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Dr Aonghas MacCoinnich is a Senior Lecturer in Celtic & Gaelic at the University of Glasgow, affiliated with the School of Humanities. His research focuses on Highland and Island Scotland's history and culture from the late 16th to early 18th centuries, emphasizing clanship, Gaelic language evolution, textual practices, and early modern socio-economic dynamics. Notable areas include the Highland cattle trade, Gaelic poetry, clan genealogies, and interactions between Gaelic communities and state institutions. He supervises doctoral research on topics ranging from Gaelic literary traditions to historical linguistics. His teaching spans early modern Celtic civilisation, Gaelic language history, and plantation studies. Recent publications address historical figures, maritime dimensions of Highland conflicts, and Gaelic literary analysis.
Research interests include clanship and its textual representation, Gaelic-English language intersections, plantation policies, and environmental resource exploitation. He actively contributes to interdisciplinary projects linking archaeology, history, and literature, such as the excavation of Dùn Èistean and studies on North Lewis placenames. His work bridges historical documentation with cultural interpretation, emphasizing under-researched aspects of Gaelic Scotland's socio-political landscape.
Teaching responsibilities include undergraduate courses on Celtic civilisation and Gaelic language history, as well as postgraduate modules on plantation and early modern cultural history. Supervision highlights include work on romantic Gaelic tales, Gaelic movement figures like Calum MacPhàrlain, and historical linguistic analysis of manuscripts.
