Dr Sally Tuckett
@sallytuckett.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer Dress and Textile History | Eighteenth-century dress & textiles | Scotland | Tartan | Linen | Knitting
Come and study with us @glasgow.ac.uk and @vadundee.bsky.social! An AHRC funded doctoral project is up for grabs looking at the role textiles play in Scotland’s design story. Full details below 👇
Henriette Partzsch@hpartzsch.bsky.social · 4mo agoNow open for applications until 12 June: PhD Scholarship for project on the legacy of Scottish textiles, with the great Sally Tuckett, University of Glasgow, and the V&A in Dundee www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
Come and work with us at Glasgow! Full time permanent post in History of Art: lecturer in material and visual culture with specialism in dress history or textile history. Details below 👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQR311/l...
Lecturer in Visual and Material Cultures (R&T) at University of Glasgow
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It's a great series. I hope this episode makes people rethink their shopping choices.
Dr Sally Tuckett@sallytuckett.bsky.social · last yr.Very honoured to be included in this beautiful documentary Human Footprint, PBS. Ep 3 “Dressed to Kill” looks at the impact of fashion on the planet. It includes a brief appearance from me and an even briefer appearance from Obi (stage name ‘Margo’ 😂). Full episode: www.pbs.org/video/dresse...
Very honoured to be included in this beautiful documentary Human Footprint, PBS. Ep 3 “Dressed to Kill” looks at the impact of fashion on the planet. It includes a brief appearance from me and an even briefer appearance from Obi (stage name ‘Margo’ 😂). Full episode: www.pbs.org/video/dresse...
Human Footprint | Dressed to Kill | Season 2 | Episode 3
From runway to throwaway, Shane suits up to discover the global impact of our fashion addiction.
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A must-see exhibition Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine @vadundee with @art_jameel @palmuseum & @vamuseum. Beautiful embroideries, powerful messages of heritage and identity in the face of adversity. 1: taqsireh jackets. 2: Dress from Beit Nabala c1920-30, Palestinian Museum Collection.
Another new book related to the history of capitalism, the textile industry, and transatlantic ties:
Dr Sally Tuckett@sallytuckett.bsky.social · last yr.It’s here! And it matches the colour of my living room! A huge thank you to everyone who helped get to this point. It is quite surreal to have it sitting on my shelf. If you, too, want a copy (matching walls not provided) head over to edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-transat...
It’s here! And it matches the colour of my living room! A huge thank you to everyone who helped get to this point. It is quite surreal to have it sitting on my shelf. If you, too, want a copy (matching walls not provided) head over to edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-transat...
AHRC-funded PhD at University of Aberdeen/NMS: "Collecting Australia: colonial consumption and the display of Australia in Scotland during the long 19th century", focusing on colonial-era collections in Edinburgh @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social . Please share widely! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Collecting Australia: colonial consumption and the display of Australia in Scotland during the long nineteenth century at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Collecting Australia: colonial consumption and the display of Australia in Scotland during the long nineteenth century at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
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April was the month for squeezing in some new research. Trips to the British Museum and the Royal Collections Trust Prints and Drawings Room at Windsor Castle, and a new notebook have fully awakened that new project feeling!
Registration for Material Scotland: Stana Nenadic Memorial Conference is now open! Full details can be found here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/material-s...
Material Scotland: Stana Nenadic Memorial Conference
15th and 16th May 2025
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Registration for Material Scotland: Stana Nenadic Memorial Conference is now open! Full details can be found here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/material-s...
Material Scotland: Stana Nenadic Memorial Conference
15th and 16th May 2025
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Transatlantic Threads: Scottish Linen and Society c1707-1780, is available for preorder now from @edinburghup.bsky.social edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-transat...
Transatlantic Threads
Transatlantic Threads
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Transatlantic Threads is now available for preorder! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-transat... Use code NEW30 for 30% discount. @edinburghup.bsky.social Image: David Allan (1744-1796) thought to be one of earliest known portraits of a black woman by a Scottish artist. Nationalgalleries.org
PASSAGE is recruiting for two fixed-term posts to join me working on 18thC records of enslavement 1) Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/aZwqn 2) Project Cataloguer (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/6aSpz If you have questions, please let me know & please circulate widely!
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Send abstracts for this workshop on textiles and empire happening in Glasgow in September! #textiles #history
H-Material Culture@h-materialculture.bsky.social · 2y agoCFP: THREADS OF EMPIRE: MODES, MATERIALS AND THE MAKING OF TEXTILES Commodities of Empire Workshop, University of Glasgow, 8-9 Sep. 2025. Deadline: Mar 28 #MaterialCulture commoditiesofempire.org.uk/events/
We're honoured to share a special collection of articles on Bob Morris' contributions to historical research 🧵 #UrbanHistory #Skystorians
CFP deadline extended to Feb 7! There’s still time to submit an abstract for Material Scotland. Abstracts of 200 words and bios of 50 words can be sent to me at sally.tuckett@glasgow.ac.uk See post below for more details.
Dr Sally Tuckett@sallytuckett.bsky.social · 2y agoCFP: Material Scotland, Stana Nenadic Memorial Conference, 15-16 May 2025, University of Edinburgh. Celebrating the career of Prof Nenadic (1954-2024) papers invited on Scottish material & visual cultural history. Deadline for proposals 31 Jan. ECR and postgrad particularly welcome. Please share!
The only word that truly reflects the simultaneous feelings of joy, relief and utter terror at receiving proofs of your book is “Eeeeep!” ‘Transatlantic Threads: Scottish Linen and Society, c.1707-1780’ is one step closer to being unleashed. @edinburghup.bsky.social
We're recruiting! Join History at the University of Glasgow (the best History dept in Scotland and one of the best in the UK) as a lecturer (permanent post, research and teaching) in Asian history 1500-2000. Please share with suitable candidates. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
Someone recently asked me what's the point of having two or three buttons on a tailored jacket if the bottom-most button isn't meant to be fastened? It's easier to understand style if you think of it in terms of social language, not purely as function. Let me give you some examples. 🧵
Applications are open for the 2025-27 Past & Present Fellowships @ihr.bsky.social are open Applications close on 31st Jan 2025 Fellows appointed will commence on 1st Oct 2025 and be tenable for 24 months Please share with your network www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
Past & Present Fellowships
Past & Present Fellowships are available for two years, and open to researchers who have completed a doctorate in history.
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CFP: Material Scotland, Stana Nenadic Memorial Conference, 15-16 May 2025, University of Edinburgh. Celebrating the career of Prof Nenadic (1954-2024) papers invited on Scottish material & visual cultural history. Deadline for proposals 31 Jan. ECR and postgrad particularly welcome. Please share!
What to do with a moment of calm between end of teaching and the start of all the marking? House some of the new Twomax acquisitions to the handling collection seems like a good shout. I like to think the black and orange dress was a tribute to Glasgow’s subway.
In 2015 @uofglasgow.bsky.social and Shetland Museum asked volunteers to knit up samples of 'Shetland lace' to test the authenticity of 19thC knitting patterns. Here are the results. Huge thank you to the 136 knitters! All your samples are here. fleecetofashion.gla.ac.uk/authenticity...
Authenticity in Shetland Lace – Fleece To Fashion
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It’s the end of the semester and Obi came along to bring some festive cheer and moral support to see us through. A+ student.
Some details from the Ramsay and Fashion exhibition in Edinburgh. Beautifully iridescent pearls on three different looks.
Dreamy wintery light at the Georgian House in Edinburgh this afternoon. Perfect for seeing the Fashion and Ramsay exhibition which is on for another week. www.nts.org.uk/visit/places...
