Scotland and Europe, Scotland in Europe

Product Description The aim of the book is to explore the long-standing and multi-faceted relationship between Scotland and the societies and cultures of the European continent, in various epochs and from a large diversity of view points and problematics. The book collects most of the contributions from the IVth annual conference of the Société Française d Etudes Ecossaises, held in Toulon in October 2005. This international conference gathered fifty European academics, working in a wide range of research fields, from social history to art history, from language to literature, from politics to civilisation and cultural studies. The interdisciplinary ambition and cross-cultural perspective of the conference are reflected in the volume. The book is divided into four main sections: links with Europe, visions of Europe, voices in Europe, and current political issues within the European Union. It illustrates the richness and complexity of the dialogue between Scotland and the continent over the centuries, and underlines the open, fluid and dynamic character of the Scottish identity. About the Author Gilles Leydier is Professor at the Université du Sud Toulon-Var where he specialises in Scottish and British civilisations. He worked at Strathclyde University and has written and published numerous articles and books on Scotland, including La question écossaise (1998), Victorian and Edwardian Scotland (2001), La devolution à l Ecosse et au pays de Galles (with Moya Jones, 2006).