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/
We were delighted to host this blog celebrating the works of Agnes Owens 📚 thank you to Laura for sharing her research with us!
The Agnes Owens Archive@aowensarchive.bsky.social · last wk.New blog by our @sgsah.bsky.social CDA researcher Laura MacDonald - womenshistoryscotland.org/2026/07/04/c...
📢 Call for Submissions: Scotland's Community Heritage Conversations SCHC wants to hear how collaboration across communities, generations, cultures & sectors sparks fresh learning and growth. Full call: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotlands-... #CommunityHeritage #ScotlandHeritage
Scotland's Community Heritage Conversations 2026: Sharing Our Strengths
Celebrating community heritage with inspiring talks, workshops and connection, showing how collaboration sparks shared learning and growth.
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I will presenting research from my book manuscript-in-progress, currently titled "Maid Rank and File: How Black Women Spearheaded Brazil’s Domestic Worker’s Labor Movement." Can't wait to see everyone there!
Women's History Network@womenshistnet.bsky.social · 2w agoJoin us for our talk with Dr Cassie Osei, titled 'Mammy’s Tricks: Maids & Madames, Buckling Hierarchies, and the Badger Thief ‘Panic’ in Urban Brazil, 1948–1954' ⏰: The seminar will take place on Tuesday 4th August 2026, 4pm-5pm BST Sign up via our website: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-for-...
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie A @ntsonline.bsky.social Production Presented in partnership with @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social & in association with @pitlochryft.bsky.social Directed by Vicky Featherstone Featuring Gayle Rankin as Jean Brodie 2 Oct–7 Nov www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-p...
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | National Theatre of Scotland
‘Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life’At the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, junior-school teacher Miss Jean Brodie is famousl
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An incredible new PhD opportunity at @uhihistory.bsky.social under Dr Nicola Martin: An Environmental History of the Jacobite Risings in Scotland. This is a fresh and fascinating filter to apply to Jacobite Studies and the programme is under the very best of direction and care.
Postgraduate research - An Environmental History of the Jacobite Risings in Scotland
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📣 Calling all PhD students studying women's and gender history!
IHR Women@ihrwomen.bsky.social · last wk.Call for Participants for IHR Women's History Seminar Lightning Talks to be held Friday, 20th of November 2026.
IHR Women's History Seminar Lightning Talks! Please post to your lists! @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @jwomenshistory.bsky.social @workingclasshistory.com @historyworkshop.org.uk @wsguk.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social @womenshistscot.bsky.social @ifrwh.bsky.social
IHR Women@ihrwomen.bsky.social · last wk.Call for Participants for IHR Women's History Seminar Lightning Talks to be held Friday, 20th of November 2026.
Excited to see this taking place in Perth. Definitely of interest to PWOW members
Women's History Scotland@womenshistscot.bsky.social · 2w ago📢 We are delighted to announce that the speaker for our annual Sue Innes Memorial Lecture is historian of Scottish emigration, Professor Marjory Harper! 📅 Saturday 24 October 🕑 2.00–3.30pm 📍 AK Bell Library, Perth 🎟️ Reserve your place via Ticket Tailor: www.tickettailor.com/events/women...
Our next Wikipedia editing meet-up will be on Saturday 29 August 10-12 at Café St. Paul's As always, all genders are welcome - just don't forget your laptop! ⏱️ 10-12 📌 Saturday 25 July ☕️ Café St Paul's (behind St Paul's Church on Methven St) #Perth
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Good news, the Gaelic classes are back for round two! 🗣️ 📅 3rd Sep to 23rd Oct ⏰ Fridays, 1pm to 3pm 📍 At our sister venue, The Whitehouse 🎟️To sign up, shorturl.at/g6qpp
A suffrage play – Pageant of Great Women discussed on the Not for want of trying podcast www.womenslegallandmarks.com/2017/08/08/a... by Cicely Hamilton 1910 portraying ‘great women from history’ and intended to be inspiring and educational @womenshistnet.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
Please get in touch with us if you have any queries about this upcoming event: womenshistoryscotland.org/contact-us/ For details about the venue, including accessibility queries: www.culturepk.org.uk/library/ak-b...
