CURRICULUM VITAE
Leith Davis
Professor, Department of English
Director, Research Centre for Scottish Studies
丁香园AV
Education
PhD University of California, Berkeley
MA. University of California, Berkeley
BA Hons University of Saskatchewan
PART 1: PUBLICATIONS
Books (4)
1. Jacobitism and Cultural Memory, 1688 to 1840. Cambridge University Press, 2025. 104 pp.
2. Mediating Cultural Memory in Britain and Ireland, 1688-1745. Cambridge University Press, 2022. 307 pp.
3. Music, Postcolonialism, Gender: The Construction of Irish Identity, 1707-1855. University of Notre Dame Press, 2005. 323 pp.
4. Acts of Union: Scotland and the Literary Negotiation of the British Nation, 1707-1830. Stanford University Press, 1998. 212 pp.
Co-Edited Books (3)
1. The International Companion to Scottish Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century. Ed. Leith Davis and Janet Sorenson. Association of Scottish Literary Studies, 2021. 442 pp.
2. Robert Burns and Transatlantic Culture. Ed. Sharon Alker, Leith Davis and Holly Nelson. Ashgate, 2012. 320 pp.
3. Scotland and the Borders of Romanticism. Ed. Leith Davis, Ian Duncan and Janet Sorensen. Cambridge University Press, 2004. 260 pp.
Edited Journals
1. Special Issue on 鈥淣ew Perspectives on 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning鈥欌�� for the International Review of Scottish Studies. Co-Ed. Kevin James. 2022.
Refereed Journal Articles (22)
1. 鈥溾�楢 Piece of History the Most Remarkable & Interesting That Ever Happened in Any Age or Country鈥欌��: 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning鈥� Manuscript of Robert Forbes,鈥� Eighteenth-Century Life (2024) 48 (1): 159鈥�182.
2. 鈥淚ntroduction: New Perspectives on 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning,鈥欌�� International Review of Scottish Studies. Special Issue on 鈥淣ew Perspectives on 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning,鈥欌�� 47 (2022), 1-21.
3. 鈥溾�楩emale Rebels鈥�: Highlighting Women鈥檚 Voices in Robert Forbes鈥檚 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning鈥欌�� (with Research Assistants Taylor Breckles, Shauna Irani, Emma Trotter and Julianna Wagar), International Review of Scottish Studies. Special Issue on 鈥淣ew Perspectives on 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning,鈥欌�� 47 (2022), 77-92.
4. 鈥淚nscripting Rebellion: The Newdigate Manuscript Newsletters, Printed Newspapers and the Cultural Memory of the 1715 Rising,鈥� Parliamentary History, 41.1 (2022), 150-166.
5. 鈥淲omen, Oral Culture and Book History in the Romantic-Era British Archipelago: Charlotte Brooke, Anne Grant and Felicia Hemans鈥� in The Huntington Library Quarterly, 84.1 (2021), 177-188.
6. 鈥淭ransnational Articulations in James Macpherson鈥檚 Poems of Ossian and The History and Management of the East-India Company, 鈥�The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation 60.4 (2019), 441-460.
7. 鈥淏etween Archive and Repertoire: Astley鈥檚 Amphitheatre, Early Circus, and Romantic-Era Song Culture,鈥� Studies in Romanticism, 58.4 (2019), 451-480.
8. 鈥淭he 鈥楿nfetter鈥檇鈥� Muse鈥�: Robert Burns and Pre-Confederation Scottish-Canadian Poets鈥� in Studies in Canadian Literature, 44.1 (2019), 100-121.
9. 鈥淢emory Studies and the Eighteenth Century鈥� Literature Compass, (Jan. 2019), 1-16.
10. 鈥淐ultural Memory and Cultural Amnesia: Ireland and the 鈥楪lorious Revolution鈥� in Studies in EighteenthCentury Culture 47 (2017 volume published 2018), 185-205
11. 鈥淏ack to the Future: Remembering the 1707 Act of Union in the 2014 Referendum Campaign,鈥� Studies in Scottish Literature, 41.1 (2015), 237鈥�249.
12. 鈥淪cottish Literature and 鈥楨ngl. Lit.鈥欌�� in Studies in Scottish Literature, 38.1 (2012), 20-27.
13. 鈥淚magining the Miscellaneous Nation: James Watson鈥檚 Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems,鈥� Eighteenth-Century Life, 35.3 (2011), 60-80.
14. James Currie鈥檚 Works of Robert Burns,鈥� International Journal of Scottish Literature, Spring/Summer 2010.
15. 鈥淪equels of Resistance: Edward Bunting鈥檚 Ancient Irish Melodies and the Irish Nation,鈥� Nineteenth-Century Contexts 23 (2001), 29-57.
16. 鈥淔rom Fingal鈥檚 Harp to Flora鈥檚 Song: Scotland, Music and Romanticism,鈥� The Wordsworth Circle, (Summer, 2000), 93-97.
17. 鈥淕ender and the Nation in the Work of Robert Burns and Janet Little,鈥� Studies in English Literature, (Autumn, 1998), 621-645.
18. 鈥淭he Politics of Hypochondriasis: James Currie鈥檚 Works of Robert Burns,鈥� Studies in Romanticism, 32 (Spring, 1997), 43-60.
19. 鈥渀Bounded to a District Space鈥�: Burns, Wordsworth and the Margins of English Literature,鈥� English Studies in Canada, 20.1 (March, 1994), 23-40.
20. 鈥淏irth of the Nation: Gender and Writing in the Work of Henry and Charlotte Brooke,鈥� Eighteenth-Century Life, 18.1 (Feb. 1994), 27-47.
21. 鈥淚rish Bards and English Consumers: Thomas Moore鈥檚 Irish Melodies and the Colonized Nation,鈥� ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, 24.2 (April, 1993), 7-25.
22. 鈥淥rigins of the Specious: James Macpherson鈥檚 Ossian and the Forging of the British Empire, The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation, 34.2 (1993), 132-150.
Digital Humanities Projects (5)
1. (Principal Investigator): an ongoing SSHRC-funded project to digitize, encode and analyze an eighteenth-century Jacobite manuscript to highlight the voices of women, Gaelic-speakers and working-class individuals in eighteenth-century Scotland.
2. (Principal Investigator): a SSHRC-funded digital archive of advertisements describing the acts performed at the first circus venue, Astley鈥檚 Amphitheatre, between the years 1768 and 1833. The database is based on three volumes of newspaper cuttings collected by theatre manager James Winston (1779-1843) and now housed in the British Library.
3. (Curator and Director): a collection of oral history interviews with Scots immigrants to British Columbia by members of the Scottish community; currently housed in 丁香园AV Library鈥檚 Digitized Collections.
4. 鈥�Mediating The Company of Scotland鈥�s Darien Expedition鈥� (Principal Investigator): a SSHRC-funded public access database of printed works connected with the Company of Scotland鈥檚 colonial enterprise in South America (1695-1700) currently housed in libraries throughout the UK.
5. 鈥淪cots in BC: Transatlantic Traces鈥� (Principal Investigator): a historical overview of Scots in BC including interactive website with a moving timeline that allows users to upload their own stories of immigration to BC. (Website currently under reconstruction)
Book Chapters (23)
1. "Rehabilitating Jacobites in Romantic-Era Britain: The Cultural Memory of the 1745 Rising in Thomas Campbell's 'Lochiel's Warning' and Anne Grant's 'The Highlanders'" in Law, Equity and Romantic Writing: Seeking Justice in the Age of Revolutions. Ed. Michael Demson and Regina Hewitt. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2024.
2. "'Sights of Memory': Robert Burns and Romantic-era Book Illustration鈥� in The Oxford Handbook of Robert Burns, ed. Gerard Carruthers (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024), 284-299.
