Project ERSKINE | Radical Gaelic Magazines 1900s – 1930s
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Exploring Gaelic magazines founded by Ruaraidh Erskine (1869–1960) | erskine.glasgow.ac.uk | Marie Curie Actions postdoctoral fellowship, guaranteed by UKRI, carried out at the University of Glasgow | investigated by Dr Petra Johana Poncarová
An event to celebrate Donald Sinclair (1885–1932), one of the most prolific and versatile contributors to Erskine's magazines, will be held on 5 December, with Aonghas Mac Leòid, a leading expert on Sinclair's work and author of the new Scotnote Study Guide: asls.org.uk/publications...
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
An event to celebrate Donald Sinclair (1885–1932), one of the most prolific and versatile contributors to Erskine's magazines, will be held on 5 December, with Aonghas Mac Leòid, a leading expert on Sinclair's work and author of the new Scotnote Study Guide: asls.org.uk/publications...
New Project Erskine publication: 'Folklore Material in Ruaraidh Erskine’s Gaelic Magazines', published in the latest issue of the Review of Scottish Culture 30:1 (2025). Available in open access: journals.ed.ac.uk/rosc/issue/v...
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
New Project Erskine publication: 'Folklore Material in Ruaraidh Erskine’s Gaelic Magazines', published in the latest issue of the Review of Scottish Culture 30:1 (2025). Available in open access: journals.ed.ac.uk/rosc/issue/v...
Lachlann MacBheathain | Lachlan MacBean was born #OTD 6 November 1853 in Kiltarlity. MacBean was a journalist, editor, and Gaelic author, and he compiled the directory The Celtic Who’s Who (1921). His writing appeared regularly in Erskine's magazines. erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/people/lachl...
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Lachlann MacBheathain | Lachlan MacBean was born #OTD 6 November 1853 in Kiltarlity. MacBean was a journalist, editor, and Gaelic author, and he compiled the directory The Celtic Who’s Who (1921). His writing appeared regularly in Erskine's magazines. erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/people/lachl...
An article on 'The Visual Dimension of Ruaraidh Erskine's Scottish Magazines' by @poncarova.bsky.social has just appeared in the Journal of the Scottish Society for Art History 30 (2025-26) ssah.org.uk, discussing artworks by Stewart Carmichael, Andrew Scott Rankin, Hugh Munro, and Haldane MacFall.
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
An article on 'The Visual Dimension of Ruaraidh Erskine's Scottish Magazines' by @poncarova.bsky.social has just appeared in the Journal of the Scottish Society for Art History 30 (2025-26) ssah.org.uk, discussing artworks by Stewart Carmichael, Andrew Scott Rankin, Hugh Munro, and Haldane MacFall.
Ùisdean Laing | Hugh Laing was born #OTD 11 October 1889 in South Uist, and spent most of his life in Australia. His own writing and translations into Gaelic appeared in Erskine's magazines and later in Gairm. He received the Bardic Crown in 1965. Find out more: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/people/hugh-...
October 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Ùisdean Laing | Hugh Laing was born #OTD 11 October 1889 in South Uist, and spent most of his life in Australia. His own writing and translations into Gaelic appeared in Erskine's magazines and later in Gairm. He received the Bardic Crown in 1965. Find out more: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/people/hugh-...
Aonghas MacDhonnchaidh | Angus Robertson was born #OTD 6 October 1871 in Breakish, Skye. Author of one of the two earliest Gaelic novels and an important figure in Gaelic initiatives in Glasgow, Robertson also contributed to Erskine's magazines. Find out more: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/people/angus...
October 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Aonghas MacDhonnchaidh | Angus Robertson was born #OTD 6 October 1871 in Breakish, Skye. Author of one of the two earliest Gaelic novels and an important figure in Gaelic initiatives in Glasgow, Robertson also contributed to Erskine's magazines. Find out more: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/people/angus...
Today is National Poetry Day in Scotland! 🏴 Erskine’s magazines provided a platform for publishing new poetry in Gaelic, English, and Scots. They featured the works of 8 winners of the Bardic Crown at the National Mòd. Find out more: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/poetry/
October 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Today is National Poetry Day in Scotland! 🏴 Erskine’s magazines provided a platform for publishing new poetry in Gaelic, English, and Scots. They featured the works of 8 winners of the Bardic Crown at the National Mòd. Find out more: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/poetry/
30 September is the International Translation Day! Erskine’s magazines published a substantial amount of translated content and featured the works of translators such as Ùisdean Laing | Hugh Laing and Dòmhnall MacCaluim | Donald MacCallum. Find out more: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/trans...
