FREE WORKSHOPS – Play With Gray. Two free creative workshops at The Alasdair Gray Archive devised by Niamh Gordon supported by @sgsah.bsky.social for writers & creatives. Explore process-as-method with clay, drawing & writing. Feb 24 & Mar 10. Book by email.

What does it mean to lead with care, complexity, and voice in the Arts & Humanities? In our latest SGSAH blog, Jelena Sofronijevic sits down with our new Director, Maria Fusco, to explore these questions —and more. Read here: sgsahblog.com/2026/01/13/i...

🔶🔸 The Poetics of the Proxy | Fri 27 Feb 🗓️ @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social A one-day PhD training event exploring replicas, ownership, authenticity & institutional authority through theory and practice with artists, curators & researchers. 🔗 Sign up / find out more: tockify.com/sgsah/detail...

🌷 Call for workshop proposals for Spring into Methods 2026 🌷 Together with @sgsss.bsky.social, we invite staff at affiliated HEIs to propose interdisciplinary research methods training for PhD researchers across Scotland. ⏰ Submit your proposal by 3pm Fri 30 Jan 🔗 www.sgsah.ac.uk/supervisors/...

Calling Scotland-based PhDs interested in heritage! 📣 Join the Scottish Heritage Studies Collaborative Workshop (Thu 19 Feb, 2–4pm, online) to connect with peers, workshop ideas & explore SGSAH CDF funding. 🌟 More info & sign up 👉 tockify.com/sgsah/detail...

Re-sharing this great blog from our former Director, @clairesquires.bsky.social, published on @sahavoice.bsky.social — well worth a read if you missed it ⤵️

Interested in turning your PhD into a book? 📚 Join this half-day hybrid event on 16th Jan exploring multiple routes from thesis to publication, with Booker-shortlisted author Sarah Bernstein and leading scholars. Includes a proposal workshop! #PhDtoBook Sign up: tockify.com/sgsah/detail...

Now open: 2026 AHRC CDA PhD Studentship 🎓 A collaborative project with @stir.ac.uk & @stirlingcht.bsky.social exploring built heritage, housing & climate justice, focusing on tenants in historic tenements. 🗓️ Closing date: 23 Jan 2026 🔗 Find out more: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

I'm organising this hybrid training event on PhD thesis to book for @sgsah.bsky.social Literature+ Catalyst on Fri 16 January. Great speakers inc. Sarah Bernstein, @drjamesbailey.bsky.social, @hannahkateboast.bsky.social, @emilyalder.bsky.social. Please sign up! www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/dp/disci...

Delighted to have an article published in The British Journal for the History of Science, on Charles Darwin's chromatic vocabulary on the Beagle voyage. With enormous thanks to @sgsah.bsky.social, @edincollegeofart.bsky.social, @sochistnathist.bsky.social

We’re sharing our festive card a little early this year — thank you to our wonderful community for all you’ve brought to 2025, and extra special thanks to @clairesquires.bsky.social for her leadership in her final year as Director. Wishing you all rest, joy and a bright start to the year ahead. 💫

📚 New SGSAH Blog Post 📚 Dr @smgthomson.bsky.social looks back on her path from SGSAH-funded PhD to Curator at @natlibscot.bsky.social — a candid, inspiring journey through post-PhD possibilities and heritage careers. Read it here: sgsahblog.com/2025/12/09/l...

Some medieval mothers struggled to gain custody of their children upon widowhood. My short story “In Her Keeping” is inspired by an Aberdonian custody case, now in print thanks to Causeway Magazine + mentorship by @vickymackenzie.bsky.social A story from my @sgsah.bsky.social internship.

🎣 New SGSAH Blog Post 🎣 Guest blogger Marie-Chantal Hamrock shares their research-based artistic practice, exploring maritime cultures in Aberdeen, Peterhead and Fraserburgh. Read it here ➡️ sgsahblog.com/2025/12/02/s...

Are you an early career researcher in the humanities, arts, or social sciences? Check out the opportunities offered by the British Academy's Early Career Researcher Network: 🔗https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/early-career-researcher-network

🌿 New on the SGSAH Blog! Guest writer Anna Stacey reflects on an Environmental Humanities film screening of Living Proof: A Climate Story (2021)— exploring nostalgia, climate storytelling, and the power of art in imagining sustainable futures. Read it here ➡️ sgsahblog.com/2025/11/25/l...

