Calling potential Leverhulme early-career fellows: the University of St Andrews still supports applications under this scheme, and the School of History would love to hear from you. Our internal deadline this year is 2 November. See www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/rese...

Help! Parton Community Council has 60 days to raise £70k to buy Parton Kirk (resting place of James Clerk Maxwell). They plan to turn it into a visitor centre celebrating our great hero! The other buyers could turn it into long-term storage 😬 Even £5 would help 🙏🧪⚛️ www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Help raise £70000 to Save Parton Kirk – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to Save Parton Kirk. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · last yr.

Went on a little pilgrimage today to Parton, the resting place of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland’s very own Einstein, James Clerk Maxwell. Quite the pause when I realised he was only one year older than me (48) when he died. ⚛️🔭

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Aileen Fyfe@aileenfyfe.bsky.social · last mo.

In January 1883, three explosions rocked Glasgow. What caused them? Who caused them? Will the police find out? Such fun discussing history with modern forensic experts last night at the RSE! For more, listen to the podcast 'The dynamite detectives'. www.dundee.ac.uk/projects/ins...

In January 1883, three explosions rocked Glasgow. What caused them? Who caused them? Will the police find out? Such fun discussing history with modern forensic experts last night at the RSE! For more, listen to the podcast 'The dynamite detectives'. www.dundee.ac.uk/projects/ins...

A cheery message from the new minister responsible for research funding for the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences (and the subjects that the majority of UK taught undergraduate and Masters students study).

Science and maths degrees offer most value to the nation, says minister

Chris McDonald told a room full of vice-chancellors that science, engineering and mathematics ‘offer the greatest personal, social and economic value’

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‘Esperanto Wor(l)ds: Dundee, Scotland, and the Creation of an International Language’, an exhibition curated by Bernhard Struck and Claire Taylor, opened today at Dundee Central Library. Do go and have a look!

Do you know who this student might be? We are trying to trace the identity of this part-Māori student, who attended the University of St Andrews in the 1860s. You can read more about this here: www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-ao-m... Courtesy of University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, ID ALB-1-65

What happens when a historian meets a data visualisation expert? They create an interactive visualisation charting and exploring the colonial connections of over 900 students from the University of St Andrews, 1700-1897. news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/new-...

2. John Taylor: Early lobbying (1886–95) shaped principles behind state funding of English universities #histed doi.org/10.1080/0046...

A Tale of Five Deputations: Establishing Principles for Funding English Higher Education

Questions about the funding of English higher education have been actively debated for over 150 years. However, the early years of these debates, certainly before the First World War, are relativel...

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Two great new articles on university history in History of Education 1. Tomas Vancisin & @aileenfyfe.bsky.social: St Andrews records reveal how universities were embedded in British imperial networks. doi.org/10.1080/0046...

Visualising Historical University Records to Explore the Colonial Connections of the Students and Alumni of the University of St Andrews, 1700–1897

This paper uses the historical student records of the University of St Andrews to demonstrate how an exploration of the student community can contribute to our understanding of the ways UK universi...

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Much as the TRAC requests frustrate me, there is a part of me that finds it interesting to try to work out how much of my time is spent on various things. Refereeing and prep for society committees will be under-represented in my return, 'cos I tend to put only the deadline (or mtg) in my calendar.

I spent a fun morning at a local primary school as an exchange teacher from 1897: how have education, child labour and transport changed since Victorian times?! Does anyone here remember the earlier outings of this costume? @bshsnews.bsky.social @irmorus.bsky.social @standrewshist.bsky.social

I'll be speaking in a panel with @eve.gd and @alittleroad.bsky.social on #OA books at the London Open Science & Scholarship festival in April. The event is online and can be booked now, see blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/...

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Aileen Fyfe@aileenfyfe.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Does thinking about research in book-sized chunks constrain the ways we do historical research? It's something I have been wondering about... @standrewshist.bsky.social See: online.ucpress.edu/hsns/article...

Does thinking about research in book-sized chunks constrain the ways we do historical research? It's something I have been wondering about... @standrewshist.bsky.social See: online.ucpress.edu/hsns/article...

Tune into Digging for Britain on BBC Two tomorrow at 8pm to find out more about our dig at Lindores Abbey! You can also catch it right now on BBC iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Two - Digging for Britain, Series 13, England’s Last Anglo-Saxon King and Scotland's First Whisky

King Harold’s lost estate, a Bronze Age burial and whisky-making monks.

