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12 May 2025
A gathering of clans at Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies
A gathering of Dunedin’s Scottish community was held in the Reading Room of Mātai Airana, Mātai Kotirana - Centre for Ir...
25 Oct 2024
Kathleen Jamie – Scottish poet interview
Kathleen Jamie, Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies Writers Fellow is interviewed on RNZ.
25 Sep 2024
Otago appoints Eamon Cleary Chair in Irish Studies
Céad míle fáilte, nau mai haere mai, a warm welcome to Dr Maebh Long, who has been appointed the Eamon Cleary Chair in I...
02 Jul 2024
Scotland’s Makar takes up Otago Fellowship
One of the most distinguished Scottish writers of the past four decades and current Makar – National Poet for Scotland,...
09 Feb 2022
Liam McIlvanney interviewed on the The Heretic
The Chair of Scottish Studies, Professor Liam McIlvanney, was interviewed on the publication of The Heretic
23 Dec 2021
Book on speeches by Irish women a best seller
The balanced, alternative view of history found in Eamon Cleary Chair of Irish Studies Professor Sonja Tiernan’s new boo...
20 Oct 2021
Dracula a Dubliner? Radio play to celebrate Count's Celtic links
The seemingly obscure links between the ancient Celtic festival Samhain and Bram Stoker’s Dracula will be celebrated lat...
05 Oct 2021
Dame Fiona Kidman shares literary wisdom
Inaugural Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies Irish Writing Fellowship recipient and one of New Zealand’s most accompl...
04 Aug 2021
Emer Lyons interviewed on Quilted Bananas Radio
Irish Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, Emer Lyons was interviewed on Wellington access radio's “Quilted Bananas Radio Progra...
12 Jul 2021
Liam McIlvanney interviewed on The Rest is History
The Chair of Scottish Studies, Professor Liam McIlvanney, was interviewed on Radio New Zealand's 'The Rest is History'.
10 Jun 2021
Events feature big discussion on small nations
The University of Otago provided a focal point for discussion on the close bonds between Aotearoa New Zealand, Scotland...
31 Oct 2019
The Celtic origins of Halloween
Listen to an interview and read an article about the Celtic origins of Halloween.
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