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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 24d

This year’s Sue Innes Memorial Lecture at @womenshistscot.bsky.social conference given by @vawright10.bsky.social on ‘Housing as a ‘Women’s Issue’: Women and Housing Activism in Twentieth Century Scotland.

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Yvonne McFadden @ymcfadden.bsky.social · 24d

Fantastic day @womenshistscot.bsky.social conference. So many exciting papers reflecting all the fantastic work on gender and women’s history happening Scotland and on Scottish subjects. Thanks to all who presented and came along!

Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 25d

✨ Today’s the day! ✨

We’re so excited for the Women’s History Scotland 2025 Conference 🎉 A day dedicated to sharing research, stories, and conversations that highlight women’s voices across history

@ymcfadden.bsky.social @cheadletanya.bsky.social
@rlwilliamson.bsky.social
#WomensHistoryScotland

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 25d

Fascinating paper from @ymcfadden.bsky.social about miners' post-war housing in Ayrshire - insights into how families adjusted moving from two-room living spaces to electrified homes with so much space to fill!

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 24d

Time for the annual Sue Innes memorial lecture - big thank you to @vawright10.bsky.social for sharing your research into women's housing activism 🙌🙌🙌

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Yvonne McFadden @ymcfadden.bsky.social · Aug 14

Registration now open for WHS conference.

For the programme and details on how to register see below. ⬇️

Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · Aug 13

📢 Women’s History Scotland Conference Registration open!

Join us for New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland and the Sue Innes Memorial Lecture given by @vawright10.bsky.social

🗓 Saturday 13 Sept 2025, Kinning Park Complex

Book here 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/women...

Buy tickets – Women’s History Scotland Conference: New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland – Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow

Women’s History Scotland are delighted to announce their one-day conference is taking place on Saturday 13 September 2025 at th...

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Yvonne McFadden @ymcfadden.bsky.social · Jun 30

Still time to submit a paper to the WHS conference.

Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · May 29

📣 Call for Papers: WHS Conference 2025!
🗓️ 13 Sept | 📍 Glasgow | 🧾 Deadline: 1 July

Join us for New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland—our first in-person conference since 2019!

🔗 Info + submission form: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

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WHS Conference 2025 – Women's History Scotland

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Yvonne McFadden @ymcfadden.bsky.social · May 30

Very excited for our first in person conference in September.

Please share widely.

Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · May 29

📣 Call for Papers: WHS Conference 2025!
🗓️ 13 Sept | 📍 Glasgow | 🧾 Deadline: 1 July

Join us for New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland—our first in-person conference since 2019!

🔗 Info + submission form: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

Please share widely!

WHS Conference 2025 – Women's History Scotland

womenshistoryscotland.org

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Yvonne McFadden @ymcfadden.bsky.social · May 22

Still taking applications to our research bursary!

Deadline 31st May.

Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · Mar 10

📢 WHS Research Bursary!

Postgrad, early career, or independent researcher in women's/gender history? Apply for up to £500! Open to those in Scotland or researching Scottish themes.

🗓️ Deadline: 31st May

🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

#WomensHistory #GenderStudies #ResearchFunding

WHS Research Bursary – Women's History Scotland

womenshistoryscotland.org

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · Mar 12

Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery)- The National Archives - Research, Grants and Academic Engagement #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMF251/c...

Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) at The National Archives

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Scottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social · Mar 19

The Society has now reopened its funding schemes, supporting scholars and students in their research, training, travel, and conference organisation - with an emphasis on PGRs and ECRs!

Deadline: 17 May 2025! 📢

For details, see ssns.org.uk/funding/

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Ann-Marie Foster @amfoster.bsky.social · Mar 19

History UK are recruiting disabled historians (and historians who work on disability history) to take part in focus groups to inform their fantastic Disability and History Project - do consider signing up! www.history-uk.ac.uk/projects/his...

History UK Disability and History Project

The History UK Disability and History Project was launched in November 2023 in response to the History UK EDI report which identified disability as an important aspect of EDI work worthy of further…

www.history-uk.ac.uk

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Mar 19

Digital History: permanent post (Lecturer, standard teaching and research contract) at UCL History Department in Digital History. We're a friendly and diverse group with ace access to research resources and diverse, smart and friendly student cohorts. 1/2 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI974/l...

Image depicts an open laptop on top of a wooden desk, with plants depicted behind to the right and left.

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · Mar 13

My colleague @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social and I are delighted to invite applications for a PhD studentship funded by ESRC @sgsss.bsky.social, collaborating partner Scottish Civic Trust. #history #slavery #Glasgow

Full details below.

#skystorians #PhDsky #academicsky www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/...

Spatialising Glasgow’s Involvement in Transatlantic Slaving Economies: A Study of the Historical and Postcolonial Roles and Impacts of the Tobacco Merchant’s House since the 1780s - Scottish Graduate ...

Focusing on Glasgow’s Tobacco Merchant’s House (TMH) at 42 Miller Street, the overarching aim of the project is to offer the first focused and full-length study of Glasgow’s involvement in transatlant...

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Engender @engenderscot.bsky.social · Mar 19

📢 COME JOIN OUR TEAM! We're hiring a full-time 12-month maternity cover for our Equal Representation Development Officer.

