Celtic and Gaelic

Andrew Melville infamously called James VI God’s ‘sillie vassal’, but what do his writings reveal about his views on kingship and the power of the people?  In this seminar paper, Dr. Steven Reid, Lecturer in History at the University of Glasgow, assesses Melville’s Latin poetry to provide a new angle on Scotland’s best-known Presbyterian thinker. 

What Andrew Melville Really Thought of James VI

Professor Ted Cowan from the University of Glasgow and Professor Roger Mason of St Andrews University debate the 1320 Declaration of Arbroath and its legacy as part of the Vox Populi research seminar series, 2012-2013.

Declaration of Arbroath and its Legacy

Claire Nance discusses her Kelvin Smith Scholarship project

Scottish Gaelic: Phonetic variation and identity

Celtic & Gaelic at Glasgow brings together the teaching and research of the ancient, medieval and modern periods in the Celtic languages of Scottish Gaelic, Irish and Welsh. Our primary interests are in Scottish Gaelic and Irish language and literature, and in medieval Celtic literatures and history.

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