The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, the English Department in Faculty 06 (Germersheim) is organising a Conference called: Scotland 2014: Coming of Age and Loss of Innocence?   It takes place in Germersheim from 17-20 October 2013. For further information see http://www.fb06.uni-mainz.de/anglistik/conference_2013.php

The following article in the Scottish Review may be of interest to you: Scottish studies is fine in principle. But who is to teach it?