Manchester University Press is proud to launch Radical Histories, a new series dedicated to the individuals, movements and ideas that have challenged political, social and cultural authority.
Call for proposals now open. Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/04...
All are welcome to these talks from the African Atlantic Lives and Visual Culture Research Network taking place from 28th April.
Learn more:
Got there first ✈️
Research funding for historians: the Society currently invites applications for 5 grant programmes: to support individual and project-based research by historians across a range of career stages bit.ly/4vzzNeB.
Closing dates for eligible applicants fall between 8 May and 5 June 2026 #Skystorians
Wow!
The CFP for Dickens Day 2026 is live! We warmly invite proposals linked to this year’s theme of “Dickens and family” (both in his life and work). The deadline is 15 June, and the day itsef will be on Saturday 10 October at Senate House, London. All are welcome!
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
“The silver of old mirrors slightly foxed
with float glass made on a molten pool of tin
holds us tightly locked in its cool…”
Join us for some Creative Conversations!
Professor Alan Riach will be in conversation with the poet-scholar Roderick Watson.
@asls.org.uk
www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi...
Soillse air Alasdair MacIlleathain, ùghdar fìor shoirbheachail eadarnàiseanta le Gàidhlig
MacLean thought he could have written better in Gaelic than English. BBC Alba’s “Alistair MacLean – An Sgeulaiche” celebrates his work & laments his loss to Gaelic literature
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIAU...
@victorianmasc.bsky.social
Would be interested!
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).
19–28 June 2026 Midsummer Nights | 59 Degrees North | Made in Orkney
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...
Artwork featuring a standing central female figure in long dress created in a stylised way with intersecting lines and colours
The work of Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1866-1933) of the Glasgow School, who pushed the boundaries of Art Nouveau #WomensArt
Early morning view through a window from the Garden Arms, Gardenstown, across rooftops towards yhe headland, Troup head, and the sea.
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...
Illustration of a woman, with characteristic 'Gibson Girl' updo, carrying a serving tray. Lying on the serving tray, steaming as if recently removed from the oven, but otherwise smiling and unperturbed, is a small cherubic child with wings and legs in the air.
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 ehu19place@outlook.com ✨️
@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
British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Deadline: 3 June 2026 Independent Scholars Deadline: 27 May 2026
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
Looking forward to attending!
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