The International Association for the Study of
Scottish Literatures (IASSL) is pleased to announce the launch of the annual
Jack Prize, to be awarded annually for the best article on a subject related to
Reception or Diaspora in Scottish Literatures (including Scots, English, Gaelic
and Latin).
The prize is named in honour of Professor Ronald Dyce Sadler Jack
D.Litt. FRSE (1941-2016), Professor of Scottish and Mediaeval Literature at the
University of Edinburgh from 1987-2004 and director of the Bibliography of
Scottish Literature in Translation.
Professor Jack’s work on Scottish
literature’s Continental and Italian dimensions was groundbreaking. From his
The Italian Influence in Scottish Literature (1972) on, he championed a concept
of Scottish literature open to the world and engaged in dialogue with it. This
prize of £100 or equivalent is named in his memory and awarded in his honour
annually.
Submissions should be sent to Professor Caroline
McCracken-Flesher (University of Wyoming: CMF@uwyo.edu), Convenor of IASSL, by St Andrew’s Day, 30
November 2018.
