Guelph Centre for Scottish Studies
@uguelphscottish.bsky.social
Research, graduate training and teaching on Scottish history and Scottish culture, with special emphasis on their global dimensions - at the University of Guelph. News & Events: https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/scottish
Registration for NACBS 2026 opens tomorrow! A draft program is now available to view on our conference page. We hope to see you in Pasadena! www.nacbs.org/conference
Conference | NACBS
The North American Conference on British Studies annual conference homepage
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Conference: ‘Jacobitism on the Home Front and Abroad’ Aberdeen, Scotland, 21-22 May 2027. Deadline for submission of proposals: 31 October 2026.
Darren S. Layne@funkyplaid.bsky.social · 4w 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...
Featured article in the latest issue of the International Review of Scottish Studies @edinburghup.bsky.social! FREE to access!
Paul Malgrati@paulmalgrati.bsky.social · 2mo agoGreat to see our article with Prof Gerard Carruthers published in the International Review of Scottish Studies. It’s about the origins and inspiration of Robert Burns’s address ‘To a Haggis’ – 300 years of debates on the value and quality of Scottish food. 🏴🥘 www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
📣New issue of the IRSS now online! euppublishing.com/toc/irss/51/1 Featured Article is FREE to access: Scottish Food Patriotism and the Literary Antecedents of Robert Burns’s ‘To a Haggis’ by Gerard Carruthers and Paul Malgrati. Full issue 30 Days FREE (CODE: 30IRSS) @edinburghup.bsky.social
The Prize is intended to promote the careers of ECRs, and especially those from social groups who remain under-represented in the SHR’s author profile, by providing an opportunity to publish in a leading peer-reviewed journal. Deadline: Tuesday 8 September at 5pm.
Scottish Historical Review@scottishhistreview.bsky.social · 3mo agoscottishhistoricalreview.org/fundingprizes We've just launched our EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER ARTICLE PRIZE competition. See the website for more details:
Also worth noting are the very many specialist UK history societies which support researchers of differing backgrounds and career stages. We've a new listing of 100 such organisations and scholarly communities bit.ly/4uu1yUr, with further listings of record societies & BlueSky networks #Skystorians
🌟Student Research Spotlight! @uguelphhist.bsky.social MA student Gavin is researching national identity and militarism in Scottish chapbook songs of the Napoleonic Wars, investigating how songs widely available to the Scottish working class negotiate Scotland's position within the British union. 📖
Scottish History MA student Suzanne presented at the British Commission for Maritime History New Researchers Conference. She introduced the audience to her primary source research for her Masters thesis about the widows of the Eyemouth Fishing Disaster, which took place on October 14, 1881.
Join us online tomorrow, Thursday 23 April, 1pm (EDT) on Zoom. All are welcome to attend!
Guelph Centre for Scottish Studies@uguelphscottish.bsky.social · 4mo agoJoin us online next week for The Frank Watson Book Prize Lecture presented by Dr. Catriona Macdonald from the University of Glasgow. Patrons and Politics in the Making of Scottish History: Past, Present and Future 📅 Thursday 23 April, 2026 🕰️ 1pm (EDT) / 6pm (UK) 💻 Zoom bit.ly/FWBookPrizeL...
Join us online next week for The Frank Watson Book Prize Lecture presented by Dr. Catriona Macdonald from the University of Glasgow. Patrons and Politics in the Making of Scottish History: Past, Present and Future 📅 Thursday 23 April, 2026 🕰️ 1pm (EDT) / 6pm (UK) 💻 Zoom bit.ly/FWBookPrizeL...
Grant Schreiber presented ‘Discipline, Education, and Correction: Social Control of the Poor in seventeenth-century Aberdeen’ at the Canadian-Scottish Studies Colloquium. Proud of our alumni and the contributions they are making to new work in Scottish Studies. www.youtube.com/live/Qw0gwA5...
Join the livestream this Friday 10 April! Keynote speaker: Rob Dunbar (University of Edinburgh) Fantastic line-up of speakers with talks beginning at 1:00pm (EDT). Programme details and the Livestream link can be found here: www.mcgill.ca/can.../canad...
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Canadian-Scottish Studies/Études canado-ècossaises@csschair.bsky.social · 5mo agoJoin us on 10th April for the annual Canadian-Scottish Studies Colloquium! We have a fascinating range of speakers and panels lined up. The event will be live-streamed for those who cannot attend in person. RSVP at cs.ce@mcgill.ca
The latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast talks to Donald S. Murray about his new novel The Loch of the Bees, out now from @saraband-books.bsky.social. Donald discusses his inspirations, as well as history, Gaelic culture & language – & the attempts to suppress them 💙📚 www.scotswhayhae.com/post/the-sti...
The Sting Is In The Tale: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Donald S. Murray...
For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast Ali headed to Stirling to talk to writer Donald S. Murray about his new novel The Loch Of The Bees, which is published with Saraband Books. The two met at the la...
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Happy Tartan Day to all those celebrating their connections to Scotland!
Frank Watson Book Prize Lecture presented by Dr. Catriona Macdonald from the @glasgow.ac.uk. Patrons and Politics in the Making of Scottish History: Past, Present and Future 🗓 Thursday 23 April, 2026 🕰 1pm (EDT) / 6pm (UK) 💻 Zoom All are welcome to attend! FREE tickets: bit.ly/FWBookPrizeL...
Join us online in 2 weeks (30 March) for the International Scots Lecture! Dr Daniel Arbino, University of Miami Libraries, will present “The desolation of all desolations:” Scottish Shepherds and Imperial Unease in Patagonia. All are welcome to attend! FREE registration: bit.ly/IntScotsLect...
