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Women's History Scotland

@womenshistscot.bsky.social

Women's History Scotland exists to promote study and research in women's and gender history, particularly for those working in Scotland or on Scottish themes. https://womenshistoryscotland.org/

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UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social · yesterday

📣Calling all collections professionals Help shape the future of digitisation across galleries, libraries, archives and museums by taking this 15-minute survey run by The National Research Infrastructure for Cultural Heritage (N-RICH): haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot/comms-media/...

Two young people sit at a computer monitor watching something on the screen. One operates the computer mouse while the other holds a pencil.

Maryhill Burgh Halls @maryhillburghhalls.bsky.social · yesterday

Sing Along at the Burgh Halls 🎶 Starting next Monday, we’ll be hosting a free sing along every month, led by local musician Bob. It’s all about the old Scottish songs you know and love! It’s especially for older folk, but everyone’s welcome. We’ll have the kettle on ☕ 📆Mon 9th Nov ⏰2pm-3:30pm

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 6d ago

Applications are open for our 2027 Visiting Research Fellowships at Archives and Special Collections, University of Glasgow. I can say unequivocally that it is a fabulous collection, full of riches, with wonderfully knowledgeable and helpful staff. More info here: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...

University of Glasgow - MyGlasgow - Library - Research Fellows

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · last wk.

Today we also posted on the work of Prof Wendy Davies, an RHS Workshop Grant recipient in 2026. Wendy's project is a study, with colleagues, of ‘Making and Moving Consumables in Early Medieval Europe: From the Local to the Wider World’ bit.ly/4iJfnLN #Skystorians

Opening page of an RHS blog post by Professor Wendy Davies: 'Making and Moving Consumables in early medieval Euorpe'. Full text: In this post, Wendy Davies describes a recent meeting of fellow historians to discuss their research on the everyday lives of ordinary working people in the early middle ages. The group has met and shared research over a number of years, with members in turn hosting weekend meetings. The historians who come together share an interest in the strategies by which early medieval people maintained food, shelter and health, communicated knowledge, and interacted with the world beyond the local. And, as Wendy describes here, the main purpose of this year’s gathering was to debate and plan a book, ‘Making and Moving Consumables in Early Medieval Europe: From the Local to the Wider World’. The project is one of six networks of historians supported by the award of an RHS Workshop Grant in 2026. The latest call for this programme, which funds group meetings by historians, is now available and runs to 15 January 2027.

Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · last wk.

New call for applications: RHS Workshop Grants, 2027, supporting day meetings of historians to plan and pursue a project bit.ly/48hkJrD The Society now invites applications for 6 Workshop Grants of £1000 each to support group activities and networking. Closing date: 15 January 2027 #Skystorians

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Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh @rcpedin.bsky.social · last wk.

We're looking forward to the opening of Poxed: Germs in History, our fascinating new exhibition exploring humanity's long relationship with infectious diseases at @physiciansgallery.bsky.social. The free exhibition opens this Friday. Full details in our news release: www.rcpe.ac.uk/news/poxed-g...

Poxed: Germs in History Exhibition

A new exhibition from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh explores the history of the most feared infectious diseases and their impact on the lives of ordinary people

rcpe.ac.uk

Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 6d ago

On 10 November Anna Muggeridge will be presenting @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social on work the Voices of Motherhood team has been doing around the 'stay-at-home mother' in late twentieth century Britain and the negotiation of "good" motherhood. Do come! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

'The stay-at-home mum, paid employment, and the negotiation of “good” motherhood in late twentieth century Britain’

Life-Cycles seminar

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 6d ago

What does normal really mean? Join historian Sarah Chaney to explore how data, statistics and ideas of normality have shaped health, society and inequality. 🔗https://bit.ly/3VSRCIq 📅10 November 🕛6-7.30pm 🔗Online #HistNursing #RCNDigitalRevolution

Data, Statistics and the history of ‘Normal’ health | Event | Royal College of Nursing

Explore the intertwined histories of data and 'normality' with Sarah Chaney.

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Lothian Health Services Archive (based at Uni of Edinburgh) is looking for a Project Archivist to work with & develop engagement around archives (including video and art works) from the UK’s first purpose-built AIDS hospice, Milestone House: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #histmed

Project Archivist (Milestones in Care)

As the Project Archivist (Milestones in Care), you will catalogue, preserve and share the archive of Milestone House, Scotland’s first purpose-built AIDS hospice, ensuring its important history and th...

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · last wk.

We officially launched Knitting in Scotland: Culture, Craft, Industry into the world @glasgow.ac.uk on a wet and windy day - perfect for knitwear. You can read it for FREE here www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do... or purchase the illustrated hardback at all good vendors.