🌟 New Featured Researcher: Dr Isabella Shields 🌟 Formerly our digital curator, Isabella now turns the spotlight on her own work—sharing insights from her recently completed PhD in English Literature @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social. 🔗 Read more: sgsahresearch.com/featured-res...

🚀 Calling all Arts & Humanities PhDs in Scotland – join our Transkribathon! Learn the basics of Transkribus with experts Dario Kampkaspar & Kevin Kuck. Demos, hands-on practice + space to work on your own project. 📅 3 Dec 2025 🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transkriba...

Delighted to celebrate Tim Craven, SGSAH alum (2020), recipient of Debut Poetry Book of the Year at the #SaltireBookAwards — a brilliant achievement! 👏

🎭✨ Join us for 'Engaging Audiences: Policy, Practice & Beyond' on Wed 10th December — a deep dive into creative, cross-sector approaches to audience engagement in #PhD research and beyond! 🎟️ 💻 Only online tickets left — sign up here: events.bookitbee.com/the-scottish... #SGSAH #KEHub #HybridEvent

The SGSAH November 2025 newsletter is here 📨 In this issue: ➡️ Meet our new Blogger & Digital Curator ➡️ Upcoming Hub & Catalyst events ➡️ PGR networks ➡️ Alumni achievements ...and much more. 🔗 Read it here: mailchi.mp/sgsah/newsle...

Delighted to welcome Peter Kravitz for an oral history interview with our @sgsah.bsky.social CDA student, Laura MacDonald at the archive yesterday. He shared rich insights into publishing and Owens’ work, even reading ‘When Shankland Comes.’ Thank you, Peter!

✨ New SGSAH Blog Post ✨ Guest bloggers Julia Römer and Marly Muudeni Samuel share their reflections on completing and submitting a PhD, and invite readers to consider their own personal journeys through the doctoral process. 📚🫣🎉 Read it here ➡️ sgsahblog.com/2025/11/14/r...

From finding a space from which to travel to distant lands through reading books as children, to using their university libraries as undergrads, @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @damianbarr.bsky.social will reminisce about how libraries helped shape their careers. 📅Wed, Nov 12th |📍Kelvin Hall 🎫👇

Call for Papers: 'Regional Perspectives, Planetary Reach. Themes, Genres, Forms of Narration in Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction', 28-29 May 2026, Università di Napoli L'Orientale. Deadline for proposals: 10 January 2026. sites.google.com/view/irsconf...

Interested in issues of transdisciplinarity, co-reading, co-performing and the architecture of books, writing, images and spaces❓ Join us for Transdisciplinary Research: A Common Room for (Un)Common Books 📚 📍Edinburgh 📅 26th Nov, 11:00-15:30 Register: tockify.com/sgsah/detail...

Missed it the first time? Good news — the event below has been rescheduled for Thursday 13 November! You can still register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-who-...

Delighted to welcome musician, filmmaker, & @sgsah.bsky.social PhD researcher Carla J Easton today! We discussed her work on Since Yesterday documentary & her ongoing research & planned archive with Scottish Music Centre —DIY culture, feminism, care, & overlooked stories, an inspiring chat!

Do you work with community groups in your research? Curious how to make these collaborations meaningful for your participants? Join our free training event, open to all Arts & Humanities PhD students in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿! 🔗 Find out more & register your interest: forms.office.com/e/bNP5vTLwSZ @sgsah.bsky.social

Introducing ‘The Blether’ 💬 The Blether is a developing idea from 4 Scot Lit PGRs @uofglasgow.bsky.social designed to highlight the work and research being carried out in Scottish Literature. Follow us to get involved!📚✍🏼💬 #scottishliterature #theblether #thebletherpgr

BIG thanks to @erdorfman.bsky.social for the thematic variety, topical insights & fabulous guests she has introduced to the SGSAH PhD blog over the past 6 months... Check out her last post as SGSAH blogger, and all of Emma's contributions over at: sgsahblog.com 💫

✨New @sgsah.bsky.social Blog Post✨ For my last post as SGSAH Resident Blogger 🥹, I discuss James Marriott's "The dawn of the post-literate society" 📚 🤯 and the complicated, tenuous role researchers 👩‍🏫 play within this landscape. Read it here ➡️ sgsahblog.com/2025/10/30/w...

