1/3 We are saddened by the loss of Prof. Chris Wickham, renowned early medievalist, a long serving Editor of our journal, and Chair of our Society's board The University of Birmingham, where Chris spent much of his career, is soliciting and sharing tributes: www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/pr...

Professor Chris Wickham - University of Birmingham

It is with overwhelming sadness that colleagues across the College of Arts and Law learned of the death last Friday of Professor Chris Wickham.

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The 2026 Fennell Forum takes place Thu 12 Nov at 5:30pm: "Writing Scotland's History" with Dr Catriona MacDonald (Glasgow) and Professor Thomas Ahnert (Edinburgh), convened by Allan Little. Free tickets on Eventbrite: edin.ac/4zdlOMs #History #Scottishhistory #Edinburgh #Edinburghuniversity

Projects are: ‘Regional Connections’ & ‘Scotland Seeing the World’. Regional Connections seeks research proposals/workshops that explore Europe, North America and the transatlantic relationship; economic and political connections between Middle East

Scottish Council on Global Affairs scga.scot@scga.scot · 3w ago

Our 2026/27 Call for Proposals is now open to Scottish-based researchers who wish to contribute to two exciting new projects SCGA is convening this year. scga.scot/2026/09/29/2... @glasgow.ac.uk @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social #research

Would you like to join the University of Edinburgh Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies mailing list? 📩 Just pop an email to Mike Carr and Kate Ash-Irisarri mike.carr@ed.ac.uk and k.ash-irisarri@ed.ac.uk

We are excited to announce the programme of the IHR African History Seminar for the 26/27 academic year! Please join us starting September 30 for a great line-up of speakers. To register (starting next week) and latest updates, check www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

SCGA's State of the World programme of events brings together Scotland-based experts to discuss global challenges. Events in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, St Andrews and more: www.eventbrite.com/cc/scga-stat...

SCGA State of the World

What happens worldwide affects life in Scotland. SCGA’s 2026 State of the World brings Scotland-based experts together to explore global challenges—health, trade, tech, climate, security, migration—an...

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Interested in the intellectual history of West Africa? Then please join us next Wednesday in person or via Zoom for the IHR African History Seminar on the Kanuri scholar al-Hajj Musa ibn Hissein! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... @ihr.bsky.social , @royalhistsoc.org, @africaatlse.bsky.social

The Nineteenth-Century Central Sahel Between Orality and Literacy: Interpreting the Kanuri Scholarship of Al-Hajj Musa Ibn Hissein of Borno

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Today! Last few tickets for the Fennell Forum. Hybrid. Register now (free): edin.ac/3K4sDM1 #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #America

Fennell Forum: 'The American Revolution at 250' | School of History, Classics & Archaeology | History Classics and Archaeology

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, an expert panel discusses the meaning of the American Revolution. This event will be hybrid.

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New episode of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME: Renaissance Beauty — makeup, hair, skincare in 16th century Italy With me, comedian Tatty Macleod, and expert historian Professor @jillburke.bsky.social Available now on BBC SOUNDS, and coming to other podcast apps in 28 days www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Today, the Guardian covers an AHRC-funded project based on the life on the 17th century writer and memoirist Alice Thornton and ... www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Woman’s memoirs give fascinating insight into life in 17th-century northern England

Newly reunited manuscripts by Alice Thornton show how she navigated personal crises during tumultuous events such as the civil war

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Scottish Council on Global Affairs scga.scot@scga.scot · 2y ago

Dr. Kathy Sullivan is first American woman to walk in space for NASA. Dr. Sullivan’s lecture, “The New Space Age” will focus on many actors who are active on space frontier today, and visions, goals, and hurdles that will shape space enterprise in years ahead. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-new-sp...

Re-upping this to note 28 February deadline - please distribute widely.

Peter Mandler@petermandler.bsky.social · 2y ago

Visiting Bye-Fellowship for Scholars from the Global South: applications now sought from scholars with posts in the Global South, this year 2025-26 in arts and humanities only, for a one-year research fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. www.cai.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/vi...