3. "The Cultural Making of 'Great Britain'" in The Routledge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Literatures in English, ed. Nicole Alijoe, Sarah Eron, and Suvir Kaul (Routledge, 2024), 91-103.
4. 鈥淐harlotte Brooke,鈥� in The Routledge Research Companion to Romantic Women Writers. Eds. Ann Hawkins, Catherine Blackwell and E. Leigh Bonds. Routledge, (2023), 131-140.
5. 鈥淚ntroduction鈥� in The International Companion to Scottish Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century. Co-Ed. Janet Sorenson. Association of Scottish Literary Studies, (2021), 1-23.
6. 鈥淧resenting the National Past: The Uses of History in Scottish Literature, 1650-1707,鈥� in The International Companion to Scottish Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century. Co-Ed. Janet Sorenson. Association of Scottish Literary Studies, (2021), 56-72.
7. (with MA student Jasreen Kaur Janjua) 鈥淔ierce Females and Male Pretenders: Gender, Cultural Memory and Anti-Jacobite Print Culture in the 1745 Rising,鈥� in The International Companion to Scottish Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century. Co-Ed. Janet Sorenson. Association of Scottish Literary Studies, (2021), 117-131.
8. 鈥淢ediating 鈥楾his Sudden & Surprising Revolution鈥�: Official Manuscript Newsletters and the Glorious Revolution,鈥� in After Print: Manuscript Studies and Eighteenth-Century Literature. Ed. Rachael Scarborough King. University of Virginia State Press, (2020), 148-173.
9. 鈥淧oems on Nation and Empire,鈥� in Oxford British Poetry, 1660-1800. Ed. Jack Lynch. Oxford UP, (2016), 330-319.
10. 鈥淭he Aftermath of Union,鈥� in The Cambridge Companion to Scottish Literature. Eds. Gerard Carruthers and Liam McIlvanney. Cambridge University Press, (2012), 56-70.
11. Charlotte Brooke鈥檚 Reliques of Irish Poetry: Eighteenth-century 鈥業rish Song鈥� and the Politics of Remediation,鈥� in United Islands? The Languages of Resistance. Eds. Michael Brown, John Kirk, and Andrew Noble. Pickering and Chatto, (2012), 95-108.
12. 鈥淩obert Burns,鈥� in The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature. Ed. Fred Burwick. Blackwell Publishing, (2012), 189-196.
13. Introduction: 鈥溾�楢e [Electric] Spark o Nature鈥檚 Fire鈥欌��: Reading Burns Across the Atlantic,鈥� in Robert Burns in Transatlantic Culture. Eds. Sharon Alker, Leith Davis and Holly Nelson. Ashgate, (2012), 1-18.
14. 鈥淭he Robert Burns 1859 Centenary: Mapping Transatlantic (Dis)location鈥� in Robert Burns in Transatlantic Culture. Ed. Sharon Alker, Leith Davis and Holly Nelson. Ashgate, (2012), 187-208.
15. 鈥溾�楴ation, Language and Nation Language鈥�: Robert Burns and Kamau Brathwaite鈥� (with Kristen Mahlis) in Scottish Literature and Postcolonial Literature. Eds. Michael Gardiner, Graeme MacDonald and Niall O鈥橤allagher. Edinburgh UP, (2011), 15- 29.
16. 鈥淩ules of Art: The Life of Burns on Page and Stage, 1786-1954鈥� in Robert Burns in Global Culture. Ed. Murray Pittock. Bucknell UP, (2011), 229-246.
17. 鈥淢alvina鈥檚 Daughters: Irish Women Writers Respond to Ossian鈥� in Ireland and Romanticism: Publics, Nations and Scenes of Cultural Production. Ed. Jim Kelly. Palgrave Macmillan, (2010), 141-160.
18. 鈥淩obert Burns and Transnational Culture,鈥� in Edinburgh Companion to Robert Burns. Ed. Gerard Carruthers. Edinburgh UP, (2009), 150-163.
19. 鈥淩efiguring the Popular in Charlotte Brooke鈥檚 Reliques of Irish Poetry,鈥� in Romanticism and Popular Culture in Britain and Ireland. Eds. Philip Connell and Nigel Leask. Cambridge UP, (2009), 72-87.
20. 鈥淥rality and Public Poetry, 1707-1918鈥� (with Maureen McLane), in Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature. Vol. 2. University of Edinburgh Press, (2006), 125-132.
21. 鈥溾�楥oming to the Past鈥�: Alistair MacLeod鈥檚 No Great Mischief and Scottish Diasporic Identity in a PostDevolution Era,鈥� in Culture, Nation and the New Scottish Parliament. Ed. Caroline McCracken-Flesher. Bucknell UP, (2006), 95-111.
22. 鈥淎t 鈥楽ang About鈥�: Scottish Song and the Challenge to British Culture,鈥� in Scotland and the Borders of Romanticism. Ed. Leith Davis, Ian Duncan and Janet Sorensen. Cambridge University Press, (2004), 188-203.
23. 鈥淩e-Presenting Scotia: Robert Burns and the Imagined Community of Scotland,鈥� in Critical Essays on Robert Burns. Ed. Carol McGuirk. G.K. Hall, (1998).
Forthcoming Edited Books
1. Critical edition of John Galt, Ringan Gilhaize, or The Covenanters. Edinburgh UP (under contract).
Forthcoming Co-edited Books
1. Shaping Jacobitism, 1688 to the Present: Memory, Culture, Networks. Co-Ed. Kevin James. Edinburgh University Press (in press).
Forthcoming Book Chapters (4)
1. Introduction, Shaping Jacobitism, 1688 to the Present: Memory, Culture, Networks. Co-Ed. Kevin James. Edinburgh, UP (in press).
2. 鈥淎 New Approach to Old Networks: Applying Digital Humanities Methodologies to Analyze Robert Forbes鈥檚 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning鈥� Manuscript鈥� (with Joey Takeda and RAs Shauna Irani, Dana Lai, Emma Trotter, Julianna Wagar), in Shaping Jacobitism, 1688 to the Present: Memory, Culture, Networks. Co-Ed. Kevin James. Edinburgh UP (in press).
3. 鈥溾�楻estory-ing鈥� the Rightful King? Recycling and Revising Eighteenth-Century Cultural Memories of the Jacobites in 翱耻迟濒补苍诲别谤鈥� (with student Laura Mottiez), in Shaping Jacobitism, 1688 to the Present: Memory, Culture, Networks. Co-Ed. Kevin James. Edinburgh, UP (in press).
4. 鈥淭he Literature of Jacobitism鈥� in The Cambridge History of Scottish Literature. Ed. Ian Duncan. Cambridge UP (forthcoming).
Digital Research Publications (8)
1. he Bottle Imp Issue 34 (2024)
2. 鈥� The Bottle Imp, Supplement 8A (Spring 2022).
3. 鈥� The Bottle Imp 5 (May 2009).
4. 鈥� Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Ed. Stephen Behrendt. Alexander Street Press (2008).
5. 鈥� Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Ed. Stephen Behrendt. Alexander Street Press (2008).
6. 鈥� Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Ed. Stephen Behrendt. Alexander Street Press (2008).
7. 鈥� Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Eds. Stephen Behrendt and Nancy Kushigian. Alexander Street Press (2002).
8. 鈥� Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Eds. Stephen Behrendt and Nancy Kushigian. Alexander Street Press (2002).
Dictionary Entries
鈥淛ames Currie,鈥� Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 142: Eighteenth-Century British Literary Biographers, 6168.
Research Blogs
1. 鈥�Early Circus in London: Astley鈥檚 Amphitheatre,鈥� British Library Digital Scholarship Blog. 25 Nov. 2020.
2. 鈥�Spectacles of Song and the 鈥楻econstructing Early Circus鈥� Database,鈥� Romantic National Song Network. 14 May, 2019.
