupils
will deliver a short presentation and perform music
Kirkintilloch High School, Waterside Rd, Kirkintilloch, Glasgow G66 3PA
Time: 12.45pm - 4.30pm Free (Booking required)
If you would like to attend, please RSVP to this email address:
dwmmartindon@live.co.uk
or book online at eventbrite