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · last wk.

WRITERS! New Writing Scotland seeks a new co-editor for English- & Scots-language work. Applicants should be currently based in Scotland & have a strong publishing record, with a focus on poetry. Post is up to 3 years: stipend £1500 per issue. #writers #writing Pls RT 👇 asls.org.uk/new-writing-...

ASL is inviting applications for the role of co-editor of New Writing Scotland, from writers currently based in Scotland. Applicants should have a strong publishing record of their own, with a focus on poetry; previous editorial experience would be an advantage. The post will run for up to three years from 2027, for volumes 45, 46, and 47, publishing in 2027, 2028, and 2029 (dependent on funding).

Our editors jointly select approximately 50 pieces – poetry and prose – from the English- and Scots-language submissions we receive each year. The submissions are anonymised, and we provide editors with paper copies to read. As an editor, we’d ask you to attend launches in Edinburgh and Glasgow (travelling expenses would be paid). Editors receive an annual £1500 stipend and full editorial credit.

We encourage applications from all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from people who are under-represented within the sector, including from BPOC applicants (Black people and People of Colour), disabled people, LGBTQIA+ applicants and those from a low socioeconomic background.

Please send a CV and a one-page application letter, outlining your qualifications for the position, to admin@asls.org.uk by 6 p.m. on Sunday 8 November 2026.

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · last wk.

29 Oct @uniofstandrews.bsky.social – free Dr Sarah Sharp of @standrewsenglish.bsky.social discusses “The Doctor, the Digger & the Dead: Bodysnatching in 19th-Century Scottish Writing” #C19 #litsudies #gothic #horror ishr.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/sarah-...

Front page of the PALL MALL CHRISTMAS "EXTRA", 1884

Prive Sixpence

R. Louis Stevenson's

THE BODY SNATCHER

Twenty Guinea Prizes
For particulars see contents

The page shows a black-and white illustration: two men, in hats and overcoats, drag a corpse from a covered wagon in the dark and the rain. One man holds a lamp, shedding light on the corpse's face; the other man holds one hand up to his head in horror.

Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · last wk.

Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · last wk.

The Trust's Emeritus Fellowships support academics to complete a research project and prepare the results for publication. Interested in applying? Visit our website for details: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/emeritus-fel.... Deadline: 28 January 2027.

Emeritus Fellowships | The Leverhulme Trust

For senior researchers who have retired or partially retired from an academic post to complete a research project and prepare the results for publication

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · last wk.

It's publication day! An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class is published today, 27 October 2026, by @versobooks.bsky.social. My book is a new history how Britain's formerly powerful working class was pushed to the political margins. Order🔽 www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

The Agnes Owens Archive @aowensarchive.bsky.social · last wk.

📚 Explore Agnes Owens’ life, work and archives with researchers and curators at NLS Kelvin Hall, Glasgow. 📅 4 Nov, 6–7pm. 🎟️ Booking essential via link 👉🏽 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agnes-owen...

Agnes Owens: dame of darkly comic working-class stories

Explore the collections left behind by Agnes Owen, "the most unfairly neglected of all... Scottish authors".

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · last wk.

📣 Check out the full Term 1 programme for the @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar series 2026/27 📣. Weds ⏰ 5.30pm: in-person OR online. 4 x fab papers coming up: Sue Bruley, Lucy Robinson, @beckierutherford.bsky.social & @drgarethbryant.bsky.social. Book your 🎟️ today! #skystorians

Contemporary British History

The Contemporary British History seminar seeks to explore all aspects the recent past of the British Isles from a historical point of view.

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · last wk.

📢New on the blog! Eleanor Peters celebrates the Highland Folk Museum's ninetieth anniversary by exploring the history of the museum, and motivations and practices of its founder, Dr Isabel Grant 🐈‍⬛️🐐 🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/2026/10/18/n...

Black-and-white photo of Isabel Grant who stands smiling at the museum in Laggan, c.1940. She wears a hat, thick rimmed glasses, and knee-lengty skirt. A cat balances on her shoulder, she holds a small, young goat under one arm and another larger gost stands beside her. Image provided by Highland Folk Museum, High Life Highland.

Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social · 2w ago

You only have a few days left to book a ticket for our upcoming annual conference! 📁 Archives & Records at the Heart of Society 🕰️ Tuesday 3 November 🏟️ Tynecastle Park, Heart of Midlothian F.C. Don’t miss out. Book your ticket on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sca-annual...

SCA Annual Conference 2026: Archives & Records at the Heart of Society

Join us for this year's conference exploring how archives and records underpin democracy, accountability, creativity, wellbeing & community.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · last wk.

