Claire Squires
@clairesquires.bsky.social
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Director of SGSAH. Professor of Publishing Studies at Stirling. Ullapoolist. 50% of Blaire Squiscoll. She/Her.
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Fantastic to meet the new @sgsah.bsky.social PhD cohort today at @vadundee.bsky.social, including a talk about the Thread Memory exhibition of Palestinian embroidery by SGSAH PhD researcher Leena Nammari, who has work included
V&A Dundee from outside The Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine exhibition (viewed by SGSAH researchers) Leena Nammari’s work Absence does not mean forgetting; with each clay tablet representing a destroyed Palestinian village, with a cypress tree motif
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Labour must cease aiding and abetting war criminals, and end all arms sales to Israel.
Channel 4. UK arms received by Israel reach record high value in 2025. A graph shows the rapidly increasing value of UK arms exports to Israel.
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clairesquires.bsky.social
Fantastic to meet the new @sgsah.bsky.social PhD cohort today at @vadundee.bsky.social, including a talk about the Thread Memory exhibition of Palestinian embroidery by SGSAH PhD researcher Leena Nammari, who has work included
V&A Dundee from outside The Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine exhibition (viewed by SGSAH researchers) Leena Nammari’s work Absence does not mean forgetting; with each clay tablet representing a destroyed Palestinian village, with a cypress tree motif
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⭐ Free PhD training event ⭐

➡️ Coding Literacy for Historians in the Age of AI
📅 17-18 Oct
📍 St Andrews
👥 For PhD students at Scottish HEIs

🔗 Details & registration: spatialhistory.net/info/coding....
clairesquires.bsky.social
Fantastic to meet the new @sgsah.bsky.social PhD cohort today at @vadundee.bsky.social, including a talk about the Thread Memory exhibition of Palestinian embroidery by SGSAH PhD researcher Leena Nammari, who has work included
V&A Dundee from outside The Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine exhibition (viewed by SGSAH researchers) Leena Nammari’s work Absence does not mean forgetting; with each clay tablet representing a destroyed Palestinian village, with a cypress tree motif
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Looking forward to hearing about it!
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Grateful to have spent a week at the University of Warsaw’s Current Debates in Publishing Studies Summer School earlier this month – a fantastic programme of insightful sessions, engaging discussions and even some sightseeing…

Huge thanks to all involved and @sgsah.bsky.social for funding the trip!
A modern atrium with tall glass windows and vertical green vines. A slate board with beef tartare, egg yolk and mustard alongside a blue-coloured hardback book called ‘Murder at the MLA’ and a bread basket. Aerial view of Warsaw's Old Town, featuring colourful historic buildings, a wide plaza with people, and a clear blue sky. 
Steinway grand piano in a small concert room with floral wallpaper and ornate mirrors.
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⭐️ New Featured Researcher: Mahtab Karami ⭐️

PhD @dundee.ac.uk in Gendered Aesthetics & Feminism. Her thesis, Comparative Gendered Aesthetics in Contemporary Afghan painting (post-1970), explores art, gender & resistance in Afghanistan & beyond.

🔗 Read more: sgsahresearch.com/featured-res...
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The SGSAH September 2025 newsletter is here 📨

In this issue:
➡️ Meet SGSAH's next Director
➡️ EARTH Scholarships Coordinator role
➡️ Black History Month events
➡️ Highlights from the SGSAH Blog

...plus much more.

🔗 Read it here: mailchi.mp/sgsah/newsle...
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Celebrate Scotland’s #BlackHistoryMonth2025 with us + @sgsss.bsky.social!

Free, online student talks showcasing cutting-edge doctoral research on race, culture & identity across Arts & Social Sciences.

8th, 17th + 24th Oct, 2pm start. Open to all ✨

➡️ tockify.com/sgsah/detail...
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Coming Next Month: The 2025 Palestinian Liberatory Book Fair

The second Palestinian Liberatory Book Fair is set to take place October 17-19. The PLBF promises three days of interviews, talks, panels, workshops and readings centering the Palestinian struggle; organizers answered a few questions…
Coming Next Month: The 2025 Palestinian Liberatory Book Fair
The second Palestinian Liberatory Book Fair is set to take place October 17-19. The PLBF promises three days of interviews, talks, panels, workshops and readings centering the Palestinian struggle; organizers answered a few questions about this year's fair.
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clairesquires.bsky.social
Saddened by the death of Tony Harrison but grateful for the A Level English teacher - Dr Richard Bateson - who set us V to read only a short while after it was written. A coruscating, meditative text that made my class see poetry can be about the political here and now www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v0...
Tony Harrison · Poem: ‘V.’
www.lrb.co.uk
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🌍 We’re hiring! 🌍

SGSAH seeks a doctoral researcher in the Arts & Humanities to coordinate impact activities from the EARTH Scholarships (2023–25), incl. a 2026 symposium + report.

Apply by 16 Oct 👉 www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/sgsah-ea...

@britishcouncil.bsky.social
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hannahkateboast.bsky.social
In case anyone hasn't already seen: 34 of the Gaza students with scholarships at UK institutions arrived this week, including a student who is due to start a PhD with me at Edinburgh. I'm so grateful to everyone who helped with this - thousands of people. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘A surreal journey’: Palestinian students evacuated from Gaza arrive in UK
First 34 students, who have full scholarships, welcomed after months of campaigning by academics and others
www.theguardian.com
clairesquires.bsky.social
A great evening at @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social hearing about The Two Roberts as fabulously told by @damianbarr.bsky.social - here signing with their portrait @canongate.co.uk
The book cover of The Two Roberts by Damian Barr Damian Barr signing books, with a portrait of the two Roberts in the background
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📢 We’re delighted to announce Professor Maria Fusco as the next Director of SGSAH

An award-winning writer & interdisciplinary leader @dundee.ac.uk, she joins us in January 2026

👉 More in our press release: www.sgsah.ac.uk/about/news/h...

#ArtsandHumanities #PhDTraining @uofgartshums.bsky.social
clairesquires.bsky.social
I’m delighted that Prof Maria Fusco will be the next Director of @sgsah.bsky.social - she’ll take over in January 26 - wish her well everyone, she’ll be brilliant! bsky.app/profile/sgsa...
sgsah.bsky.social
📢 We’re delighted to announce Professor Maria Fusco as the next Director of SGSAH

An award-winning writer & interdisciplinary leader @dundee.ac.uk, she joins us in January 2026

👉 More in our press release: www.sgsah.ac.uk/about/news/h...

#ArtsandHumanities #PhDTraining @uofgartshums.bsky.social
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⭐ Host a PhD Researcher in 2026 ⭐

We support paid internships & artist residencies, enabling Arts & Humanities researchers to spend up to 3 months with an organisation.

Benefit from expertise, creativity & fresh perspectives – while supporting future research leaders!

👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
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katiemaclean.bsky.social
My time as Glasgow Zine Library's funding intern has come to an end! I am so grateful to @sgsah.bsky.social for offering paid internships for PGRs. The team at GZL were so welcoming and attentive to my development needs (I leave the role with a PVG, 420+ hours of experience, and SO MANY ZINES)
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Great to see several SGSAH researchers presenting their work at this conference—including @eilidhfinlayson.bsky.social & @ebbastrutzenbladh.bsky.social. Wishing everyone a fantastic event!