Registration for our 'New Approaches to Writing Women's Histories' event is now LIVE! Please do join us next Wednesday, 5 November 2025 at 4pm GMT for a fascinating discussion with Kaia Alderson and Gráinne Lyons. More details here: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...

2025 Frank Watson Book Prize in Scottish History! Catriona M.M. Macdonald, The Caledoniad: The Making of Scottish History. Edinburgh: John Donald, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., 2024. ISBN: 9780859767200. Congratulations, Dr. Macdonald! 🏆🎉 Read the jury's citation: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/scottis...

Call for Papers.... UHI Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland Conference 9-10 February 2026 at UHI Perth @thinkuhi.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social See institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/21/c...

Congratulations, Dr. Cathryn Spence! Spence is an internationally recognized historian who studies the economic and social lives of women in early modern Scotland. @uguelphhist.bsky.social

We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:

Leith Davis and Kevin James recently launched their edited collection, ‘Shaping Jacobitism, 1688 to the Present' - a multi-disciplinary exploration of Jacobitism and its cultural legacy, bringing together leading scholars who contributed new insights to this landmark volume. @edinburghup.bsky.social

#UofG | How did a 300-year-old Scottish estate avoid falling victim to a wave of demolitions in the 1940s to 1970s? Dr. Kevin James discusses the history of Duff House in this @ca.theconversation.com piece. Read more: theconversation.com/how-a-300-ye...

Join us online today - Wed. 10 September, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) for 'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ delivered by Prof. Robert Dunbar, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Free Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1582259584... #Gaelic #GaelicLanguage #Scotland #Canada

A recent talk I gave to the Scottish Society for Northern Studies on Earl Harald of Orkney and "12th-century Scoto-Orcadian relations" has been put on YouTube. Includes a new theory about the origins of Harald's branch of the Scottish royal dynasty: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIDR...

Professors Leith Davis (Simon Fraser University) and Kevin James (University of Guelph) will present the Keynote Launch, 'The Making of Networking Jacobites and Exploring New Directions in Jacobite Studies', on Tuesday, 2 September, 12pm (EDT) / 5pm (UK).

"The Many Lives of Duff House" is on YouTube! Join Prof. Kevin James, @uofguelph.bsky.social, as he explores the extraordinary life and after-life of an 18th-century aristocratic home, Duff House. Consider it a 'Downton Abbey' of North-East Scotland! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEmm...

📣New Lecture Date! Join us virtually on Wed. 10 September, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) on Zoom for 'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ delivered by Prof. Robert Dunbar, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Register on Eventbrite (FREE): www.eventbrite.ca/e/gaelic-in-...

Prof. Kevin James (University of Guelph) will join Prof. Leith Davis (Simon Fraser University) to discuss the publication of their new book, 'Shaping Jacobitism, 1688 to the Present'. Attend in-person or online! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-shaping... Register on Eventbrite: bit.ly/45TG3Cb

Available to watch online!

We are delighted to share the release of 'The Many Lives of Duff House', a fascinating podcast produced by The Big Light and Prof. Kevin James in partnership with Historic Environment Scotland - a SSHRC funded project. 🎙️Listen on your favourite podcast player here: pod.link/1831762330

Happy Birthday @natlibscot.bsky.social! 🎉 #NLS100

🌟Student Spotlight! MA candidate Megan is researching the later Scottish Covenanting Movement, looking at testimonies, letters, last words, diaries and life writings to find emotional patterns that would have affected how these women performed and embodied gender. 📖 @uguelphhist.bsky.social

Watch online! Available live, then on-demand after the event.

Check out this fascinating blog post by Megan Gamble, MA Candidate at @uguelphhist.bsky.social! Megan studies the Covenanters through an emotional and gendered lens under the guidance of Dr. Cathryn Spence.

Join some of our Curious Travellers team at the FREE Early Career symposium "Journeys of Curiosity", in Liverpool on 25th September 2025. Propose your papers by 15th August!

The Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership (S-CAP) Inaugural Lecture is happening in 2 days! ‘Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ presented by Prof. Robert Dunbar, University of Edinburgh. Thurs. 26 June, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) on Zoom. bit.ly/S-CAPLecture...

The new issue of the International Review of Scottish Studies is now available! Discover the FREE featured article, 'Westminster Politicians and Rectorial Elections in Scotland's Universities, 1820-1920' by Gordon Pentland. www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/... @edinburghup.bsky.social

Join us online in 2 weeks for ‘'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections', presented by Prof. Robert Dunbar, University of Edinburgh. 📅 Thursday 26 June 2025 🕰️ 3pm (EDT) / 8pm(UK) 💻 Zoom All are welcome to attend! FREE Registration: bit.ly/S-CAPLecture...

📣 Call for Papers! Join us in Glasgow for New Directions in Women’s & Gender History in Scotland. We welcome papers on all aspects of women’s, gender, queer & trans history in/of Scotland. Interdisciplinary & inclusive. 📝 Deadline 1 July 2025 womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and... Share widely!

For friends following our work on #Scottish #Highland settlement sites in #CapeBreton - you can check out our final report here: canmore.org.uk/collection/2... Big thanks to Historic Environment Scotland for the brilliant partnership.

'The Many Lives of Duff House' is a SSHRC-funded project in partnership with Historic Environment Scotland and The Big Light. Last week, Prof. Kevin James visited Duff House to engage in meetings and interviews exploring the current position and future prospects for this historic property.

📣 Call for Papers: WHS Conference 2025! 🗓️ 13 Sept | 📍 Glasgow | 🧾 Deadline: 1 July Join us for New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland—our first in-person conference since 2019! 🔗 Info + submission form: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and... Please share widely!

