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Professor Rob Dunbar, Chair of Celtic Languages, Literature, History and Antiquities, presents his inaugural lecture entitled "Canada, the Gaelic Imagination, and the Future of the Celtic Languages / Canada, am Mac-meanmna Gàidhlig, agus na Cànanan Ceilteach san Àm ri Teachd".
Territories that are now part of Canada received more Gaelic-speaking emigrants than any other in the world and, unsurprisingly, the links between the Scottish Highlands and Canada are profound. This lecture will first examine how Canada, and in particular Canada's Gaelic heritage, is perceived, imagined and deployed by Scottish Gaels—and other Scots—revealing a curious mix of truths, half-truths and missed opportunities.
This lecture is in Gaelic.
Recorded on 18 November 2013 at the University of Edinburgh's St Cecilia's Hall.
Chaidh barrachd Ghàidheal chun nan sgìrean a tha a-nis mar phàirt de Canada na gu sgìrean sam bith eile air an t-saoghal agus air sàilibh sin, chan eil e na iongnadh gu bheil na ceanglaichean eadar Gàidhealtachd na h-Alba agus Canada làidir. An toiseach san òraid seo, bheirear sùil air mar a tha Canada, agus gu sònraichte dualchas Gàidhlig Chanada, air a tuigsinn, air a samhlachadh, agus air a cleachdadh le Gàidheil Alba—agus Albannaich eile—gus measgachadh annasach de fhìrinneachdan, faoin-sgeulan agus cothroman caillte a thoirt am follais.
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Territories that are now part of Canada received more Gaelic-speaking emigrants than any other in the world and, unsurprisingly, the links between the Scottish Highlands and Canada are profound. This lecture will first examine how Canada, and in particular Canada's Gaelic heritage, is perceived, imagined and deployed by Scottish Gaels—and other Scots—revealing a curious mix of truths, half-truths and missed opportunities.
This lecture is in Gaelic.
Recorded on 18 November 2013 at the University of Edinburgh's St Cecilia's Hall.
Chaidh barrachd Ghàidheal chun nan sgìrean a tha a-nis mar phàirt de Canada na gu sgìrean sam bith eile air an t-saoghal agus air sàilibh sin, chan eil e na iongnadh gu bheil na ceanglaichean eadar Gàidhealtachd na h-Alba agus Canada làidir. An toiseach san òraid seo, bheirear sùil air mar a tha Canada, agus gu sònraichte dualchas Gàidhlig Chanada, air a tuigsinn, air a samhlachadh, agus air a cleachdadh le Gàidheil Alba—agus Albannaich eile—gus measgachadh annasach de fhìrinneachdan, faoin-sgeulan agus cothroman caillte a thoirt am follais.
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