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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