Alanna MacTavish
@alannamactavish.bsky.social
A lover of Glencoe, no matter how much it rains. A historian of Jacobite Studies, studying at the University of Aberdeen, the best of the ancients. A United Nations staff member with an unwavering commitment to human rights.
Great opportunity to expand Jacobite Studies!
Darren S. Layne@funkyplaid.bsky.social · 2mo agoExcited to share this CFP w/the Bluesky community! The sixth triennial conference of the Jacobite Studies Trust will be held in Aberdeen on 21-22 May 2027. Its theme is 'Jacobitism on the Home Front and Abroad'. Submissions are happily accepted until 31 Oct. jacobitestudiestrust.org/activities.h...
Happy to be co-organising this exciting conference on 15 October, exploring Aberdeen's enduring legacy and featuring contributions from celebrated scholars including @murrayp.bsky.social. Register at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/40-years-o...
40 Years On: Aberdeen, Enlightenment, and Global Legacies (Online)
Join us in Aberdeen to celebrate academic progress since the landmark 1986 conference (see separate link for in-person participation).
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With the 'war' on humanities in Scottish universities, Pittock’s is the best defence I have encountered. “The humanities ‘frame’ the world". Have a read.
Neil Mackay@neilmackay.bsky.social · 3mo agoI met Prof Murray Pittock, Scotland’s leading public intellectual, to talk about attacks on the arts at university by rightwing politicians. What I learned about the state of education shocked me. Perhaps I’m a product of a very different system in the last century but something has gone badly wrong
A new study will explore the economic & cultural impact of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Led by @glasgow.ac.uk @murrayp.bsky.social and supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, it will look at jobs, tourism and how the Fringe supports creative careers. More: gla.ac/3REupY9
Our next JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshop is coming up this Tues 10 March @ 5pm UKT. We'll be welcoming @stephengriffin33.bsky.social to speak about his forthcoming book on Count Owen O’Rourke, Irish Jacobite diplomatic agent to the Habsburgs and Stuarts. jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...
Saw the “new Raeburn” portrait of Burns at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social, hung beside the Nasmyth — genuinely breathtaking. Go if you can. And do @glasgowburns.bsky.social a favour: spend 5 minutes logging your Burns Supper here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Help us develop a global map of how Burns Night is celebrated! Take Part in The Burns Supper at 225 Years Research Project ⬇️ . There are still tickets for our annual Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference this Sat (17th Jan), held in the ARC: gla.ac/3LaXLe5
University of Glasgow@glasgow.ac.uk · 8mo ago2026 we are celebrating 225 years of the Burns Supper. Now @glasgowburns.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social wants your help to contribute to our global map of Burns celebrations. Send us your videos, photos and details of how you celebrate Burns Night: gla.ac/BurnsSupper225 #BurnsSupper225
Scholarly joy in the post today 📬📚 Outlander in Scotland has arrived! Excited to read essays on Jacobitism, poetry, Gaelic, tourism, heritage management & memory by new authors and contributors from the 2023 Glasgow conference @Gillebride.bsky.social @funkyplaid.bsky.social and @murrayp.bsky.social
Happy Winter Solstice! Look closely at this sunrise near Edinburgh.
A passionate group of Scottish history postgraduate students and alumni braved the November chill to gather at the University of Aberdeen for a spectacular winter graduation, museums, festive dinners, and research papers. Best of the Ancients. @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social @uoacollections.bsky.social
A great conference opportunity in Greece for the forward-thinking at the intersection between sustainability, cultural tourism, architecture, and academia.
Murray Pittock :@murrayp.bsky.social · 9mo agoCFP open for Towards Resilient Destinations: Integrating Nation, Culture and Tourism for Sustainable Futures, looking at Corfu as lab for sustainable tourism. Achim Steiner (former UN SD lead) opening. Inspired by Lawrence Durrell @alannamactavish.bsky.social conferences.ionio.gr/trd/en/call/
and so the holiday season begins. Spent a fantastic day yesterday in Edinburgh -- everywhere is festooned with fairy lights and seasonal cheer. Start enjoying it, all!
Who doesn’t love a good tartan jacket? Makes a big, bold statement. I was in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh recently and saw this painting of journalist Lorraine Kelly by an up and coming young artist.
@f18cal.bsky.social , Bill Runacre, and myself are glad to have signed a new contract with @manchesterup.bsky.social ! The book should be entitled: "The Apex of Jacobitism: Challenges, Cultures, and Legacies of the 1715 rising" More to come!
First time at the Beyond Borders Festival at Traquair House—left inspired. From @murrayp.bsky.social on John Buchan’s enduring relevance to @humzayousaf.bsky.social with William Dalrymple & Afif Safieh on Gaza, the call to reflect & act was unforgettable. 🔗 bbintfest.com/events/curre...
An important reminder from Eisenhower in 1946: “World neighbourliness must be achieved, else we will, in a twinkling, travel a backward route over mankind's long and laborious progress from its ancient caves… We have come far along the road to a cooperative world, we must not turn back now."
