Kevin James is new Director at the Centre for Scottish Studies, University of Guelph, Ontario

Dr. Kevin James (www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history/people/kevin-james) has been appointed to the position of Scottish Studies Foundation Chair and Director of the Centre for Scottish Studies in the Department of History at the University of Guelph (www.uoguelph.ca), Ontario, Canada, as of June 1st 2020. The position has been endowed by the Scottish Studies Foundation.

The Centre for Scottish Studies at the University of Guelph carries out research, graduate training and teaching on Scottish history and Scottish culture, with special emphasis on the history of the Scottish Canadian community.

For further details please visit https://p10.secure.hostingprod.com/@scottishstudies.com/ssl/kevin-james.htm

(With thanks to Christine Woodcock via Facebook)

Chris

My next 5 week Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the Old Parish Registers course starts July 6th - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. My next book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is now out, also available are Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.