My Death & Dying class this week was all about ghosts. Naturally, we spent yesterday in @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Centre for Research Collections looking at a manuscript on how to summon a demon

Stunning sunrise this morning

What a great opportunity 👇

After a trying day, yesterday, it was lovely to receive the news this morning that I’ve been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. With thanks to @cathfeely.bsky.social for her support!

She is holding a book! 📖 Currently writing a section on visual evidence for book use in medieval Scotland - so this could not be better timed... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

💬 🤝 We'll be hosting a range of seminars this semester, run in collaboration with students and staff from across our university and beyond. 💻 ⬆️ You can follow the link in our bio to find out more about these events, as well as the reading and discussion groups we have planned over the next months!

Tin (ten) years…

This is the best kind of post to come home to. Beautifully packaged as well. Thanks to Antiquates, Dorset.

Have had such a treat of a day at the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry exhibition at Château de Chantilly

Congratulations to @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social on the publication of her book. This launch at @iashedinburgh.bsky.social looks fabulous. It’s running as a hybrid event on 7 October. Remember to book your place!

Today's university redundancies are at Edinburgh. It's obvious now that no-one will stop the madness, and it's probably too late for a big chunk of the sector anyway. news.stv.tv/east-central...

A lovely afternoon sitting in the grounds of Modern One @nationalgalleries.bsky.social with the little apprentice who’s enjoyed the opportunity to paint, draw & sculpt with the materials in the Family Art Basket. What a fabulous idea!

A very personal reflection on how the financial crisis at the University of Dundee is affecting PhD students. Reduced teaching opportunities, financial difficulty and the cutting off of a route to employment. Thank you Taylor for writing this.

An absolute delight to watch our fabulous Literature (& Joint Hons) students from @uoe-llc.bsky.social graduate today. Bonuses: seeing fellow ‘Hildabeast’ @valmcdermid.bsky.social getting an honorary degree; wonderful conversations with families at the drinks reception; a wee gift from one proud mum

📚 🗣️ Students and staff from across our university will be taking part over all four days of #IMC2025 — follow us next week for daily updates! 💻 You can also click this link for a full list of sessions they'll be involved with: bit.ly/UoE-IMC ⬇️ And find some highlights of what's to come below:

My pleasure reading this week - a recommendation from a student

Finally paid off my student loan

Wishing @madelinepotter.bsky.social all the best for tonight’s launch of The Roma: A Travelling History!

👑 This three-day, hybrid conference will feature contributions from our own @cvspragg.bsky.social and Catriona Murray, plus recent PhD graduates Ashlyn Cudney and Elisabeth Rébeillé-Borgella. ⬇️ Click below to see the programme and find a link to register before the 8 June deadline!

I arrived home to these yesterday; several copies of my book, published by @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social

This morning, @newdramrising.bsky.social, the little apprentice, and I visited the wonderful @selcie.bsky.social ‘Nurture through Nature in Children’s Books’ at the Museum of Edinburgh. If you get chance, do take time to see it (on until 7 Sept). Congratulations, @sarahdunnigan.bsky.social

This was a nice start to the week @socantscot.bsky.social

⛪ Next week join us for a bonus seminar with our own @lizzieswarbrick.bsky.social, who will share findings from her research into the famed Rosslyn Chapel, discussing the religious and practical roles of the architectural and artistic designs within! #History #Edinburgh #HCA #Seminars #Rosslyn

A visit to one of my favourite places today with @newdramrising.bsky.social and the little apprentice. No puffins spotted, but we saw seals, oystercatchers, and porpoises (as well as many seagulls).

I mean the news about the Shakespeares was good, but this has made my week @medievalmonk.bsky.social

Wonderful dad and small daughter conversation today Da: why does it say ‘St Patrick Sq?’ D: because that’s where we are; it’s the next stop Da: but who was St Patrick? D: He was a saint and his name was Patrick Da: what’s a saint D: [awkward silence]: someone who does good things Da: like me? D:

Happily building up a collection of old Scottish Text Society volumes alongside the newer ones

The Shakespeares in London together? What a find @matthewsteggle.bsky.social - I’m really looking forward to reading the whole thing!

Easter baking with the little apprentice apparently needed Chaucer as well as more traditional symbols of the season.