Selected Book Reviews
1. Claire Connolly, ed. Irish Literature in Transition, 1730-1830. In Studies in Romanticism, 61.4 (2022).
2. Michael Morris, Scotland and the Caribbean, c. 1740-1833. In Eighteenth-Century Scotland. 32 (Spring, 2018), 24-25.
3. David Sergeant, Burns and Other Poets. In Studies in Hogg and His World, 24 (2014), 79.
4. Nigel Leask, Robert Burns and Pastoral: Poetry and Improvement in Late Eighteenth-Century Scotland. In Studies in Hogg and His World, 23 (2013), 114.
5. Matthew Campbell, Irish Poetry Under the Union, 1801鈥�1924. In Ariel, 46.1 (2015) 277鈥�80.
6. Penny Fielding, 鈥淪cotland and the Fictions of Geography: North Britain 1760鈥�1830.鈥� In Eighteenth-Century Fiction, 22.4 (2010), 717鈥�19.
7. Barry Menikoff, Narrating Scotland: The Imagination of Robert Louis Stevenson. In English Studies in Canada,
33.1 (2007), 257鈥�61.
8. Ina Ferris, The Romantic National Tale and the Question of Ireland. In Keats-Shelley Journal, 54, (2005), 194鈥�9.
9. Janet Sorensen, The Grammar of Empire in Eighteenth-Century British Writing. In Studies in Romanticism,
42.3 (2003), 401.
10. Mary Ann Corbett, Allegories of Union in Irish and English Writing, 1790-1870: Politics, History, and the Family from Edgeworth to Arnold. In Victorian Studies, 44.4 (2002), 684.
11. Robert Crawford, ed. Robert Burns and Cultural Authority. In Criticism: A Quarterly for Literature and the Arts, 41.1 (1999), 135.
12. S. H. Clark, Mark Akenside, James Macpherson, Edward Young: Selected Poetry.鈥� In Scottish Literary Journal, 46 (1997), 15.
PART 2: KEY SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
Keynote Talks (6)
1. 鈥淔emale Rebels: Gender in the 1745-46 Jacobite Rising鈥� for the launch of the 鈥淭ruth or Treason? Sources for the Study of the Jacobites鈥� exhibit, McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph, April 3, 2023.
2. 鈥淢ediating Memory and Modernity in the 1745-46 Rising: Networking Jacobites,鈥� Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Ottawa, Oct. 29, 2022.
3. 鈥淢apping Burns in Transatlantic Culture,鈥� Robert Burns, 1759-2009 Conference, University of Glasgow, Jan. 2009.
4. 鈥淭he 1849 Robert Burns Centenary,鈥� Jill MacKenzie Memorial Lecture, University of Guelph, Oct. 2009.
5. 鈥淪cotland, Print Culture, and Transnational Identity in Britain after 1688: The Case of James Macpherson,鈥� Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 2007.
6. 鈥淣ation and Notation: Irish Music, British Culture and the Transatlantic Experience, 1830-1874,鈥� Brave New Wor[l]ds: Rethinking National Consciousness, Graduate Student Conference, 丁香园AV, Sep. 18-20, 2003.
Invited Academic Talks (29)
1. 鈥淪taging Empire in Early Transatlantic Circus,鈥� 1st European Circus History Conference, London, Mar. 2. 2025.
2. 鈥淭he Lyon in Mourning,鈥� Visiting Researcher spotlight, University of Aberdeen, Feb. 15, 2025.
3. 鈥淛acobitism and Cultural Memory,鈥� Scottish American History Forum Feb. 8, 2025.
4. 鈥淓arly Circus: National Roots and Transnational Routes of Early Circus," British Library Researchers Packed Lunch Series, June 12, 2024.
5. "The Future of Scottish Studies,鈥� International Scottish Studies Forum, University of Glasgow, Dec. 11-12, 2023.
6. "Old Networks, New Media: 鈥淭he Lyon in Mourning鈥� Digital Humanities Project and Robert Forbes's Jacobite World,鈥� Research Institute for Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen, Dec. 7, 2023.
7. 鈥淲omen and/in Jacobite Media Networks: A Digital Humanities Investigation of Robert Forbes鈥檚 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning鈥� Manuscript,鈥� Women, Literary Networks and Media Cultures Conference, 丁香园AV, May 11-12, 2023.
8. 鈥淣etworking Scottish Memory,鈥� Scotland Week, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Feb. 25, 2023.
9. 鈥淭he Lyon in Mourning Manuscript of Robert Forbes,鈥� Jacobites, Jacobins and Outlanders, Centre for Scottish Studies, University of Guelph, Aug. 28, 2022.
10. 鈥淣etworking Jacobites and 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning鈥� Manuscript,鈥� National Library of Scotland. Sep. 2021. Online.
11. 鈥淣etworking Jacobites: Media, Cultural Memory and 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning鈥� Manuscript,鈥� Centre for Data, Culture and Society, University of Edinburgh, May 12, 2021. Online.
12. 鈥淩obert Forbes鈥檚 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning鈥� Manuscript鈥濃��, 鈥淪cottish Literature鈥檚 Unexplored Archives,鈥� International Association of Scottish Literatures, Apr.16, 2021. Online.
13. 鈥淓mbellishing 18th-Century Literary Studies: An Embodied Humanities Approach,鈥� Crafting Communities Project, University of Winnipeg, Apr. 2022. Online.
14. 鈥淐ircus and Song: Astley鈥檚 Amphitheatre, Early Circus and Romantic-Era Song Culture,鈥� National University of Ireland, Galway. Dec. 2019.
15. 鈥淣ews Networks, Cultural Memory and the 1715-16 Jacobite Uprising,鈥� Scribal News and News Cultures in Late Stuart and Early Georgian Britain International Symposium, London, England (sponsored by the German Studies Research Institute and History of Parliament Trust in London), England, Dec. 2018.
16. 鈥溾�楤e Thou Near to Learn the Song鈥�: Women Writers and National Song in the Romantic- Era British Archipelago,鈥� Women in Book History Symposium, 丁香园AV, Aug. 2018.
17. 鈥淭he Sound of Spectacle and the Spectacle of Sound: Phillip Astley and Circus Songs,鈥� Song and the City Symposium, King鈥檚 College, London, Oct. 2017.
18. 鈥淢ediating 1688: Orality, Print and Manuscript,鈥� After Print: Manuscript Culture in the Eighteenth Century, University of Santa Barbara, Apr. 2015.
19. 鈥淯n-civil Society: The Other Irish Enlightenment,鈥� invited talk on panel on 鈥淐ivil Society in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century,鈥� American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference, Los Angeles, Apr. 2015.
20. 鈥溾�楻ules of Art鈥�: The Life of Burns on Page and Stage, 1786-1954,鈥� Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Jan. 2009.
21. 鈥淭he Robert Burns 1859 Centenary: Mapping Transatlantic (Dis)location,鈥� Queen鈥檚 University, Belfast, Jan. 2009.
22. 鈥淩emediating Irish Song: Charlotte Brooke鈥檚 Reliques of Irish Poetry,鈥� Multi-lingual Radical Popular Poetry and Song in the United British Isles, Queen鈥檚 University, Belfast, Nov. 2008.
23. 鈥溾�淏lame not the Bard鈥欌��: Thomas Moore, the Irish Melodies and the Politics of Print Culture,鈥� 鈥淢edium Cool Romanticism: Audiovision circa 1800,鈥� University of California at Berkeley, Apr. 2005. (Presented on my behalf by colleague)
24. 鈥淚rish Music and British Culture,鈥� Politics of Print Culture, Carleton University, July, 2004.
25. 鈥淚rish Music, Print, and the Gendering of Diasporic Culture,鈥� Print and Book Culture Conference, Humanities and Social Sciences Congress, Winnipeg, June, 2004.
26. 鈥淣ation and Notation: Music and National Identity in Eighteenth-Century Ireland,鈥� Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, Nov. 1997.
