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Read the latest blog for Landscapes of Protest, a research project funded by the @leverhulme.ac.uk! In this most recent post, co-lead Carl Griffin reflects on what brought him to Scottish history & the study of Highland resistance, bit.ly/4aNibUx @juliettedesportes.bsky.social

Thank you to @conteurohistory.bsky.social for publishing this piece on international solidarity between German and Scottish agricultural workers during the Kapp Putsch.

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

Last week, Scotland’s three islands councils – Orkney Islands Council, Shetland Islands Council and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar - turned 50. How did they come to be established, and how have they changed the governance landscape of Scotland’s islands? A short thread of findings from my PhD thesis.

Can't even avoid this in the archives

Visiting Hida Folk village illustrated some interesting parallel experiences between Northern Scotland and Hilda, Japan. Both, as low grain producing areas, found specialisation in textiles and beef production allowing for the continued existence of a peasant class into the 20th century

I don't know who's responsible for the Junge Welt stickers in Falkirk but I'd appreciate some context

The land policy of the Scottish executive of the labour party in 1918 makes interesting reading — particularly in terms of its scope and scale.

There's a strong argument for the Labour History Archive being the most fun to visit

Ian Gasse (1948-2024): Scottish labour historian sslh.org.uk/2024/11/28/i...