On this day in 1305, William Wallace was executed outside the church of St Bartholomew the Great in the City of London. But why there, and why then? I made some suggestions a while ago … The execution of William Wallace | The Breaking of Britain breakingofbritain.ac.uk/blogs/feature-…

If you can stomach a bit (or rather a lot) of historical gore, John's piece on the staging of William Wallace's execution is HIGHLY recommended. If you thought it couldn't get any darker, wait for the twist ...

Good to see the special Race & Racism cross-journal issue out from Edinburgh University Press Including contributions from Burns Chronicle Arun Sood & Innes Review SCHA @DrStephenMullen John Reuben Davies @DrRonnieYoung Well done all! euppublishing.com/cjsf/race-and-…

Today UofGARC THE STORY OF THE CELESTIAL FLOWER: AS TOLD BY ŌṬṬAṈ TUḶḶAL MANALOOR GOPINATH 5:30 pm All are welcome to experience this colourful and humorous South Indian performance genre. Hosted by UofG Arts Lab Heritage Lab UofG Arts & Humanities gla.ac.uk/events/listing…

Coming up in UofG Arts Lab Heritage Lab Autumn programme: Tue 8 Oct, Rafram Chaddad on aesthetics of contemporary Jewish life in Tunisia bit.ly/3XHBLtk Wed 16 Oct, Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya on experiences & agency of Afrodescendants in S. Asia bit.ly/3N94kLy

Tues 8 October, ARC 223, 1600-1730 Artist Rafram Haddad rafram.com discusses his exploration of Tunisian Jewish history and identity, migration, displacement, belonging and dynamics of cultural narrative and individual experience bit.ly/3XHBLtk UofG Arts Lab

Tomorrow! Artist rafram_x on the concept of contemporary archaeology in Tunisia. Identity & future possibilities: a view from Jewish life in Tunisia. See bit.ly/4eqI2R8 (scroll down) UofG Arts Lab UofG Archaeology @OphiraGamliel UofGCulture University of Glasgow TRS UofG Humanities

Today 4 pm UofGARC Rm 223. Tunisian artist Rafram Chaddad takes a view of identity and future possibilities from the perspective of contemporary Jewish life in Tunisia. Details bit.ly/3XHBLtk rafram.com UofG Arts Lab @OphiraGamliel

Weds 16 October, 4 pm Prof Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya AFRICAN CONTINUITIES IN SOUTH ASIA: ENRICHING THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE Upper seminar room, 4 The Square Further details, online option: gla.ac.uk/events/listing… UofG Arts Lab @OphiraGamliel University of Glasgow TRS

Wednesday 16 October at 4 pm, 4 Professors' Sq., Heritage, Urban Studies & Development Lab presents African Continuities in South Asia -- Professor Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya (Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge) @OphiraGamliel UofG History University of Glasgow TRS

From now until the conclusion of their studies, the Stuart MacQuarrie Bursaries will provide vital funding to five University of Glasgow students who are care-experienced or otherwise without family support. Donations in his memory are welcome to help the fund: givingtoglasgow.hubbub.net/p/MacQuarriebu…

Free access alert! All issues from 2005 onwards of SCHA's The Innes Review are free to access for a limited time until 31st Dec 2024 📚 Following the recent American Academy of Religion American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, it's the perfect time to dive in! euppublishing.com/loi/inr

Take advantage of free access to The Innes Review until 31 December to read the latest issue. Gilbert Markus argues that Iona *always* had an interest in Benedict's Rule, long before it was known in Rome. The monastery did not become Benedictine in 1203 as far as we know.

Rejections are rubbish, but perhaps they’ll be less so if we recognise them together. ArtsLab’s Salon des Refusés will do just that.

Please think about coming to this year’s SCHA Conference on 7 June 2025 in Glasgow: Ecclesiastical Buildings in Scotland: Culture, Heritage and Memory. You can register via Eventbrite: eventbrite.com/e/ecclesiastic…

The latest issue of the Innes Review is now on line, with articles on the Library at Loch Leven, the cult of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and a new view of John Duns Scotus. Edinburgh University Press Journals - Table of Contents - inr: Vol 76, No 1 euppublishing.com/toc/inr/76/1

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CHRISTMAS AT ST BRIDE’S Sunday 29 December, 10.30 am Mass with Carols Jesus said to his parents, ‘Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?’