27. 鈥淒iverse Subjects: Scotland and Transnational Identity in the Long Romantic Era,鈥� North American Society for the Study of Romanticism, Toronto, Aug. 2008.
28. 鈥淎 Man鈥檚 a man鈥�: Gender and Nationalism in the Work of Robert Burns,鈥� International Burns Conference at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Jan. 1996.
29. 鈥淒efoe, Lord Belhaven and the Act of Union Debate,鈥� Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 1993.
30. 鈥淒efoe and the Act of Union,鈥� Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Edinburgh University, Nov. 1993.
31. 鈥淥rigin of the Specious: James Macpherson and the Forging of the British Empire,鈥� Special Panel on Scottish Studies, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Seattle, Washington, Mar. 1992.
Selected Conference Papers Presented, 2000- (from a total of 72)
1. "Unsettling Scottish Studies: Starting Places,鈥� Unsettling Scottish Studies Conference, 丁香园AV, Nov. 22-23, 2024.
2. "Editing Ringan Gilhaize for the Edinburgh University Press Collected Edition of the Works of John Galt,鈥� British Association for Romantic Studies, University of Glasgow, July 23-25, 2024
3. 鈥淩emaking Romantic-Era Jacobitism Before Scott: Thomas Campbell鈥檚 鈥楲ochiel鈥檚 Warning鈥� and Anne Grant鈥檚 鈥楾he Highlanders,鈥欌�� British Association for Romantic Studies, University of Glasgow, July 23-25, 2024
4. 鈥溾�楻estory-ing鈥� the Rightful King? Recycling and Revising Eighteenth-Century Cultural Memories of the Jacobites in Outlander,鈥� International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures, University of Nottingham, July 3-5, 2024.
5. 鈥淥ld Manuscripts and New Media: Digitizing 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning鈥� Manuscript,鈥� American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference, Toronto, Apr. 4-6, 2024.
6. 鈥淭he 鈥楴etworking Jacobites鈥� Research Network,鈥� Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Montreal, Oct. 18-22, 2023.
7. 鈥淟aunching the Beta Version of 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning鈥� Manuscript Digital Humanities Project,鈥� 鈥淣etworking Jacobites, 1688 to the Present,鈥� University of Guelph, Aug. 27-28, 2022.
8. 鈥溾�楴etworking Jacobites: A Digital Humanities Project on Robert Forbes鈥檚 Lyon in Mourning Manuscript,鈥� Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society, July 27-29, 2022. University of Liverpool. Online.
9. 鈥淒igitizing Robert Forbes鈥檚 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning鈥� Manuscript,鈥� New Perspectives on 鈥淭he Lyon in Mourning,鈥� Institute for the Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Edinburgh University, June 30, 2022.
10. 鈥淩eframing Jacobitism Through Book History and Digital Humanities,鈥� 3rd World Congress of Scottish Literatures, Prague, June 22-26. Online.
11. 鈥淢aterial Memories of Darien and the Company of Scotland,鈥� panel on 鈥淢aterializing Scottish Cultures,鈥� MLA conference, Washington, DC, Jan. 6-9, 2022. Online.
12. 鈥淛acobite Cultural Memory and Intermediality: Robert Forbes鈥檚 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning鈥� Manuscript,鈥� Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Winnipeg, Oct. 13-19, 2021. Online.
13. 鈥淭eaching in the Indigenous Eighteenth Century: The Example of a Transatlantic Romanticism English Course,鈥� Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Winnipeg, Oct. 13-19, 2021. Online.
14. 鈥淢ediating Jacobites in Cultural Memory: From 1745 to 奥补惫别谤濒别测.鈥� 12th International Scott Conference, 12 International Walter Scott Conference. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University, July 5-7, 2021. Online.
15. 鈥淩elating to the Book: An Embodied Humanities Approach to Increasing Student Engagement with Book Culture,鈥� 鈥淩elations of the Book,鈥� Bibliographical and Book Studies in Canada Conference, June 1, 2021. Online.
16. 鈥溾�楾he Lyon in Mourning鈥� Manuscript of Robert Forbes: Jacobite Cultural Memory and an Archipelagic Book History,鈥� panel on 鈥淭he Manuscript Book,鈥� American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Apr. 7-11, 2021.
17. 鈥淐ultural Memory and the Ethics of the Archive: Writing the 1745-46 Jacobite Uprising in the Era After Culloden,鈥� Canadian Society for 18th-Century Studies, Montreal, Oct. 2019.
18. 鈥淣etworks of Memory and the 1715-16 Jacobite Uprising,鈥� Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society (ECSSS), University of Glasgow, July 2018.
19. 鈥淐ultural Memory and the Discontented: Recollecting the 1745 Rebellion in Romantic- Era Britain,鈥� North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR), University of California, Berkeley, Aug. 2016.
20. 鈥淐ultural Memory and Cultural Amnesia: Ireland and the Glorious Revolution,鈥� Roundtable for Race and Empire Caucus, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Society Conference, (ASECS), Pittsburgh, Mar. 2016.
21. 鈥淚nscripting Irish Events After the Glorious Revolution: Mapping the War of the Two Kings in 1689,鈥� ASECS Conference, Pittsburgh, Mar. 2016.
22. 鈥淢ediating 1688: Orality, Print and Manuscript,鈥� After Print: Manuscript Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Symposium, UC Santa Barbara Centre for Early Modern Studies, Apr. 2015.
23. 鈥淚nscribing the Glorious Revolution in 1688-89,鈥� Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 丁香园AV, Vancouver, Oct. 2015.
24. 鈥淩e-membering the 1715 Rebellion in 1745,鈥� ASECS Conference, Los Angeles, Mar. 2015.
25. 鈥淩emembering to Forget: Ireland in the Glorious Revolution,鈥� MLA conference, Vancouver, Jan. 2015.
26. 鈥淥f Pretenders and Palimpsests: Newspapers and the 1745 Rebellion,鈥� World Congress of Scottish Literatures,
U. of Glasgow, Jul. 2014.
27. 鈥淥n the Edge of History: Media Change, the 1745 Rebellion and the Creation of Cultural Memory,鈥� 鈥淥n the Edge: Transitions, Transgressions and Transformations in Irish and Scottish Studies,鈥� 丁香园AV, Vancouver, June 2013.
28. 鈥淎rchipelagizing the Glorious Revolution,鈥� American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies, Williamsburg, Virginia, Mar. 2013.
29. 鈥淪cotland, British Poetry and the Transnational Turn,鈥� American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Conference, San Antonio, Mar. 2012.
30. 鈥溾�楾he Burns of Canada鈥�: Alexander McLachlan and Transatlantic Romanticism,鈥� British Association for Romantic Studies, Glasgow, July 2011.
31. 鈥淔inding a 鈥淐anadian Virgil鈥�: Walter Scott, Daniel Wilson and Transatlantic Transport,鈥� Walter Scott Conference, Laramie, June 2011.
32. 鈥淢ediating Revolution,鈥� American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 丁香园AV, Mar. 2011.
33. 鈥淩obert Burns and the 1859 Centenary,鈥� North American Society for the Study of Romanticism, Aug. 2010.
34. 鈥淏etween Nation and Empire: Scotland鈥檚 Darien Venture,鈥� American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Albuquerque, Mar. 2010.
35. Participant in roundtable on 鈥淪cotland, Ireland and Wales,鈥� American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Albuquerque, Mar. 2010.
36. 鈥淐onnecting Four Nations Studies with Global Studies,鈥� roundtable presentation, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Albuquerque, Mar. 2010.
37. 鈥淩obert Burns and Cultural Memory,鈥� Robert Burns in a Transatlantic Context, 丁香园AV Harbour Centre, Apr. 2009.
38. 鈥淩emediating Irish Song: Charlotte Brooke鈥檚 Reliques of Irish Poetry,鈥� Centre for the Study of Print and Media Culture workshop, 丁香园AV, Apr. 2008.
