Stiùbhart Dunmore
@dun-mor.bsky.social
Dad / Sociolinguist / Research / Policy
Splann! Keslowena pob huni
#Cornish has won Part III of the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages after many years of campaigning by our community, including Kowethas an Yeth and the other language organisations, Cornwall Council, activists, and YOU: teachers, learners, speakers and supporters together. 💛
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Splann! Keslowena pob huni
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“Meal do naidheachd!” to Rob Dunbar who has won the RSE Sir Walter Scott Medal for his work on language policy, literature and culture. We spoke to students Elizabeth and Chris about the man behind the medal: https://llc.ed.ac.uk/news/professor-rob-dunbar-wins-the-rse-sir-walter-scott-medal
Professor Rob Dunbar wins the RSE Sir Walter Scott Medal | Literatures, Languages & Cultures | Literatures Languages and Culture
We speak to the medallist and his students about his work promoting and protecting minority languages.
llc.ed.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
“Meal do naidheachd!” to Rob Dunbar who has won the RSE Sir Walter Scott Medal for his work on language policy, literature and culture. We spoke to students Elizabeth and Chris about the man behind the medal: https://llc.ed.ac.uk/news/professor-rob-dunbar-wins-the-rse-sir-walter-scott-medal
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My analysis of the Scottish Languages Act 2025, passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament this week. It mostly deals with Gaelic but also makes some provision for Scots.It's a complex,incrementalist measure whose significance will only become clear over time
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/06/20/t...
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/06/20/t...
The Scottish Languages Act: opportunities and challenges
The Scottish Languages Act passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament this week is the most important language legislation for Gaelic in twenty years and the first ever for the Scots language. T…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
June 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My analysis of the Scottish Languages Act 2025, passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament this week. It mostly deals with Gaelic but also makes some provision for Scots.It's a complex,incrementalist measure whose significance will only become clear over time
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/06/20/t...
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/06/20/t...
Blog beag a sgrìobh mi do @edinburghup.bsky.social / Wee blog post about my recent book (softback out shortly, OA e-book available now 🔓)
New Gaelic Speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland - Edinburgh University Press Blog
Stuart Dunmore on his own motivations for researching new Gaelic speakers, and the incredible places and experiences this led to.
euppublishingblog.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Blog beag a sgrìobh mi do @edinburghup.bsky.social / Wee blog post about my recent book (softback out shortly, OA e-book available now 🔓)
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📢 The Discursive Construction of Migrant Identities co-edited with @drsimongoodman.bsky.social & Stuart Dunmore
Very proud of this collection in which we have tried to shift assumptions around whose perspective we should analyse 1/4
Very proud of this collection in which we have tried to shift assumptions around whose perspective we should analyse 1/4
February 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
📢 The Discursive Construction of Migrant Identities co-edited with @drsimongoodman.bsky.social & Stuart Dunmore
Very proud of this collection in which we have tried to shift assumptions around whose perspective we should analyse 1/4
Very proud of this collection in which we have tried to shift assumptions around whose perspective we should analyse 1/4
A’ Ghealach agus a caraid
January 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A’ Ghealach agus a caraid
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New speakers - people learning and reclaiming a language - are key to any language revitalization movement. 🌱
Understanding what motivates people to reclaim and learn their languages is an important part of revitalization work. A new book explores these issues in Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic):
Understanding what motivates people to reclaim and learn their languages is an important part of revitalization work. A new book explores these issues in Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic):
Diofaran eadar beachdan agus tuigsean an luchd-ionnsachaidh na Gàidhlig ann an Alba Nuadh agus an t-Seann Dùthaich - aithris inntinneach air leabhar ùr le @dun-mor@bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...
www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...
December 16, 2024 at 3:52 PM
New speakers - people learning and reclaiming a language - are key to any language revitalization movement. 🌱
Understanding what motivates people to reclaim and learn their languages is an important part of revitalization work. A new book explores these issues in Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic):
Understanding what motivates people to reclaim and learn their languages is an important part of revitalization work. A new book explores these issues in Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic):
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Àrdachadh susbainteach sa bhuidseat airson na Gàidhlig agus cultair. Toiseach tòiseachaidh air slighe nas cinntiche air adhart.
