Ulster-Scots History and Heritage Lecture Series

22 November 2013, 19:00, Tower Museum, Union Place, Derry-Londonderry

Runs to 22 November 2013

The University of Ulster is pleased to be hosting a series of public lectures between June and December 2013, funded by the Ministerial Advisory Group Ulster Scots Academy (MAGUS). The next lecture is entitled 'Northern Stars: the Ulster-Scots literary tradition in the North West'.

These lectures focus on the history, heritage and culture of Scottish settlers in northwest Ulster and their local, national and international significance.  The series looks at how Scots crossed the North Channel, Sruthar-na-Mailé, long before the Plantation of Ulster and forged bonds between the Gaelic inhabitants of Ulster and Scotland which had profound consequences for the English Crown and its attempts to impose its sovereignty upon Ireland.  Other talks in this series by leading historians and academics explore the role of Scottish settlers in the northwest of Ulster in the Plantation of Ulster, the Stuart Civil Wars of the 1640s & 1650s, the siege of Derry in 1689, liberal Presbyterianism in the eighteen and nineteenth centuries, emigration from the port at Londonderry, as well as their literary and cultural heritage.

The next talk in the series will be on 22 November at 7pm in the Tower Museum, Union Place, Derry-Londonderry. It will be given by David Gray and Dr. Carol Baraniuk (University of Ulster), entitled 'Northern Stars: the Ulster-Scots literary tradition in the North West'.

Everyone is welcome to attend- there is no fee and there is no requirement to book a place.

For further information email Dr. Andrew Robinson - robinson-a@email.ulster.ac.uk.