Paul Malgrati
@paulmalgrati.bsky.social
Franco-Scot 🇫🇷🏴| Lecturer in Scottish culture and literature at the University of the Highlands and Islands | Poetry, Politics, Metaphysics
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This episode’s guests are publisher David Graham and writer Kirsty Gunn — the joint directors of North House Press, a new publishing house based in the Highlands, and who just republished three novels Neil M. Gunn (1891-1973), the great Caithness novelist.
October 4, 2026 at 10:50 AM
This episode’s guests are publisher David Graham and writer Kirsty Gunn — the joint directors of North House Press, a new publishing house based in the Highlands, and who just republished three novels Neil M. Gunn (1891-1973), the great Caithness novelist.
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Check out the latest from @thecarryingstream.bsky.social, hosted by our member, @paulmalgrati.bsky.social . It features Garry MacKenzie, the poet, translator from Gaelic, who also joined IASSL's recent webinar on "Environmental Scotland". The link to the webinar is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5xX...
September 15, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Check out the latest from @thecarryingstream.bsky.social, hosted by our member, @paulmalgrati.bsky.social . It features Garry MacKenzie, the poet, translator from Gaelic, who also joined IASSL's recent webinar on "Environmental Scotland". The link to the webinar is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5xX...
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More from UHI Institute for Northern Studies Dr Paul Malgrati latest @thecarryingstream.bsky.social podcast
That’s the latest episode of The Carrying Stream out! 🏴🌍
This episode’s guest is Garry MacKenzie — the award-winning, ecologically attuned poet and scholar, Fifer, Glaswegian, and translator from Gaelic.
Link: pod.link/1865430519
This episode’s guest is Garry MacKenzie — the award-winning, ecologically attuned poet and scholar, Fifer, Glaswegian, and translator from Gaelic.
Link: pod.link/1865430519
September 14, 2026 at 11:40 AM
More from UHI Institute for Northern Studies Dr Paul Malgrati latest @thecarryingstream.bsky.social podcast
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Professor Mairéad Nic Craith UHI Institute for Northern Studies features in a BBC Future article.....Eagles and wolves: The long-lost animals that live on in Irish place names.
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Eagles and wolves: The long-lost animals that live on in Irish place names
Long-standing Irish place names hark back to a world alive with cranes, wolves and eagles. Now these old names are piquing the interest of nature-lovers and ecologists.
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September 14, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Professor Mairéad Nic Craith UHI Institute for Northern Studies features in a BBC Future article.....Eagles and wolves: The long-lost animals that live on in Irish place names.
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
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That’s the latest episode of The Carrying Stream out! 🏴🌍
This episode’s guest is Garry MacKenzie — the award-winning, ecologically attuned poet and scholar, Fifer, Glaswegian, and translator from Gaelic.
Link: pod.link/1865430519
This episode’s guest is Garry MacKenzie — the award-winning, ecologically attuned poet and scholar, Fifer, Glaswegian, and translator from Gaelic.
Link: pod.link/1865430519
September 6, 2026 at 11:03 AM
That’s the latest episode of The Carrying Stream out! 🏴🌍
This episode’s guest is Garry MacKenzie — the award-winning, ecologically attuned poet and scholar, Fifer, Glaswegian, and translator from Gaelic.
Link: pod.link/1865430519
This episode’s guest is Garry MacKenzie — the award-winning, ecologically attuned poet and scholar, Fifer, Glaswegian, and translator from Gaelic.
Link: pod.link/1865430519
Great to see this fine gallimaufry celebrating the centenary of MacDiarmid’s monumental Drunk Man. I wrote more extensively about this poem elsewhere, but here’s also a wee Franco-Scottish variation on the poem, which summarises in a few lines much of my thinking on the matter!
September 5, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Great to see this fine gallimaufry celebrating the centenary of MacDiarmid’s monumental Drunk Man. I wrote more extensively about this poem elsewhere, but here’s also a wee Franco-Scottish variation on the poem, which summarises in a few lines much of my thinking on the matter!
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C. M. Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) was born on 11 August 1892 in Langholm. To mark the centenary of 'A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle', IASSL members Jim Mackintosh, Alan Riach and James Robertson have edited the volume 'Ayont the Thistle', with more than 70 responses to the poem. 👉 tinyurl.com/3f5y7eht
August 11, 2026 at 6:50 AM
C. M. Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) was born on 11 August 1892 in Langholm. To mark the centenary of 'A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle', IASSL members Jim Mackintosh, Alan Riach and James Robertson have edited the volume 'Ayont the Thistle', with more than 70 responses to the poem. 👉 tinyurl.com/3f5y7eht
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Great to see this in print — the first official output from my ongoing research project, probing the conundrum of “The Caledonian Antisyzygy”. 🏴
This is part of the new volume, “Hugh MacDiarmid: Visions and Revisions” (Brill) edited by Camille Manfredi, Fiona Paterson and Philippe Laplace.
