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Robert Fergusson (1750-74)@rfergussonpoet.bsky.social |
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'The Works of Robert Fergusson: Reconstructing Textual and Cultural Legacies', Leverhulme Trust-funded project at University of Glasgow PI Prof Rhona Brown.
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We've enjoyed reading your abstracts so much that we've extended the deadline for our symposium 'Robert Fergusson's Textual Legacies in the 250 Years Since his Death'.
The new deadline is Monday 22nd July!
Please share with your networks ⬇️
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/events/sympo...
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Symposium reminder - We also welcome papers on those influenced by Fergusson, including & not limited to: Robert Burns; Robert Louis Stevenson; Hugh MacDiarmid; Robert Garioch; Sydney Goodsir Smith; Edwin Morgan; Tom Leonard; Les Murray; Kathleen Jamie. robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/events/sympo...
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We had a chat with playwright Martin Travers of
Braw Clan about his Fergusson-focused play, Crown of Straw. Check it out on our blog here: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/crown-of-str...
Tickets for Crown of Straw are still available here: brawclan.com/crown-of-str...
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#ProjectFergusson are absolutely thrilled to have worked with the theatre group Braw Clan on this exciting new play on #RobertFergusson!
Dates: Thurs 20 June - 7.30pm, Biggar
Fri 21 June - 7.30pm,
Crawford Sat 22 June - 7.30pm, Leadhills
Free tickets: brawclan.com/crown-of-str...
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Robert Fergusson (1750-74)
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Reminder: CfP closes Monday 1st July, please do send your abstracts across!
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New resources uploaded to our project website! Take a look at the link below: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/resources/
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CALL FOR PAPERS: 'Robert Fergusson's Textual Legacies in the 250 Years Since his Death' This symposium will be taking place on 6th September at the University of Glasgow. For more information and for the full CFP, see the link: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/events/sympo...
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Thinking back to a wonderful event on Wednesday at the Canongate Kirk, with thanks to the Scottish Poetry Library for organising it! We thoroughly enjoyed celebrating Robert Fergusson with so many others!
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FINAL CALL: 'Robert Fergusson: the simmer o' his life' is happening this Wednesday 1st May at 7pm! A Scottish Poetry Library-organised event, taking place at the Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh!
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robert-fer...
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Many thanks to Prof. Patrick Scott for his review of our project website in the latest edition of the Burns Chronicle! Check out the review here: www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
and our wonderful website here: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
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REMINDER: 'Robert Fergusson: the simmer o' his life' is happening next Wednesday 1st May at 7pm.
Our project PI @rhonabrown.bsky.social will be speaking at the event!
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robert-fer...
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#FergussonFact - Fergusson attended St Andrews University from 1764-1768 on a scholarship specifically for students with the surname 'Fergusson'! He continued to write about St Andrews throughout his short career, including elegies to the University's porter and Maths professor.
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Reminder There are still tickets available for this amazing Scottish Poetry Library event! Get them at the link below.
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#FergussonFact We've been looking at Fergusson's October 1773 obituary in the Weekly Magazine. Here's our favourite quote: 'When seated, with some select companions, over a friendly bowl, his wit flash'd like lightning, struck the hearers irrestibly, and set the table in a roar'.
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Very exciting news!!!
Our friends at the Scottish Poetry Library's event 'Robert Fergusson: the simmer o' his life' has changed venue to
the Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh due to very high demand! Remaining tickets are available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robert-fer...
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It's #WorldPoetryDay2024! Let us know in the comments - which is your favourite Fergusson poem? Are you a fan of Braid Claith or prefer The Ghaists? Does The Daft Days or Auld Reikie take the prime spot for you?
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We're thrilled to have a guest blog on the website from our friend Matt Brady! Matt is a history tour guide at Edinburgh attraction The Real Mary King's Close, who has written about learning local history through Fergusson. Check it out below: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/learning-loc...
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A reminder to our followers! If you're interested in finding out more about our project to celebrate Fergusson's legacies 250 years after his death (and culminating in a new edition of Fergusson's poems!!) make sure to check out our website: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
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#FergussonFact - In 1773, the Weekly Magazine (where many of Robert Fergusson's poems were published), printed thirty-one of his poems. This averages as just fewer than three poems per month! Poems published during 1773 include favourites 'The Ghaists' and 'Leith Races'!
