Come and work with us at Glasgow! Full time permanent post in History of Art: lecturer in material and visual culture with specialism in dress history or textile history. Details below 👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQR311/l...
It's a great series. I hope this episode makes people rethink their shopping choices.
Very honoured to be included in this beautiful documentary Human Footprint, PBS. Ep 3 “Dressed to Kill” looks at the impact of fashion on the planet. It includes a brief appearance from me and an even briefer appearance from Obi (stage name ‘Margo’ 😂). Full episode: www.pbs.org/video/dresse...
A must-see exhibition Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine @vadundee with @art_jameel @palmuseum & @vamuseum. Beautiful embroideries, powerful messages of heritage and identity in the face of adversity.
1: taqsireh jackets.
2: Dress from Beit Nabala c1920-30, Palestinian Museum Collection.
Another new book related to the history of capitalism, the textile industry, and transatlantic ties:
Thank you, Kate! ☺️
Thank you!
Thank you Alden! ☺️ I hope you’re well x
It’s here! And it matches the colour of my living room! A huge thank you to everyone who helped get to this point. It is quite surreal to have it sitting on my shelf. If you, too, want a copy (matching walls not provided) head over to edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-transat...
Another North American sighting! Thanks @sethrockman.bsky.social ☺️
It’s here! Or, at least it’s in Canada! First sighting of Transatlantic Threads out in the wild. 🤗
AHRC-funded PhD at University of Aberdeen/NMS: "Collecting Australia: colonial consumption and the display of Australia in Scotland during the long 19th century", focusing on colonial-era collections in Edinburgh @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social . Please share widely! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Excellent cardigan 👌
April was the month for squeezing in some new research. Trips to the British Museum and the Royal Collections Trust Prints and Drawings Room at Windsor Castle, and a new notebook have fully awakened that new project feeling!
Registration for Material Scotland: Stana Nenadic Memorial Conference is now open! Full details can be found here:
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Registration for Material Scotland: Stana Nenadic Memorial Conference is now open! Full details can be found here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/material-s...
Transatlantic Threads: Scottish Linen and Society c1707-1780, is available for preorder now from @edinburghup.bsky.social
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-transat...
It was acquired by National Galleries Scotland just a few years ago. There is more info here: www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-arti...
Book cover with blue border and white font that reads “Transatlantic Threads: Scottish linen and society c.1707-1780” by Sally Tuckett. The image is a watercolour sketch of a woman standing barefoot on a cobbled street. She wears a blue petticoat and white gown, with a blue and white checked apron.
Transatlantic Threads is now available for preorder! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-transat...
Use code NEW30 for 30% discount. @edinburghup.bsky.social
Image: David Allan (1744-1796) thought to be one of earliest known portraits of a black woman by a Scottish artist. Nationalgalleries.org
PASSAGE is recruiting for two fixed-term posts to join me working on 18thC records of enslavement
1) Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/aZwqn
2) Project Cataloguer (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/6aSpz
If you have questions, please let me know & please circulate widely!
Send abstracts for this workshop on textiles and empire happening in Glasgow in September! #textiles #history
Photo of Bob Morris on a sunny day by the sea
We're honoured to share a special collection of articles on Bob Morris' contributions to historical research 🧵
#UrbanHistory #Skystorians
CFP deadline extended to Feb 7!
There’s still time to submit an abstract for Material Scotland. Abstracts of 200 words and bios of 50 words can be sent to me at sally.tuckett@glasgow.ac.uk
See post below for more details.
Hope you’re ok!
Sounds wonderful - looking forward to seeing it! ☺️
Thanks, Sophie ☺️
Much better!
Afraid not, but plenty of chat about spinning!
Destiny! 😀
Typescript of front part of book titled ‘Transatlantic Threads: Scottish Linen and Society, c1707-1780’ with a pen laid on top.
The only word that truly reflects the simultaneous feelings of joy, relief and utter terror at receiving proofs of your book is “Eeeeep!”
‘Transatlantic Threads: Scottish Linen and Society, c.1707-1780’ is one step closer to being unleashed. @edinburghup.bsky.social