BARS Research and Innovation Event: Applying for Funding Reminder: THIS MONDAY 20 April 2026, 10am-1pm UK time via Zoom Join us: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Just a few days left to apply for our Living with Print in the Eighteenth Century scholarship (full PhD funding for three years), working at Sydney with @nicolaparsons.bsky.social and at Glasgow with me. Full details here: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships.... Deadline 21st April - questions welcome.

Some exciting news: I'm organising an online event on the topic of Dickens on Screen for @dickenssociety.bsky.social! More info on the Society's website 👇. Abstracts of 100-200 words & short bio due by May 11th. The event itself will be on June 6th in the afternoon (East-coast US time).

St Magnus International Festival 2026 19–28 June 2026 marks the 50th St Magnus International Festival, Orkney’s annual midsummer celebration of the arts, featuring a variety of events in literature, music, theatre, dance, & more Programme & tickets now available #Orkney stmagnusfestival.com

Heading along to our fantastic Things Found In Books gig at the University Library on 29th May? To get us all inspired, we looked through a box of material we've found in our Special Collections books! And if you haven't got your (free) ticket yet, then what are you waiting for: stir.ac.uk/ahw

Environmental Scotland IV: Garry Mackenzie & Coinneach Maclean 20 April, free online In this @iassl.bsky.social webinar, writers Garry Mackenzie & Coinneach Maclean will discuss their works concerning Scotland & the environment www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/environmen...

The work of Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1866-1933) of the Glasgow School, who pushed the boundaries of Art Nouveau #WomensArt

Having my breakfast in the private lounge of a tiny C18th inn in which Bram Stoker once stayed, on the edge of the Moray Firth. Just peak everything.

Registration for MBS2026 is now open! Registration link and the conference programme can be found here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

Looking at illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson. I have questions about this one. (1903)

Once again sharing our upcoming EHU19 PGR & ECR conference as the abstract deadline for 1st May is looming closer! We're very lucky to have @drclaireocall.bsky.social as keynote & running a journal workshop! Send any abstracts or queries to [email protected] ✨️ @ehunineteen.bsky.social

Enjoying day 1 of the @officialbaas.bsky.social conference at Uni of Glasgow. There are beautiful buildings, many great talks, and numerous Tunnocks (obvs) #baas2026

The British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants is now open for applications, supported by DSIT, @leverhulme.ac.uk and @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4t0MDRl

🔔⏰Just over 1 month to go! ⏰🔔 Call for papers: Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn' A two-day workshop organised by @andrewseaton.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May. Details in poster below!

En route to @officialbaas.bsky.social conference 2026 @glasgow.ac.uk! Looking forward to presenting my @leverhulme.ac.uk funded research on how the US repatriation of 19thC literary #manuscripts to Britain intersects with 20thC political histories #BAAS2026

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The short story that won the BSFA award at the weekend! Listen to it for the lovely Scottish accent of @elizachanwrites.bsky.social who was exactly the person to be the narrator. And the story might leave you feeling certain ways after, too. 🏙️🦖

What did tennis look like in Shakespeare’s time? 🎾 UofG's Prof Laurence Grove features on the 'That Shakespeare Life' podcast to discuss the history of tennis from Shakespeare’s lifetime. Listen 👇

Join the livestream this Friday 10 April! Keynote speaker: Rob Dunbar (University of Edinburgh) Fantastic line-up of speakers with talks beginning at 1:00pm (EDT). Programme details and the Livestream link can be found here: www.mcgill.ca/can.../canad...

Our programme for summer seminars @ihr.bsky.social is up now! Featuring a v timely paper on American citizenship + immigration at the founding; ancient Greek refugeedom; gypsy and Roma mobility; & cross-confessional solidarity with refugees in early 20thC Britain tinyurl.com/3bxsdy32

PLEASE SHARE ✨ Agnes Owens at 100 ‘Out of the Margins’ celebrates her life & work with exhibitions, events & talks across Milngavie & Alexandria this spring. Join us to rediscover a vital Scottish voice. More details soon! Curated by @sorchadallas.bsky.social @agrayarchive.bsky.social

Absolutely thrilled to share the programme for the study day that I am co-organising on the "Critical Age" in Victorian Popular Fiction. Registration link in the comments. All welcome @vpfa.bsky.social @bavs-uk.bsky.social @cncsi.bsky.social

Registration for VPFA Study Day 'The "Critical Age" in Victorian Popular Literature' is now OPEN! 📍 Online 📅 19th May 2026 🕑 10am-4.30pm (GMT) The study day will also feature a digital humanities workshop with Gale. More info and registration here: victorianpopularfiction.org/the-critical...

