31st Scottish Heritage Symposium at St Andrew's University

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The 31st Charles Ascombe Shaw Memorial Scottish Heritage Symosium will be held Virtually on March 20, 2021.  This tradition of study and interaction is ideal for those seeking knowledge of Scottish history, culture and traditions.

Take the opportunity to spend the day with some of the top scholars in the USA, Scotland, and Canada on topics relative to Scottish and Scottish-American history and genealogy.  Speakers include: 

Dr. Rob Dunbar – Chair of the Celtic and Scottish Studies Department, University of Edinburgh who will address references to the American South and the Carolinas in Gaelic literature and lore. 

Dr. Bruce Durie -  Scotland’s top academic genealogist, who will address the topic of the variety of DNA found in Scotland and thus among the Scottish diaspora. 

Dr. Tiber Falzett -  inaugural Scottish Heritage USA visiting professor of Scottish Gaelic Studies at UNC – Chapel Hill and currently of the faculty of University College, Dublin and the Irish Folklore Commission will address the Gaelic hymn and song traditions found in the Carolinas – with a focus on some recently discovered manuscript materials relative to this.  

Dr. Rae Fleming -  noted local and regional historian and specialist on the migrations and connections between Islay emigrants from Scotland to the Carolinas and Ontario and their interchange through the 19th century. 

Ms. Nancy Fields – director and curator of the Museum of the Southeastern American Indian at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, NC who will explore the connections between Native Americans of the Carolinas and their emigrant Highland Scot neighbors.

PRE-REGISTRATION is required for access to the virtual symposium.  For further information on the speakers and the schedule for the event, please visit:     https://www.sa.edu/scottish-heritage/  

CLICK ON THE BROCHURE LINK for further information on our speakers.  

CLICK ON THE 2021 SCHEDULE LINK FOR THE SCHEDULE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS.  Registration fee is $20 per person.  Link to the virtual symposium to be sent the week of the event to all who have pre-registered.