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New episode out! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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The new episode of the podcast @thecarryingstream.bsky.social, hosted by IASSL member @paulmalgrati.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social, interviews poet and scholar Robert Crawford. Available on all podcast platforms.

New episode out — with Robert Crawford, Emeritus Professor at the University of St Andrews and distinguished poet, whose work over the last 40 years did much to reshape in more multilingual and multicultural terms. Hope you enjoy it! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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A few days ago, I spoke to Robert Crawford – the distinguished poet, Emeritus Professor of Scottish Literature at St Andrews. We talked about Robert’s lifelong effort to celebrate the diversity of Scotland’s tradition as well as his love for Burns, Eliot and Japanese haïku! Episode coming soon.

Episode 5 of The Carrying Stream, ‘Gaelic Revival: From Czechia to the Gaìdhealtachd’, recently came out, featuring @poncarova.bsky.social

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Wonderful - unique - conversation between a French scholar-poet who writes in Scots and a Czech scholar-poet who writes in Gaelic. Paul and Petra provide a fresh European perspective on c20th Scotland, with beautiful recordings of Derick Thomson reading his poetry, and Petra hers

A video drop from @thecarryingstream.bsky.social by @paulmalgrati.bsky.social. The full episode (and other conversations with Paul's brilliant guests) available at: pod.link/1865430519

Dr Petra Johana Poncarová discussing how researching Gaelic literature inspired her own poetry in the language, mixing elements of Gaelic and Czech cultures and places. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇿

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Chatting to @paulmalgrati.bsky.social is a pleasure always, this time a special treat to do so for his podcast for Scottish words & ideas, @thecarryingstream.bsky.social. The episode features a new Gaelic poem of mine, 'Na Crainn', which took shape between Daoulaz in Brittany, Aberdeen, and Prague.

This episode’s guest is Dr Petra Johana Poncarová, a native speaker of Czech who has become a distinguished scholar of Gaelic literature and an award-winning poet in Gaelic. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇿

Petra’s perspective is totally unique, and I’m very glad to share this conversation with you.

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A fair dook in the @thecarryingstream.bsky.social in bonnie Dunblane with @paulmalgrati.bsky.social - the resulting episode coming soon 🎧🌊

Just had a fantastic discussion with Dr Petra Poncarová. Petra is one of the very few Europeans who’s mastered Gaelic to the point of writing both sound scholarship about it & award-winning poetry in it. She’s got a unique perspective and I can’t wait to air the interview to you all soon! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇿

Episode 4, “Scottish Folksong and European Music” recently came out.

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The lastest episode of the podcast @thecarryingstream.bsky.social features two IASSL members: @paulmalgrati.bsky.social as the host and Kirsteen McCue as the guest, discussing Scottish folk song and European music: pod.link/1865430519

Episode 4 is out: Scottish Folk and European Music with Kirsteen McCue, Professor of Scottish Literature and Song Culture at @glasgow.ac.uk We discuss the history of Scottish folk music and particularly its influence on the birth of modern music — from Beethoven to Bob Dylan. 🎼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Just had a fantastic interview with Prof Kirsteen McCue in Glasgow about Scottish song culture and folk music and the instrumental role they played in changing the fate (and sound) of Western music, from Beethoven to Bob Dylan. The episode will come out in a few days…
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Had a great time last night, giving the Immortal Memory at Dundee Burns Club’s Burns Supper 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Had a great time last night, giving the Immortal Memory at Dundee Burns Club’s Burns Supper 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The perfect podcast episode for Burns Night: “Robert Burns and Mental Health” where Moira Hansen analyses the poet’s letters, marked by waves of elation and depression akin to Bipolarism. She also covers Burns’s poetry and legacy, as a symbol of masculinity. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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A SAHA Conversation with Dr Paul Malgrati

Who was Robert Burns?

Join us on a SAHA Conversation with Dr Paul Malgrati ( @paulmalgrati.bsky.social | @thinkuhi.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social ) and learn more about Scotland’s National Bard and the celebration of his life and works that takes place on his birthday, January 25h.

A pleasure to be in conversation with @sahavoice.bsky.social about Robert Burns, the French Revolution, and the people’s haggis! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷

We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for the 7th @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies St Magnus Conference, taking place at UHI Perth from the 15th to the 17th April 2026.

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Hosted by @thinkuhi.bsky.social INS Lecturer Dr Paul Malgrati, episode 3 of @thecarryingstream.bsky.social podcast now out.

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Delighted to hear this, Geraldine. There’ll be more coming!

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Dr Moira Hansen discussing the “Hollywood” moment in Robert Burns’s life, when he suddenly found fame and success in 1786 Edinburgh – a pivotal point but which took its toll on the poet’s mental health. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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The centuries-old dish behind Scotland's most famous poem revealed New research has uncovered the deep historical roots behind Scotland’s most famous dish and poem.

Dr Paul Malgrati @thinkuhi.bsky.social continues to be in the news discussing his research in collaboration with Glasgow University.

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