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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · 2d

It’s another action-packed programme this week, with a whole host of lectures, book launches and seminars!

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · 5d

The Department of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews invites applications for the Donald Bullough Fellowship to be taken up during either semester of the academic year 2026-2027.

The closing date for applications is Monday 1 December 2025.

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Dr Jacob Baxter @ernestjeb.bsky.social · 14d

It’s a pleasure to appear alongside such a great group of scholars in ‘The People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England’, overseen by the brilliant @elementaladam.bsky.social, Rachel Stenner and Kaley Kramer.

You can read it for free over the next two weeks here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · 9d

We have got a packed programme of seminars this week!

St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · 12d

Laura Incollingo, Postdoctoral Research Assistant with the COMLAWEU project, has an article in the latest issue of @historytoday.com!

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · 15d

The first Modern History Postgraduate Seminar of the semester takes place at 5.15 this evening.

It will be presented by co-organiser Emilie Aebischer, and she will be talking about ‘Friedrich Meinecke, Reinhart Koselleck and the “Crisis of Historicism”’.

St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · 19d

Some great news to end the week with!

We have topped The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 for History!

You can find out more here: news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/times/

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · 19d

Dr Gamze Yavuzer Eper is organising a workshop on "Legal Pluralism in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire", which will be taking place on 27 September 2025 from 10am to 1pm.

St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · 21d

Do you remember the 21st night of September?

Our latest blog post, by PhD Candidate, Research Assistant and Blog Editor, Chloe Akers-Brewer is all about the celebration of September name days: www.ustc.ac.uk/news/felix-n...

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · 23d

Further information can be found here: news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/st-a... (4/4)

St Andrews top in Scotland and second in the UK | University of St Andrews news

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · 23d

“This is a fantastic result for the School, especially our 97.1% student satisfaction rate for teaching! This ranking reflects the exceptional commitment of all our staff and students to fostering teaching and learning at the very highest level”. (3/4)

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · 23d

Professor Caroline Humfress, Head of the School of History said: “This is a fantastic result for the School, especially our 97.1% student satisfaction rate for teaching!” (2/4)

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · 23d

No. 1 in the UK for History!

The School of History at the University of St Andrews has been ranked No. 1 in the UK in The Guardian University Guide 2026! (1/4)

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · Sep 8

Are you an undergraduate heading into your third year and want to know more about the step up to honours? Well, Academic Skills for Honours is here to help! These two sessions will tell you all you need to know about the nature of honours modules.

St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · Sep 4

Orientation Week begins on Monday and we are really looking forward to welcoming our new students, and to seeing some familiar faces as well.

Pier Walk at St Andrews, c. 1940-5, Image Courtesy of the University of St Andrews Library, ID 1983-1-1
#EvertoExcel

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · Sep 3

The schedule for our Academic Skills Programme for sub-honours students is out now! These workshops are designed to help first- and second-year undergraduates improve a wide range of skills, from reading primary sources to preparing for exams.

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · Sep 2

We are delighted to announce that Professor Sara Beam from the University of Victoria will be joining us this semester as our Cameron Fellow! Professor Beam will also give a paper as part of our Early Modern and Reformation Seminar on 20 November.

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · Sep 1

📣 #CfP: "Death and Bereavement in Early Modern Britain, 1520–1689"

Join us for a one-day conference at the University of St Andrews on 26 June 2026. The keynote speaker is Professor Alec Ryrie.

The deadline for proposals is 11 December 2025. #EarlyModernHistory #skystorians

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · Aug 29

We have really been enjoying Roots and Branches, the ideas podcast with Selma Sondern from our Institute of Intellectual History! You can listen to the first two episodes on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0TA8vwp...

Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Universal Short Title Catalogue @universalstc.bsky.social · Aug 25

Ellen Robertson, a Book History MLitt student @standrewshist.bsky.social, has written on her fascinating research on a book of metrical psalms with extensive manuscript annotations held in the Special Collections @uniofstandrews.bsky.social!
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Detail of the printed musical annotations in University of St Andrews’ copy of Sternhold, Thomas, Whitingham, William, Hopkins, John, The Whole Booke of Psalmes, collected into English Meter, (London, 1583), Bib BS1440.S8B83.

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · Aug 20

Taking place at the Saxo Institute at the University of Copenhagen, this conference is co-organised by Ariane Fichtl, who was recently a Postdoctoral Researcher here in the School of History! It also features our very own @emilymichelson.bsky.social as a keynote speaker. (2/2)

St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · Aug 20

The call for papers for ‘Religious Embodiment and Conversion Practices in Early Modern Europe and Beyond, 1500-1800’ is now open! (1/2)

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · Aug 15

The St Andrews Historian is our annual alumni magazine and we would love to hear from you! If any alumni want to share any professional, personal or academic milestones, please contact us at [email protected]!

Image courtesy of the University of St Andrews Library, ID: ms38426/2

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · Aug 13

Anyone in St Andrews over the last few days will have noticed the Lammas Fair. How much has it changed since 1905?

Image Courtesy of St Andrews Library, ALB-27-10-2.

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Universal Short Title Catalogue @universalstc.bsky.social · Aug 8

'Well, sir, learn to jest in good time; there's time for all things'-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

☛ New on the blog: ‘By a Lover of Ha, Ha, He’: Jest Books in a Cambridge Auction Catalogue by Anna Grace Gragg (MLitt student @standrewshist.bsky.social) 🃏📖😆

ustc.ac.uk/news/by-a-lo...

An etching by William Hogarth entitled 'The Laughing Audience', dated to 1733. In the scene an audience of people is depicted in a theatre, there are people seated in rows in the foreground, mostly men in wigs, all of whom are laughing. The upper register depicts the balcony seats were men flirt with women who are selling something out of baskets. There are lit candle sconces on the walls.

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