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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 1h

📣 NOW ACCEPTING ESSAYS! The Leah Leneman Prize for research on women’s or gender history is open to students & independent scholars. Submit your 8-10k word essay by 22 Dec 2025 📅

Full details: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

Front cover of Leah Leneman's 'The Scottish Suffragettes' featuring an image of an Ewardian woman in front of a 'Womens Freedom League' banner, and a second image of a busy suffrage march with banners that read 'Votes for Women'.

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Dorothy Dunnett Society @dunnettcentral.bsky.social · 22h

Just to alert any members who don't know about it to International Dorothy Dunnett Day, coming up on 8 November: dunnettcentral.org/internationa... There are gatherings arranged in the UK, North America and Australia, and keep an eye on the website for Europe.

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The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social · 5h

🎓 PhD Researchers! Apply for a 3-month paid internship with @sgsah.bsky.social exploring the Alasdair Gray archive. Creative, flexible, self-directed. Deadline: 31 Oct 2025. Open to SGSAH PhDs. www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/202...

The Alasdair Gray Archive

Archival Immersion: A Self-Directed Project at The Alasdair Gray Archive

www.sgsah.ac.uk

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 4h

For anyone in the greater #Glasgow / Renfrewshire area, I have a few talks coming up soon. The next one is Tuesday 28 Oct at 6.30 on #witchcraft in the Shire of Renfrew
Booking info here: www.enjoyeastren.org/events/witch...
#WomensHistory
#crimeandpunishment
#earlymodern
#skyhistory
#skyhistorians

Flyers for "Witchcraft in the Shire of Renfrew" flyer for talk on 28 Oct for East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure

Screenshot from my website with information on upcoming talks:
https://archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/history-talks/

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 1d

#HistNursing

Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 1d

On the blog: “A Hidden History: African women and the British Health Service, 1930–2000” by Olivia Mason. An important read on overlooked contributions to Britain’s healthcare system.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2022 #GenderHist

womenshistorynetwork.org/a-hidden-his...

A Hidden History: African women and the British Health Service, 1930-2000 by Olivia Mason

In a standout piece from Olivia Mason of the Young Historians Project, we hear about the latest project of the group: A Hidden History: African women and the British Health Service, 1930-2000. The …

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 5d

⭐ 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....

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IHR Women @ihrwomen.bsky.social · 7d

The IHR Women's History seminar programme for autumn 2025:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/womens-history is now available. We look forward to seeing you soon!
@clairelanghamer.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 7d

For Scottish Museums Day we recommend revisiting a past blog on Barbara Fairweather, founder of Glencoe Folk Museum - Scotland a rich history of women founded folk museums

womenshistoryscotland.org/2024/06/13/r...

#ScottishMuseumDay

A cosy portrait of Barbara Fairweather relaxing in a chair looking out the window. A ginger cat sits on her lap.

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Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social · 11d

SCOTLAND’S ARCHIVES AND RECORDS: CELEBRATING SUCCESS

SCA is excited to open bookings for its next annual conference on Thursday 20th November in the Mitchell Library, Glasgow.

Find out more and book via: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/sca-a...

SCA ANNUAL CONFERENCE OPEN FOR BOOKINGS! - Scottish Council on Archives

01 October 2025

www.scottisharchives.org.uk

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 11d

RHS funding opportunity: David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People.

The Society's Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj

Closing date for the 2026 Fellowship: 6 March 2026

David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People - RHS

Launched in 2023, the David Berry Fellowship provides an annual award of up to £2,500 to undertake research on the history of Scotland and the Scottish people worldwide. Applications for the 2026 Fell...

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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 10d

Don't miss the fascinating upcoming online seminar on 23rd October at 12 noon UK time. @thinkuhi.bsky.social PhD candidate Evelyn Anderson will explore the provision of healthcare in Shetland before the establishment of the NHS.

tinyurl.com/37sxpt3k

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 12d

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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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 12d

Women's History Today, the journal of the Women's History Network, is looking for new editorial team members.

Academics/independent scholars/PhD students with an interest in taking on a voluntary role, should contact Kate Murphy, Lead Editor, for more information: [email protected]

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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · 12d

Out now! Our latest book, "Women Who Dared", is released today from Edinburgh University Press. You can purchase direct from @edinburghup.bsky.social via their website or at all good bookshops: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-women-w...

