Urquhart Castle scotland
Urquhart Castle, located on the shore of Loch Ness

Scotland’s Treasures

Journey from Glasgow to the Highlands and Edinburgh on this special highlights tour
Starting at $5,647
Including airfare, airline taxes & departure fees
Call 855-330-1542
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 Charles MacQuarrie
Charles MacQuarrie is a Professor of English at California State University, Bakersfield. He holds a BA in literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz, an M.Litt in Celtic Studies from the University of Edinburgh, and a PhD in Medieval English and Celtic Language and Literature from the University of Washington. He is a former Washington Fellow at Pembroke College Cambridge, and a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic at the University of Cambridge. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the American Academy in Rome in 2002, and he is a long time Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland to which he was elected in 1998. Dr. MacQuarrie has published various articles on medieval language, literature, and culture, including studies of the Isle of Man in medieval literature with the University of Liverpool Press and representations of Celtic tattooing in Classical and Medieval literature with Études Celtiques and Princeton University Press. He is the editor of the Celtic Studies Association of North America Newsletter. His book The Biography of the Irish God of the Sea was published by Mellen press in 2004. He directed the National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminars, based in Scotland and the Isle of Man, on Medieval Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Norse, and English languages and literatures in 2006 and 2009. Charles will lead the August 31, 2013 departure.

Cassandra Hannahs
With a Ph.D. in medieval history, Cassandra Hannahs spent most of her academic career at Middlebury College in Vermont, where she was a tenured professor of history. At Middlebury, Cassandra regularly taught courses on Celtic, Viking and Anglo-Norman Studies, as well as more general courses on the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the history of Christianity. In her research and lectures, Cassandra explores the cultural and political exchanges that have historically linked Ireland, Scotland, England, and Europe. As Study Leader for the Smithsonian since 2000, she enjoys sharing her love and knowledge of the British Isles and Ireland with travelers on land and sea. Cassandra will be on the August 7, 2013 departure.