To celebrate Robert Burns, our team members, Dr Paul Malgrati and Dr Luca Guariento have mapped out the Burns records in BOSLIT. They produced the following charts, displaying both the countries and date ranges of publication of all recorded Burns Read More …
Ruggero Bianchin is a PhD Student at the University of Glasgow, working in English and linguistics. In this post, he discusses the significance of BOSLIT for his research, explaining how the ongoing project to revive the database helped him break Read More …
The 3rd Congress of the International Association for the Study of Scottish Literature, which took place in Prague from 22 to 26 June 2022, proved a both enthusing and promising moment for the future of BOSLIT. For the first time Read More …
Tom Hubbard was BOSLIT’s second Research Fellow, succeeding Paul Barnaby from 2000 to 2004. In this fascinating piece, he tells us about his experience, unearthing old translations of Scottish literature across European archives and libraries —and all this in the Read More …
In this article, the first of our Walter Scott series, Dennis Smith and Paul Barnaby describe Scott’s impact on the history of global translation. They also detail Scott’s place in the Bibliography of Scottish Literature in Translation, charting ways in Read More …
In the following interview, Dr Paul Malgrati interviews two leading experts about Walter Scott’s global reception, Prof Murray Pittock (University of Glasgow) & Prof Ann Rigney (University of Utrecht). Together, Ann and Murray emphasise the vital role of BOSLIT in Read More …
In this blog post, Ekaterina Shatalova, Erasmus Mundus Scholar 2020/2022 researching children’s literature at the University of Glasgow, highlights the significance of BOSLIT’s database for Scottish and Russophone users. Pointing out a few gaps in BOSLIT, especially regarding twenty-first century Read More …