This is part of the new volume, “Hugh MacDiarmid: Visions and Revisions” (Brill) edited by Camille Manfredi, Fiona Paterson and Philippe Laplace.
August 6, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Great to see this in print — the first official output from my ongoing research project, probing the conundrum of “The Caledonian Antisyzygy”. 🏴
This is part of the new volume, “Hugh MacDiarmid: Visions and Revisions” (Brill) edited by Camille Manfredi, Fiona Paterson and Philippe Laplace.
This is part of the new volume, “Hugh MacDiarmid: Visions and Revisions” (Brill) edited by Camille Manfredi, Fiona Paterson and Philippe Laplace.
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Great to see this article in print! It’s the first official output from UHI Institute for Northern Studies, Dr Paul Malgrati ongoing research project, which builds on contemporary French philosophy to find a positive alternative to the conundrum of “The Caledonian Antisyzygy”
tinyurl.com/jh99nwmu
tinyurl.com/jh99nwmu
Hugh MacDiarmid 1923-2023
"Hugh MacDiarmid 1923-2023" published on 04 Aug 2026 by Brill.
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August 6, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Great to see this article in print! It’s the first official output from UHI Institute for Northern Studies, Dr Paul Malgrati ongoing research project, which builds on contemporary French philosophy to find a positive alternative to the conundrum of “The Caledonian Antisyzygy”
tinyurl.com/jh99nwmu
tinyurl.com/jh99nwmu
Great to see this in print — the first official output from my ongoing research project, probing the conundrum of “The Caledonian Antisyzygy”. 🏴
This is part of the new volume, “Hugh MacDiarmid: Visions and Revisions” (Brill) edited by Camille Manfredi, Fiona Paterson and Philippe Laplace.
This is part of the new volume, “Hugh MacDiarmid: Visions and Revisions” (Brill) edited by Camille Manfredi, Fiona Paterson and Philippe Laplace.
August 6, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Great to see this in print — the first official output from my ongoing research project, probing the conundrum of “The Caledonian Antisyzygy”. 🏴
This is part of the new volume, “Hugh MacDiarmid: Visions and Revisions” (Brill) edited by Camille Manfredi, Fiona Paterson and Philippe Laplace.
This is part of the new volume, “Hugh MacDiarmid: Visions and Revisions” (Brill) edited by Camille Manfredi, Fiona Paterson and Philippe Laplace.
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The new episode of @thecarryingstream.bsky.social podcast, hosted by our EC member @paulmalgrati.bsky.social, focuses on the poetry of Dundee and features Taylor Dyson and Erin Farley.
August 3, 2026 at 7:20 AM
The new episode of @thecarryingstream.bsky.social podcast, hosted by our EC member @paulmalgrati.bsky.social, focuses on the poetry of Dundee and features Taylor Dyson and Erin Farley.
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Dr Paul Malgrati, lecturer @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies hosts new @thecarryingstream.bsky.social podcast pod.link/1865430519
Just had a fantastic double interview with Dr Erin Farley, Dundee’s best literary historian, and Taylor Dyson, Dundee’s best young poet & performer in Scots. New episode on “Dundee poetry: Past and Present” coming out in the next few days.
July 28, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Dr Paul Malgrati, lecturer @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies hosts new @thecarryingstream.bsky.social podcast pod.link/1865430519
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July 26, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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“Scots poets might have a few lessons to teach the French”
“Towards a Post-Colonial Alliance?”: @paulmalgrati.bsky.social offers perspectives on Franco-Scots #poetry #translation, exploring questions of voice, place, & power
#BastilleDay #quatorzejuillet 🇫🇷🏴
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/12/towa...
“Towards a Post-Colonial Alliance?”: @paulmalgrati.bsky.social offers perspectives on Franco-Scots #poetry #translation, exploring questions of voice, place, & power
#BastilleDay #quatorzejuillet 🇫🇷🏴
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/12/towa...
