Applications are now open for 2026-27 Fellowships at IASH! Apply via the portal on our website: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/application-... This round (for visits between August 2026 and July 2027) closes on 27 Feb for mid-career/senior scholars, and on 24 Apr for postdoctoral/early-career researchers.

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.

Looking for a Christmas gift for arts and culture lovers? You can get 25% off our stunning collection of feminist visual art and creative writing, "The Art of Being Dangerous", with code DECEMBER25 on the publisher's website: lup.be/book/the-art...

In conversation with Laurie Ogden, Flo O'Mahony, Artistic Director of Zoo Co and sister to Rachel O'Mahony, explains the journey of bringing Perfect Show for Rachel back for a UK tour: following Rachel's leadership while the show grows and changes, with those involved changing with it!

Giveaway! 🎉 We're offering four copies of our new book, Women Who Dared, which spotlights powerful and defiant women who made their mark. Want to win a copy? Here's how to enter:  1. Like this post ❤️ 2. Repost 🔄 🕔 Entries close 5pm GMT on 31 Oct 🔗 Browse Women Who Dared:

A brand new essay collection, published by @edinburghup.bsky.social, edited by @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social & @joshaw.bsky.social foreword by @sarasheridan.bsky.social Join the book launch on Tue, 4 Nov 17:30 📍@iashedinburgh.bsky.social Free 🎟️(in person & online)👇womenwhodared.eventbrite.co.uk

Tue 4 Nov, 17:30 - "Women Who Dared: From the Infamous to the Forgotten" from @edinburghup.bsky.social. Edited by @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social & @joshaw.bsky.social with a foreword by @sarasheridan.bsky.social Free tickets: womenwhodared.eventbrite.co.uk (in person and online)

Out now! Our latest book, "Women Who Dared", is released today from Edinburgh University Press. You can purchase direct from @edinburghup.bsky.social via their website or at all good bookshops: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-women-w...

Deadline approaching for our playwright-in-residence programme for 2026 with @traversetheatre.bsky.social! 🎭 Applications are due by 5pm UK time on Monday 29 Sept. Full details of the £12,000 commission: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iashtraverse...

Aye Write book festival I'm really excited to be featuring on a panel at the Aye Write Book festival, following the publication of Women Who Dared, From the Famous to the Forgotten, published by Edinburgh University Press. 'This is a vibrant, defiant and deeply human collection of stories about…

A vital article, identifying a depressing trend that’s become a certainty in recent years. Yesterday I watched five pieces of new writing *in a row* that backed up Lyn’s eagle-eyed thesis.

Special Fringe Event: Monday 11 August at the Traverse Join some of Scotland’s best playwrights in conversation with @fergusmorgan.bsky.social from 4pm www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve...

Two splendid Traverse shows - Lost Lear is a heartbreaking spin on the dementia play with lots of tricks up its sleeve; Rift combines super-tight performances with a killer script. Check them both out!

Two Fringe shows from today that are worth your money: Kanpur: 1857 at Pleasance Courtyard is a slow burn but tells an important story. Fab tabla accompaniment. DUSK/NIGHT/DAWN at Assembly Roxy really won me over by the end - doing something new and exciting with pole dance. Some gorgeous imagery.

This letter is already at over 1000 signatures, showing the level of support in UK academia for these students - and hopefully increasing pressure on the Home Office and FCDO. Still open to sign.

Why use an AI-gen image that’s overtly sexist for a book calling for chapters on “Shakespeare and the politics of gender”? Why use an AI-gen image prompted by Venetian carnival/Commedia for a Shakespeare collection? Why use an AI-gen image at all? Pay. Artists. Properly.

‘Stone suits the poetry. Or perhaps it’s the other way round. I think poetry suits stone, more than it suits paper, certainly more than it suits a screen. The poetry releases something latent in the stone.’ New: Kathleen Jamie visits the Canongate Wall in Edinburgh. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...

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@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social @matpringle.bsky.social Could either of you add me to the Unbound WhatsApp? I can DM my number if you follow me. My book is “Dangerous Women” from 2022. Thanks!

Excited to say that "Neurodiversity: A Very Short Introduction" written by myself and @suereviews.bsky.social is finally ready to preorder! Afaik the first general academic introduction covering the ND movement, ND studies, and applications of ND theory in practice. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Tickets are still available for our conversation with playwright and screenwriter David Harrower on Friday 4 April at 11am at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social He'll talk about his new series "Lockerbie: A Search for Truth", starring Colin Firth. Join us! efi.ed.ac.uk/event/in-pur...

2025 marks 55 years since the first Fellows arrived at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities ( @iashedinburgh.bsky.social) at the University of Edinburgh. To mark its 55th anniversary, the Institute is planning a series of events - all info, programme & tickets 👇

"Desert Future" A film screening and discussion exploring climate fiction, environmental humanities, history of science and Black/Africana studies. Part of the Edinburgh Science Festival, Friday 11 April at 7pm. www.edinburghscience.co.uk/event/desert...

I made a book! Happy International Women’s Day!

Very pleased to have a chapter on theatre for young audiences in The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Theatre, which has just been published: global.oup.com/academic/pro... Huge thanks to editors Randall Stevenson and Greg Walker!

hello bluesky, if you have children and/or like fun music (written with and for kids) Sprog Rocks debut album BORN READY is out today. You can get it on Bandcamp (or most of the other places) sprogrock.bandcamp.com/

50% off our brilliant 2021 volume, "The Art of Being Dangerous", edited by @joshaw.bsky.social and @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social! Use code BOOKSALE25 to get 50% off select print books in Art. This offer is valid on online orders via www.lup.be until 28 Feb. Buy the book: lup.be/book/the-art...

Why take a baby to the theatre? Alice Saville writes about the joys of attending live performances with some very, very badly behaved audiences at ENO, Polka Theatre and @newdiorama.bsky.social

Overexcited about my feed-making ability, I’ve now made one for Edinburgh! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Loved “Past Lives” this evening: knockout performance from Greta Lee and a superbly confident debut from Celine Song.

Hello BlueSky! I'm a UK-based contemporary theatre researcher with interests in non-traditional audiences (babies, for example). I also manage the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh: www.iash.ed.ac.uk Thanks @suereviews.bsky.social for the invite!