Are you a student at the @uofgied.bsky.social? We’re recruiting a Science Communicator Intern for a project with @howtobooks.bsky.social and the Glasgow Science Festival. Bringing Early Modern science to the age of TikTok videos. Come join us! glasgow.targetconnect.net/leap/jobs.ht...

A new report from CaSE explores how people across Scotland view research and development – and why it matters for jobs, communities and long-term growth. We’re proud to support this important work. Read more 👉 gla.ac/4bEyy65

The SRS invites applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowships, ŵ a stipend worth £15,000. SRS Fellows can hold jobs alongside their fellowship provided they do not take up more than the equivalent of 3 days a week over the course of the academic year. Apply by 30 April rensoc.org.uk/apply/postdo...

New research from School of Humanities @uofgartshums.bsky.social shows 90% of Humanities alumni now work in mid–senior roles across 24 sectors, with 91.7% reporting high career fulfilment. Read More: gla.ac/3Nr1Ewf

Where to Draw the Line: Andrew Lowes and Eric Dubois present Carnal Cinema — irreverent narratives in dialogue with irreverent drawings of cinema tales. Thu 19 Mar 5pm With Kate Taylor (National Film and Television School). www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi... @terrytoon.com @uofgartshums.bsky.social

Just starting, join us if you can. Superman, superheroes, and Scottish identity.

Come hear David John Boyd talk on superhero comics and Scottish identity, and meet Frank Quitely too. Book presentation and signing In person (see poster) or online on uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Flying in on 12/Mar -- Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity, by @davidjohnboyd.bsky.social & Julie Briand-Boyd (Leuven UP, 2025). Authors and Frank Quitely attending! Book launch, signing, & discount on the day, at the @glasgow.ac.uk Bookshop. uofgartshums.bsky.social leuvenup.bsky.social

Ingrid Hoepel (@uni-kiel.de): A contemporary emblem book — wings and stones Thu, 5 Mar, 5pm, UofGlasgow Library, Zoom 👇 A scholar & artist, Ingrid discusses emblems in the current art scene & on science. @uofgfantasy.bsky.social@[email protected]@srsrensoc.bsky.social

Our postgraduate coffee morning is on. And they can bake!

Just a see reminder of this week’s seminar. Looking forward to welcoming you.

Jennifer Taylor on Charles Perrault's fairy tales as emblems and vehicles for female agency in Louis XIV's France, 12 Feb 2026, 5pm. All welcome. www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi... @labnf.bsky.social @gallicabnf.bsky.social @cbcp-unirdg.bsky.social @warburginstitute.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social

It's here, and it's live -- our Spring 2026 Seminar Series has just been announced. All welcome! www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi... @srsrensoc.bsky.social @cvc-rhul.bsky.social @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social @labnf.bsky.social @leuvenup.bsky.social

Why does La Barbe Bleue end with two morals—and what does that have to do with the Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes? In my upcoming February talk, I will explore how Perrault’s paired moralités function as emblematic riddles. #EarlyModern #FairyTales @uofgsmc.bsky.social

Farage arrives in Scotland today, and it should make our collective stomach heave that this repulsive, dangerous extremist has crossed the border. Amid scapegoating schoolkids and allegations of antisemitism anyone who supports this man is morally in the gutter My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

Lucy Havard (@caiuscollege.bsky.social) on Early Modern household compilations for the preservation of the body. Putting the surgeon’s word into practical context… @howtobooks.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social

James Fox (@uofgsmc.bsky.social) on Sammelbände as curation of household how-to knowledge.

The second meeting of the Take me and Make it Happen project on how-to books is about to start. Excellent hosting by the Herzog August Bibliothek, with an exciting programme ahead. Kudos to Prof Laurence Grove, attending online from San Diego (with the time difference, that’s commitment!).

Alina Lange and Stefan Laube speak of their work on the how-to book research project (howtobook.eu), a Stirling Maxwell Centre and Herzog August Bibliothek collaboration funded by DFG and the AHRC. @howtobooks.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @dfg.de @ukri.org @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social

Books tell stories beyond the text 📚 Join Dr Shanti Graheli of @uofgartshums.bsky.social & the Mitchell Library's Susan Taylor at a Books “Antiques” Roadshow at The Mitchell Library, part of a series of events for Being Human Festival. Drop in, bring a book and share its story 📷 Martin Shields

Earlier this summer, project members Billy Grove and @luisgomes.bsky.social introduced our project at the 13th Society for Emblem Studies conference in Vienna. Read more here: howtobook.hypotheses.org/4453 #howto #emblems #conference

New on our #blog: @jamesafox.bsky.social explores the unique #marginalia in a one-of-a-kind 16th-century French arithmetic book from the Herzog August Bibliothek 📖🇩🇪🧮 Read more here: howtobook.hypotheses.org/4415 #bookhistory #rarebooks #knowledge #mathematics

The #SESVienna2025 conference concluding paper, ‘Our fragile planet hanging by a thread’, by Peter Megyeši. Thinking ahead for all.

Dr Pedro Germano Leal’s inaugural paper as the Peter Davies Lectureship in Text/Image Studies at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Welcome, Pedro!

It's official! Delighted to congratulate Prof Alison Adams as the new President of the Society for Emblem Studies. Much gratitude to outgoing President Prof Michael Bath for his sterling guidance and indefatigable support. Bonis auspiciis incipiendum! www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/alciato/embl...

Straight up in the 13th international conference of the Society for Emblem Studies, with the terrific José Julio García Arranz and Ingrid Hoppel on a ‘Private Collection of Editions of Herman Hugo’s Pia Deaideria’. With an adjoining exhibition (with original copies from the collection).

It has started, the long awaited triennial international conference of the Society for Emblem Studies. With Professor Laurence (Billy) Grove delivering the opening plenary. Looking forward to a fruitful week on all things emblems, old and new friends. emblemstudies2025.univie.ac.at

🧵KHM-Theatermuseum shortlisted for ICOM Sustainable Development Practice Award for its digital exhibition "ART-ES. From real life into the world of art" (www.artes-exhibition.digital/exhibition/) Congratulations! We're delighted to be associated to the project (links in comments).

Lecturer in Islamic Studies (R&T) University of Glasgow - College of Arts & Humanities - School of Critical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMO607/l...

Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature University of Glasgow - College of Arts & Humanities - School of Critical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMO644/l...

Thinking about applying for one of our MA courses? Don't miss out on funding – the Peltz and American Friends of the Warburg fellowships close on 25 April! Find out more: warburg.sas.ac.uk/studying/fun... #ArtHistory #CulturalHistory

I’m pleased to say that we’re advertising an open ended lectureship in Early Modern English Literature at Glasgow. Details here, and please share: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

Honestly excited about this. Hilary Macartney and I will be talking about illustrated books from Iberia and the Spanish Habsburg World in the Stirling Maxwell Collection. Come and meet this incredible archive! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1300545629... @uofgsmc.bsky.social @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social

We’re on. Two solitudes in Canada across genres, concepts, identities, and challenges therein. With Chris Reyna-Chikuma.

Concluding our Stirling Maxwell Centre Spring 2025 Seminar series: Chris Reyns-Chikuma (@ualberta.bsky.social) on 'Comics world/s in Canada: beyond the two solitudes'. Expanding the Canadian concept of the “two solitudes” (Hugh MacLennan, 1945). In-person and online. www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi...