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Monday 3 September 2018

The Annual Jack Prize: The International Association for the Study of Scottish Literature


The International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures (IASSL) is pleased to announce the launch of the annual Jack Prize, to be awarded annually for the best article on a subject related to Reception or Diaspora in Scottish Literatures (including Scots, English, Gaelic and Latin). 

The prize is named in honour of Professor Ronald Dyce Sadler Jack D.Litt. FRSE (1941-2016), Professor of Scottish and Mediaeval Literature at the University of Edinburgh from 1987-2004 and director of the Bibliography of Scottish Literature in Translation. 

Professor Jack’s work on Scottish literature’s Continental and Italian dimensions was groundbreaking. From his The Italian Influence in Scottish Literature (1972) on, he championed a concept of Scottish literature open to the world and engaged in dialogue with it. This prize of £100 or equivalent is named in his memory and awarded in his honour annually.

Submissions should be sent to Professor Caroline McCracken-Flesher (University of Wyoming: CMF@uwyo.edu), Convenor of IASSL, by St Andrew’s Day, 30 November 2018.


Tuesday 31 July 2018

Jeanie Moffat

We are sorry to record the death of Jeanie Moffat, an early member of the James Hogg Society who served as Secretary for a number of years. Jeanie, who died on 26 July 2018 after a period of illness, was a staunch Borderer whose infectious enthusiasm for James Hogg enlivened many of the Society`s conferences. We are most grateful for Jeanie`s significant contribution to the work of the Society.  

Jeanie Moffat's funeral will be held at the Borders Crematorium, Melrose, Scotland, on Friday, 3 August 2018 at 1:00 p.m.

 

Saturday 3 March 2018

James Hogg Poem Discovered in an Album

A poem by James Hogg, handwritten in the album of one Augusta Gow, dated 2 March 1832,  has been discovered by the bookseller Charles Nelson of Kernoozers Ltd. An article on the finding has been published by The Scotsman. It includes a tentative transcription of the poem, a version of which will be included in the upcoming edition of the Uncollected Works of James Hogg, the final volume in the Stirling / South Carolina Research Edition of the Collected Works of James Hogg.