Contact Us – Women's History Scotland
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📢 We are delighted to announce that the speaker for our annual Sue Innes Memorial Lecture is historian of Scottish emigration, Professor Marjory Harper! 📅 Saturday 24 October 🕑 2.00–3.30pm 📍 AK Bell Library, Perth 🎟️ Reserve your place via Ticket Tailor: www.tickettailor.com/events/women...
Select tickets – Women's History Scotland Sue Innes Memorial Lecture with Marjory Harper – Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth
Women's History Scotland Sue Innes Memorial Lecture with Marjory Harper – Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth, Sat 24 Oct 2026 - Join Women's History Scotland for our annual Sue Innes M...
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We are pleased to say that our July Issue is now out! This Issue includes 22 original articles, 14 #OpenAccess, and 9 book reviews. #Skystorians #GenderHistory Read it here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680424...
Gender & History: Vol 38, No 2
Gender & History is a global gender studies journal publishing research on femininity, masculinity and gender across eras and territories.
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Wigtown Book Festival 25 September–4 October 2026 Tickets for the 2026 Wigtown Book Festival – a 10-day literary celebration in Scotland’s National Book Town – are now on sale. 💙📚 www.wigtownbookfestival.com
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🚨 Our #CFP is open for ONE MORE WEEK! 🚨 Please do consider submitting a proposal, or getting in touch if you want to discuss your ideas! #DisHist
UK Disability History and Heritage Hub@ukdishisthub.bsky.social · 2mo agoCFP alert: We are thrilled to announce the Call for Presenters for a hybrid event in collaboration with @britishlibrary.bsky.social! This will be taking place on 27th November 2026, with presentations happening both in-person and online. Deadline to submit your ideas is: 31st July 2026! #DisHist
Tak ma croon, an dinna fash – aa yon wis ower fur me lang syne… —Gerda Stevenson, “The Abdication of Mary Queen of Scots” from QUINES: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, @luathpress.bsky.social 2018 Mary was forced to abdicate her throne #OTD, 24 July, 1567 #poem luath.co.uk/products/qui...
If you've not been to the @womenslibrary.bsky.social yet, or not visited for a while, do come and see our incredible current exhibitions. Here's a Blog about them by one of our volunteers, Ashley: womenslibrary.org.uk/2026/07/16/c...
Connections, reflections, and creativity: GWL’s latest exhibition
The latest exhibition offering at Glasgow Women’s Library is part of the 2026 Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art: a varied and vibrant festival celebrating both the local and the [...]
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📢 We are delighted to announce that the speaker for our annual Sue Innes Memorial Lecture is historian of Scottish emigration, Professor Marjory Harper! 📅 Saturday 24 October 🕑 2.00–3.30pm 📍 AK Bell Library, Perth 🎟️ Reserve your place via Ticket Tailor: www.tickettailor.com/events/women...
Select tickets – Women's History Scotland Sue Innes Memorial Lecture with Marjory Harper – Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth
Women's History Scotland Sue Innes Memorial Lecture with Marjory Harper – Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth, Sat 24 Oct 2026 - Join Women's History Scotland for our annual Sue Innes M...
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Join us for our talk with Dr Cassie Osei, titled 'Mammy’s Tricks: Maids & Madames, Buckling Hierarchies, and the Badger Thief ‘Panic’ in Urban Brazil, 1948–1954' ⏰: The seminar will take place on Tuesday 4th August 2026, 4pm-5pm BST Sign up via our website: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-for-...
