Scots in Asia

Edinburgh: 26-27 June 2015

In association with SCOTTISH CENTRE FOR DIASPORA STUDIES

Our fifth seminar in the series explores the historical and contemporary experiences of the Scots in Asia. The event will begin with a keynote lecture on Friday 26 June at 5.30pm from Professor Emeritus Sir Tom Devine. The remaining talks will take place from 9.45am until 6pm on Saturday 27 June.

Speakers:

• Dr Tom Barron (independent historian), ‘Scots coffee planters in nineteenth century Ceylon’
• Dr Tanja Bueltmann (Northumbria University), ‘From ethnic associationalism to social networking: A longitudinal comparison of formal sociability in Scottish communities in Asia, c.1870 to the present’
• Professor Emeritus Sir Tom Devine (University of Edinburgh), ‘Addicting the dragon: China, opium, and the Scottish factor’
• Ellen Filor (University College London), ‘Death or a Pension: Scots and the End of the East India Company, 1800-1857’
• Dr Joanna Frew (University of Essex), ‘Agricultural improvement and order in the Baramahal, South India, 1792-99’
• Dr Isabella Jackson (University of Aberdeen), ‘The Shanghai Scottish: Scottish, imperial, and local identities in the Scottish Company of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps’
• Professor Angela McCarthy (University of Otago), ‘James Taylor and cross-cultural encounters in Ceylon’
• Dr George McGilvary (honorary postdoctoral fellow, Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies, University of Edinburgh), ‘Commercial exploits of the Scottish elite in India and South-east Asia, 1760-1830, with special reference to David Scott, MP (1746-1805)’
• Professor Emeritus Patrick Peebles (University of Missouri – Kansas City), ‘Governor James Alexander Stewart Mackenzie and the making of Ceylon’
• Iain Watson (University of Edinburgh), ‘The right kind of migrants: Scottish expatriates in Hong Kong and South-East Asia since 1950 and the preservation of human capital’

This is a free event, but registration is required. Please click here to register.

Banner Image: Clandonald Settlers Leaving Scotland for Alberta, 1924, Glenbow Archives, NA-331-6.