6 May, 7pm @blackwells.bsky.social Edinburgh: launching The Shortest History of Scotland, @oldstpublishing.bsky.social
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The Roots and Fruits of Scotland’s Global History - Professor Murray Pittock - 28 January 2026 YouTube video by Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow

Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow lecture on 'The Roots and Fruits of Scotland's Global History' now available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxjd...

Recording a diverse and engaging podcast with Jackie Bird for Love Scotland today on The Shortest History of Scotland, everything from the Casket Letters to the Loch Ness Monster @oldstpublishing.bsky.social

Thank you !

A core element is the competitiveness of local councils & their projects compared to GMC. City Region identity is not clearly delineated. It's not a Labour/SNP question, it's a cultural question.

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

Just in print-available in the shops soon for £14.99, launch events in Edinburgh and Glasgow to come, first podcast recording with Jackie Bird for National Trust for Scotland @empirepoduk.bsky.social @historia-hwa.bsky.social @uguelphscottish.bsky.social @iassl.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social

@paulinemackay.bsky.social 's outstanding development of Intangible Cultural Heritage research in the context of the Burns Supper is giving us info on the practices of the BS worldwide we never had before. Presenting on it this morning to the Scottish Government's international advisory committee

Thank you Michael !

Thank you !

Very pleased to receive the Lifetime Innovator award of University of Glasgow for work in cultural heritage policy, literary tourism, museum innovation & economic impact @sahavoice.bsky.social @eassh.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social @brirechamber.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @mimuofg.bsky.social

In fact subject experts are frequently adept, but they are not asked because they do not endorse unrealistically novel and conspiracy theories but are balanced and nuanced. There is a market for that, as Radio 4's In Our Time demonstrates. The issue is not with the experts, it is with media framing

Looking forward to engaging with Smart City theory and successes today in Edinburgh with Scotland's @tcddublin.bsky.social alumni and charting the contribution of today's Dublin to the Smart City

The size of these industries in the UK represents a big opportunity. s the EU moves to FP 10 in the shadow of the Draghi & Letta Reports, there is an opportunity to ensure Europe's enduring edge in culture and heritage receives the right research support @eassh.bsky.social @brirechamber.bsky.social

Coming on 5 May: 'The best available history of Scotland'-Jeremy Black. @oldstpublishing.bsky.social @unseenhistories.com @iassl.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @scothistorysociety.bsky.social @empirepoduk.bsky.social @historia-hwa.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social @alanlester.bsky.social

Congratulations Willie- it is an extraordinary frame breaker of a book !

Congratulations to Professor Crawford Gribben of @qubhistory.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on his election as @ria.ie . Crawford's work on the importance of belief, eschatology and theology to historical identities is groundbreaking @paulinemackay.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social

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In the last stages of readying my address on Saturday in Edinburgh on 'Smart Cities are Nothing New' & keynote for the iSchools conference-also in Edinburgh-'From Analogue Edinburgh to Digital Futures: Enlightenment & the Smart City Legacy and Brand' @ahallardyce.bsky.social @uofgied.bsky.social

So true & there are so many Americans who don't see it.

Another great idea to support Scott in schools from the Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club.

Lovely memorial service today for Mark Dennis, umquhile Ormond Puirsuivant & Ross Herald Extraordinary. Dignified & affectionate, eulogy from the Lord Lyon. Mark encouraged the St Andrews Soc of San Francisco to sponsor Scot Romanticism in World Lit conference in 2006@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

Looking forward to speaking next week in Prague on 'Scottish art, architecture and culture 1870-1914' as part of the Czech Beyond Security project & as part of my Yale
project on Scotland: the Cultural History @sahavoice.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social
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Thank you @claireconnolly.bsky.social !

Thank you !

Awards for IASSL members: @murrayp.bsky.social (@glasgow.ac.uk) has been awarded the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow’s Glasgow Medal and the honorary degree of D.Litt. from @robertgordonuni.bsky.social in Aberdeen.

Photo: Prof. Pat Monaghan presents the Glasgow Medal

Very useful, positive and wide-ranging meeting today. Pleased to meet @benmacpherson.bsky.social in his new role

Westminster 'to consider legislation to remove Andrew from line of succession' It follows Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest on Thursday over alleged misconduct in public office

A few words on this constitutionally unparalleled moment on STV tonight:
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Excellent meeting of Scottish Chapter of @brirechamber.bsky.social in Edinburgh with Irish Consul General Jerry O’Donovan, discussing opportunities in the new Co-operation Framework & prep for Irish Presidency. @sahavoice.bsky.social @uofgnews.bsky.social @ahallardyce.bsky.social @eassh.bsky.social

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