Month: March 2017

Dr Donald William Stewart: Interview

March 29, 2017

Dr Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart talks to Gordon Wells in Gaelic about the research module that Sabhal Mòr Ostaig will be conducting in Gaelic communities, as part of the “Leacag” corpus development project funded by Bòrd na Gàidhlig, and emphasises the important role of day-to-day speakers of the language in shaping the overall results.

Director at Stockholm University

March 9, 2017

Soillse Director, Professor Conchúr Ó Giollagáin will deliver a lecture on “Minority bilingual acquisition and challenges for educational provision: Issues for the Gaeltacht and the Gàidhealtachd” at the forthcoming Workshop about “Education, language policy issues and minoritized languages across borders” at Stockholm University on Thursday 30th March. Further details are available here.

Island Meetings

March 6, 2017

Public meetings will be held by the Islands Gaelic Research Project in March and April, at which community members are invited to share their opinions on the state of Gaelic today.

Here are the March meetings:

Additional meetings will be held in Lewis and Harris next month.