The Virtual Gael
Michael NewtonScholarship and commentary on Scottish Gaeldom in Scotland and the North American diaspora
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Gaelic Perceptions of Ethnicity and Color Codes
How did Gaels conceive of their identity? How did this evolve and change across space, time, and circumstances? How did they perceive the identity of other ethnic groups that they encountered when they immigrated to new lands?
These are qu...
The Gaelic College that could have been (Part 2)
The first part of this two-blogpost series is at this link.
Originally written in 2018.
My previous blog post summarised the efforts led by Aonghus MacDhonnchaidh (Angus Robertson) to create a Gaelic-centred institution of higher l...
The Gaelic College that could have been
Originally written in 2015, updated in 2026. The first of two articles on this topic.
The idea of raising funds among Americans to support the development of Gaelic in higher education may sound radical, but it’s actually been attem...
Loss, Grief, and Re-/Creating Traditions for an Uncertain Future
Originally written in 2020, updated in 2026.
The world is facing a set of interconnected crises more profound than humanity has ever experienced. We are only at the beginning of the personal, social, and cultural tolls that ecologic...
What Would Scottish Gaelic Studies in the US Look Like?
Originally written in 2015.
Back in 2015, I was among a group of several people who collaborated to found Urras Gàidhlig nan Stàitean Aonaichte / The Scottish Gaelic Foundation USA. The primary aim of the foundation was to promote the deve...
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