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Association for Scottish Literature/Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Conference 2026

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye

26–28 June 2026

‘Our three-voiced country’:
Twentieth-century cross-currents in Gaelic and other Scottish writing

The Association for Scottish Literature/Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Conference 2026 will be held at, and in association with, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig on Friday to Sunday, 26–28 June 2026.

This conference will follow successful predecessors which led to ASL publication of two influential volumes: Crossing the Highland Line: Cross-currents in Eighteenth-Century Scottish Writing (2009) and Gael and Lowlander in Scottish Literature: Cross-currents in Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth Century (2015). A forthcoming volume based on selected conference papers will complete this sequence.

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Conference Booking

Bookings for the conference can be made here

Speakers

Information about each of the conference speakers can be viewed here

Abstracts

Abstracts from each conference speakers papers can be viewed here

Conference Schedule

Full schedule for the conference running from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 June 2026

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