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🚨We have a SUPER exciting announcement!🚨 Our next Summer Meeting will be at @zslofficial.bsky.social on the theme of The Zoological Society of London at 200: Science, Society, and the Natural World 🥳 📅1-3 July 2026 🗺️Zoological Society of London Find out how to submit 👇🏻 shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...

New and important: academic.oup.com/book/61786?l...

Science, Religion, and the Human Future: Conflict, Collusion, and Consequences

Abstract. Science, Religion, and the Human Future: Conflict, Collusion and Consequences demonstrates that the myth of an inevitable conflict between scienc

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We are pleased to launch today a new programme for early career researchers with @ihr.bsky.social & @chalkefestival.bsky.social 'Pitch my Project' is an opportunity for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in 2026 bit.ly/44kfUMM Applications now invited.

Pitch my Project: an opportunity for early career historians to present their work at the Chalke History Festival 2026 - RHS

Have you ever wanted to share your research with a wide audience? Would you like to gain experience in public speaking, and be supported to develop imaginative ways to communicate your research to the...

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Good luck to all of our students who are taking exams over the next two weeks! Here is a Modern History exam from 1911, courtesy of our friends at the University Library. How do you think you would have got on? #revision #examseason #exams

Oh! Lots of goodies here, starting with Bill Jenkins on David Brewster #histSTM edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-david-b...

David Brewster and the Culture of Science in Scotland, 1793–1843

David Brewster and the Culture of Science in Scotland, 1793–1843

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Edinburgh University Press@edinburghup.bsky.social · 11mo ago

There is only hours left in our #StAndrewsDay sale! Save 50% on all published and pre-order books.  Shop away... https://edin.ac/32O7hNr

For #StAndrewsDay we are sharing @martinspychal.bsky.social's recent post on Scottish county politics between 1832 and 1868, drawing on @histparl.bsky.social's research on Scotland’s constituencies: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/08/27/s...

Scottish county politics between the 1832 and 1868 Scottish Reform Acts

Last month Durham University, supported by the History of Parliament, hosted the Histories of Scottish Politics in the Age of Union, c.1700-1945 conference. At the conference, Dr Martin Spychal, a …

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Congratulations to Katie Donington, Abdul Mohamud, Robin Whitburn, Nicholas Draper and their contributors! Their #OpenAccess book Teaching Slavery published today. Read and download free at: bit.ly/48vnDdJ #Education #Colonialism #Slavery #Racism

Teaching Slavery

Teaching Slavery offers ground-breaking research and practical guidance for teaching Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery. Combining historical analysis with classroom strategies, it equips educato...

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Looking forward to Helen Wilson speaking on Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850, to a joint session of @long18thsem.bsky.social and the Parliaments, Politics and People seminar @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome, but please register at www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Black and Political: Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850

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the call is now open for our next round of @iashedinburgh.bsky.social Heritage Collections Research Fellows! - find out more here: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/heritage-col...

👀ICYMI: "if the drain has a particular history and geography, it means that it is not inevitable. It can be resisted." #AcademicSky #HigherEd #ScholComm

Money, Time, Trust, Control – How commercial publishers drain science - Impact of Social Sciences

Have the interests of commercial publishers now become antithetical to the pursuit of knowledge?

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Nominations are open for the BSHS Pickstone Prize 2026, recognising the best scholarly English-language book in the history of science. 📆 Deadline: 31 Jan 2026. Anyone may nominate (self-nominations welcome). Submit via our online form on the BSHS website www.bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pic...

It’s lovely to see our BAVS CFP out. If you research/teach any aspect of the Victorian period (broadly defined) do consider joining us! You can submit a paper, roundtable, creative workshops/ pedagogical paper. We really are open to a wide range of talks! victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...

CFP: BAVS 2026 Conference Liverpool

BAVS Liverpool 202627 – 29 July 2026 Keynote Speakers: Dr Alison Chapman (University of Victoria, BC), others to be confirmed. The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History (CMCH) at Liverpool Joh…

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With this years Ashes beginning in the early hours of this morning, we thought we'd point you in the direction of @TheVictCommons where they explore the link between cricket and the Victorian House of Commons historyofparliament.com/2025/11/20/c...

Cricket in the Commons: a Victorian First Eleven - The History of Parliament

With the 2025 Ashes between England and Australia getting underway this week, we have a cricketing themed post from our House of Commons, 1832-1945 project.

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Fabulous PhD opportunity at Queen's University Belfast and Armagh Observatory: Observing the Heavens from the 'Periphery': Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830 www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post... Deadline 13 Jan #histSTM #histastro