BARS 2026 Conference Registration now OPEN! We are pleased to announce that registration for the 2026 BARS Conference, Romantic Retrospection, hosted by the University of Birmingham, is now open.

Delighted to announce that Volume 15 of the Journal of Early Modern Studies is now available online! oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bs...

Today, 6 April, is #TartanDay – a principally North American day of celebration of Scottish heritage, although it’s also marked, unofficially, in Argentina. 6 April was chosen as it’s the date of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320. 1/4

📣Public history prize now open! 👉Read here for more information: socialhistory.org.uk/2026/03/13/p...

Congratulations to the editors and all who contributed to this long-awaited first vol (2 pts) of the History of the Book in Scotland! Great achievement. Proud to be included on Esther Inglis in pt.2, with her portrait highlighting the cover of pt.1. #bookhistory @edinburghup.bsky.social

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Excellent news for the field www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Congratulations to IASSL member Rob Sutton who has just defended his PhD thesis on '"Cultural Jacobitism" in the Writing of Anne Grant (1755-1838)' at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social. The dissertation is available in open access: researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/28...

CFP: Symposium: Irish Traditional Music and its Edges, QUB 24/7/26 To submit a proposal, please fill in the form at the following link, by Friday 10 April 2026. Submission Link: forms.office.com/e/BcZkW4TmBq www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...

It’s almost affordable for normal people in paperback form and is, I think, a good book on Romanticism, humour, selfhood, community, and Romantic legacies today - Rita and I had fun writing it and we hope some of that comes across reading it! It would look great on your university library’s shelf!

The brand new journal ‘Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research’ from @incsa.bsky.social is now LIVE! See here for my editorial which introduces the Forums section, for which I’m the section editor: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Bookings open! It's going to be a fabulous event!

Had a really wide-ranging and in-depth chat about 20 years in the business with Alistair Braidwood on his excellent podcast. Check it out here. www.scotswhayhae.com/post/20-20-v...

Join us 29 April (9:00–16:30) for Restoring British Nature | The Linnean Assembly 2026. A day of collaboration and action - bringing together voices across science, policy, land, finance & culture to shape the UK’s nature future. Find out more: buff.ly/vOn56WW

VACANCY: 30 month Postdoctoral researcher in Legal History (ERC Consolidator Grant IsThisFrench) (Bordeaux: Université de Bordeaux) [DEADLINE 16 APR 2026] esclh.blogspot.com/2026/04/vaca...

Now available: a call for the Society's next round of 'Public History Grants' and 'Conference Panel Grants', 2026-27: bit.ly/4lNt8ck Public History Grants support collaborative projects by historians working in / outside HE; Panel Grants enable conference attendance on a shared theme #Skystorians

Call for Papers: Politics, Place and Print Culture: The 14th International Walter Scott Conference The University of Edinburgh, Scotland 28 to 30 June 2027, with an optional trip to Scott’s home, Abbotsford House, on 1 July More information: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6395

Looking forward to to giving keynote at @iSchools conference @edinburghnapier.bsky.social tomorrow: what is a Smart City, is it a new thing, and how can its economic power develop cultural and social benefit ? @asls.org.uk @eassh.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @ahallardyce.bsky.social

#BAAS2026 is almost here! Attendees, which panels are you most looking forward to? And, if you're presenting, what will be discussing at the conference?

Just over one week left to submit abstracts for the CoAH PG Conference! Link to submission form: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/YzbADsQhqu

"[Compulsory tights for girls] helps prepare students for life beyond school, where consistent and professional dress expectations are common." This female Oxford professor doesn't own a pair of tights and hasn't worn any since school 50 years ago. Never seen our Vice Chancellor in tights either.

⏳ Two days left The BSHS Small Grants deadline is 31 March - don't miss the chance! Grants of £50–£500 are available to support research activities such as archival visits, research trips, or remote archive assistance. More info & application: bshs.org.uk/grants/#rese...

📢 CFA - 3 Postdoctoral Researchers in Early Modern History (35 months) within the project ‘Travellers’ interactions in early modern Italy’ at the Italian-German Historical Institute in Trento. Deadline: 8 May 2026. jobs.fbk.eu/Annunci/Jobs... Please circulate widely!

MA Scholarship Award for scholars of colour. In 2026, we plan to offer two scholarships of £4,000 each, to contribute to the costs of postgraduate study. This scholarship is open to candidates studying on either a full time or a part time basis. Apply by 15 July 2026 rensoc.org.uk/apply/schola...

Last chance - The Faulkner Studies CFP on Absalom, Absalom! closes today!

Upcoming events with IASSL members: this year's annual John Galt Lecture will be delivered by Robert Irvine @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social on 1 May 2026 at the Wellwood Burns Centre & Museum on 'John Galt and Scotland's Forgotten Revolution.'