A date for your diary! All welcome, Sat 15 Nov at 10am in Dunblane Cathedral Hall, to 2025 Geraldine Goddard Memorial Lecture, “Enlightenment & Conspiracy at Leighton Library, 1780-1832’ presented by Dr Josh Smith, Leighton Library Volunteer Guide www.leightonlibrary.org.uk/calendar/202... …/👇

Interested in exploring how generational perspectives can deepen our understanding of authorship, readership & cultural change? Join us for Thinking Generationally: Authors & Readers organised by our #LiteratureCatalyst 📍St Andrews 🗓️ 24 Nov, 11–16:30 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thinking-g...

No tricks, just opportunities! 🎃 Apply for our Research Internships before the deadline creeps up — Friday 31 October!

Next month, I’ll be presenting at the @scotsarchives.bsky.social conference about the tarot card deck I created during my @sgsah.bsky.social internship last year. I’ve never given a talk on my creative process before and look forward to lots of interesting questions 🔮

⭐️ New Featured Researcher: Sasha de Buyl ⭐️ Sasha's PhD in Creative Writing @uofglasgow.bsky.social explores how looking to trans histories can help imagine more liveable futures. 🔗 Read more: sgsahresearch.com/featured-res...

We’re delighted to share the SGSAH Annual Report 2024–25 — celebrating a year of creativity, collaboration and impact across Scotland’s Arts & Humanities research community. 📖 Read the full report here: issuu.com/sgsah/docs/s...

The SGSAH October 2025 newsletter is here 📨 In this issue: ➡️ Read our 2024-25 Annual Report ➡️ Research internship opportunities ➡️ SGSAH team updates ➡️ Viva successes ...and much more. 🔗 Read it here: mailchi.mp/sgsah/newsle...

New Beyond the Books episode out now, featuring SGSAH researcher Madeleine Banatvala - tune in for an inspiring conversation!

Arts/Humanities PhDs in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, go work with @sgsah.bsky.social if you can. One of the kindest, most generous institutions I've encountered, staffed with warm and wonderful people. They want you to think your research big - get in touch and see what they can do for you! Love, a former SGSAH-funded PhD.

There's lots of brilliant research internships & artist residencies here from @sgsah.bsky.social (nb only for current PhD researchers in Arts & Hums in Scotland, due to our funding source), but I'll highlight some of the publishing & literary ones, nb deadline 31 Oct ... 1/ bsky.app/profile/sgsa...

✨New @sgsah.bsky.social Blog Post✨ This week, I discuss artificial intelligence 🤖, changing perceptions of attention 🧐, 'cognitive offloading', and what this all could mean for academic writing and thinking at-large. 🤯🧠 Read the full post here ➡️ sgsahblog.com/2025/10/16/a...

Curious about history, legacy & public debate? Join our History Catalyst for “David Who?”—a session for PhDs exploring the David Hume project with the David Hume Institute. 📍St Andrews | 🗓️ 29 Oct, 10–12:30 Register by 28 Oct: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-who-... #SGSAH #HistoryCatalyst

2025 BAA postgraduate #conference 📆 Thursday 27 Nov 2025, 12:20-17:30 💻 Online via Zoom View programme and register: thebaa.org/events/2025-...

New Arts & Humanities PhD researchers in Scotland — you’re invited to SGSAH’s Welcome Event! 📅 13 Nov 2025, 10.30–3 GMT 📍 Royal Society of Edinburgh or online Meet peers, hear from current PhDs & discover SGSAH opportunities. Lunch + travel (in-person) covered. 👉 sgsah-welcome-25.eventbrite.co.uk

PhDs — a quick reminder about this job opportunity! Applications are still open until Thursday 16th October, so there’s still time to apply. ⤵️

⭐️ Our 2026 internship opportunities are live! ⭐️ Check out 30+ paid internships & artist residencies for Arts & Humanities PhD researchers in Scotland. Gain real-world experience, build skills & grow your networks with diverse partners. 🕔 Apply by 31 Oct 2025 👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/

🎓 PhD Researchers! Apply for a 3-month paid internship with @sgsah.bsky.social exploring the Alasdair Gray archive. Creative, flexible, self-directed. Deadline: 31 Oct 2025. Open to SGSAH PhDs. www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/202...

Fantastic to meet the new @sgsah.bsky.social PhD cohort today at @vadundee.bsky.social, including a talk about the Thread Memory exhibition of Palestinian embroidery by SGSAH PhD researcher Leena Nammari, who has work included