Towards a Post-Colonial Alliance? Some Perspectives on Franco-Scots Poetry Translation - The Bottle Imp
I would like to thank The Bottle Imp for inviting me to reflect on my work as a translator of both French and Scots. In this article — the first I have written on this topic — I outline a few ideas re...
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July 14, 2026 at 1:18 PM
“Scots poets might have a few lessons to teach the French”
“Towards a Post-Colonial Alliance?”: @paulmalgrati.bsky.social offers perspectives on Franco-Scots #poetry #translation, exploring questions of voice, place, & power
#BastilleDay #quatorzejuillet 🇫🇷🏴
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/12/towa...
“Towards a Post-Colonial Alliance?”: @paulmalgrati.bsky.social offers perspectives on Franco-Scots #poetry #translation, exploring questions of voice, place, & power
#BastilleDay #quatorzejuillet 🇫🇷🏴
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/12/towa...
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New publications by our members: the article 'Scottish Food Patriotism and the Literary Antecedents of Robert Burns's "To a Haggis"' by Gerry Carruthers and @paulmalgrati.bsky.social has been published in the IRSS @uguelphscottish.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social. Available in open access!
📣New issue of the IRSS now online!
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Featured Article is FREE to access:
Scottish Food Patriotism and the Literary Antecedents of Robert Burns’s ‘To a Haggis’ by Gerard Carruthers and Paul Malgrati.
Full issue 30 Days FREE (CODE: 30IRSS)
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euppublishing.com/toc/irss/51/1
Featured Article is FREE to access:
Scottish Food Patriotism and the Literary Antecedents of Robert Burns’s ‘To a Haggis’ by Gerard Carruthers and Paul Malgrati.
Full issue 30 Days FREE (CODE: 30IRSS)
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June 22, 2026 at 9:18 AM
New publications by our members: the article 'Scottish Food Patriotism and the Literary Antecedents of Robert Burns's "To a Haggis"' by Gerry Carruthers and @paulmalgrati.bsky.social has been published in the IRSS @uguelphscottish.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social. Available in open access!
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📣New issue of the IRSS now online!
euppublishing.com/toc/irss/51/1
Featured Article is FREE to access:
Scottish Food Patriotism and the Literary Antecedents of Robert Burns’s ‘To a Haggis’ by Gerard Carruthers and Paul Malgrati.
Full issue 30 Days FREE (CODE: 30IRSS)
@edinburghup.bsky.social
euppublishing.com/toc/irss/51/1
Featured Article is FREE to access:
Scottish Food Patriotism and the Literary Antecedents of Robert Burns’s ‘To a Haggis’ by Gerard Carruthers and Paul Malgrati.
Full issue 30 Days FREE (CODE: 30IRSS)
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June 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
📣New issue of the IRSS now online!
euppublishing.com/toc/irss/51/1
Featured Article is FREE to access:
Scottish Food Patriotism and the Literary Antecedents of Robert Burns’s ‘To a Haggis’ by Gerard Carruthers and Paul Malgrati.
Full issue 30 Days FREE (CODE: 30IRSS)
@edinburghup.bsky.social
euppublishing.com/toc/irss/51/1
Featured Article is FREE to access:
Scottish Food Patriotism and the Literary Antecedents of Robert Burns’s ‘To a Haggis’ by Gerard Carruthers and Paul Malgrati.
Full issue 30 Days FREE (CODE: 30IRSS)
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Great to see our article with Prof Gerard Carruthers published in the International Review of Scottish Studies.
It’s about the origins and inspiration of Robert Burns’s address ‘To a Haggis’ – 300 years of debates on the value and quality of Scottish food. 🏴🥘
www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
It’s about the origins and inspiration of Robert Burns’s address ‘To a Haggis’ – 300 years of debates on the value and quality of Scottish food. 🏴🥘
www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
Scottish Food Patriotism and the Literary Antecedents of Robert Burns’s ‘To a Haggis’ | International Review of Scottish Studies
This article re-evaluates Robert Burns’s ‘To a Haggis’—arguably, the most globally recited food poem in world literature—by situating it within a long-overlooked tradition of Scottish food patriotism....
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June 14, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Great to see our article with Prof Gerard Carruthers published in the International Review of Scottish Studies.
It’s about the origins and inspiration of Robert Burns’s address ‘To a Haggis’ – 300 years of debates on the value and quality of Scottish food. 🏴🥘
www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
It’s about the origins and inspiration of Robert Burns’s address ‘To a Haggis’ – 300 years of debates on the value and quality of Scottish food. 🏴🥘
www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
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New publications by our members: Alan Sharp’s 'A Green Tree in Gedde' (1965) in a scholarly edition prepared by @paulmalgrati.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social and Colin Mcilroy @natlibscot.bsky.social and published by @asls.org.uk. asls.org.uk/publications...