39. 鈥淐harlotte Brooke鈥檚 Reliques of Irish Poetry and Irish Popular Song,鈥� American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies, Portland, Mar. 2008.
40. 鈥淢ediating Popular Culture: Charlotte Brooke鈥檚 Reliques of Irish Poetry,鈥� Canadian Society for EighteenthCentury Studies, Winnipeg, Oct. 2007.
41. 鈥淭he Printer As Patriot: James Watson鈥檚 Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems,鈥� Canadian Association for the Study of Book Culture, Saskatoon, May, 2007.
42. 鈥淔rom Picts to Pixels: Scotland, Cyberspace and Global Technologies of Nostalgia,鈥� Scottish Romanticism and World Literature, University of California, Berkeley, Sep. 2006.
43. 鈥淎rticulating Scotland c. 1707: James Watson鈥檚 Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems and George Mackenzie鈥檚 Lives and Characters of the Most Eminent Writers of the Scots Nation,鈥� American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference, Montreal, Apr. 2006.
44. 鈥淐rossing Borders: Orality and Print in 18th-Century Scottish Song Collections,鈥� Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, UBC, Oct. 2003.
45. 鈥淐ontesting the Spectacle of Colonialism: Irish Music and the Politics of Aurality in the Eighteenth-Century,鈥� Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, U of Saskatchewan, Oct. 2001.
46. 鈥淓choes of Resistance: Sidney Owenson鈥檚 Twelve Original Hibernian Melodies and The Wild Irish Girl,鈥� Women in the Republic of Letters Conference, U of Saskatchewan, Oct. 2000.
47. 鈥淪idney Owenson, Gender and the Construction of the Nation,鈥� American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Philadelphia, Mar. 2000.
48. 鈥淓ighteenth-Century Scottish Music,鈥� Culture, Community and Nation: Scotland at Home and Abroad Conference, 丁香园AV Harbour Centre, Mar. 2000.
Selected Media Appearances
1. Mar. 17, 2023: Interview with Manesa Dhanabalan of CHCH in Hamilton, Ontario about the origins of St. Patrick鈥檚 Day.
2. Jan. 25th, 2022: Interview for News Talk 980 CKNW about Robert Burns Day.
3. Jan. 25, 2021: Interview for CBC Radio about Robert Burns Day 2021/
4. Apr. 10, 2021: Interview for podcast about 鈥淭he Lyon in Mourning鈥� project.
5. Jan. 25, 2020: Interview for CBC Vancouver about Robert Burns Day in Vancouver.
6. Jul. 2, 2020: about the proposal to change the name of 丁香园AV鈥檚 sports teams (鈥淭he Clan鈥�).
7. Apr. 2014: Interview with Burnaby Now about 丁香园AV鈥檚 Centre for Scottish Studies鈥� Tartan Day celebration with Scottish minister Humza Yousef.
8. Jul. 2014: Interview with the Glasgow Herald about the launch of the International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures.
9. Sep. 2014: Commentator on the referendum on Scottish independence: appeared on CTV Canada AM, CTV Vancouver (three times), Global TV, on CBC Radio鈥檚 Early Edition and Mark Forsyth鈥檚 show, CKNW鈥檚 Simi Sara show, and on CFAX 1070鈥檚 Pamela McCall show; quoted in Vancouver鈥檚 Metro newspaper and in a widely distributed article for the Canadian Press. Interviewed by the Globe and Mail.
10. Jan. 2012, 2013 and 2014: Commentator on Robert Burns and the CSS鈥檚 鈥淩obert Burns Marathon Reading鈥� on CBC TV, CTV, CityTV, News 1130 and 650AM Radio.
11. 2009: Interviewed by the Globe and Mail regarding Robert Burns鈥檚 250th birthday.
12. 2008: Interviewed by BBC Radio 4 for special program on Robert Burns.
13. 2007: Interviewed by The Toronto Star for a feature article on the anniversary of the 1707 Act of Union.
Selected Public Talks
1. 鈥�(Re)collecting Jacobites in Robert Forbes鈥檚 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning鈥� Manuscript.鈥� University of Aberdeen, Feb. 15. 2025.
2. 鈥淭he Aftermath and the Legacy of Culloden,鈥� National Trust for Scotland, Culloden Battlefield Anniversary, Apr. 15, 2023. Online.
3. 鈥淓ncoding and Analyzing 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning鈥�: Shedding New Light on the Jacobites,鈥� Association for Scottish Literature. Apr. 11, 2023. Online.
4. 鈥淣etworks of Memory and the Jacobite Movement,鈥� 2023 Humanities Festival, Casper College, Casper, Wyoming, Feb. 21-23, 2023.
5. 鈥淔emale Rebels: Women鈥檚 Voices in the 1745 Jacobite Rising,鈥� ScotFestBC Highland Games, Coquitlam, June 2022.
6. 鈥淏efore Outlander: Robert Forbes and the 18th-Century Jacobite Community,鈥� ScotFestBC Highland Games, June 2021.
7. 鈥淣etworking the 1745 Jacobite Rising and Robert Forbes鈥� 鈥楲yon in Mourning鈥� Manuscript,鈥� Brock House Speaker Series, May 4, 2021. Online.
8. 鈥淭he Cultural Memory of Robert Burns鈥� and 鈥淢ediating the 1745 Rebellion鈥� at the Scottish Gathering Weekend, Canmore, Oct. 2015.
9. 鈥淏ack to the Future: Remembering the 1707 Act of Union,鈥� Public lecture and mock vote, 丁香园AV Centre for Scottish Studies, Sept. 15, 2014.
10. 鈥淭hird Degree Burns: Introducing Scotland鈥檚 National Poet,鈥� public lecture at Douglas College, New Westminster, May 14, 2014.
11. 鈥淚f Ever There Was a Man Who Felt: Jane Austen鈥檚 Robert Burns,鈥� lecture to the Jane Austen Society, Vancouver, Feb. 2012.
Professional Development Presentations and Workshops on Teaching
1. Presenter at 丁香园AV鈥檚 Centre for Educational Excellence鈥檚 鈥淓ngaging Students in Teaching and Learning鈥� workshop, Aug. 29, 2023.
2. Presenter at 鈥淗ow do you do DH? Digital humanities in teaching and research鈥� workshop, Digital Humanities Innovation Lab, May 24, 2023.
3. Participant in 鈥淒isrupting Colonialism in the Classroom,鈥� course organized by the Department of English, 丁香园AV. Sept. 2021 鈥� April 2022.
4. Presenter at 鈥淩emote Teaching Forum 2021,鈥� organized by the Centre for Educational Excellence, Feb. 2, 2021.
5. Presenter on 鈥淢edia Labs and Embodied Humanities: Tools for Well-Being in the Classroom,鈥� organized by the Healthy Campus Community, 2021 (Online)
6. Participant in 鈥淪torymaps and Hypothesis in the Classroom鈥�, organized as part of the Digital Humanities Innovation Lab鈥檚 Pedagogy Symposium, Feb. 21, 2018.
7. Participant in 鈥淩ethinking Teaching,鈥� organized by the Teaching and Learning Centre at 丁香园AV, May, 2017.
8. Participant in 鈥淏ring Yourself to Work,鈥� a seminar offered by the Teaching and Learning Centre at 丁香园AV, Dec. 2017.
9. Participant in 鈥淲riting Workshop,鈥� organized by Academic Women at 丁香园AV Harbour Centre, May, 2017.
10. Participant in 鈥淩eacting to the Past,鈥� a workshop by Diana Solomon and David Eick on teaching through reenactment at 丁香园AV, Oct. 2017.
Other Professional Development Presentations and Workshops
1. Participant in Digital Humanities Workshop, Women in Book History, Part 2 at the Folger Library, Washington, DC, Mar. 9-10, 2019.
