Omg it’s like the Scarif vault

Are you a #PhD student or #ECR working on #ScottishHistory sources? Submit a transcription to our Rosebery Prize! Win glory, money, and the chance to see your work in print! Deadline 30 November. Full entry details here; scottishhistorysociety.com/prizes/the-ros…

My take on Murray Pittock’s new global history of Scotland out now in The TLS

The SHR Trust is pleased to announce a new bursary of up to £3000 for mid-career (within 20 yrs of viva) or retired scholars of Scottish History. Particular consideration will be for those whose research has been prevented by routine or caring duties. 1/2

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 2023-2024. Make sure to apply before 1 Dec! For more info: saims.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/02/27/202…

We’re looking for a new Treasurer to join our Council! If you’re active in #ScottishHistory research or education & would like to get involved with one of the field’s leading & oldest societies then we’d love to hear from you. For full details see 👇🏼 scottishhistorysociety.com/new-treasurer/

As Jeremy Clarkson should well know - words have consequences. The words in his piece are no joke - they’re dangerous and inexcusable. We are in an epidemic of violence against women and girls and men with powerful voices must do better than this. metro.co.uk/2022/12/17/jer…

My dad (the piper) showing how you “first foot”. Documentary is 40 years old. Wow. fb.watch/hME3PxwMpl/?mi…

New Zealand has great universities, they are the work of generations, our collective future depends on making even better, not killing them through a thousand cuts thespinoff.co.nz/science/31-05-…

Pretty grim end to the trimester at @vicuniwgtn. Our community is hurting. Nearly two in every dozen folk will soon lose their jobs, across both academic and professional staff. Programmes will be cut or downsized. Severe austerity will be inevitable.

Sign the petition: Provide tertiary institutions a funding boost to enable good long-term staffing decisions. together.org.nz/provide_tertia…

Call for Papers for the Scottish History Society's first annual conference (Edinburgh, March 2024)! Please share widely, submit a proposal, and get in touch if you have any questions☺️ More info can be found here: scottishhistorysociety.com/call-for-paper…

Wise words from my dear friend & colleague. Aching for all my VUW colleagues suffering this week. What a disaster for Aotearoa. In underfunding universities, we have so much to lose newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/in-u…

Recently, we welcomed students to University of St Andrews #SummerStudy programme.☀️ Over 3 week students immersed themselves in Scottish history with field trips exploring Scottish culture, traditions from St Andrews & around the country.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Interested in joining us? Apply next year!

I resigned from VUW but still supervise my PhD students for free. Now their VUW-based co-supervisors might lose their jobs. Who’s going to do the supervising now? Is VUW going to rely solely on unpaid labour to get their students through?

If you destroy the humanities now, it will take decades to build them back up. And in those decades the technocrats will dumb us down and wipe us out.