We are a worldwide academic organisation dedicated to cultivating the study of Scottish languages, literatures and cultures across the globe. 

IASSL is delighted to announce the 2022 Jack Medal Awards:

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Nigel Leask (University of Glasgow) and Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh (University of Edinburgh) were awarded the 2022 Jack Medal for their article "‘Co-ainm na taca seo an-uiridh’: Dugald MacNicol’s Caribbean Lament for Argyll"  which was published in the journal Studies in Scottish Literature 47:2 (2022). The Jack Medal was awarded in recognition of the extensive primary research and in appreciation of the article's cross-cultural approach, which provides an original and important perspective on a complex and pivotal chapter in Scotland’s colonial history.

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Kirstie Blair (University of Stirling) was awarded an Honourable Mention for her article “Cosmopolitanism and the Scottish Working-Class Writer: John Parkainson/Yehya-En-Nasr and Islam In Ayrshire” which was published in the journal Studies in Scottish Literature 48:1 (2022). The article provides an original and theoretically sophisticated investigation into hitherto little known cosmopolitan practices and discourses in Scotland’s long Victorian period.

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Alessandra Petrina (Università degli Studi di Padova) was awarded an Honourable Mention for her chapter “Translations Facing Inwards: James VI/I’s Basilikon Doron” which was published in the collective monograph Traduire. Tradurre. Translating. Vie des mots et voies des œuvres dans l'Europe de la Renaissance (Droz, 2022). The chapter provides a searching and original examination of the translation process of James VI/I’s text in relation to the final translation product and its reception.

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