June 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM
New publications by our members: Alan Sharp’s 'A Green Tree in Gedde' (1965) in a scholarly edition prepared by @paulmalgrati.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social and Colin Mcilroy @natlibscot.bsky.social and published by @asls.org.uk. asls.org.uk/publications...
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The latest episode of the podcast @thecarryingstream.bsky.social, founded and hosted by our member @paulmalgrati.bsky.social, features French historian Clément Guézais and focuses on the medieval Auld Alliance. 🇫🇷 🏴 pod.link/1865430519
New episode out, featuring Dr Clément Guézais and his cutting-edge reworking of the medieval Auld Alliance 🇫🇷🏴
pod.link/1865430519
pod.link/1865430519
June 8, 2026 at 7:07 AM
The latest episode of the podcast @thecarryingstream.bsky.social, founded and hosted by our member @paulmalgrati.bsky.social, features French historian Clément Guézais and focuses on the medieval Auld Alliance. 🇫🇷 🏴 pod.link/1865430519
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Dr Clément Guézais discussing and analysing the medieval Franco-Scottish treaties and how these represented an ideal of friendship in diplomacy: a partnership of equals, separate entities but united by a common purpose. 🏴🇫🇷
For more insight on the Auld Alliance, listen to Episode 7 (link in bio).
For more insight on the Auld Alliance, listen to Episode 7 (link in bio).
June 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Dr Clément Guézais discussing and analysing the medieval Franco-Scottish treaties and how these represented an ideal of friendship in diplomacy: a partnership of equals, separate entities but united by a common purpose. 🏴🇫🇷
For more insight on the Auld Alliance, listen to Episode 7 (link in bio).
For more insight on the Auld Alliance, listen to Episode 7 (link in bio).
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Dr Paul Malgrati Lecturer at UHI Institute for Northern Studies new episode of @thecarryingstream.bsky.social features Dr Clément Guézais, a French historian, lecturer at the University of Arras, and scholar of the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France.
pod.link/1865430519
pod.link/1865430519
June 2, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Dr Paul Malgrati Lecturer at UHI Institute for Northern Studies new episode of @thecarryingstream.bsky.social features Dr Clément Guézais, a French historian, lecturer at the University of Arras, and scholar of the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France.
pod.link/1865430519
pod.link/1865430519
Two Frenchmen talking in English about Scotland 🏴🇫🇷
New episode out, featuring Dr Clément Guézais and his cutting-edge reworking of the medieval Auld Alliance 🇫🇷🏴
pod.link/1865430519
pod.link/1865430519
May 31, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Two Frenchmen talking in English about Scotland 🏴🇫🇷
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New episode out, featuring Dr Clément Guézais and his cutting-edge reworking of the medieval Auld Alliance 🇫🇷🏴
pod.link/1865430519
pod.link/1865430519
May 31, 2026 at 10:21 AM
New episode out, featuring Dr Clément Guézais and his cutting-edge reworking of the medieval Auld Alliance 🇫🇷🏴
pod.link/1865430519
pod.link/1865430519
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New publication day!
Delighted to present this new scholarly edition of Alan Sharp’s A Green Tree in Gedde (1965): beat generation, existentialism, faith, sex, and the collision of Greenock with Paris: a forgotten classic of the Scottish 60s. Published by @asls.org.uk
asls.org.uk/publications...
Delighted to present this new scholarly edition of Alan Sharp’s A Green Tree in Gedde (1965): beat generation, existentialism, faith, sex, and the collision of Greenock with Paris: a forgotten classic of the Scottish 60s. Published by @asls.org.uk
asls.org.uk/publications...
May 27, 2026 at 6:27 PM
New publication day!
Delighted to present this new scholarly edition of Alan Sharp’s A Green Tree in Gedde (1965): beat generation, existentialism, faith, sex, and the collision of Greenock with Paris: a forgotten classic of the Scottish 60s. Published by @asls.org.uk
asls.org.uk/publications...
Delighted to present this new scholarly edition of Alan Sharp’s A Green Tree in Gedde (1965): beat generation, existentialism, faith, sex, and the collision of Greenock with Paris: a forgotten classic of the Scottish 60s. Published by @asls.org.uk
asls.org.uk/publications...