A welcome, meaningful increase in SG budget for #Gaelic and culture and a good start from Kate Forbes and Angus Robertson towards a more certain future.
A welcome, meaningful increase in SG budget for #Gaelic and culture and a good start from Kate Forbes and Angus Robertson towards a more certain future.
December 4, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Àrdachadh susbainteach sa bhuidseat airson na Gàidhlig agus cultair. Toiseach tòiseachaidh air slighe nas cinntiche air adhart.
A welcome, meaningful increase in SG budget for #Gaelic and culture and a good start from Kate Forbes and Angus Robertson towards a more certain future.
A welcome, meaningful increase in SG budget for #Gaelic and culture and a good start from Kate Forbes and Angus Robertson towards a more certain future.
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Seiminear aig Sabhal Mòr Ostaig bho chionn ghoirid mun chunntas-shluaigh agus Bile nan Cànan Albannach - le Iain Mac an Tàilleir, Kate Forbes agus mi-fhìn
Tha an clàradh slàn a-nis ri fhaicinn air seanail YouTube SMO:
youtu.pulse.ly/3xj5ttfmpm
Tha an clàradh slàn a-nis ri fhaicinn air seanail YouTube SMO:
youtu.pulse.ly/3xj5ttfmpm
November 27, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Seiminear aig Sabhal Mòr Ostaig bho chionn ghoirid mun chunntas-shluaigh agus Bile nan Cànan Albannach - le Iain Mac an Tàilleir, Kate Forbes agus mi-fhìn
Tha an clàradh slàn a-nis ri fhaicinn air seanail YouTube SMO:
youtu.pulse.ly/3xj5ttfmpm
Tha an clàradh slàn a-nis ri fhaicinn air seanail YouTube SMO:
youtu.pulse.ly/3xj5ttfmpm
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Good morning from Edinburgh…
November 23, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Good morning from Edinburgh…
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An important part of our SSHRC-CRSH - UKRI One people, Two Places (#CapeBreton Island and Western Highlands & Islands of #Scotland) project is public engagement. Historic Environment Scotland has provided this recording of my talk in #Edinburgh this past September. youtu.be/9G13sx52_7o?...
One People, Two Places
YouTube video by Historic Environment Scotland
youtu.be
November 15, 2024 at 2:42 PM
An important part of our SSHRC-CRSH - UKRI One people, Two Places (#CapeBreton Island and Western Highlands & Islands of #Scotland) project is public engagement. Historic Environment Scotland has provided this recording of my talk in #Edinburgh this past September. youtu.be/9G13sx52_7o?...
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Let it snow! ❄️❄️❄️ First Quad looking so pretty as the first snowfall off the year arrives in Oxford. #jesuscollegeoxford #snowday
November 19, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Let it snow! ❄️❄️❄️ First Quad looking so pretty as the first snowfall off the year arrives in Oxford. #jesuscollegeoxford #snowday
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📢 Co-edited book: New approaches to language and identity in contexts of migration and diaspora
Fabulous sociolinguistics work coming out of the Approaches to Migration, Language & Identity conference hosted at University of Sussex
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Fabulous sociolinguistics work coming out of the Approaches to Migration, Language & Identity conference hosted at University of Sussex
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
November 15, 2024 at 1:35 PM
📢 Co-edited book: New approaches to language and identity in contexts of migration and diaspora
Fabulous sociolinguistics work coming out of the Approaches to Migration, Language & Identity conference hosted at University of Sussex
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Fabulous sociolinguistics work coming out of the Approaches to Migration, Language & Identity conference hosted at University of Sussex
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Latha (brèagha) geamhradail an Obar Dheathain 🥶
November 18, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Latha (brèagha) geamhradail an Obar Dheathain 🥶