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This is a selection of web-log articles and talks. For the full list of past talks and papers please visit the [Events] page.

By Dr Valentina Bold 12 Oct, 2023
On Thursday, 12th October we had a joint lecture with the English Literature Dept of Edinburgh University. Dr Valentina Bold was introduced by Dr. Lucy Wood.
By J. H. Alexander and Dr Lesley Graham 12 Aug, 2023
On Saturday 12th August we had a Colloquium on Quentin Durward with J. H. Alexander and Dr Lesley Graham. They were introduced by our Chairperson, Dr. Lucy Wood.
By Ian Chisholm 02 Jun, 2022
On Thursday 2nd June 2022 we had a talk by Ian Chisholm on Scott as a Historian. He was introduced by our Chairperson, Dr. Lucy Wood.
By Dr David Stewart 14 Oct, 2021
On Thursday 14th October 2021 we had a joint-lecture with the Edinburgh University English Department given by Dr David Stewart. He was introduced by our chairman Prof. Iain Torrance.
By Ray Perman 08 Apr, 2021
On 8th April 2021 The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club virtually hosted a talk by Ray Perman.
By Lillian Elliott 12 Nov, 2020
On 12th November 2020, we hosted our first ever live virtual talk, given by Lillian Elliott. We were delighted that Lillian could join us for this important milestone in the Club's 126-year history, and especially pleased that she was able to provide us with such an accessible, nuanced look into her research into Scott's celebrity and its reverberations in the material imagination in the nineteenth century.
By Dr Daniel Cook 15 Oct, 2020
On Thursday 15th October 2021 we had a talk by Dr. Daniel Cook
By Dr Lucy Wood 10 Sep, 2020
On 10th September 2020 we hosted an online talk by Dr Lucy Wood. She gave us a video tour of sites in the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh connected with Scott.
By Kirsty Archer-Thompson 15 Aug, 2020
On 15th August 2020 we hosted an online talk by Kirsty Archer-Thompson, Collections and Interpretation Manager, The Abbotsford Trust. She gave us an exclusive guide to the artefacts held at Abbotsford relating to Ivanhoe
By Gillian Hughes 04 Apr, 2019
On Thursday 4th April 2019 we had a talk by Gillian Hughes. She was introduced by our Chairman, Prof Peter Garside.
By Agnes Cunningham 18 Feb, 2019
by Agnes Cunningham with an Introduction by Bridget Falconer-Salkeld
By Professor Peter Garside 14 Jun, 2018
On Thursday 14th June 2018 we had a talk by our Chairman, Professor Peter Garside
Dryburgh Abbey
By Professor Peter Garside 12 Feb, 2018
Professor Peter Garside gives an account of key burial sites relating to Scott and his family, with a view to religious and other circumstances underlying each, and including details of the hitherto neglected monument to Scott's daughters in Kensal Green Cemetery.
By Dr. Ralph McLean 09 Nov, 2017
On Thursday 9th November 2017 we had a talk by Dr. Ralph McLean. He was introduced by our Chairman, Prof. Peter Garside.
By Josi S. Kilpack 14 Sep, 2017
On Thursday 14th September 2017 we had a talk by Josi S. Kilpack. She was introduced by our Chairman, Prof. Peter Garside
By Prof. Jeremy J. Smith 15 Jun, 2017
On Thursday 15th June 2017 we had a talk by Prof. Jeremy J. Smith. He was introduced by our Chairman, Prof. Peter Garside
By Alasdair Hutton 21 Sep, 2016
At Dryburgh Abbey today (21st September 2016) our former Chairman, Alasdair Hutton held a ceremony at the grave of Sir Walter.
By Prof. Murray Pittock 16 Jun, 2016
On Thursday 16th June 2016 we had a talk by Prof. Murray Pittock. He was introduced by our Chairman, Prof. Peter Garside
By Bridget Falconer-Salkeld 06 May, 2016
A visit to the City of Bath in May 2015 was the inspiration for Bridget Falconer-Salkeld’s photo-essay in which she discusses the extended visit to the City by the small boy who was to become the literary Wizard of the North.
By Professor Peter Garside 23 Mar, 2016
Professor Peter Garside describes key places within a narrow space of Edinburgh in which Scott's Waverley novels were originally produced, with links to sites since lost and photos of current locations.
By Caroline McCracken-Flesher 08 Oct, 2015
On Thursday 8th October 2015 we had a Joint Lecture with the English Literature Dept of Edinburgh University. Professor Caroline McCracken-Flesher was introduced by our Chairman, Alasdair Hutton.
By Jenni Calder 14 May, 2015
On Thursday 15th May 2015 we had a talk by Jenni Calder on Reading Waverley . She was introduced by our Chairman, Alasdair Hutton.
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