September 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
30 September is the International Translation Day! Erskine’s magazines published a substantial amount of translated content and featured the works of translators such as Ùisdean Laing | Hugh Laing and Dòmhnall MacCaluim | Donald MacCallum. Find out more: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/trans...
On 20 August 1901 #OTD, a pan-Celtic congress opened in Dublin. Ruaraidh Erskine was involved as one of the vice-presidents, and the event brought together many future contributors to his magazines. Find out more about the coverage of pan-Celtic initiatives: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/pan-c...
August 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
On 20 August 1901 #OTD, a pan-Celtic congress opened in Dublin. Ruaraidh Erskine was involved as one of the vice-presidents, and the event brought together many future contributors to his magazines. Find out more about the coverage of pan-Celtic initiatives: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/pan-c...
On Thursday (22 May, 5 pm UK time) in person and online at the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies: 'Twentieth-Century Radical Scottish Gaelic Magazines and Contacts with Wales', including the latest findings about Welsh contributors and content in Erskine's magazines. All welcome! 🏴 🏴
May 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
On Thursday (22 May, 5 pm UK time) in person and online at the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies: 'Twentieth-Century Radical Scottish Gaelic Magazines and Contacts with Wales', including the latest findings about Welsh contributors and content in Erskine's magazines. All welcome! 🏴 🏴
This Wednesday (14 May, 3 pm) at the University of Aberdeen @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social. All welcome!
May 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
This Wednesday (14 May, 3 pm) at the University of Aberdeen @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social. All welcome!
6 April marks the Tartan Day! Erskine had a lifelong interest in the Scottish national dress and related etiquette. He published a booklet on the topic, 'The Kilt and How to Wear It' (1901), and an extensive essay series 'The Scottish National Dress' for his quarterly Guth na Bliadhna (1910–1912). 🏴
April 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
6 April marks the Tartan Day! Erskine had a lifelong interest in the Scottish national dress and related etiquette. He published a booklet on the topic, 'The Kilt and How to Wear It' (1901), and an extensive essay series 'The Scottish National Dress' for his quarterly Guth na Bliadhna (1910–1912). 🏴
The Scottish Review, originally published between 1882 and 1900, was revived by Ruaraidh Erskine in Spring 1914 and came out regularly until Spring 1920. A complete overview of all the issues is now available through the Project ERSKINE website: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/magazines/th...
March 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The Scottish Review, originally published between 1882 and 1900, was revived by Ruaraidh Erskine in Spring 1914 and came out regularly until Spring 1920. A complete overview of all the issues is now available through the Project ERSKINE website: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/magazines/th...
🌍 'S e Latha Bàrdachd an t-Saoghail a th' ann! It's World Poetry Day! 📚 Erskine's magazines provided a platform for new Gaelic poetry and published works by Allan MacDonald, Donald Sinclair, T. D. MacDonald, James Thomson, and many others. Find out more: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/poetry/
March 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🌍 'S e Latha Bàrdachd an t-Saoghail a th' ann! It's World Poetry Day! 📚 Erskine's magazines provided a platform for new Gaelic poetry and published works by Allan MacDonald, Donald Sinclair, T. D. MacDonald, James Thomson, and many others. Find out more: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/poetry/
To mark St Patrick's Day, Project ERSKINE highlights the extensive involvement of Irish contributors in Erskine's Scottish magazines - from Douglas Hyde and Peter Toner McGinley to Eoin MacNeill, Patrick Eric MacFhinn, and Patrick Dinneen. Find out more: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/places/irela... 🇮🇪
March 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
To mark St Patrick's Day, Project ERSKINE highlights the extensive involvement of Irish contributors in Erskine's Scottish magazines - from Douglas Hyde and Peter Toner McGinley to Eoin MacNeill, Patrick Eric MacFhinn, and Patrick Dinneen. Find out more: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/places/irela... 🇮🇪
Project ERSKINE at this year's conference of the Scottish Society for Art History, hosted by @natlibscot.bsky.social. More about the artists involved and content related to art, crafts, architecture & aesthetics: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/art-a...
February 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Project ERSKINE at this year's conference of the Scottish Society for Art History, hosted by @natlibscot.bsky.social. More about the artists involved and content related to art, crafts, architecture & aesthetics: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/art-a...
