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Selected Recent & Forthcoming Events

June 2027: Love, Class, Solidarity and Hope: Imagining Robert Burns along the New Silk Road’, Keynote, 5th World Congress of Scottish Literatures, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.

May 2027: ‘Jacobite Officers and Diplomats: Stuart agency in the Catholic powers, 1719-63’, Royal Scots College, Salamanca (Scots Catholic Historical Association)

May 2026: Keynote on the ‘Natures of European Nationalism’, Charles University, Prague

April 2026, Keynote iConference: ‘ From Analogue Edinburgh to Digital Futures: Enlightenment and the Smart City legacy and brand’, Edinburgh

March 2026: ‘Scottish Art, Architecture and Culture, 1870-1914: Britain and the Continent in Conflict’, Charles University Prague, Conflict of Identities programme

28 January 2026: Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow lecture, ‘Global Scotland’

27 January 2026: ‘Thomas Paine, Common Sense and Scottish philosophy in the Declaration of Independence’, United States consulate Edinburgh, to mark the onset of the 250th anniversary of American independence

16 October 2025: ‘Les symboles et la syntaxe du verre jacobite’, ADER auctions Paris

16 October 2025: ‘Vile Spot: Military Policy and Political Reality in the British Army in Scotland after Culloden’, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

7 October 2025: Representing Scotland, ERC Frontiers of European Competitiveness Summit, Copenhagen

27 September 2025: Introduction to event, ‘Scottish-Irish Cultural Diplomacy and Relations’ to mark the Phase 2 Co-operative Framework between Scottish and Irish governments

23 August 2025: ‘John Buchan International’, opening formal event, Beyond Borders Festival

22 May 2025: SSH in Horizon Europe: Bridging Research and Industry for Impactful Innovation

11 March 2025: ‘Eilean Bàn: John Buchan in Scotland and Jerusalem,’ John Buchan 150 Lecture, Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies, University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre (John Buchan 150 lecture)