The International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures (IASSL,
Scottish Gaelic: Comann Eadar-Nàiseanta airson Sgrùdadh Litreachas na h-Alba;
Scots: Warldwide Associat for the Clerk Leir o braid Scotland’s Leid and Scrievin) is the official global association aimed at the promotion of
Scottish literature in English, Gaelic, Scots, and Latin on the international level.
It is registered as a Scottish charity (SC044410).
World Congress of Scottish Literatures
The Association was launched at the First World Congress of Scottish Literatures in Glasgow in 2014, opened by the Education Secretary Michael Russell and the Chancellor Sir Kenneth Calman.
The logo was designed by Dr Craig Lamont, now Lecturer in Scottish Studies at the University of Glasgow. Selected Proceedings from the 2014 Congress were edited by Klaus Peter Muller and his colleagues and published in Mainz in 2017 under the title Inspiring Views from 'a' the airts', with a Preface by the founder Murra
Pittock So far, three world congresses have been held, with the fourth planned for Nottingham in 2024:
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University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, 2-5 July 2014
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Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, 21-25 June 2017
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Charles University
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, Prague, Czech Republic, 22-26 June 2022
Jack Medal
In 2018, the Association launched the Jack Medal, named in honour of Professor
Ronald Dyce Sadler Jack (1941-2016), a leading expert on Scottish literature and
medieval literature who taught at the
University of Edinburgh from 1987-2004. The medal is awarded every year for the best newly published academic article on a subject dealing with Scottish literature and related to reception and/or diaspora.
Jack Medal Awardees
* 2018: Nikki Hessell, Stephen Clothier
* 2019: Céline Sabiron
* 2020: Anna Fancett
* 2021: Bryony Coombs
* 2022:
Nigel Leask
Nigel James Leask (born 1958) is a Scottish academic publishing on Romanticism, Romantic, Scottish literature, Scottish, and Anglo-Indian literature, with special interest on British Empire, Orientalism, and Travel writing. He has been Regius Pro ...
, Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh
Convenors of the Association
* Prof.
Murray Pittock,
University of Glasgow (2014-2017)
* Prof. Caroline McCracken-Flesher,
University of Wyoming (2017-2020)
* Prof. Carla Sassi,
University of Verona
The University of Verona ( it, Università degli Studi di Verona) is a university located in Verona, Italy. It was founded in 1982 and is organized in 12 Departments. According to business newspaper ''Il Sole 24 Ore'', it is ranked as the best no ...
(2020-2023)
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See also
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Association for Scottish Literary Studies
The Association for Scottish Literary Studies (ASLS) is a Scottish educational charitable organization, charity, founded in 1970 to promote and support the teaching, study and writing of Scottish literature. Its founding members included the Sco ...
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Scottish literature
External Links
official websiteofficial YouTube channel (lectures and seminars)
References
Scottish culture
Scottish literature
Languages of Scotland
Charities based in Scotland
2014 establishments in Scotland
International organisations based in the United Kingdom