# Emily Lyle > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emily_Lyle > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emily_Lyle.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Lyle > Source revision: 1342640467 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use British English|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = | name = Emily Lyle | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|12|19|df=y}} | birth_place = [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), [Scotland](/source/Scotland) | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | region = | citizenship = | residence = | other_names = | occupation = academic, author | period = | known_for = research into Scottish ballads | home_town = | title = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = | website = | education = | alma_mater = [University of St Andrews](/source/University_of_St_Andrews)
[University of Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow) | thesis_title = A Study of Thomas the Rhymer and Tam Lin in Literature and Tradition | thesis_url = | thesis_year = 1967 | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | influences = | era = | discipline = | sub_discipline = | workplaces = [Ripon College](/source/Ripon_College_of_Education)
[Neville's Cross College](/source/Neville's_Cross_College)
[University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh) | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | main_interests = | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }} '''Emily Lyle''' (born 19 December 1932 in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow)) is a Scottish ballad scholar and senior research fellow in the School of Celtic and Scottish Studies at the [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh). == Biography == Emily Lyle grew up in [Kilbarchan](/source/Kilbarchan), [Renfrewshire](/source/Renfrewshire), [Scotland](/source/Scotland). She studied English language and literature at the [University of St Andrews](/source/University_of_St_Andrews) (MA 1954), followed by an education course at the [University of Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow) (Diploma in Education, 1955). For six years she taught English in secondary schools in Britain and New Zealand before she was appointed as a lecturer in English at [Ripon College](/source/Outwood_Academy_Ripon) of Education in Yorkshire (1961–65). While employed as a senior lecturer in English at [Neville’s Cross College](/source/Neville%E2%80%99s_Cross_College) in [Durham](/source/Durham%2C_England) (1965–68), she wrote her doctoral dissertation "A Study of Thomas the Rhymer and Tam Lin in Literature and Tradition" (1967) at the Institute of Folk-Life Studies at the [University of Leeds](/source/University_of_Leeds). Moving away from the teaching of English literature, she soon established herself in the field of Scottish studies. == Academic career == In 1970, in connection with a major editorial and research project on [The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection](/source/The_Greig-Duncan_Folk_Song_Collection), she was appointed as a research fellow (1970-1995) at the [School of Scottish Studies](/source/School_of_Scottish_Studies) of the [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh), and as a lecturer from 1995 to 1998. In 1976-77, she went to Australia as a visiting fellow at the [Australian National University](/source/Australian_National_University). There she collected oral material from those with Scottish connections, some of which is included in the CD “Chokit on a Tattie” (focusing on children’s songs and rhymes), and in the journal ''Tocher''. In 1977, Lyle donated copies of her tape recordings to the [National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia).{{cite web|title=Emily Lyle Collection at the National Library of Australia|url=http://www.nla.gov.au/selected-library-collections/lyle-collection}} The work she did as a Fellow of the [Radcliffe Institute](/source/Radcliffe_Institute) of [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) in 1974-75 gave her increased visibility as a ballad scholar and led to many more visits to Harvard, including an appointment at the [Center for the Study of World Religions](/source/Center_for_the_Study_of_World_Religions) in 1995. In 1978 she was visiting professor of folklore at the [University of California at Los Angeles](/source/University_of_California_at_Los_Angeles); from 1979-1982 she was a visiting lecturer in folklife studies at the [University of Stirling](/source/University_of_Stirling). Since 1998 she has been an honorary fellow in the School of Celtic and Scottish Studies at Edinburgh.{{cite web|title=Staff Profile (University of Edinburgh)|url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/celtic-scottish-studies/staff/dr-emily-lyle|access-date=17 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125074027/http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/celtic-scottish-studies/staff/dr-emily-lyle|archive-date=25 November 2012|url-status=dead}} == Traditional Cosmology Society == {{Empty section|date=August 2015}} == Honours == *[The Folklore Society’s](/source/The_Folklore_Society) Coote Lake Research Medal (1987) *The [Royal Society of Edinburgh's](/source/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh) Henry Duncan Prize Lecture{{cite web|title=Royal Society of Edinburgh Henry Duncan Prize Lecture|url=http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/659_HenryDuncanPrizeLectureship.html|access-date=17 