GWL is commissioning new works for our #WeMakeMuseums project to be exhibited at Glasgow International 2026. We’re seeking women artists with socially engaged, intersectional practices informed by environmental, class-aware, & anti-racist approaches. womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/09/24/a...

On that note, I am very unemployed, so if anyone needs a research assistant, or someone to give talks, etc., please do get in touch!

Can’t believe it’s been one whole year since I originally submitted this for examination…

It honestly felt like forever since I’d done the @womenslibrary.bsky.social Gorbals walk?! So it was a joy to get to do it again at the weekend!

This Friday at noon, tune in to Clydebuilt Radio! From riot grrrl punk to queer club anthems, forgotten blues icons to global pop trailblazers - our music archive tells stories of resistance, community & joy. www.clydebuiltradio.com

I really enjoyed this presentation, and the resulting discussions! I think we were all in agreement that we could have chatted about this for much much longer!

A reminder that this is happening THIS Friday!

Be generous. Now be more generous. Share your privilege. We need creative professionals to step up & volunteer to mentor a young person who doesn't have the connections or financial backing to believe they could access a creative career. Sign up to mentor in 2026 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...

Ah, yes, I can definitely tell you about how I meet all 30 essential criteria (and then the extra 10 desirable ones) in no more than 1000 words… (Someone please hire me, I can’t keep doing this 💀)

Another mixed afternoon weather-wise, but really enjoyed being out for the @womenslibrary.bsky.social Merchant City walk!

🚨Our monthly events are back!🚨 Join us and Dr Tobias Teutenberg on the 19th September at 5pm (UK time) for a presentation and discussion on “Tempted to Touch: The History of Tactile Art Galleries for the Blind”! #DisHist

It's been a great day for fascinating events! Really enjoyed hearing @chriskempshall.bsky.social, @mimi-mortmain.bsky.social, @drtimpeacock.bsky.social & Fruzsina Pittner (chaired by @enwright.bsky.social) discussing history and fantasy in video games (and books) tonight!

Really enjoyed this afternoon’s @womenshistnet.bsky.social roundtable on “Lesbian Histories & the Long View” with @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social, @sazwingrove.bsky.social, @vickyig.bsky.social & Lisa Weston! I particularly loved everyone’s joy for research & the rabbit holes you end up going down!

Live music really does make everything better! And Liam Cromby was sounding wonderful last night!

The next event in our @wellcometrust.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social -funded conference series will be ‘War, Trauma and Emotional Injury’, which takes place at @unibirmingham.bsky.social on 6-7 November #milwelfhist

Closing Soon!

At Glasgow Women’s Library we ask visitors to wear a mask on Fridays to help keep our community safe. We provide masks for anyone who needs one, but we don’t currently have the most effective kinds (like N95s& KN95s). If you have any spare masks to donate, we’d be so grateful. Thankyou.

@juliarsct.bsky.social is excellent and this will be a wonderful event! Would definitely recommend that everyone books to attend this! #ww1

The official Bluesky account for our journak has arrived!

Really glad that I’ve got the time to join the second day of the @womenshistnet.bsky.social annual conference, which kicked off with an excellent keynote from @dohertyta.bsky.social about the importance of collecting and preserving women’s history and activist collections in a digital world!

Managed to pop into Callendar House this morning to see Diana Forster’s powerful, yet beautiful, Somewhere To Stay exhibition.

What a joy it was to be out guiding the @womenslibrary.bsky.social Garnethill tour this afternoon! (Even if it was a bit damp…)

This time last week I was at @railwaymuseum.bsky.social 🚂

STUC statement on standing alongside the people of Falkirk against racism 👇 @sutrscotland.bsky.social

How had I never seen these wooden water pipes on display as you head into The Meadows (Edinburgh) before?! What a fascinating piece of history!

Interesting to hear @1812andallthat.bsky.social present on disabled veteran Shadrack Byfield & the War of 1812 for @nationalarmymuseum.bsky.social this afternoon! Byfield had his arm amputated & later had an attachment made so that he could return to weaving (which obvs interested me lots) #DisHist

DARK is looking for volunteers to write 350 word summaries of current policies and laws that negatively impact the lives of disabled people. This will be for a free zine handed out to protesters outside the conference. Email disabilityarkmedia(at)gmail.com to get involved.

Very much at my limit for applying for jobs this week/this month… So wine it is!

No matter how many times I’ve seen it, there’s always something mesmerising about the Millenium Clock at @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social!

Finally got round to visiting the Cold War Scotland exhibition at @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social this afternoon! An interesting exploration of the role that Scots and Scotland played in the Cold War.

Really enjoyed what I was able to attend of today’s @cripantiquity.bsky.social conference! Learning about #DisHist outwith my usual modern time period was fascinating!

NEW RELEASE : Eugenics?! Zine Free here: files.libcom.org/files/2025-0... More free zines: linktr.ee/disabilityark

We are delighted to say that #SHSConf2025 was an immense success! Please read more about it here - and stay tuned for more information and announcements from the conference!✨ socialhistory.org.uk/2025/07/10/s...

Loved @socialhistsoc.bsky.social #SHSConf2025? Or - worse - missed out on being part of it this year? Our CfP for next year's 50th Anniversary Conference, which will be at Lancaster University in July 2026, goes live in the Autumn 🍂 so you have time to decide what might be a nice paper to submit.. 🤔

Afterlives of war is also available Open Access at www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

Big shout-out to one of my faves @sambrady.bsky.social for winning the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social public history prize! 🥳🥳 #SHSConf2025

Also huge congrats to @tortietabby.bsky.social for being runner up for the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Book Prize, and Michael Roper for winning! #SHSConf2025

Huge congrats to the winners of the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social PGR prize this year! 👏👏 @amyloulongmuir.bsky.social #SHSConf2025

Really enjoyed the session earlier exploring living history museums, with papers from Kate Hill, @natashaanson.bsky.social, @meg-sch.bsky.social, and Carys Tyson-Taylor! #SHSConf2025

Have you done some fun work with museums/archives/cultural spaces (anything beyond the academy, essentially) and want to tell people about it? Please do consider writing something for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social’s Community Exchange blog! #SHSConf2025

Enjoyed getting to chair the “New Researchers in Social History” panel earlier - with papers from Stephen Radley, Matthew Bliss and Ian Lacey! #SHSConf2025

If you’re a PGR at this year’s @socialhistsoc.bsky.social conference, come and join me for a PGR meet-up during today’s (Tuesday) lunch break! #SHSConf2025

Hello Social History friends! Come say hello at our stand. Unfortunately not all of our books arrived, but you can find a full list of new titles below. @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

Kicked off my day with papers from Caroline Carver, @suejohn.bsky.social, and Hannah Speed on the theme of “New Approaches to Women’s Suffrage Militancy” #SHSConf2025

To be fair, a chippy tea and then access to the fairground makes for a pretty epic first night of a conference! #SHSConf2025

Can’t believe I didn’t bring a notebook and pen to the conference with me… 💀

What a cool space to get to listen to papers in! Kicked off my first day of #SHSConf2025 with papers from @jamesepeate.bsky.social, @lucycann.bsky.social and @amywok1.bsky.social!

Might have got stuck at Wolverhampton for a bit this morning, but at least I got to see a war memorial… 🤓 #ww1

It’s been so nice getting to welcome old friends and new PGRs to the conference this afternoon and getting to chat to everyone! #SHSConf2025

I’ve only had a very quick look whilst running to a panel, but how cool a venue is @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social for this year’s @socialhistsoc.bsky.social conference?! #SHSConf2025