🗓️ Deadline: 9am 17th April

💪 We're committed to flexible working - find details & apply online via our website: www.engender.org.uk/jobs/?jobid=19

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Fair Scotland @fairscotland.bsky.social · Mar 14

We're delighted to announce our programme of special FREE events, screenings & walks that celebrate the history of the Dumfries Fairs and highlight their precarious future (22nd-29th March 2025)

Further details and booking information here: bit.ly/DumfriesFair_Events

We'll see you on the 'Sands!

Lucille Pullar speaks on Showpeople culture and heritage at Dumfries' 2024 March Fair. Image courtesy of TS Beall

Archive Image of Dumfries Rood Fair, c1900.

Panorama of Dumfries Rood Fair. Courtesy of TS Beall.

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

Happy 100th 🎂 @youngwomenscot! JOIN US Sat 15 Mar in #Glasgow to celebrate! 🎉Try Mindful Colouring, Badge Making, #Suffragette Trumps & discover more about #STEM trailblazers like Elsie Inglis & Flora Murray👧14-25 yrs get your FREE ticket: buff.ly/atlBsOi

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Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social · Mar 11

Saturday 10 May: Mini East End Women’s Heritage Walk

This one-hour guided walk offers a shorter version of our ever-popular East End Heritage Walk highlighting some of the achievements and struggles of the industrious & resourceful women of Bridgeton & Calton

womenslibrary.org.uk/event/mini-e...

Mini East End Women’s Heritage Walk | Glasgow Women's Library

On this shorter walk, you’ll learn about the women of the Templeton factory, the suffragettes, the brazen women of Glasgow Green, and many, many more!

womenslibrary.org.uk

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · Mar 10

📢 WHS Research Bursary!

Postgrad, early career, or independent researcher in women's/gender history? Apply for up to £500! Open to those in Scotland or researching Scottish themes.

🗓️ Deadline: 31st May

🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

#WomensHistory #GenderStudies #ResearchFunding

WHS Research Bursary – Women's History Scotland

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · Feb 21

If you want to listen to The Energy That Made Modern Scotland podcast you can find it here on Spotify. Although it’s divided into five short episodes, we made it in the style of a radio documentary so it works as a single one hour programme as well.

The Energy That Made Modern Scotland

Podcast · Dominic Hinde · Historian Dr Ewan Gibbs and Sociologist and Writer Dr Dominic Hinde bring alive the story of North Sea energy through archive clips, expert interviews and academic analysis.

open.spotify.com

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EIS @eisunion.bsky.social · Feb 14

Reminder📣

Where Were You At The Time of Section 28/2A?

The EIS is gathering teachers’ experiences for the Stories of Section 28/2A project. Share where you were & the impact it had. 🏳️‍🌈🗨️

Take the survey here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/RCPKFTQ

#LGBTHistoryMonth

Stories of Section 2A/28

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

www.surveymonkey.com

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Maud Anne Bracke @maudannebracke.bsky.social · Feb 22

'History and/as social science'

Call for papers for a fantastic conference by my colleagues at Economic and Social History at University of Glasgow.
Deadline for paper proposal is 14 march, conference in Glasgow on 20/21 may.

royalhistsoc.org/calendar/his...

History as/and Social Science – CALL FOR PAPERS | RHS

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · Jan 27

Our PhD Placement Scheme is BACK!

Call for applications for 3-6 month placements at The British Library. All current PhD students registered with a UK university are eligible. Deadline 21st Feb, 5pm.

For more information, & how to apply, please see our temporary website: www.bl.uk/more/researc...

Research collaboration

The British Library offers opportunities for researchers to collaborate to create new knowledge, with a particular focus on the British Library’s collection, services and infrastructure.

www.bl.uk

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

📣 New Blog Post!

Take a journey through Aberdeen Art Gallery’s Reading Between the Lines: Embroidered Samplers exhibition. Discover women's stories through beautifully stitched pieces🧵

🔗 tinyurl.com/yc4b2vju

#AberdeenArtGallery #EmbroideredSamplers #TextileHistory #HiddenStories

A historical embroidered sampler displayed in a glass case. The sampler features various decorative motifs including letters, numbers, floral patterns, birds, and a stag. The bottom section includes the name 'Isabel Forbes' stitched into the fabric. The embroidery is vibrant with reds, greens, and blues, and is crafted on a brown, aged textile

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · Feb 6

For #NationalStorytellingWeek we have dipped into our blog archive to promote the life and achievements of Dorothy Dunnett, a renowned Scottish historical novelist, painter, and sculptor.

Explore her lasting impact on Scottish cultural heritage here!

➡️https://tinyurl.com/46ka9cue

A black-and-white portrait of Dorothy Dunnett, a smiling woman with short, wavy hair. She has expressive eyes and is wearing a textured sweater.

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · Feb 11

📣It's #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience! Explore Eleanor Gillespie's blog on the scientific contributions of Maria Graham and Marian Farquharson - 19th century women in science 🔬 #WomenInScience #STEMHistory

➡️ womenshistoryscotland.org/2024/07/26/n...

A partially completed oil painting of Maria, Lady Callcott, by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1819). She is depicted wearing a white headscarf and loose white garments. Her dark hair peeks out from under the scarf, framing her face. She has a thoughtful expression, gazing slightly to the side with rosy lips and fair skin. The background is dark and muted, contrasting with the lighter tones of her clothing and face. The lower part of the painting remains unfinished, with visible brushstrokes and areas of exposed canvas. National Portrait Gallery, London.

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