The inaugural Canna Lecture was held by the Scottish Gaelic Texts Society (SGTS) in 2016.
Previous Lectures
| Date | Speaker | Venue | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 November 2025 | Dr Martin Macgregor, Senior Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Glasgow | University of Edinburgh | “Ach thèid an crann a thoirt dhen fharadh”: Celebrating Thirty Years of Tuath is Tighearna (‘Tenants and Landlords’), 1995-2025 |
| 19 November 2024 | Dr Anja Gunderloch (University of Edinburgh) | University of Edinburgh | The Gaelic Ways of Life in the Poetry of Donnchadh Bàn Macintyre |
| 6 December 2023 | Dr Priscilla Scott | University of Edinburgh | ‘Seinnidh mi le deòin do chliù’: Praise of patrons, public figures, and personal friends in the songs of Màiri Mhòr nan Òran |
| 25 May 2019 | Professor Hugh Cheape | University of Aberdeen | John Lorne Campbell of Canna: pioneer and polemicist |
| 7 September 2017 | Professor Sheila Kidd (University of Glasgow) | National Library of Scotland | Gaelic Writing from the Bible to the stage |
| 17 October 2016 | Professor Emeritus Donald E. Meek | University of Glasgow/ St George’s Tron Church of Scotland, Glasgow | Dugald Buchanan (1716-68): Man, Myth and Scholarly Circle |
Online Canna Lectures
Gaelic Writing from the Bible to the Stage:
The Role of the Còmhradh
By Sheila M. Kidd