MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES PROGRAMME : THE UNIVERSITY OF 
EDINBURGH 

The Singer and the Scribe: European Ballad Traditions and European 
Ballad Cultures 

Date:   Saturday 27th May 2000   (9:30 am - 6:00 pm)

Venue:  Robertson Music Centre, St George’s School, Garscube Terrace,
Edinburgh

Provisional Programme
Professor Roderick Beaton (King’s College London): "Balladry in the 
Medieval Greek World" 
Professor Roger Wright (University of Liverpool) "Spanish Ballads in 
a Changing World" 
Dr Margaret Sleeman (University of Aberdeen) "Judeo-Spanish Balladry: 
the witness of fieldwork" 
Dr Charles Duffin (Edinburgh) "Echoes of Authority: audience and 
formula in the Scots ballad text" 
Dr Thomas McKean (University of Aberdeen) "The Stewarts of 
Fetterangus and Literate Oral Tradition" 
Dr Mary-Ann Constantine (University of Wales, Aberystwyth) "Flowers 
and fossils: questions of history and age in Breton ballads" 
Mr Philip Bennett (University of Edinburgh) "The Suppression of a 
Ballad Culture: the enigma of medieval France" 

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REGISTRATION FORM
(to aid with planning catering please return the registration form by 
15th May)

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University of Edinburgh") for the sum of: *£15 (students / unwaged)
*£25.
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University of Edinburgh
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