AMC Biennial Lecture Postponed to 11 November
This year’s invited talk by Professor Dag Haug, of the University of Oslo, is being postponed due to planned strike action on the original date (27 November). The event will now take place on 11...
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First McIntosh-Patterson Doctoral Scholar, Jade Sandstedt, successfully defends thesis
The AMC is proud to announce that on 20 March 2019, Jade Sandstedt, the first beneficiary of the McIntosh-Patterson Doctoral Studentship, passed his viva voce examination with flying colours and a recommendation of only...
AMC Researcher Awarded Neil Ker Memorial Fund to Study Medieval Manuscripts
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Alpo Honkapohja, a long-term visiting researcher at the AMC, has been awarded the prestigious Neil Ker Memorial Fund to continue his work on medical manuscripts of the...
Now Out: Historical Dialectology in the Digital Age
The AMC is delighted to announce that a shiny new collection of papers – based mostly on work presented at the First AMC Symposium – has now hit the bookshops. Historical Dialectology in the...
AMC to host academic studying sound-spelling correspondences in LAEME
The AMC is delighted to have one of its affiliates, Marie Vaňková, visiting us (26-29 Nov, 2018) from Charles University, Prague, where she is a PhD candidate focusing on materials from the Linguistic Atlas of Early Middle English (LAEME). Marie’s...
AMC announces Digital Resource Upgrade project
On 1 November 2018, the AMC will begin a major overhaul of its online resources, i.e. LAEME (A Linguistic Atlas of Early Middle English), LAOS (A Linguistic Atlas of Older Scots), eLALME (An Electronic Version...
Second McIntosh-Patterson Studentship awarded to Sarah van Eyndhoven
The Angus McIntosh Centre is delighted to announce the beneficiary of the second McIntosh-Patterson Doctoral Studentship, Sarah van Eyndhoven. Sarah is currently completing a Master of Arts in Linguistics at the University of Canterbury,...
Second McIntosh-Patterson PhD studentship opens for applications
The AMC is pleased to announce the second McIntosh-Patterson PhD studentship. This award, which starts in September 2018, provides for full tuition fees (UK, EU or Overseas), and an annual stipend of £14,000 for...
First AMC Lecture footage now available online
The AMC is delighted to announce that the First Angus McIntosh Centre Biennial Lecture, given by Professor Aditi Lahiri (Oxford) is now available for viewing on the University of Edinburgh’s Linguistics and English Language...
AMC’s FITS Project produces video on the origins of the Scots language
The AMC is delighted to announce the creation of a new infographic video tracking what we know of the tongues, peoples and events that shaped the earliest history of the Scots language. This accessible...