#BurnsWeek Over the years, Erskine's Scottish magazines featured a number of pieces concerning Robert Burns, in Gaelic and English, and an image of the poet based on an oil painting owned by Erskine & based on the famous Nasmyth portrait: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/rober...
January 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
#BurnsWeek Over the years, Erskine's Scottish magazines featured a number of pieces concerning Robert Burns, in Gaelic and English, and an image of the poet based on an oil painting owned by Erskine & based on the famous Nasmyth portrait: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/topics/rober...
Ruaraidh Erskine was born #OTD 15 January 1869 in Brighton. Project ERSKINE website now offers the opportunity to explore in detail the extensive and diverse corpus of writing Erskine supplied for his own magazines, including a significant body of translations. erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/people/ruara...
January 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Ruaraidh Erskine was born #OTD 15 January 1869 in Brighton. Project ERSKINE website now offers the opportunity to explore in detail the extensive and diverse corpus of writing Erskine supplied for his own magazines, including a significant body of translations. erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/people/ruara...
The first issue of the quarterly Guth na Bliadhna came out in Winter 1904. An interactive annotated overview of all the issues (1904-1925), with a growing database of contributors, is now available through the Project ERSKINE website: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/magazines/gu...
January 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The first issue of the quarterly Guth na Bliadhna came out in Winter 1904. An interactive annotated overview of all the issues (1904-1925), with a growing database of contributors, is now available through the Project ERSKINE website: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/magazines/gu...
German scholar Kuno Meyer (1858–1919), born #OTD 20 December, was a major influence on Erskine's periodicals. Meyer lectured in Celtic at @uofglasgow.bsky.social, and translations from and references to his works appeared regularly in the magazines. erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/people/kuno-...
December 20, 2024 at 10:03 AM
German scholar Kuno Meyer (1858–1919), born #OTD 20 December, was a major influence on Erskine's periodicals. Meyer lectured in Celtic at @uofglasgow.bsky.social, and translations from and references to his works appeared regularly in the magazines. erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/people/kuno-...
Donald Sinclair | Dòmhnall Mac na Ceàrdaich, born #OTD 5 December 1885 in Leideag, Barra, was an innovative Gaelic poet, playwright, and prose writer, and one of Erskine's most prolific and loyal collaborators. Discover more about his diverse output: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/people/donal...
December 5, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Donald Sinclair | Dòmhnall Mac na Ceàrdaich, born #OTD 5 December 1885 in Leideag, Barra, was an innovative Gaelic poet, playwright, and prose writer, and one of Erskine's most prolific and loyal collaborators. Discover more about his diverse output: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/people/donal...
Malcolm MacFarlane | Calum MacPhàrlain, born #OTD 30 November 1853 in Dalavich, Argyll, was a scholar, author, composer, and Gaelic activist, one of the most prolific contributors to Erskine's Gaelic magazines. Discover more about his contributions: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/people/malco...
November 30, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Malcolm MacFarlane | Calum MacPhàrlain, born #OTD 30 November 1853 in Dalavich, Argyll, was a scholar, author, composer, and Gaelic activist, one of the most prolific contributors to Erskine's Gaelic magazines. Discover more about his contributions: erskine.glasgow.ac.uk/people/malco...
A paper on 'The Visual Dimension of Ruaraidh Erskine’s Magazines' is going to be part of the conference 'Art & Text', organised by the Scottish Society for Art History in partnership with the National Library of Scotland on 6-7 February 2025. Full programme & tickets: tinyurl.com/39pvffak
November 28, 2024 at 11:41 AM
A paper on 'The Visual Dimension of Ruaraidh Erskine’s Magazines' is going to be part of the conference 'Art & Text', organised by the Scottish Society for Art History in partnership with the National Library of Scotland on 6-7 February 2025. Full programme & tickets: tinyurl.com/39pvffak
Inspiring time for Project Erskine at 'Unsettling Scottish Studies' conference hosted by Simon Fraser University, Vancouver - a paper on 'Global Gaelic Diaspora and Twentieth-Century Gaelic Magazines' by @poncarova.bsky.social was part of the panel 'Disrupting Spatial Geographies'. 🏴 🇨🇦 🌐
November 26, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Inspiring time for Project Erskine at 'Unsettling Scottish Studies' conference hosted by Simon Fraser University, Vancouver - a paper on 'Global Gaelic Diaspora and Twentieth-Century Gaelic Magazines' by @poncarova.bsky.social was part of the panel 'Disrupting Spatial Geographies'. 🏴 🇨🇦 🌐