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(with apologies for cross-posting) Twenty-first Century Scottish Fiction: Where are we now? 2nd September, 2014 Ellen Wilkinson Building, University of Manchester Keynote Speakers: Dr Aaron Kelly (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Monica Germaną (University of Westminster) Website: www.c21scotfiction.co.uk This one-day symposium aims to explore the exciting breadth and diversity of recent Scottish writing, attending to the importance of both tradition and innovation and examining how post-millennial texts negotiate and re-configure the boundaries of Scottish literature. Questions of Scottishness and of Scottish literature have been of particular interest in the twenty-first century, in part because the start of the new millennium roughly coincides with Scottish devolution in 1999. Exploration of Scottish literature becomes ever more pertinent as the referendum on Scottish independence approaches. This symposium aims to take stock of the critical perspectives on Scottish writing and to explore the questions being raised as discussion about Scottish identity amplifies in anticipation of this new cultural landmark. Please see the attached CFP for further details. --------------------------------------------------------- Duncan Jones Association for Scottish Literary Studies 7 University Gardens University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QH, UK Tel/Fax: +44 (0)141 330 5309 Website: http://www.asls.org.uk ASLS is supported by Creative Scotland ASLS is a registered charity no. SC006535