Sign up for our next seminar, ‘Mammy’s Tricks: Maids & Madames, Buckling Hierarchies, and the Badger Thief ‘Panic’ in Urban Brazil, 1948 – 1954’
Sign up to our next seminar, ‘Mammy’s Tricks: Maids & Madames, Buckling Hierarchies, and the Badger Thief ‘Panic’ in Urban Brazil, 1948-1954′ where we will be join…
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Argyll & Isles Online Heritage Cafe 29 July, free online Dr Alasdair Whyte, singer, writer & research fellow in Celtic & Gaelic at @glasgow.ac.uk, looks at the #songs & #music of Argyll & Bute, & how they can help us understand the #history & #heritage of the area www.eventbrite.com/e/july-argyl...
July Argyll & Isles Online Heritage Cafe with Dr Alasdair Whyte
July Heritage cafe with Dr Alasdair Whyte, singer & research fellow at University of Glasgow on songs & music heritage in Argyll & Bute.
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Anabel Marsh previously wrote a brilliant blog for our webiste about Jessie Stephen. Sounds like a brilliant event @maryhillburghhalls.bsky.social womenshistoryscotland.org/2025/03/17/j...
Jessie Stephen (1893-1979) Maryhill Burgh Hall Exhibition – Women's History Scotland
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Maryhill Burgh Halls@maryhillburghhalls.bsky.social · 2w agoReady for the next Connected Community talk? We are so pleased to host Anabel Marsh to tell us the stories of some of Maryhill's most iconic women. 📍 Maryhill Burgh Halls 🗓️ Mon 27th July, from 6pm 🎟️Book your place: shorturl.at/CAaNg
Approaching Deadline! The application deadline for the EHS Bursary Scheme for PhD Students is next week, 31 July 2026. 1 year bursaries of up to £5,000 are available to assist full or part-time doctoral students in UK universities/colleges. More info and to apply: ehs.org.uk/award/bursar...
Bursary Scheme for PhD Students - Economic History Society
The Economic History Society invites applications for one-year bursaries of up to £5,000 to assist doctoral students (PhD) in United Kingdom colleges and universities; scholars who are visiting studen...
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Help to shape the future of Glasgow Women’s Library. Whether you've visited yet or not, we would love to hear your thoughts. This short survey (5–7 minutes) will help us to understand your experience and how we can continue to thrive. Thank you for your support. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Help Shape the Future of Glasgow Women’s Library
Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) is a unique and special place - the only Accredited Museum dedicated to women’s history in the UK, and a Recognised Collection of National Significance in Scotland. A wel...
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New on the blog! Esther Dobson and Elspeth King look at the role of women in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the #SecondWorldWar. Many women were involved by employing their hard-earned ‘feminine’ needlecraft skills which the blog explores womenshistorynetwork.org/hidden-heroi...
Hidden Heroines: Secret Stitching on the Home Front – Esther Dobson and Dr Elspeth King
‘Not all heroes wear capes’, a common refrain during and since the Covid pandemic, but the ideas behind that phrase go back much further and certainly played a part in the Home Front during the Sec…
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🚨WHN Annual Conference: Registration is now open! Join us for a very special conference year celebrating the centenary of the Women’s Library and 100 years of women's history. Thu 3 Sep - Fri 4 Sep 2026. For more details and to book: www.tickettailor.com/events/women... @lselibrary.bsky.social
Select tickets – The WHN 34th Annual Conference: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library and 100 Years of Women's History – multiple locations
The WHN 34th Annual Conference: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library and 100 Years of Women's History – multiple locations, Thu 3 Sep 2026 - Fri 4 Sep 2026 - The WHN 34th Annual Conference...
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A real actual RA post on the history of Scottish literature: strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Research Assistant (828088)
Research Assistant (828088), As a Research Assistant, you will assist in the delivery of the research activities as part of a small, interdisciplinary team, working under the general supervision of Dr...
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We're hiring! We're looking for passionate, skilled people to help us preserve and share Scotland's cultural heritage. #Jobs #LibraryJobs #HeritageCareers #ScottishCulture #EdinburghJobs
