Ronnie Young
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Ronnie Young
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Senior Lecturer in Scot Lit, Uni of Glasgow & Associate Director, Centre for Robert Burns Studies. Editor of stuff. Eater of Crisps. 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Hot off the press, the Spring issue of the Burns Chronicle just arrived!
Well done to guest editors Arun Sood and Corey Andrews for putting together this special issue on Robert Burns and America. 👍
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April 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Delighted to be in Mainz to present at the launch of the ‘Teaching Scotland’ community, to see all the great work in Scottish Studies being done by our friends there, and to share some of the great teaching resources from the Association for Scottish Literature with German teachers. @asls.org.uk
April 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Obituary in Scots Magazine 1791 for bloke who blows £3000 inheritance (a small fortune today) on a monster pub sesh for all his mates, ends up in the poor house, and is supported in beer for life by a very grateful pub landlord.

New career goal. :-D
February 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Reid brothers back at the Barrowlands last night to play some old Jesus and Mary Chain favourites, incl. ‘Head On’, ‘Some Candy Talking’, ‘Sometimes Always’ (sans Hope Sandoval) and quite a few tracks from Darklands LP. Class
December 7, 2024 at 9:11 AM
The gatekeeping loos of Ayrshire:#1. Culzean Castle does ‘Tam o Shanter’

Where do dishonest folk go? I’m bursting.
November 30, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Wicker Man vibes on the 2nd leg of our Principia field trip, at Culzean Castle with our US students.
November 30, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Back in Alloway today, taking our US students to the birthplace
of Robert Burns. Following in the footsteps of Frederick Douglass, Ulysses S Grant and, weirdly, Jefferson Davis.
November 30, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Research day in the NLS, focussing intensely on the handiwork of 19th-C Edinburgh forger “Antique Smith” and his forgeries of Burns, Byron, Scott, and totally not distracted by that view from Special Collections…
November 19, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Wee daunder through a frosty Edinburgh meadows on the way to the National Library. Bundle up folks 🥶
November 19, 2024 at 9:55 AM