Women Who Dared

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Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social · 11d

New P&S mural celebrates the #SuffrageOak planted in 1918 to mark the passing of the Representation of the People Act which gave some women the right to Vote. It's less than a block from the new #treeoftheyear! 🌳#ArgyleStAsh #yardworksglasgow

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 11d

The Scottish Society for Northern Studies day conference is now open for registration with a great line up of speakers #scotland #scandinavia #medievalsky www.ssns.org.uk/events/ssns-...

SSNS 2025 Day Conference - Scottish Society for Northern Studies

We are happy to announce our next in-person conference at 10:45 BST on 22nd November in Arbroath. The conference will be followed by an optional visit to the St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum. There...

www.ssns.org.uk

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 11d

Call for women’s history papers - #histnursing ?

Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 11d

We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 12d

#histnursing WW2 nurse Mary Helen Young helped prisoners escape Nazi occupied France

Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 14d

Today a THREAD👇 of Scottish WWII sheroes who shone in adversity. 1st resistance fighter & nurse Mary Helen Young helped prisoners escape Nazi-occuped France. Killed in Ravensbruck, novelist, Simone St Clair, incarcerated with her said 'she kept her chin up' Mary we salute you./1

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The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social · 15d

Free guided tours of The City exhibition, exploring queer, working-class Glasgow through archives and community stories.
Tours: Oct 3 & Nov 7, 1pm.
Book: [email protected]

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Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social · 19d

Then and Now: Re-membering Scottish BME Works and Lives //

An exhibition celebrating the culture, heritage, and contributions of BME communities in Scotland - reclaiming narratives and shining a light on stories that shape our society.

Part of @blackhistorymonth.org.uk

Poster with a dark brown background featuring a stylised line drawing of a woman in a sari with a red bindi on her forehead. Large green and cream text at the top reads: Then & Now. Below, cream text states: An exhibition re-membering the lives and work of Scottish Black and Minority Ethnic communities.

At the bottom, gold text reads: Glasgow Women’s Library · Welcome Wall · Black History Month · 01 to 31 October 2025 · Opening hours for Glasgow Women’s Library. Logos of Scottish Museum of Empire, Slavery, Colonialism and Migration, Glasgow Women’s Library, Decolonising the Archive, and University of Strathclyde are displayed along the bottom edge.

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Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 18d

We're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference!

📍Online via Zoom
🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026
⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025

See our website for full details 👇

voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project

The Politics of Motherhood: Maternalism, Maternity and Mothering.

Thursday 5 and Friday 6 February 2026, Online Conference.

Ruth Davidson, Anna Muggeridge, Eve Pennington and Beckie Rutherford.

Keynote address by Dr Sarah Crook, Swansea University: ‘Cradles of Discontent: Motherhood as a pathway to activism in modern Britain’.

This conference is supported by a UKRI Future Leaders’ Fellowship ‘Voices of Motherhood’ Project reference MR/Y018184/1 and the University of Worcester.

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Uni of Sheffield Special Collections, Heritage and Archives @uoscollections.bsky.social · 13d

🚨The call for papers for the History and Archives in Practice 2026 conference #HAP26 is now live! 🚨

Along with @ihr.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @royalhistsoc.org we invite you to explore 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research' ⬇️

Call for Participation | History and Archives in Practice 2026

Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical Research

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Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 22d

📣Reminder that the deadline is coming soon!

Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 27d

📢 Reminder: the deadline for the Social History Society Small Grants is coming up soon!

💷 Up to £1000 available to support research, events & activities in social & cultural history

🗓️ Apply by 1 October for events Dec–Apr
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...
✨Apply today!

Small Grants

The Social History Society maintains a Small Grants Fund to support research, events and activities by members of the Society. We give priority to activities and research that would otherwise remai…

socialhistory.org.uk

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 26d

✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us at New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland! Your research, enthusiasm, and supportive spirit made the day a real success 🙏

If you are not yet a member, we invite you to join our community
🔗
womenshistoryscotland.org/membership/

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 24d

We have so much news to share, but first and foremost - our new seminar series kicks off on the 4 October! We'll be at our usual venue at The Foundling Museum with some amazing speakers. Please share: womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/09/17/u...

Upcoming in-person seminar at Foundling Museum, Saturday 4th October, 2025.

We have an upcoming seminar taking place on Saturday 4th October, 2025. In-Person: Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ, Saturday 13.00 for 13:30 – 16:30, British Summer Time (G…

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