We’re delighted to share details of ‘Nature Nurture: Edinburgh’s Childgarden Heritage, Cultures of Care, and Scottish Women’s Writing’, a symposium on 6 June, organised by our friends and colleagues @selcie.bsky.social! Get your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-nur... See you there!

Many of us have been thinking what @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social is saying in @theguardian.com today, but it plainly still needs saying. More importantly, it clearly needs hearing. #universities

It was warm in the sun yesterday, but how cool is this pin! A lovely birthday/book publishing gift from @elizabethelliott.bsky.social

Post Doc! "Materialising the Scots in Northern Europe c.1500-1750: Mobilities, Communities and Materiel Culture" Focus on the Netherlands, Scandinavia or Poland www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa... #Skystorians 🗃

Many, many thanks to @lizzieswarbrick.bsky.social who guided some of my ‘medieval death students’ from @uoe-llc.bsky.social round Rosslyn Chapel this afternoon. The sun shone and we read some Dunbar too! A fantastic way to finish the course!

It could be an April Fool but, apparently, it’s publication day for this wee book. Thanks to all at @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social for bringing it into the world!

“Mikuła sometimes wonders what these Elizabethans would have made of all his efforts to analyse the fragment. ‘They saw it as a piece of rubbish. It could never have crossed their minds what we would do to it.’” Fascinating work @theul.bsky.social to image a fragment of the Suite Vulgate du Merlin

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP): The Hidden Gender of Collections: Women and the Curation of Scientific Heritage phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2233... #skystorians 🗃️

The little apprentice wanted to make me a birthday cake. She got bored. I had to finish it after the licking the bowl stage. This morning she asked if she could eat the cake.

Heard the village Oystercatchers this morning; first time this year #tinyjoys

The release of the figures and distributions of 1,807 staff 'in scope' for redundancy at Cardiff forcefully hammers home the scope of the crisis. Current estimate is that 22% in scope will be made redundant. 699 in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences; 892 in Biosciences; 218 Physical Sciences. 1/2

Come join @tanjabueltmann.net and I at Strathclyde for a funded PhD on built heritage and Glasgow’s slaving links, centred around Tobacco Merchant’s House. Excellent ops to engage with heritage industry via co-supervision by Scottish Civic Trust! Details below! Any questions - get in touch!

Approx 50 miles as the crow flies from Grangemouth, where the coming loss of approx 400 refinery jobs (rightfully) created an outcry. I await equivalent noise. But I won't be holding my breath while doing so.

Am delighted to have caught my first glimpse of this enormo-beast in the wild. Many thanks from the grateful editors to OUP and all our contributors for all their work and, of course, to Tam Dean Burn for permission to use the magnificent image of his performance as Divine Correction on the cover. 🥂

Interested in working with us on The Place-Names of #Herefordshire? We're recruiting a Research Assistant! Fixed term, full- or part-time. Closing date 14 March. Please share widely. #academicsky #medievalsky jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Excited to share details of the UCSL PG Symposium, to be held at Uni of Stirling on 2 May! Looking forward to receiving your proposals by 7 March. CfP: ucsl-scotland.com/2025/02/13/2... It's promising to be an exciting afternoon of discussion and building connections. See you there! 🦔🦒🦛🦕🦐🦌🦎🐁

13 March, the John Bannerman Memorial Lecture at the University of Edinburgh will be given by Prof Deborah Hayden (Maynooth). Details 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/john-banne... #histmed #GaelicHistory #MedicalHumanities #CelticStudies #LámhscríbhinníGaeilge

📣 Our very own Benni Campoleoni is giving next week’s seminar, exploring themes of gender in medieval literature. We look forward to seeing you there! #History #Edinburgh #HCA #Seminars

Possibly the fanciest conference name tag I’ve ever had. And a fancy location too! Enjoying a super first day at the Scotland’s Manuscripts Symposium organised by @bryonycoombs.bsky.social and others

Have a look at the latest ‘Bottle Imp’ ⬇️ featuring an article by @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social’s very own @wilcocksonamy.bsky.social. And make sure you try out the Robert Fergusson-themed cocktail this weekend, dreamed up by Amy and @poncarova.bsky.social!