Join us virtually on 26 June at 3pm (EDT)/8pm (UK) on Zoom for the inaugural Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership Lecture: 'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ delivered by Professor Robert Dunbar, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social. Register: bit.ly/S-CAPLecture...

Fantastic line up of papers, roundtables and workshops! We are delighted to share that Brenna Clark, PhD candidate @uguelphhist.bsky.social will be presenting on 9 July. Attend in-person or online! Registration is available on Eventbrite until 8 June.

Many thanks to McGill & Don Nerbas @csschair.bsky.social for hosting the 2025 Colloquium of the St. Andrew’s Society/McEuen Scholarship Foundation Chair in Canadian-Scottish Studies. Fascinating presentations by @drleith.bsky.social & Kevin James, as well as scholars from Dawson College & McGill.

Deadline for submissions to the Frank Watson Book Prize 2025 is fast approaching! Nominations accepted until 31 May 2025. 📅 More details and past winners: bit.ly/3SqHEdh

Online, FREE & Open to All!

📣New Blog! Who were the women poets, scholars, editors, and translators shaping Ruaraidh Erskine’s Gaelic magazines? 🖋️Find out in a new blog from @poncarova.bsky.social 📚 Read now: womenshistoryscotland.org/2025/04/21/w... #WomensHistory #ScotHist #Herstory #GaelicCulture #womenmakehistory

The Jacobite Studies Trust is absolutely thrilled to share that our first volume in partnership with @manchesterup.bsky.social is officially out today. We're so excited to have @drjeremyfilet.bsky.social as our inaugural author, with big thanks to MUP and our series editor, @dparrish0.bsky.social.

Application deadline: 30 April, 2025. Apply now for the 2025 Scottish Studies Collection Visiting Research Fellowships @uofglibrary.bsky.social. Two awards are available, each valued at $1,500 (CAD). More details & how to apply: bit.ly/3PiVdcu @uguelphhist.bsky.social

📚New Book Alert! 'The Oxford Handbook of Tourism History’, co-edited by Eric G. E. Zuelow, Professor of History, University of New England and Kevin J. James, Scottish Studies Foundation Chair and Professor of History, University of Guelph. Details: bit.ly/3RCUmnI @uguelphhist.bsky.social

🥦🌍 On #WorldHealthDay, explore how cookery played a vital role in public health in Glasgow, from domestic science to dietetics, in this fascinating blog by @drlindsaymiddleton.bsky.social 🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/2023/10/14/n... #WomensHistory #PublicHealth #FoodHistory #GlasgowHistory

Our next JST #JacobiteStudies workshop is upon us on Tue, 8 April at 5pm UKT, and we'll be welcoming Dr Katarzyna Gmerek, who will be updating us on her longstanding research into the Jacobite O’Byrn family through their movements from Ireland to Central Europe. jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...

Happy Tartan Day!!! Lets see your pretty tartans :) Maritime Tartan Co www.maritimetartancompany.ca

Celebrating Tartan Day and our #ScottishConnections! Did you know over 4.3 million Canadians report Scottish heritage? 🍁 Explore your ties to Scotland and join the global community at www.scotland.org/about-scotla...

We are delighted to announce the Museum of Scottish Railways archive as our Community Archive of the Year. We have been following them the past year for our A Year in the Life of a Community Archive and loved showcasing the fantastic work they do. Well done 👏 Award tile made by Make It Glasgow

Call for Papers: Scotland in Europe VI: 2-24 October 2025, University of Warsaw. The conference seeks to highlight the interdisciplinary nature of the topic and to facilitate cooperation between different European academic centres. Deadline: 31 May 2025. ia.uw.edu.pl/scotland-in-... 🇵🇱 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌍

Now available to view on YouTube!

Congrats to the student curatorial team on the latest @uofglibrary.bsky.social Exhibit - Charting Scottish Travels. Special thanks to everyone who attended the launch to celebrate the opening and the outstanding work of our @uofguelph.bsky.social students. Browse the exhibit: bit.ly/ChartingScot...

Today we launch a new funding programme: Scouloudi Public History Grants bit.ly/4bF4zJK Grants will support collaborative projects between historians in Higher Education and those in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums sectors, as well as community history groups. #Skystorians 1/2 👇

📣Visiting Research Fellowship Opportunity! The @uofglibrary.bsky.social is now accepting applications for the 2025 Scottish Studies Collection Visiting Research Fellowships. Two awards are available, each valued at $1,500 (CAD). Application deadline: 30 April, 2025. More details: bit.ly/3PiVdcu

📣 New blog by @glasgowgallivanter.bsky.social on Jessie Stephen (1893-1979) — Scottish suffragette, Labour activist, and trade union leader. Check out the new exhibition celebrating her legacy at Maryhill Burgh Halls! womenshistoryscotland.org/2025/03/17/n... #Glasgow #WomensHistoryMonth

We’re now on @letterboxd.social! 🍿🎞️ Did you know that we have an extensive collection of films of Scotland and its people, from the early days of film making to the present day? 🤔 The collection holds over 46,000 items including film cans, VHS tapes, and digital files.

New Exhibit Launches at @uofguelph.bsky.social Library! Join us on 25 March for the 'Charting Scottish Travels' launch. Student curators will share their experiences curating the exhibit, along with keynote speaker, Dr. Kevin James. Read the Library news article: bit.ly/4bY0ctb

@womenshistscot.bsky.social Research Bursary! 🗓️ Deadline: 31st May