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| Some participants at the James Hogg Society conference, April 2015 Steps of Victoria College at the University of Toronto |
The 2015 James Hogg Society Conference
was held in Toronto, Canada on 9-12 April 2015.
The conference, which was coordinated by Dr. Hans de Groot together with
Programme Directors Dr. Sharon Alker and Dr. Holly Faith Nelson, was co-sponsored by
Victoria College, University of Toronto, and the Department of English,
University of Toronto. More than thirty
delegates from across the globe gathered to listen to and discuss a full
programme of stimulating and enjoyable papers about Hogg and his world, as well
as to meet friends and colleagues, old and new.
It was a particular pleasure that the conference members included both
Bruce Gilkison, a direct descendant of James Hogg, and Jamie Laidlaw, a direct
descendant of the Laidlaw side of the family.
The conference opened with the third in the series of Douglas Mack
Lectures, given in memory of the Society’s founder, when Professor Angela Esterhammer of the
University of Toronto spoke on the subject ‘Identity Crises and Unaccountable
Acts: More Contexts for Hogg’s Justified
Sinner.’
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| Bruce Gilkison Standing beside the plaque dedicated to Captain William Gilkison (1777-1833) Elora, Ontario |
