Peter Henshaw is currently writing a study of John Buchan's role as Governor-General of Canada.
Contact: Dr Peter Henshaw, Department of History, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2 / 142 Crichton St, Apt 2, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1M 1W2; email: phenshaw@uwo.ca
Douglas Wheeler, the Prince Henry the Navigator Professor of Portuguese History and The Discoveries, University of New Hampshire, USA, has written to ask for information on JB and all things Portuguese. He intends to visit the University of Dundee's Centre for the Study of Portuguese History and Politics this September, and is planning to visit the John Buchan Centre at Broughton at the same time. He is conducting research on John Buchan and the Portuguese connection, evidence of JB's contacts with things Portuguese and Portuguese African, specially during 1901-03 during JB's African journeys. Professor Wheeler suggests that JB might have visited Madeira and Lisbon on the journey out and in, as well as read about Portugal. Professor Wheeler is also interested in resonances from 1910, when Portugal became a parliamentary republic: is there any evidence of this in JB's work?
Contact: Professor Douglas Wheeler, Department of History, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824-3586, USA; Tel: +1 603 862 3018; email dwheeler@christa.unh.edu
Michael Redley is investigating relations between Ramsay Macdonald and JB, in connection with his wider work on JB's political activities.
Contact: Michael Redley, Herewards, 10 Norman Avenue, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire RG9 1SG, UK; email: michael.redley@dial.appleinter.net
Kate Macdonald is making a survey of the translated editions (Dutch and French) of John Buchan's works, particularly his First World War histories, held by Belgian public and institutional libraries. This 'Buchan in Belgium' project could throw light on the dissemination of British imperialist ideas in a reconstructing Belgium, itself an imperial nation, as well as show how much Buchan was read in translation by Belgians during and after the war, and how the 'pillarisation' of the Belgian state may be reflected in regional retention of his work.
Contact: Kate Macdonald,
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