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Programme
Events marked with an asterisk (*) are
open to the public.
Tuesday, April 7
*A Musical
Celebration of Burns in North America
Scottish Cultural
Centre, 8886 Hudson Street, Vancouver
6:30 p.m.: Doors open
7:00 p.m.: Jon Bartlett and Rika Ruebsaat, “Burns Songs in British Columbia”
8:00 p.m.: Kirsteen McCue and David Hamilton, “Burns Songs Set by Serge
Hovey”
9:00 p.m.: Gung Haggis
Fat Choy performers
Wednesday, April 8
Academic Workshop
Room 1425, Harbour
Centre, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
9:00-9:15 a.m.
Welcome and opening remarks: Sharon Alker, Leith Davis, Holly Faith Nelson
9:15-10:30 a.m.
Session 1: “Robert Burns and the Rights of Man”: presentations by Murray
Pittock and Andrew Noble; general discussion.
10:30-10:45 a.m. -- Coffee break and
discussion --
10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Session 2: “Mapping Burns in Transatlantic Culture: Editions and
Biographies”: presentations by Fiona Black and Susan Manning; general
discussion.
12:00.-1:00 p.m.
Session 3: “Burns in the United States and Canada, Part One”:
presentations by Rhona Brown and Carole Gerson
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
-- lunch
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Session 4: “Burns in the United States and Canada, Part Two”:
presentations by Gerry Carruthers and Robert Crawford; general discussion.
3:00-3:30 p.m.
*Michael Russell, Scottish Minister
for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution: “Connecting Scotland and
the Scottish Diaspora”
3:30-3:45- p.m. -- Coffee break and
discussion --
3:45-5:00 p.m.
*Community Research Forum: “Burns in
British Columbia” (open to the public): presentations by Jon Bartlett,
Rika Ruebsaat, Robert Barr, Ray Eagle and Todd Wong; general discussion.
5:00-7:00
p.m. – Dinner break --
7:00 p.m.
*Public Lecture
Robert Crawford on “The Bard: Writing Burns’s
Biography”
Room 1400, SFU, Harbour Centre, 515
West Hastings Street, Vancouver
-- Reception --
Thursday, April 9
Academic Workshop
Room 2200, Harbour Centre, 515 West
Hastings Street, Vancouver
9:30-10:45 a.m.
Session 5: “Burns in the South America and the Caribbean”; presentations
by Nigel Leask, Emma Pink and Laura Ralph; general discussion.
10:45 a.m.-11:00 a.m. -- Coffee break and discussion –
11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
*Session 6: “Burns in
Transatlantic Culture: Visual, Verbal and Musical Monuments”: presentations
by Michael Vance Carol McGuirk and Kirsteen McCue; general discussion.
12:15-1:15
p.m. -- Lunch
1:15-2:30 p.m.
Session 7: Contemporary Uses of Burns”: presentations by Valentina Bold,
Leith Davis, Sharon Alker and Holly Faith Nelson;general discussion.
2:30-2:45 p.m.
Update on Virtual Burns Statue
2:45-3:00
p.m. -- Coffee break and discussion –
3:00-4:15 p.m
*Session 8: ““Diasporic Connections: Asia, the Caribbean and Scotland”:
roundtable with David Chariandy, Christine Kim, Leith Davis, Nigel Leask and
Susan Manning (open to the public); general discussion.
4:15-5:00 p.m
Wrap-up and Future Directions
5:00-6:00 p.m. -- Break –
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Invited reception
Segal Graduate School of Business (500 Granville Street, Vancouver)
Workshop participants are invited to a reception sponsored by SFU’s Centre
for Scottish Studies and Scotland Development International (
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