'The skills on offer at the UHI Centre for History, such as developing a keen eye for detail, analysing different information & building structured arguments that are supported by facts and logic are highly transferrable and desirable in many fields' -Ahmed, BA Hons History and Archaeology

Catch our Dr Iain MacInnes on the next episode of BBC Radio 4 podcast 'You're Dead to Me', discussing Robert Bruce! UHI Research BBC Sounds #ThinkUHI

Deadline klaxon! Applications still welcome for two important roles at the RoyalStudiesJournal —Submissions Editor and Production Lead. Please RT, share with colleagues and send in your CV if you’d like to apply. Very happy to chat & answer questions about either role via DM or email

Please read this thread by Dr Lizzie Swarbrick 🇵🇸 about Fowlis Easter church - a remarkable medieval survival that must be preserved for future generations. It illustrates the richness of Scottish pre-Reformation material culture & built hertitage that should be protected in situ

Lovely to receive this today and see our second piece on Katherine Beaumont out in the world alongside work by great historians, including colleagues Lucinda Dean and Rachel Davis! Me and Morvern French will make KB famous yet...! #medievaltwitter #medieval #Scottish #History

If you're heading to the National Trust for Scotland event at Fyvie Castle this Saturday, or you're just interested in the civil wars, you might find this short article I wrote for the Trust a fun read. It provides an overview of the 'battle' and the civil wars. UHI Institute for Northern Studies nts.org.uk/stories/fyvie-…

½ Best of luck to everyone receiving their #examresults this week in #England! Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have already applied for a course with us and need to chat or want to explore your options for applying through #Clearing with us. #ThinkUHI #ResultsDay

Congratulations to UHI Inverness visual communication student Ryan MacLeod, whose design has been chosen as the new official logo of Inverness Town House as part of a drive to market the historic building and enhance its profile: bit.ly/3YD05yy #ThinkUHI #Inverness

.REF 2029 have announced this morning that there will be no requirement for books, edited collections or scholarly editions to be available Open Access to be eligible for REF29. This follows responses to a recent REF consultation. Full statement here: bit.ly/46POdeD

CALL FOR PAPERS! University of Stirling are accepting proposals for speakers at their conference celebrating King David I. The team encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in the programme, and researchers in any stage of their career may apply: socantscot.org/uncategorized/…

If you’re a castle scholar, take a look at this CfP for next year’s IMC_Leeds, organised by Dr Will Wyeth. It’s sure to be a great panel, reflecting on castle studies in the present day 🏰

The Call for Papers for Royal Studies Network sessions at IMC_Leeds 2025 is now live! Abstracts and CVs should be sent to either Zita Rohr or Dr Elena 'Ellie' Woodacre (via email) by September 15 📝 More information is available in the attached CFP 📝

Just starting CourtStudies conference on ‘Courtly Experiences’ in beautiful Olomouc—after intros from our organizers Dr Dustin Neighbors & Dr Patrik Pastrnak, we are on to opening keynote “Acoustic Physiognomies: Identity and Courtly Soundscapes, c.1200-1800” from Professor Karl Kügle

Scotland was a bustling centre of cultural exchange during the Renaissance ⚖️ Learn how knowledge, goods, and ideas flowed between Scotland and Europe in our exhibition 💭 🖼️ Renaissance: Scotland and Europe 1480–1630 📌George IV Bridge ️🎟️ Free entry

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Applications are now welcome for our 2025 'History and Archives in Practice' event, held with The National Archives and Institute of Historical Research. Next year's event will be held in London on Wednesday 5 March on the theme of 'Working with Memory': bit.ly/3MepY0r #twitterstorians

A major British newspaper has published something positive about studying humanities. Well, pigs do fly after all. Study arts and humanities because you love them (and so do employers, by the way) | Xaymaca Awoyungbo | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Join Lucinda Dean as she explores the relationship King James I had with Perth during his reign, including the founding of the Carthusian Priory, designed as a royal mausoleum with his wife, Joan Beaufort. 🗓️ Thu 29 Aug ⌚ 7pm 👛 £7.50/£5 🔗 buff.ly/3JYqluL

Great lecture last night by Lucinda Dean UHI Centre for History on James I and the Charterhouse. Fantastic that the archaeology will start soon and the big man, James I, might be lying beneath our feet. Culture Perth & Kinross Libraries