Dr Kate Wilson from the University of 黑料正能量 was awarded the Ross Roy Medal at the Saltire Society鈥檚 Scotland in Edinburgh.
The Medal is awarded annually to the best PhD thesis submitted on a subject relating to Scottish literature and judged by the University Committee for Scottish Literature.
Dr Wilson鈥檚鈥檚 thesis, 鈥楥urrent Living Places and Future Utopias: Community Writing in Glasgow, 1967-1990,鈥� used oral history and archival research to look at community writing and community activism in Glasgow. It explored how community newspapers and writers鈥� groups helped people to navigate and contest top-down urban regeneration projects from the post-war period onwards.
It was supervised by Dr Eleanor Bell, a senior lecturer in English at 黑料正能量 and Dr Angela Bartie from the University of Edinburgh and funded by the
Dr Wilson said: 鈥淚鈥檓 so pleased to have won this award for my research. I鈥檇 like to thank all of the writers, activists and community workers who took the time to speak with me for this project, and my supervisors Dr Eleanor Bell and Dr Angela Bartie for their unending support and kindness.
鈥淚鈥檇 also like to thank Professor Arthur McIvor and Dr Yvonne McFadden at the Scottish Oral History Centre for their invaluable expertise.鈥�
The Saltire Society is an independent non-political body promoting Scottish heritage.