Book Event: The Complete Scottish Sketches of R.B. Cunninghame Graham at the University of Glasgow
Book Event: The Complete Scottish Sketches of R.B. Cunninghame Graham at the University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow will be hosting 'Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham at The Advanced Research Centre', an afternoon of talks organised by Professor Alan Riach.
Featuring Lachlan Munro reading from his book, The Complete Scottish Sketches of R.B. Cunninghame Graham: 'A Careless Enchantment'.
Event Programme
1-1.15: Welcome.
1.15-1.45: PAPER 1 The Journeys of Cunninghame Graham ~ James Jauncey.
1.45-2.15: PAPER 2 Cunninghame Graham & Wilson Harris ~ Alan Riach.
2.15-3: PANEL DISCUSSION: RBCG, travel, geography, the English language and literary form (fiction, historical sketches, biographies, histories).
3-3.30: coffee & tea.
3.30-4: PAPER 3 on Gabriela: The Biography ~ Jad Adams.
4-4.30: PAPER 4 on Gabriela: The Writings ~ Lesley MacDowell.
4.30-5.15: PANEL DISCUSSION: RBCG in the light of South America and in the company of women.
5.15-6: Dr Lachlan Munro: READINGS from The Complete Scottish Sketches of R.B. Cunninghame Graham.
About the Book
R. B. Cunninghame Graham was a hugely influential figure in late 19th- and early 20th-century Scottish politics and literature. For the first time, his entire Scottish oeuvre has been compiled chronologically, from their original sources, into one volume, and set in their historical, cultural and social contexts. This volume highlights Graham’s writings on landscape, climate, history, local traditions, mythology, Scots dialect and social diversity – but also pays rare attention to his writings about Scots abroad.