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023044921/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/659_HenryDuncanPrizeLectureship.html|archive-date=23 October 2015|url-status=dead}} awarded for contributions to Scottish culture (1997) *Fellow of the [Association for Scottish Literary Studies](/source/Association_for_Scottish_Literary_Studies){{cite web|title=Association for Scottish Literary Studies, Honorary Fellowships|url=http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/ScotLit/ASLS/HonFels.html|access-date=17 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113085406/http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/ScotLit/ASLS/HonFels.html|archive-date=13 January 2013|url-status=dead}} *Honorary Life Member of the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland *The [Saltire Society](/source/Saltire_Society)/[National Library of Scotland's](/source/National_Library_of_Scotland) Research Book of the Year Prize for 2003, jointly with Katherine Campbell, for Volume 8 of ''The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection'' *Recipient of the [Festschrift](/source/Festschrift) ''Emily Lyle: The Persistent Scholar'' *The Hamish Henderson Award for Services to Traditional Music at the [Scots Trad Music Awards](/source/Scots_Trad_Music_Awards), 2013. ==Selected publications== === Books === *''Andrew Crawfurd’s Collection of Ballads and Songs'', ed. 2 vols. Edinburgh: Scottish Text Society, 1975, 1996. *''Ballad Studies'', ed. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer Ltd., Folklore Society Mistletoe Series; and Rowman and Littlefield, Totowa, N.J., 1976. *''The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection'', ed. with others. 8 vols. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, and Edinburgh: Mercat Press, 1981-2002. *''Scottish Ballads'', ed. Edinburgh: Canongate, 1994; Barnes and Noble, New York, 1995. *''The Song Repertoire of Amelia and Jane Harris'', ed. jointly with [Anne Dhu McLucas](/source/Anne_Dhu_McLucas) and Kaye McAlpine. Edinburgh: Scottish Text Society, 2002. *''Fairies and Folk: Approaches to the Scottish Ballad Tradition''. B•A•S•E (Ballads and Songs – Engagements) 1. Trier: WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2007. *''Ten Gods: A New Approach to Defining the Mythological Structures of the Indo-Europeans''. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishers, 2012. *''Robert Burns and the Discovery and Re-Creation of Scottish Song'' (joint with Katherine Campbell). Musica Scotica Historical Studies of Scottish Music, IV. Glasgow: Musica Scotica Trust. 2020. === Articles === *"Songs from South-West Scotland, 1825-1830: Motherwell's Personal Records in Relation to Records in Crawfurd’s Collection." ''Singing the Nations: Herder's Legacy''. Eds. Dace Bula and Sigrid Rieuwerts. B•A•S•I•S (Ballads and Songs – International Studies) 4. Trier: WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2008. 188-98. *"The Gest of Robyn Hode" (text and headnote). ''The Chepman and Millar Prints''. Ed. Sally Mapstone. Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland and Scottish Text Society, 2008. DVD. *and Katherine Campbell. "The Perfect Fusion of Words and Music: The Achievement of Robert Burns." ''Musica Scotica: 800 Years of Scottish Music. Proceedings from the 2005 and 2006 Conferences''. Ed. Kenneth Elliott, et al. Glasgow: Musica Scotica Trust Publications, 2008. 19-27. *"Three Notes on 'King Orphius'." ''Scottish Literary Review'' 1 (2009): 51-68. *"Robert Burns: Man with a Mission." ''The Folklore Historian'' 26 (2009): 3-18. *"The Tale of the Bold Braband in The Complaynt of Scotland." ''Review of Scottish Culture'' 22 (2010): 196-201. *"'Robin Hood in Barnsdale Stood': A New Window on the Gest and Its Precursors." ''Child’s Children: Ballad Study and Its Legacies ed. Joseph Harris and Barbara Hillers''. B•A•S•I•S (Ballads and Songs – International Studies). Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2012. 71-96. *"Genre: Ballad." ''The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Traditional Literatures''. Eds. Sarah M. Dunnigan and Suzanne Gilbert. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (forthcoming). ==See also== * [Lotte Motz](/source/Lotte_Motz) * [Hilda Ellis Davidson](/source/Hilda_Ellis_Davidson) * [Bertha Phillpotts](/source/Bertha_Phillpotts) * [Jacqueline Simpson](/source/Jacqueline_Simpson) * [Marija Gimbutas](/source/Marija_Gimbutas) * [Elena Efimovna Kuzmina](/source/Elena_Efimovna_Kuzmina) == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * https://web.archive.org/web/20131007215246/http://www.folklore-society.com/awards/cootelake.asp * http://www.nla.gov.au/media-releases/scottish-gaelic-scholar-receives-national-folk-fellowship *https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/hall-of-fame/dr-emily-lyle/ {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyle, Emily}} Category:Living people Category:1932 births Category:Scottish ballads Category:Academics of the University of Edinburgh Category:Alumni of the University of St Andrews Category:Alumni of the University of Glasgow Category:Academics of the University of Leeds Category:Celtic studies scholars Category:Harvard University faculty Category:People from Renfrewshire Category:Scottish women academics --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Emily Lyle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Lyle) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Lyle?action=history)). 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