#WritingCommunity! Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 45! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 13 Dec Submit free via Submittable👇 nws.submittable.com/submit

New Writing Scotland Submission Manager

New Writing Scotland publishes works by writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing, or inclination. Prose (fiction and nonfiction); poetry; drama; screenplays; and graphic artwork (mon...

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 2w ago

📣 Next paper for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social is by Sue Bruley @ihr.bsky.social & foregrounds importance of #CR in histories of the #WLM. Join us for this FREE online only event: 4 Nov: 5.30pm. Book via link below 👇. @womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenshistscot.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social

The Role of Consciousness Raising in the UK Women’s Liberation Movement

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Great to see the new @cmemsedinburgh.bsky.social programme is out hca.ed.ac.uk/centre-medie... (including a couple of medieval reading group tbcs - Edinburgh people, let me know if you have suggestions!)

Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies Seminars | Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies | History Classics and Archaeology

The Centre hosts a seminar series which takes place throughout the academic year and is open to staff, students and the general public

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Justin Parkes @justparkes.eurosky.social · 3w ago

Come & work with us at North Lanarkshire Council Museums & Collection! We are recruiting a Curatorial Assistant myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/nor...

A job advert, reading:

Curatorial Assistant (Part Time) -
REQ06854
Published by North Lanarkshire Council
Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, Heritage Way, Coatbridge
Part Time Permanent
£26,991.00 - £28,283.00, Pro Rata
Closing on 26/10/2026

Scottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social · 3w ago

SSNS is very happy to announce this year's day conference, on Sat 28 Nov in the Scottish Borders (Darnick, next to Melrose). Speakers include David Griffiths, Brigid Ehrmantraut, Jackson Armstrong, and Neil McGuigan. With (optional) discounted access and tour of Melrose Abbey Details below:

SSNS 2026 Day Conference - Scottish Society for Northern Studies

SSNS's next Annual Conference will take place in Darnick on 28 Nov. 2026.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · last mo.

Narratives of Illness & Dis/ability in Scottish Literature 23 Oct, online, free @gabriellefath.bsky.social & @poncarova.bsky.social will look at dementia, extreme emotion, & mental illness in the #Gaelic short stories of Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn & Ruaraidh MacThòmais scotlit-iassl.org/2026/09/20/w...

Narratives of Illness and Dis/ability in Scottish Literature II: Gabrielle Fath & Petra Johana Poncarová

The Dis/ability and Scottish Studies Working Group has formed to encourage critical engagement with narratives of illness and dis/ability in cross-period Scottish literature and culture. It aims to…

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 3w ago

#WritingCommunity! Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 45! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 13 Dec! Submit free via Submittable👇 nws.submittable.com/submit

New Writing Scotland Submission Manager

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 3w ago

womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo... We are delighted to have teamed up with @womenshistnet.bsky.social for this years WHN Book prize. Congratulations @sarahcrook.bsky.social and @echomikeromeo.bsky.social on winning the book prize.

Women’s History Network/Women’s History Association of Ireland Book Prize 2025

We are delighted to announce the joint winners of the WHN/WHAI book prize for 2025: Sarah Crook, Unhappy Mothers: Women, Motherhood, and Social Change in Postwar Britain (Manchester University Pres…

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 3w ago

📢 Applications are officially OPEN! We’re excited to launch our latest round of Fellowships, Prizes, and Bursaries ! Whether you're a early career scholar, or established historian, discover how our funding can support your research, travel, and publications. 🗓️ Apply: buff.ly/2aZE829

Fellowships, Bursary and Prize Updates

Stay informed on the latest IHR funding opportunities. Visit our noticeboard for the most up-to-date bursary, fellowship, and prize announcements.

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Edinburgh Archaeology @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social · 2w ago

🦴 Fully funded PhD: The Long Afterlife – charnelling practices & cadaveric agency in medieval Scotland ⛪ Whithorn, Auldhame, Isle of May 🌊 With @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social & National Museums Scotland. Starts Sept 2027, apply by 5 Jan 2027 👉 tinyurl.com/longafterlife #Archaeology #PhD #osteology

Poster advertising the fully funded PhD studentship 'The Long Afterlife', with a drawn ruined medieval church, scattered bones and a skull, a QR code, the link tinyurl.com/longafterlife and contact emails.

National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 2w ago

From the 16th to 18th centuries, a moral panic swept the nation, leading to nearly 4,000 people - predominantly women - being accused of witchcraft.

National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 2w ago

Before the broomstick, there was the oven fork 🧹🍴 This woodcut is the earliest known printed image of witches in flight, and it offers a glimpse into a dark chapter of Scottish history.