2. Participated in Digital Humanities Workshop with Mahendra Mahey of the British Library organized by the DHIL, Feb. 25, 2019.
3. Participant in Digital Humanities Innovation Lab鈥檚 鈥淗acking the Scholarly Workflow鈥� day-long workshop on Mar. 21, 2018. (Attended sessions on 鈥淭ropy鈥� image management system for research images, Archival data collection and Alternate methods of dissemination.)
4. Participant in Digital Humanities Innovation Lab鈥檚 workshop on ArcGIS. 2020.
5. Participant in 2-day 鈥淲riting Workshop鈥� organized by Academic Women at 丁香园AV Harbour Centre. May 2017.
6. Participant in workshop in Descriptive Bibliography with Dr. David Gants, Apr. 27-29, 2016.
7. Participant in the Digital Humanities workshop in TEI-XML markup with Dr. James Cummings, Jan. 22, 2016.
PART 3: RECOGNITION, LEADERSHIP & SERVICE
Awards and Honours
2025 Lifetime Achievement Award, Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society
This recognition is bestowed upon scholars who have made outstanding contributions to eighteenth-century Scottish Studies over the course of their careers.
2024 Royal Society of Canada Fellowship, Royal Society of Canada
Fellows are elected by their peers for membership in Canada鈥檚 top academic collegium in recognition of sustained research excellence.
2024 Visiting Research Fellowship, The University of Glasgow
The Fellowships are competitive peer-assessed awards. They are designed to provide financial support towards the costs of travel and accommodation to enable researchers to work on the unique collections held in the University Library.
2021 Eccles Centre Visiting Fellowship, British Library
These awards are offered to help support individuals wishing to visit London to use the British Library鈥檚 collections relating to the Americas (North America, the Caribbean, Central America, South America). The award supported research into representations of race in the transatlantic routes of early circus.
2020 Digital Research Visiting Fellowship, Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities, The University of Edinburgh
These Visiting Fellowships of between two and four months are intended to encourage outstanding, digitally-focused, interdisciplinary research, international scholarly collaboration, and networking activities of Visiting Research Fellows with a specific focus on the digital. The fellowship was awarded for a project with the National Library of Scotland to digitize and analyze an eighteenth-century Jacobite manuscript and to organize a multi-disciplinary conference at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities.
2020 Amundsen Fellowship, 丁香园AV
Amundsen Fellows are continuing faculty members at 丁香园AV who have demonstrated their interest and commitment to the investigation of teaching and learning through the successful conduct of at least one project and through other activities within their departments and faculties. The fellowship was awarded to further advance research in Embodied Humanities pedagogical techniques and to form and international network of university faculty who employ EH in their teaching and research.
2018 Lesley B. Cormack Award for Excellence in Teaching, 丁香园AV
The Cormack Awards were created in 2010 to recognize excellent and innovative teaching within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
2016 Visiting Professor, School for Critical Studies, University of Glasgow
Nominated for this honour by colleagues at the Centre for Robert Burns Studies, University of Glasgow
2010 Dean鈥檚 Medal for Academic Excellence, 丁香园AV
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Dean鈥檚 Medal recognizes excellence in academic research, teaching, and service.
Editorial Boards
鈥�&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Digital Defoe
鈥�&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Editing Burns for the 21st Century (Oxford University Press)
鈥�&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Eighteenth-Century Ireland
鈥�&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; International Review of Scottish Studies
鈥�&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Journal of Interdisciplinary History
鈥�&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Scottish Literary Review
鈥�&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Studies in Scottish Literature
Advisory Boards
鈥�&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society (Member-at-large)
鈥�&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; North American Conference for British Studies
鈥�&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; World Congress of Scottish Literatures
Trustee
1. Jacobite Studies Trust: A registered charity formed in 2004 to respond to a growing interest in Jacobitism. The JST invites distinguished scholars to serve as Trustees and as members of the International Committee who help to direct its academic focus.
Selected Conference Organization
1. 鈥淯nsettling Scottish Studies: Canons, Chronologies, Colonialisms,鈥� Nov. 22-23 at 丁香园AV.
2. 鈥淲omen, Literary Networks and Media Cultures in the Eighteenth Century,鈥� 丁香园AV, May 11-12, 2023. (Co-organized with Michelle Levy and Diana Solomon)
3. 鈥淣etworking Jacobites, 1688 to the Present,鈥� University of Guelph, Aug. 27-28, 2022. (PI; co-organized with Kevin James)
4. 鈥淣ew Perspectives on 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning,鈥欌�� Institute for Advanced Studies of the Humanities, Edinburgh University, June 29-30, 2022. (PI; organized as part of Digital Research Fellowship at IASH)
5. 鈥淲orld Congress of Scottish Literatures,鈥� Coast Plaza Hotel, Vancouver, June 21- 24, 2017 (PI)
6. 鈥淥n the Edge: Transitions, Transgressions and Transformations in Irish and Scottish Studies,鈥� 丁香园AV Harbour Centre, June 2013. (Co-applicant; co-organized with Willeen Keough)
7. 鈥淩obert Burns in a Transatlantic Context,鈥� 丁香园AV Harbour Centre, Apr. 2009. (PI)
8. 鈥淎 Celebration of Scottish Music and Song,鈥� 丁香园AV Harbour Centre (Mar. 2001). (PI)
9. 鈥淐ulture, Community and Nation: Scotland at Home and Abroad鈥� Conference, 丁香园AV Harbour Centre,March, 2000. (Co-applicant; co-organized with Steve Duguid of Humanities Department, 丁香园AV)
Selected Panel Organization
1. 鈥淢atters and Materials of Political Life: Shaping Jacobitism, 1688 to the Present,鈥� Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Oct. 2023.
2. Organizer, Panel on 鈥淣ational Roots and Diasporic Routes of Scottish Literature,鈥� World Congress of Scottish Literatures, Glasgow, July, 2014.
3. Organizer, Roundtable on 鈥淏ritain 2.0: The New New British Studies?鈥� American Society for EighteenthCentury Studies, Vancouver, Mar. 2011.
4. Organizer, 鈥淲riting (and) the Union: Textual Responses to 1800,鈥� Irish Caucus Panel, ASECS Conference, Philadelphia, Apr. 2000.
5. Organizer, 鈥淢usic and National Identity in Ireland,鈥� International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Dublin, July 1999.
6. Organizer, 鈥淧rint Culture on the Margins of Britain,鈥� SHARP Conference, Vancouver, July 1998.
Leadership & Administration
2020- Director, Research Centre for Scottish Studies (丁香园AV)
2008-2015 Founded in 1998, our Research Centre is a joint venture between faculty members and individuals in the community, providing a collaborative space for faculty, students, and members of the general public who are interested in exploring Scottish history and culture and the connections between Scotland and Canada in the contemporary global landscape. Professor Davis manages the budget, adjudicates student awards, and holds annual community meetings. She also liaises with Scottish dignitaries and answers questions from the general public related to Scottish culture, politics, and literature.
Events Organized for the 丁香园AV Research Centre for Scottish Studies
1. November 2024: Organized public talk by Dr. Amy Parent on 鈥淩ematriating the Ni鈥檌sjoohl Pole鈥� and performance by the Vancouver Nisga鈥檃 Ts鈥檃miks Dancers, 丁香园AV Harbour Centre
2. November 2024: Organized 鈥淪torywork: Music and Dance from the HIghland and M茅tis Traditions,鈥� 丁香园AV Harbour Centre.
3. November 2024: Organized talk by Squamish writer Stephanie Wood on collaborative history of the Squamish People, We Come From This Land. 丁香园AV Harbour Centre.
4. November 2023: Organized St. Andrews and Caledonian public lecture by Sharon Alker and Holly Nelson, 丁香园AV Harbour Centre
5. January 2023: Delivered special public lecture on 鈥淩obert Burns in Cultural Memory鈥� as part of English 213 course; organized students to present and invited members of the public to attend.
