Puer Aeternus: a’ chiad phearsa ann an trì nobhailean Gàidhlig (Puer Aeternus: the first person in three Gaelic novels)
Léann, vol. 1, pp. 37-45
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Professor
Michelle
MacLeod
M.A. (Hons), PhD (Aberdeen)
Director of the Confucius Institute
Personal Chair
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Professor Michelle MacLeod Contact Details
- Telephone
- work +44 (0)1224 272548
- Fax
- fax +44 (0)1224 272562
- m.macleod@abdn.ac.uk
- Address
- The University of Aberdeen Room B03 Taylor Building, Gaelic, School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture, Taylor Building University of Aberdeen Old Aberdeen AB24 3UB
Biography
I have been a lecturer in Gaelic since September 2004 and Senior Lecturer since August 2011. I was promoted to Personal Chair in Gaelic in 2019.
Memberships and Affiliations
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I am the Exams Officer for Gaelic and the Programme Coordinator for the Combined Honours in Scottish Studies and Sustained Studies in Arabic, Mandarin and Swedish. I am a Deputy Director of the University of Aberdeen Confucius Institute. I sit on the University's Gaelic Language Plan Advisory Group http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ppg/index.php?id=170&sub=11&top=2
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- Chair of the Catherine McCaig Trust
- Co-Director Soillse Research Network
- Research
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Research Overview
My areas of research include: modern Gaelic literature; the concept of Gaelic identity; the modern Gaelic community; Gaelic drama; language teaching and language planning.
Current Research
Gaelic drama, modern Gaelic literature, community language planning and adult language acquisition.
Collaborations
I am Co-Director of the Soillse Research Network - a research collaboration between the University of the Highlands and Islands, The University of Aberdeen, Edinburgh University and the University of Glasgow. It has been established to provide a much enhanced research capacity to inform public policy towards the maintenance and revitalisation of gaelic language and culture. www.soillse.ac.uk
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
I teach Gaelic language across the degree programme and sub-honours introductory courses on Gaelic society and literature. I also teach honours courses on: Modern Gaelic Poetry, Gaelic Dialectology, Modern Irish Language and Language and Identity.
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Publications
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Theories of Language Planning
Stornoway, United Kingdom: Western Isles Language Planning Group. 20 pages
Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
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2020 Vision: A Consultative Survey of the Gaelic Development Sector
Inverness, United Kingdom: Bord na Gaidhlig
Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
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"Eilean Beag Donn a' Chuain": A'Mhuir mar mheatafor ann am Bàrdachd Leòdhais
In: Cruth na Tire (eds.McLeod,W;Ní Annracháain) Coisceim, Dublin, pp. 121-135, 14 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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Home and Exile: a comparison of the poetry of Máirtín Ó Direáin and Ruaraidh MacThòmais
New Hibernia Review, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 72-81
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Language and bilingualism in the Gaelic Poetry of Ian Crichton Smith
Scottish Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 105-113
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Teaching Scottish Gaelic to Irish Speakers
Journal of Celtic Language Learning, vol. 5, pp. 77-81
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Smuaintean an eilthirich: Leodhas agus Fanas ann am bardachd Ruairidh Mhic Thomais (Lewis and void in the poetry of Derick Thomson)
Scottish Gaelic Studies, vol. 19, pp. 59-65
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