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Guelph Centre for Scottish Studies
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Research, graduate training and teaching on Scottish history and Scottish culture, with special emphasis on their global dimensions - at the University of Guelph.

News & Events: https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/scottish
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Hosted online via Zoom!
nemgarrett.bsky.social Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 7d
If you're interested in Scottish national identity, eighteenth-century fashion, and/or women in politics, you may be interested in the paper I'm presenting at the IHR Parliaments, Politics & People seminar next Tuesday. Best of all, it's online!

#eighteenthcentury #womenshistory #Scottishhistory
histparl.bsky.social History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · 7d
On 25 November, Dr Natalie Garrett will be speaking at the next IHR Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar, where they will be presenting on Jane, duchess of Gordon and the Romanticisation of Scottish Identity in London, c.1780-1812.

Find out more and how to attend below:
November 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference
17 Jan @uofglasgow.bsky.social

@glasgowburns.bsky.social’s conference exploring the life, work, & legacy of Robert Burns. This year’s theme is the Burns Supper, a global phenomenon marking its 225th anniversary in 2026
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Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference Logos for the National Trust for Scotland and the University of Glasgow Image shows the head of Robert Burns in stained glass
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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New Voices ECR Visiting Fellowship @abdnriiss.bsky.social

Closing date: 5 December 2025.
abdnriiss.bsky.social Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies @abdnriiss.bsky.social · 7d
A reminder that our fellowship scheme is open for a second year!
abdnriiss.bsky.social Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies @abdnriiss.bsky.social · 22d
We're delighted to announce that, after a very successful first year, RIISS will be hosting a further New Voices ECR Visiting Fellow in 2026. Applications are open until 5th December 2025.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Registration for our 'New Approaches to Writing Women's Histories' event is now LIVE! Please do join us next Wednesday, 5 November 2025 at 4pm GMT for a fascinating discussion with Kaia Alderson and Gráinne Lyons. More details here: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...
Sign up now for our ‘New Approaches to Writing Women’s Histories’ Roundtable Event!
Our Autumn Seminar Series continues next Wednesday, 5 November 2025, at 4pm GMT, with a special roundtable event, New Approaches to Writing Women’s Histories. We are thrilled to welcome Kaia …
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October 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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2025 Frank Watson Book Prize in Scottish History!

Catriona M.M. Macdonald, The Caledoniad: The Making of Scottish History. Edinburgh: John Donald, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., 2024. ISBN: 9780859767200.

Congratulations, Dr. Macdonald! 🏆🎉

Read the jury's citation: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/scottis...
October 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Call for Papers.... UHI Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland Conference 9-10 February 2026 at UHI Perth

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See institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/21/c...
October 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Congratulations, Dr. Cathryn Spence!

Spence is an internationally recognized historian who studies the economic and social lives of women in early modern Scotland. @uguelphhist.bsky.social
uofguelph.bsky.social University of Guelph @uofguelph.bsky.social · Oct 17
Nine #UofG researchers exploring topics from health and sustainability to society, technology and culture have received the 2025 Research Excellence Awards for their significant research, training and knowledge mobilization accomplishments.

@uofgresearch.bsky.social

Learn more: uoguel.ph/60esz
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October 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:
September 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Leith Davis and Kevin James recently launched their edited collection, ‘Shaping Jacobitism, 1688 to the Present' - a multi-disciplinary exploration of Jacobitism and its cultural legacy, bringing together leading scholars who contributed new insights to this landmark volume.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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#UofG | How did a 300-year-old Scottish estate avoid falling victim to a wave of demolitions in the 1940s to 1970s?

Dr. Kevin James discusses the history of Duff House in this @ca.theconversation.com piece.

Read more: theconversation.com/how-a-300-ye...
How a 300-year-old Scottish country estate escaped the wrecking ball
The history of Duff House in northeastern Scotland serves as a reminder that not all country homes in the British Isles faced the same 20th-century fate.
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September 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Join us online today - Wed. 10 September, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) for 'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ delivered by Prof. Robert Dunbar,
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

Free Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1582259584...

#Gaelic #GaelicLanguage #Scotland #Canada
September 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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A recent talk I gave to the Scottish Society for Northern Studies on Earl Harald of Orkney and "12th-century Scoto-Orcadian relations" has been put on YouTube. Includes a new theory about the origins of Harald's branch of the Scottish royal dynasty:
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SSNS Seminar - Scoto Orcadian Relations in the Twelfth century, Dr Neil McGuigan
YouTube video by Scottish Society for Northern Studies
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September 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Professors Leith Davis (Simon Fraser University) and Kevin James (University of Guelph) will present the Keynote Launch, 'The Making of Networking Jacobites and Exploring New Directions in Jacobite Studies', on Tuesday, 2 September, 12pm (EDT) / 5pm (UK).
funkyplaid.bsky.social Darren S. Layne @funkyplaid.bsky.social · Aug 18
The time is nigh! Another fab programme for the JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshop is up and ready to kick off on Tuesday, 2 Sept. Following the keynote launch, we'll have fortnightly sessions on different aspects of Jacobite Studies from a wide range of contributors.

