"leaving what is taught in our universities solely up to market forces undermines resilient subject provision and economic strategy, with lasting consequences for students and for universities’ ability to serve a public good.” 2/2

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 making a(n unintentional) reference to Genesis Breyer P-Orridge.

I'm still looking for disabled voices, stories, etc. to include in my book, "Crippled Careers: Navigating the Workplace with a Disability." If you identify as disabled, chronically ill or neurodivergent, I'd love to chat with you about your experiences navigating the workplace.

After sleeping for 15 hours, she was still very tired. Glasgow, 2025.

You make a bed, you go for a shower, you return to find good work undone — but how can you be mad at those culprits?! Glasgow, 2025.

Last week I saw the mighty Sluts of Trust. They were absolutely incredible! Glasgow, 2025.

It was an absolute joy to chat with Hollie about their project. We had some laughs, too! I can’t wait to see the exhibition!

A real life (sort of) Cerberus. Glasgow, 2025.

Abandoned, lost or still looking…? Books on benches. Glasgow, 2025.

Mouths are tricky to control. Glasgow, 2025.

Molly Harrabin (she/her/hers) We are delighted to announce the call for papers for the conference: Queer Lives and Trans* Formations: Reimagining Weimar Germany’s LGBTQ+ Histories and Cultures. This will take place online 30 March – 1 April 2026 and we hope that you will consider

It turns out the little one is part dolphin! Irvine Beach, 2025.

”Qu‘est que c‘est?“

Leigh Bowery at Tate Modern. Joyful, anarchic, wild, a mix of feeling like being at a club and still feeling so much reverence for the art in front of you. I laughed, I danced, I sang along. Just brilliant! London, 2025.

Vizslas need vitamin D too… Glasgow, 2025.

Little sisters can be so annoying — especially when they steal your favourite tennis ball! Glasgow, 2025.

Join us on 30 April for our next seminar! Florence Oulds, Policy and Public Affairs Officer at @scottishtrans.bsky.social, will share findings from the recent Scottish Trans and Non-binary Experiences Report events.bookitbee.com/university-o... #TransMentalHealth #MentalHealth #LGBT

Our next seminar is this afternoon at 4pm GMT. Join us! (online, free)

A lovely week with these three boys.

We are on Substack & our latest post is by our curatorial assistant, Holly Rennie Brown on recent projects and archiving finds alasdairgrayarchive.substack.com

Thanks for sharing Kay. It was fun to write this blog. I am someone who loves a network & who loves connecting with people, so it seemed fitting, given my new job, to write something about it.

For no reason, other than she’s so cute. Glasgow, 2025.

Launch of the British Academy ECRN’s Northwest & North Wales Cluster in Lancaster today was brilliant! I chaired a lovely panel of ECRs who reflected on their experiences of the Network. The energy in the room was really buoyant. Well done team for organising! #BAECRN

Great exhibition of DJCAD students work, supported by the Scottish Working Class Network (I‘m a board member), at Strangefield. So much talent displayed. The exhibition comes down today, but please do pop along to Dalmarnock and support these emerging artists! (I forgot to take photos!)

CFA: Queer Exile https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-152855 München, 15.03.2025-15.10.2025, Dr. Janin Afken; Prof. Bettina Bannasch; Prof. Burcu Dogramaci; Liesa Hellmann, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.03.2025

Yesterday I took part in an brilliant ECR-led sandpit workshop at UWS in Paisley, thinking about how we can make space(s) for voices of care-experienced people in higher education. So many brilliant thoughts and such passion!

CfP: Queer Exile, Jahrbuch Exilforschung 2026. Brilliant editors and brilliant topic! arthist.net/archive/43827

I‘m absolutely delighted to finally get my hands on a copy of Jürgen Baldiga‘s Breitseite (Broadside), which is a small collection of his poetry and collages, published in 1980. The additional bonus (kindly sent by the seller and editor of the second collection) of a copy of Schreib-Spuren…

A full day of brilliant #BAECRN meetings. This morning started off a meeting with the Edinburgh contingent of the Consortium, hosted by wonderful colleagues at National Galleries of Scotland. Trying to understand the needs there & to connect them across the city to deepen our network.

Anyone LGBTQIA+ or a migrant to Ireland, Ennis Book Club Festival has a great new project of free creative writing workshops aimed at certain groups- I'll be facilitating these ones and to book just email [email protected]

It’s a new year, so time for a reminder about the British Academy #ECR Network & how to join. The ECRN supports ECRs in SHAPE disciplines to connect, collaborate & offers development opportunities to ECRs (broadly defined). Feel free to msg if you have Qs. Join here: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/BAECRN/

We're pleased to announce a deadline extension for the 'Modernism and Data' Special Issue! The new deadline is January 20th. See below for the CFP: modernistreviewcouk.wordpress.com/2024/09/27/m...

We don’t like the cold in our house. (She did this entirely on her own!) Glasgow, 2025.

Outlier, Glasgow, (on London Rd, right near Trongate) is exceptional! The food, atmosphere, team, everything was stunning! Run, don’t walk!

I‘m taking part in Doddie Aid this year. My dad died from MND (ALS) in Nov. 2023. He had a rare-ish, genetic form (C9orf72), which is also hereditary. I was tested & remarkably don’t have the gene. I know this becos of amazing research & testing possibilities; but we‘re far from treating or curing

I‘ve known this amazing woman for 29 years. I had the privilege to be one of her bridesmaids & to celebrate the marriage of two of my dearest friends. It was a perfect party. I danced so hard with a bunch of folk I‘ve known for so long, but don’t get to see often enough. Pure joy! Glasgow, 2024.

The ageing one does not like to have her paws touched - which is evident from her facial expression. The young‘un, does not a jot give. Glasgow, 2024.

Family festivities :) Glasgow, 2024.

Peace and joy for 2025! All posts from now till 6 Jan will be purely festive/social.

Nativity dog. Glasgow, 2024.

❗ The following vacancies are available on the Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) Steering Committee: ⭐ ECR Representative ⭐ Treasurer ⭐ Membership Secretary Expressions of interest are invited before 7th Feb!

CFP: Historical Narratives of Transformation: Resources, Sustainability, and a Just Society https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-151912 Aarhus, 13.08.2025-14.08.2025, Aarhus University, Bewerbungsschluss: 31.01.2025

CFP: Trading Zones: Art and Philosophy in Eastern Europe since 1945 https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-151923 Florenz, 26.06.2025-27.06.2025, Hana Gründler, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max Planck Institut / Sven Spieker, University of California, Santa Barbara, …

Such a beautiful reflection on impermanence and persistence of living (on). I haven’t read Nikki Giovanni since my undergraduate days, and even then only read one or two of her works, but this makes me want to go back and read more of her work.

I’ve taken a few days annual leave to visit my sister — which included some much needed R&R and sibling time. Oh! and floating! Lots of floating!

A wee visit to @womenslibrary.bsky.social today for their Feminist Festive Fayre, which included crafts and archival materials for sale, among them copies of The Pink News, Spare Rib. Still on view is the gorgeous exhibition by Kate Downie, ”Conversations with Joan Eardley“. Glasgow, 2024.

Idles slayed last night in Glasgow! So much energy, love and anti-fascism radiating from the stage. Glasgow, 2024.

Looking after our pals‘ Vizsla this weekend. Butt-to-butt, sleeping and blending into the sofa. Glasgow, 2024.

I had a meeting today in the Western Baths Club café, where I was met by this lovely tiling by @agrayarchive.bsky.social.