Our BOSLIT project and the new database were both launched in November 2023 at the University of Glasgow. In this article, Prof Kirsteen McCue (project co-leader) captures the launch’s success, illustrating her summary with graphs and data showcasing the power Read More …
In this exceptional piece, Paul Barnaby reflects on his work as BOSLIT’s first full-time researcher. Most of BOSLIT’s 20th-century records were compiled by Paul from 1994-1999. This provides him a with an excellent vantage point, not only to disclose the Read More …
In this post, Gillebrìde Mac ‘IlleMhaoi (Senior Lecturer in Gaelic at the University of Glasgow) gives us an overview of BOSLIT’s Gaelic content. Most of those records were compiled in the 2000s and early 2010s by BOSLIT volunteers. They are Read More …
In this blog note, Kaiyue He builds on her PhD research to outline the history of Muriel Spark’s Chinese reception. As it appears, most Chinese translations of Spark are missing from the current BOSLIT database. The list of those is Read More …
In this note, Dr Linden Bicket from the University of Edinburgh explores the BOSLIT database, outlining the international reception of George Mackay Brown, the bard of Orkney, whose centenary was recently celebrated in 2021. The centenary year of George Mackay Read More …
In this article, Prof Silvia Mergenthal (University of Konstanz) reflects on Heiko Postma’s recent rendition of James Hogg into German. This allows her to ponder on the often haphazard records of Hogg’s German adaptations — a body of works which Read More …
By Carlos Llaza As a translator and researcher, BOSLIT has been an invaluable resource. From the early stages of my doctoral project, The Sound of a Rhinoceros: On Translating Robert Burns into Spanish, the database has provided me with foundations Read More …
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 …