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August 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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"The Many Lives of Duff House" is on YouTube!

Join Prof. Kevin James, @uofguelph.bsky.social, as he explores the extraordinary life and after-life of an 18th-century aristocratic home, Duff House. Consider it a 'Downton Abbey' of North-East Scotland!

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The Many Lives of Duff House - The Weird & Wonderful Story of an Iconic Stately Home
YouTube video by Scottish History Out Of Order
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August 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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📣New Lecture Date!

Join us virtually on Wed. 10 September, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) on Zoom for 'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ delivered by Prof. Robert Dunbar, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

Register on Eventbrite (FREE): www.eventbrite.ca/e/gaelic-in-...
August 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Prof. Kevin James (University of Guelph) will join Prof. Leith Davis (Simon Fraser University) to discuss the publication of their new book, 'Shaping Jacobitism, 1688 to the Present'.

Attend in-person or online!

edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-shaping...

Register on Eventbrite: bit.ly/45TG3Cb
August 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Available to watch online!
August 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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We are delighted to share the release of 'The Many Lives of Duff House', a fascinating podcast produced by The Big Light and Prof. Kevin James in partnership with Historic Environment Scotland - a SSHRC funded project.

🎙️Listen on your favourite podcast player here: pod.link/1831762330
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August 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Happy Birthday @natlibscot.bsky.social! 🎉
#NLS100
natlibscot.bsky.social National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · Aug 7
🥳 Officially 100!

Happy official birthday to us! 🎂

Today we celebrate 100 years of curiosity, discovery, and connection. Thank you for sharing the joy!

#NLS100
August 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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🌟Student Spotlight!

MA candidate Megan is researching the later Scottish Covenanting Movement, looking at testimonies, letters, last words, diaries and life writings to find emotional patterns that would have affected how these women performed and embodied gender. 📖

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August 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Watch online! Available live, then on-demand after the event.
August 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Check out this fascinating blog post by Megan Gamble, MA Candidate at @uguelphhist.bsky.social!

Megan studies the Covenanters through an emotional and gendered lens under the guidance of Dr. Cathryn Spence.
womenshistscot.bsky.social Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · Jul 15
Traditional narratives of the Scottish Covenanting Movement have either sidelined women’s roles or dismissed them. But women were central to the Movement - discover more about their role in our latest blog post!

📖 Read now
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#WomensHistory #ScottishHistory
A Cloud of Witnesses, for the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ, or, The Last Speeches and Testimonies of Those Who Have Suffered for the Truth, in Scotland, since the Year 1680, 1714.
July 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Join some of our Curious Travellers team at the FREE Early Career symposium "Journeys of Curiosity", in Liverpool on 25th September 2025.

Propose your papers by 15th August!
Poster image for "Journeys of Curiosity" Early Career One-Day Symposium, Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX, 25 September 2025: Free Event Shows a Romantic-era illustration of the "New Bridge and Aqueduct, Rhiwabon" The Liverpool Travel Seminar is a collaborative and interdisciplinary research forum launched jointly by Liverpool Hope University, the University of Liverpool, and Liverpool John Moores University in 2007. It provides a constructive environment in which colleagues with interests in travel and travel writing discuss the latest developments in their fields and reflect on future directions. The Seminar enables cross-institutional dialogue and research collaboration at national and international level. This year, we are collaborating with the AHRC-funded ‘Curious Travellers’ project, a partnership between the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies (CAWCS), Glasgow University and the Natural History Museum, London. Curious Travellers explores C18th-C19th travel writing, creating digital editions of previously unpublished tours of Wales and Scotland, and focusing on the journeys of naturalist and antiquarian Thomas Pennant (1726-1798). We invite PhD candidates and early-career scholars working in the fields of travel and travel writing to share their own journeys of curiosity. The event is free to attend and limited funding for bursaries is available. We welcome papers from diverse disciplinary perspectives, theoretical frameworks, cultural contexts and historical periods. Papers can be either 10 or 20 minutes: please send enquiries and abstracts of 300 words and a bio of 150 words to the conference organisers: mary-ann.constantine@cymru.ac.uk and e.edwards@wales.ac.uk by 15 August 2025.
July 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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The Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership (S-CAP) Inaugural Lecture is happening in 2 days!

‘Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ presented by Prof. Robert Dunbar, University of Edinburgh.

Thurs. 26 June, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) on Zoom.

bit.ly/S-CAPLecture...
June 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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The new issue of the International Review of Scottish Studies is now available!

Discover the FREE featured article, 'Westminster Politicians and Rectorial Elections in Scotland's Universities, 1820-1920' by Gordon Pentland.

www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...

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Westminster Politicians and Rectorial Elections in Scotland's Universities, 1820–1920 | International Review of Scottish Studies
This article focuses on the relationship of Westminster politicians to rectorial elections at Scottish universities between the first obviously ‘political’ contest at Glasgow in 1820 and Lloyd George’...
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June 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM