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SUMMARY:Sojourn in St. Andrews - Scottish Writers and Scottish Independence
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 In 2014, Scotland held a referendum to decide 
 whether it should become an independent country, 
 and narrowly decided to remain part of the 
 United Kingdom. Regardless of result, this 
 landmark political moment would have been unimaginable 
 a century before. This lecture will 
 argue that Scotland's political evolution is 
 heavily influenced by the ways in which writers 
 have engaged with national history and identity 
 in their work. We will look at authors 
 from the early twentieth century who celebrated 
 regional diversity and folk culture in a 
 range of Scottish languages, and who debated 
 the pros and cons of Scottish independence. We 
 will then explore how more recent writers, 
 from lyric poets to the bestselling authors of 
 'tartan noir' crime fiction, have helped create 
 modern Scotland.\n
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 This will be presented 
 by Garry MacKenzie, an academic, poet and 
 non-fiction writer based in Fife, Scotland. \n
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 The 
 event is free, but registration is required. 
 Register by May 20 at go.msu.edu/sta-spring-21.\n
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 This 
 presentation is in anticipation 
 of Sojourn in St. Andrews, a one-week, lifelong 
 education abroad program hosted by the 
 MSU Alumni Office planned for June/July of 
 2022.\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: Elizabeth Wheeler\n
 Contact email: szufnar@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://go.msu.edu/STA-Spring-21\n
LOCATION:Virtual
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