6. December 2022: Organized the St. Andrews and Caledonian public lecture by Dr. Viccy Coltman and book launch, 丁香园AV Harbour Centre (in person with remote participation).
7. January 2022: Co-organized the 2nd annual Robert Burns Day Online Celebration; delivered talk on 鈥淪ights of Memory and Robert Burns鈥� and organized students to read Burns鈥檚 works (70 participants).
8. November 2021: Organized the St. Andrews and Caledonian Lecture by Dr. Ralph McLean (National Library of Scotland) Online (60 in attendance).
9. April 2021: Organized 鈥淒ecolonizing Scottish Studies鈥� online panel to examine colonial histories and present circumstances involving Scotland and the Scottish diaspora, and to consider the roles that Centres of Scottish Studies can play in the work of decolonization. With Emma Bond, Alyssa Bridgman, Michael Morris and Amy Parent/Noxs Ts鈥檃awit (Mother of the Raven Warrior Chief).
10. January 2021: Co-organized online Robert Burns Day celebration; also delivered talk on 鈥淩obert Burns and the 1859 Bicentenary鈥� and organized students to present (350 participants globally).
11. November 2020: Organized St. Andrews and Caledonian Lecture (featuring talk by me on 鈥淲hat News? 18thCentury News Media and the 1715 Jacobite Rising鈥� and by Honours student Emma Henderson on 鈥淢ary Queen of Scots in the Eighteenth Century.鈥�
12. May 2020: Created and curated online exhibit 鈥�Loch-down: Connecting to Scotland Through Objects of Memory,鈥� a community engagement project examining how people stayed connected to Scotland when they were unable to travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
13. January 2020: Robert Burns Day Community Celebration involving students of my English 420W course and community members.
14. June 2017: Community Engagement Grant ($5000) for 鈥淐hanging the Narrative of Canada at 150: Revisioning Connections Between First Nations and the Hudson鈥檚 Bay Company鈥� (in conjunction with the 2nd World Congress of Scottish Literatures). Organized talks by Dr. Pam Perkins of the University of Manitoba on 鈥淭rading Tales: Public and Private Narratives of Scots and Hudson鈥檚 Bay Company鈥� and Bronwen Quarry (Hudson鈥檚 Bay Company Archives).
15. June 2017: (in collaboration with the Indigenous Literary Studies Association鈥檚 3rd Annual Gathering and the 2nd World Congress of Scottish Literatures): Organized reading by three Indigenous spoken word artists, Jordan Abel, Rain Prud鈥檋omme-Cranford and Samantha Nock, as well as a performance by the Indigenous women鈥檚 musical ensemble, M鈥橤irl.
16. June 2017: (in conjunction with the 2nd World Congress of Scottish Literatures): Public Screening of the film 鈥�1745: An Untold Story of Slavery鈥� highlights 鈥渁 forgotten part of Scotland鈥檚 history: while Scotland was fighting for its national freedom in that fateful year, its economy was in large part founded on the booming colonial slave trade. While the majority of slavery happened elsewhere鈥搊ff-stage, across the Atlantic鈥搕here were African slaves here, kept as trophies and pets in the houses of their rich merchant masters. 1745 was inspired by advertisements that writer, Morayo Akand茅, discovered for runaway slaves, placed in Scottish newspapers of the time.鈥�
17. June 2017: (in conjunction with the 2nd World Congress of Scottish Literatures): Organized book launch for Robert Alan Jamieson, reading from his novel macCLOUD FALLS.
18. June 2017: (in conjunction with the 2nd World Congress of Scottish Literatures): Organized tour of Fort Langley for participants in World Congress of Scottish Literatures and community members with special tour of Indigenous garden.
19. June 2015: As Co-Chieftain for the ScotFestBC Highland Games in Coquitlam BC, delivered public talk to over 1000 people at Coquitlam Town Centre Park
20. June 2015: organized Cultural Tent for ScotFestBC Highland Games in Coquitlam BC
21. April 2015: Organized 鈥淭artan Day Celebration鈥� with speaker Dr. Scott Hames on 鈥淪cotland After the Referendum鈥� and performance by the Gaelic Choir of Vancouver.
22. January 2015: Public talk and ceremony at Burns Statue with community member Todd Wong for Burns Day
23. January 2015: Organized Burns Day Celebration, including piping, haggis ceremony with Todd Wong鈥檚 Gung Haggis Fat Choy group, readings of Burns鈥檚 work and public singing at 丁香园AV Harbour Centre.
24. November 2014: Organized St. Andrews Day Celebration with the Jocelyn Pettit band.
25. October 2014: Organized public lecture by Kevin James (U of Guelph) on 鈥淭he Victorian Tourist in Scotland.鈥�
26. September 2014: Organized public lecture on 鈥淪cotland鈥檚 Independence Referendum鈥� as part of my English 420W course. Included mock vote with audience members. 60 people in attendance.
27. January 2014: Organized Burns Day marathon reading with students, faculty and members of the general public at Harbour Centre, 丁香园AV. Over 100 people in attendance.
28. April 2013: Organized Tartan Day Celebration with Humza Yousaf (Member of the Scottish Parliament for External Affairs at the time), the North Short Celtic Ensemble youth orchestra, the Gaelic Choir and Vancouver Scottish Dancers. Over 100 people in attendance.
29. June 2013: (in conjunction with 鈥淥n the Edge: Transitions, Transgressions, and Transformations in Irish and Scottish Studies鈥� conference): Organized community research panel on Scottish local history with local independent scholars and researchers.
30. June 2013: (in conjunction with 鈥淥n the Edge: Transitions, Transgressions, and Transformations in Irish and Scottish Studies鈥� conference): Organized community workshop for the public on Oral History with Dr. Marjory Harper (U of Aberdeen).
31. January 2013: Organized second annual Burns Day marathon reading with students, faculty and members of the general public at Harbour Centre, 丁香园AV. Over 100 people in attendance.
32. November 2012: Organized public dramatic performance and talk on 鈥淢ary Queen of Scots, her Last Letter鈥� by Anna Hepburn.
33. April 2012: Organized launch of online Oral History Project together with Tartan Day events, involving the Gaelic Choir, the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society and a representative from National Museums of Scotland. Over 100 people in attendance.
34. January 2012: Organized Robert Burns marathon reading involving university and community partners. Over 200 people attended; 70 people directly involved in the reading.
35. November 2011: Organized St Andrews and Caledonian Society 250th anniversary celebration and public lecture by Dr. Gerard Carruthers on 鈥淚mages of the Scot in the Media.鈥�
36. April 2011: Organized public talk on 鈥淧ost-Devolution Scotland鈥� by Neal Ascherson.
37. February 2011: Organized public talk by Alastair McIntyre on his electronic resource 鈥淓lectric Scotland.鈥�
38. November 2010: Organized St. Andrews and Caledonian lecture by Dr. Rich Sher (NJIT) on 鈥淎n EighteenthCentury Blockbuster: Domestic Medicine by Physician William Buchan.鈥�
39. October 2010: Organized public talk by Dr. Holly Nelson (Trinity Western University) on 鈥淭he Other Scottish Bard: James Hogg.鈥�
40. April 2009: (in conjunction with 鈥淩obert Burns in Transatlantic Culture鈥� conference): Organized a musical celebration of Burns in North America for the general public featuring singers Jon Bartlett and Rika Ruebsaat, Kirsteen McCue and David Hamilton at the Scottish Cultural Centre.