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We need you! The last big Robert Fergusson manuscript discovery was found in an attic in the USA in 2012!! Do you have any new Fergusson manuscripts hidden in attics, boxes, or old editions of his poems? If you do, please get in touch: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/contact/
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Enjoyed chatting all things #ProjectFergusson and
@rfergussonpoet.bsky.social at yesterday’s Centre for Robert Burns Studies conference at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Ayrshire. A good way to start 2024 - we’re calling it the Year of Robert Fergusson!
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Event: Robert Fergusson: the simmer o' his life
Weds 1 May 2024 @ 7pm
Tickets: £7/£5 concs
Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh.
James Robertson, @rhonabrown.bsky.social, Tommy Reckless, and David Annand celebrate the life & legacy of Robert Fergusson.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robert-fer...
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2024 is the year of Robert Fergusson! @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social is commemorating Fergusson's life and legacy throughout this year, the 250th anniversary of his death. Events will be announced on our website: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk Please follow us and help us remember this important poet.
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A story in today's Edinburgh Evening News by Angus Robertson MSP on the importance of remembering and commemorating @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social at the 250th anniversary of his death: www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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Fergusson is back on the streets of Edinburgh! We took a trip to the Canongate Kirk last week before a lengthy spell in the NLS looking at Fergusson's manuscripts there. Exciting things are afoot on #ProjectFergusson - keep an eye on our website for updates or to get in touch!
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as part of the project over the coming two years! Thanks, Amy (2/2)
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Hi John, yes, we're lucky to have the poems he did write! Scots is a language of course. This video actually isn't affiliated with the project - there are a couple of great audio recordings on YouTube so I thought it would be nice to share one. We are hoping to do our own audio recordings (1/2)
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Haud Hogmanay!!
We're in the middle of the daft days, the time from Christmas to the first Monday of the New Year!
This is a period when people can act in daft ways, celebrate and be merry!
Listen to a great version of Fergusson's poem 'The Daft Days':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-8y...
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Check out the first blog on our new website for our @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social project, written by our very own Research Associate, @wilcocksonamy.bsky.social, on her first weeks as an RA. 👇 Please bookmark, as more project blogs on Fergusson's work and legacies are on the way!
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Did you know our website also has a blog section? Our first post is available now - an introduction to her work so far on the project by Research Assistant
@wilcocksonamy.bsky.social! Keep checking back for more insights and updates into #ProjectFergusson. robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/blog/
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Our PI @rhonabrown.bsky.social is speaking at the Burns Studies Conference, January 20 2024, on 'Memorialising Robert Fergusson: Commemorating Fergusson’s Legacies at the 250th Anniversary of his Death'. Tickets available below - it looks to be an amazing event!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robert-bur...
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Project Fergusson will be looking at Fergusson's legacies alongside his poetry. Here's a video we've found of Fergusson's grave in Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh - have you visited his grave?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUT4...
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As a special St Andrew's Day treat - our 'Project Fergusson' website is now live! Check out robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk for more information about the project, our edition of Fergusson's poems, our plans for upcoming events, our blog, and to contact us. Please share widely!
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Exciting news - our new logo is here and we're thrilled with it! Thanks to Dr Craig Lamont for creating such a recognisable image. Keep your eyes peeled for our website launch in the coming weeks...
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As part of #ProjectFergusson we'll also be looking into Fergusson's legacies. One such legacy is the development of humane psychiatric treatment in Edinburgh, thanks to the efforts of Fergusson's friend Dr. Andrew Duncan. www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2014/06/memo...
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The first week in November was traditionally the 'All-Hallow Fair' in Edinburgh, where Halloween was celebrated! Fergusson writes of the cold weather and its effects on Edinburgh's inhabitants in the opening stanza of the poem.
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Researching the way in which Scots poet Robert Fergusson (1750-74) becomes something of a writer’s writer. Internationally celebrated author Robert Louis Stevenson was perhaps a little more than a fan. He said, ‘I believe Fergusson lives in me.’
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Did you know that the vast majority of Robert Fergusson's poems were first published in a contemporary magazine, the Weekly Magazine or Edinburgh Amusement? We'll be focusing on that key context in our new edition of Fergusson's works.
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Well, this is new! Hello to friends, old and new - follow me for posts on 18th-century Scottish literature, @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social, textual editing and early Scottish periodicals. Hope to chat!
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Welcome, new followers! Here's a poem to live by for the weekend, Robert Fergusson's translation of Horace's Ode XI, Lib I, thought to have been written when he was in his teens. Carpe diem!
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Robert Fergusson (1750-74)
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Hello! This is the place to find information about our new Leverhulme Trust-funded project at the University of Glasgow on the works and legacy of Scots poet Robert Fergusson (1750-74). We'll share updates about research, events and publications here - watch this space!
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