Fantastic lineup of speakers! All are welcome, and the event will be livestreamed.
Canadian-Scottish Studies/Études canado-ècossaises@csschair.bsky.social · 5mo agoJoin us on 10th April for the annual Canadian-Scottish Studies Colloquium! We have a fascinating range of speakers and panels lined up. The event will be live-streamed for those who cannot attend in person. RSVP at cs.ce@mcgill.ca
Join us online for the International Scots Lecture! 📅 Monday 30 March, 2026 🕰 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) 💻 Zoom Daniel Arbino (University of Miami Libraries) will present “The desolation of all desolations:” Scottish Shepherds and Imperial Unease in Patagonia. FREE Registration: bit.ly/IntScotsLect...
This #IWD2026, the @scotmaritimemuseum.bsky.social hosts a special talk & book launch by @ninabake2.bsky.social 🗓 Sat 7 March, 6pm (doors 5.30pm) 📍 Linthouse, Irvine Harbourside Discover the untold stories of Scottish Merchant Navy women lost to enemy action www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-and-b...
Talk and Book Launch- Featuring Dr Nina Baker OBE
The untold story of female Merchant Navy seafarers who lost their lives to enemy action in the First and Second World Wars
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🌟NEW DEADLINE!!!🌟 Two fellowships, each valued at CAD$1,500. Apply by 15 March!
U of G McLaughlin Library@uofglibrary.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe deadline for applications has been extended. If you're interested in this opportunity, apply by no later than March 15, 2026. Learn more: www.lib.uoguelph.ca/about/work-u.... @uguelphscottish.bsky.social
Apply by 1 March 2026! Two Fellowships, valued at CAD$1500. S-CAP Visiting Research Fellowships are designed to foster original research and scholarship by scholars utilizing the @uofguelph.bsky.social Scottish Studies Collection, held at the @uofglibrary.bsky.social.
U of G McLaughlin Library@uofglibrary.bsky.social · 6mo agoApplications for the Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership (S-CAP) visiting research fellowships are now being accepted. Visit the University of Guelph and utilize our extensive Scottish Studies Collection – one of the largest outside the UK. Deadline: March 1, 2026. Learn more: uoguel.ph/s-cap.
Hybrid: Online via Zoom!
London Society for Medieval Studies@londonmedieval.bsky.social · 6mo agoMake Ready! 🏰 On 3 March, Isobel Barnard from @kingshistory.bsky.social will present: ‘The Castle in 14th Century Scotland: A Sociological Study of Masculine Identity'. 🗓️ 03 March ⏰ 17:30 GMT 🏛️ IN PERSON @ihr.bsky.social & 💻 ONLINE Sign up now: bit.ly/londonmedieval
📣Call for Applications! Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership Visiting Research Fellowships @uofglibrary.bsky.social. The Scottish Studies Collection @uofguelph.bsky.social is unrivalled in extent outside of the United Kingdom. Two Fellowships, valued at CAD$1500. Deadline: 1 March 2026.
U of G McLaughlin Library@uofglibrary.bsky.social · 6mo agoApplications for the Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership (S-CAP) visiting research fellowships are now being accepted. Visit the University of Guelph and utilize our extensive Scottish Studies Collection – one of the largest outside the UK. Deadline: March 1, 2026. Learn more: uoguel.ph/s-cap.
Join us online next week for 'Nova Scotia and the Imperial Strategies of Highland Scots', the annual S-CAP Lecture presented by @karlykehoe.bsky.social. 📅 Tuesday 10 February, 2026 🕰️ 1pm (EST) / 6pm (UK) 💻 Zoom FREE Tickets: bit.ly/S-CAPLecture... All are welcome! @smuarts.bsky.social
Join Dr. @karlykehoe.bsky.social of @historysmu.bsky.social virtually on Feb. 10 (2 pm AST) as she delivers the 2026 Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership Annual Lecture, hosted by @uguelphscottish.bsky.social. Learn more and register here: bit.ly/S-CAPLecture... #NovaScotia #Scotland #artswithimpact
Guelph Centre for Scottish Studies@uguelphscottish.bsky.social · 7mo ago2026 Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership Lecture! Join us virtually on Tuesday 10 February at 1pm (EST)/6pm (UK) on Zoom for ‘’Nova Scotia and the Imperial Strategies of Highland Scots", delivered by Professor Karly Kehoe, Saint Mary's University. FREE Registration: bit.ly/S-CAPLecture...
2026 Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership Lecture! Join us virtually on Tuesday 10 February at 1pm (EST)/6pm (UK) on Zoom for ‘’Nova Scotia and the Imperial Strategies of Highland Scots", delivered by Professor Karly Kehoe, Saint Mary's University. FREE Registration: bit.ly/S-CAPLecture...
Our warmest thanks for your interest and support for the Centre’s activities in 2025. We truly appreciate it. Wishing everyone a joyous holiday season! ❄
Delighted to see my article on Catrìona nighean Mhic Aonghais, a Mull-born poet living in Greenock, published in the new issue of Aiste clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.ph...
The Scottish Studies Society names Philip Lindsay McLeod the Scot of the Year 2026!
Jamie Lees@jamieleesauthor.bsky.social · 8mo agoHonoured to share that Philip Lindsay McLeod is the Scot of the Year 2026, recognized for his impact on the arts in Canada. Event in April 2026 in Windsor, Canada. www.jank.ca/phil-mcleod
