Presenting lectures at the symposium, scheduled for March 19-21 on the St. Andrews campus, will be Dr. David Dobson, Michael Dziennik and Roy Parker Jr.
“Since its inception in 1989, the symposium has provided a forum for those interested in Scottish history, culture and genealogy to learn from top scholars in their fields,” said Bill Caudill, director of the Scottish Heritage Center. “Our symposium is nationally considered a leader in the exploration of Scottish culture.”
Dobson will present his first lecture, “Emigration from the Western Highlands to the Americas before 1800” Friday morning with “Scottish Trade with the Colonial Carolinas” presented Saturday afternoon.
A native of Carnoustie, Fife, Dobson was educated at Dundee College of Technology, the University of St. Andrews and the University of Aberdeen. He taught Economics and Business Studies at Madras College, University of St. Andrews and was on the staff of the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at King’s College, Aberdeen. His published works include The Original Scots Colonists of Early America, 1612-1785; Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785; Directory of Scots in the Carolinas 1680-1830; and Scottish Trade with Colonial Charleston, 1683-1783.
Dziennik will present “Through an Imperial Prism: Land, Liberty and the Political Philosophy of Highland Loyalism, 1770-1783” Friday afternoon and “A Perfect Purgatory: The Recruitment of the Highland Regiments for America, 1756-1783” Saturday morning.
A doctoral candidate a the University of Edinburgh, Dziennik previously trained as an officer cadet with the British Army and worked for the U.S. National Park Service at the Yorktown Battlefield in Virginia. His dissertation examines the impact of colonial American conflicts in shaping the loyalty, identity and internal dynamics of the Scottish Highlands during the period following the Jacobite rebellions. He has had two chapters on the Highland regiments published in edited volumes and is currently working on a comparative article about recruitment and civil authority in Scotland and America.
A local historian and writer, Parker will present “Fighting Cape Fear Scots: ‘I have strength in my arm for many a round, and purpose in plenty tae guide it’” Saturday morning. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he is a retired contributing editor of the Fayetteville Observer and was the founding editor of the Fayetteville Times. He received the Sam Ragan Award for distinguished service to the arts from St. Andrews Presbyterian College in 1983 and received the North Carolina Award for Public Service in 2006. He is the author of Cumberland County, A Brief History, published by the North Carolina Department of Archives and History.
In addition to the symposium, the weekend also includes the Scottish Heritage Awards Banquet, a concert and live recording session by the St. Andrews Presbyterian College Pipe Band and a Kirkin’ of the Tartans service at Laurinburg Presbyterian Church.
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