41. December 2009: Organized St. Andrews and Caledonian Society talk by Dr. Gary West (Edinburgh University) on 鈥淪cottish Lowland Piping.鈥�
42. December 2009: Organized public talk by Michael Russell, Member of the Scottish Parliament, at Harbour Centre.
43. November 2008: Organized St. Andrews and Caledonian Lecture by Graeme Morton of the University of Guelph on 鈥淭he Scottish Chiefs.鈥�
44. September 2006: Organized St. Andrews and Caledonian Society Lecture by Professor Murray Pittock (U of Glasgow).
Supervision & Mentorship
1. Research personnel: 43 previously trained (18 BA; 23 MA; 2 PhD)
2. PhD students: 1 currently supervising, 3 previously supervised; also served on the committees of 6 others. o Three PhD students have held prestigious SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships.
o One PhD student went on to a position as 丁香园AV鈥檚 Faculty Association鈥檚 Member Service Officer. o Another PhD student was hired in the Department of English at Douglas College.
3. Master鈥檚 students: 2 currently supervising, 10 previously supervised; also served on the committees of 14 others.
o Mentored 4 MA research assistants on the 鈥淟yon in Mourning鈥� project to present their research at the 鈥淣etworking Jacobites鈥� conference in Guelph (Aug. 2022).
o One MA student went on to study Library and Information Studies at UBC and is currently employed as Library Communications Officer at 丁香园AV鈥檚 Library.
o Another MA student went on to do a PhD at Maynooth University in Ireland, followed by two post-doctoral fellowships (University of Galway and University of Limerick).
4. Honours undergraduate students: 7 previously supervised.
o Mentored 5 undergraduates from English 415 (Spring, 2022) to produce video presentations which were shared at the 鈥淣etworking Jacobites鈥� conference in Guelph (Aug. 2022).
o Mentored 4 undergraduate students from English 320 (Spring, 2017) to present their research in person at the World Congress of Scottish Literature in 2017.
5. Teaching Assistants: supervised 40
Coordinator
1. International Research Collective (creator and ongoing coordinator): creator in 2021 of an international multi-disciplinary research group focused on extending scholarly collaboration about the Jacobites. The network includes faculty and students and provides mentorship for ECRs. Essays by members of this group will be published in a forthcoming volume, 鈥淪haping Jacobitism, 1688 to the Present: Media, Memory, Networks鈥� to be published by Edinburgh University Press. In addition, I co-edited a volume of the International Review of Scottish Studies featuring the work of members.
2. International Research and Pedagogy Network: (creator and ongoing coordinator): creator in 2021 of a research network of academics who employ Embodied Humanities pedagogical methodologies). This network shares techniques, successes and challenges to support each other as well as to extend the knowledge of the methodology.
RESEARCH FUNDING
Research Project Grants
1. 2024: SSHRC Connection Grant for 鈥淯nsettling Scottish Studies鈥� (Co-Investigator with PI June Scudeler) ($23,400)
2. 2024: Kickstarter Funding for 鈥淯nsettling Scottish Studies,鈥� 丁香园AV鈥檚 Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences ($9486)
3. 2024: 丁香园AV Office of Community Engagement funding for 鈥淯nsettling Scottish Studies,鈥� Office of Community Engagement ($3,000)
4. 2024: 丁香园AV Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Community-based Partner Grant for 鈥淯nsettling Scottish Studies鈥� ($5,000)
5. 2023: SSHRC Small Grant for 鈥淪cottish Diasporic Networks in BC: The Letters of the J. Dunlop Reid Family鈥� ($6,990)
6. 2022: FIC Grant for 鈥淣etworking Jacobites, 1688 to the Present.鈥� ($5,000)
7. 2022: SSHRC Connection Grant for 鈥淣etworking Jacobites, 1688 to the Present.鈥� ($24,800)
8. 2021: SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant with the National Library of Scotland for 鈥淓ngaging Public and Academic Audiences to Recover Lost Voices of Scottish History: 鈥楾he Lyon in Mourning鈥� Manuscript and the Jacobite Networks of the 1745 Rising.鈥� Principal Investigator ($18,000)
9. 2021: SSHRC Insight Grant for 鈥淢ediating Jacobites, 1688-1845鈥� ($58,000)
10. 2021: 丁香园AV Library Scholarly Digitization Grant ($5000) for digitizing materials connected with the Scottish Voices from the West Oral History project
11. 2021: 丁香园AV Publication Grant for permissions and images for Mediating Cultural Memory in Britain and Ireland ($1855)
12. 2019: Small SSHRC Grant for Digital Humanities Project on 鈥淢ediating Jacobites鈥� ($7000)
13. 2018: FIC Grant for 鈥淓arly Circus: Philip Astley鈥檚 Amphitheatre鈥� online resource ($4,000)
14. 2017: Small SSHRC Grant for 鈥淩econstructing Early Circus鈥� Digital Humanities project ($7000)
15. 2017: FIC Grant for 鈥淭ransnational Circuits of Romantic-Era Circuses鈥� ($6000)
16. 2017: SSHRC Connection Grant for 鈥淲orld Congress of Scottish Literatures鈥� ($23,500)
17. 2017: Community Engagement Initiative Grant for 鈥淲orld Congress of Scottish Literatures鈥� ($5,000)
18. 2016: FIC Grant for 鈥淲orld Congress of Scottish Literatures鈥� ($6,000)
19. 2012: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Connection Grant for 鈥淥n the Edge: Transitions, Transgressions and Transformations in Irish and Scottish Studies鈥� Conference ($23,000). (CoInvestigator)
20. 2010: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Standard Research Grant for 鈥淣ationalism and globalization in 18th-C. British print culture鈥� project ($47,981)
21. 2008: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Workshop Grant ($24,500) for 鈥淩obert Burns in a Transatlantic Context鈥� workshop, April 7-9, 2009
22. 2004: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Standard Research Grant ($50,283.00 including Research Time Stipend) for 鈥淧rint Culture and Transnational identity in Britain and Ireland, 17001850鈥� project.
23. 2003: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Small Research Grant ($3,300) for 鈥淩ewriting Nostalgia鈥� and Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature projects
24. 2000: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Small Research Grant ($4,900) for
鈥淪cotland and the Boundaries of Romanticism鈥� and 鈥淪cotland, Music and Romanticism鈥� projects
25. 1999: American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Irish-American Travel Grant; Special Award (US$600)
26. 1998: Publications Grant ($1,073), 丁香园AV to prepare index for Acts of Union book
27. 1998-2001: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Research Grant ($29,800) for 鈥淣ation and Notation鈥� project
28. Fall, 1997: Research Fellowship, Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities, University of Edinburgh, Great Britain
29. 1997: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Small Grant ($4,999) for 鈥淣ation and Notation鈥� project
30. 1997: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada North American Travel Grant ($500) for ASECS conference in Nashville
31. 1993-96: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Research Grant ($45,000) for 鈥淎cts of Union鈥� project
32. 1991: President鈥檚 Research Council Grant ($3,298) for preliminary research for 鈥淎cts of Union鈥� project
Teaching and Learning Project Grants
1. 2020: 鈥淧ivoting Embodied Humanities Pedagogy to a Remote Environment,鈥� Institute for the Study of Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines (PI) ($5000)
2. 2020: 鈥溾�楾wo-eyed Seeing鈥�: Reading Eighteenth-Century British Literature from an Indigenous Perspective.鈥� Micro Research and Teaching Development Grant, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (PI) ($1500)
3. 2020: 鈥樷�淓xpanding the 鈥淓ighteenth-Century Media Online (EMO)鈥欌�� Omeka Website,鈥� Teaching and Learning Centre grant to research and create Open Educational Resource of eighteenth-century media, Teaching and Learning Centre (PI) ($6000)
4. 2019: 鈥淓xperimental Humanities鈥�: Engaging Students in Eighteenth-Century Literature Through a Manuscript Media Lab,鈥� Institute for the Study of Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines (PI) ($6000)
5. 2017: 鈥淒atabase of Eighteenth-Century Media Online鈥� (PI) Grant to create a digital tool for teaching and research on ephemeral media (including songs, ballads, manuscripts, etc) (PI) Teaching and Learning Centre
(PI) ($6000)
