I've had some really interesting proposals so far, but there's still time to get in touch if you've got some research you'd like to share in a History Scotland webinar!

Almost 5,000 maps of Scotland’s historic collieries are now free to search and view.

Dr Yvonne McFadden joined us to share her research into memories of the mining villages of East Ayrshire, from these records and others in #NRSArchives and beyond 👇

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There are still a handful of in-person tickets to individual events at #HistFest2024 this weekend. Now's your last chance to grab them and come along!
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'The international scope of the ingredients and recipes in some of the oldest cookbooks printed in Scotland is really surprising.' - UofG's Dr Dr Lindsay Middleton is Well Fed&Well Read.

Read about the Scottish Food History Symposium from College of Arts Partnership Catalyst & TenementKitchen 👇

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Super excited to return from holiday to find my contributor copy of The Afterlife of Mary, Queen of Scots edited by Steven Reid Can't believe it is finally here! Check out chapter 10 for my work on collecting & exhibiting Mary in the 19th c #MaryQueenOfScots #ScottishHistory

Join UofG Information Studies in celebration of Dr Johanna’s Green's life & work for the first Annual Lecture in her honour.

Dr Bridget Whearty, close colleague & friend of Dr Green will deliver the inaugural lecture.

24 April, 5pm University of Glasgow

More info
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Speaking with Brandon Cook about the India Buildings demolition and the need to do more to protect our built heritage.

#OTD in 1689, William III and Mary II were crowned. Perceived by some as usurpers, they faced opposition to their rule. Ralph Gray satirised the pair’s coronation sermon, in which he graphically accused William of a same-sex affair. It was not the last of such allegations…

We are pleased to support Gerard Carruthers in the upcoming launch of the Wiley Blackwell Companion to Scottish Literature! Come reserve your seat with our sister centre Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies and join us April 16th at 17:30. University of Glasgow UofG Arts & Humanities

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So wonderful to see College of Arts Partnership Catalyst in print across national media this morning! 🍽️

The new Rector of University of Glasgow Ghassan Abu Sitta finished his address with the immortal words of Bobby Sands MP…

“Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.”

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“Compelling & original, The Driver’s Story enriches our understanding of the never-ending war between enslavers & enslaved by focusing on its front line. It also brings us face-to-face with the horror of capitalist labor exploitation.” Randy Browne

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This is a demonstrable falsehood.

The demolition of the historic India Buildings in Glasgow’s Laurieston area is not a one-off — our built heritage is disappearing before our eyes.

Read my Glasgow Times column below 👇🏼

📢 The University of Central Lancashire - UCLan Seminar Series 2023-2024 'Slavery, Disability and Wilson Harris', by Dr Malica S. Willie, University of Glasgow
🗓️Wednesday 17 April 16:00-17:00 (BST)
📍ABLT3 & Online
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'To make cuts like this, which are planned for this September, will surely change the face of the university, diminishing the educational offer that many students signed up for, and curtailing much of the activity for which Goldsmiths is famous.' #twitterstorians 1/2

With “The Reckoning: From the Second Slavery to Abolition, 1776–1888,” Robin Blackburn provides the concluding volume to his trilogy on racial slavery in the New World, exploring slave societies’ imbrication with capitalism and their final downfall.
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The Goldsmiths crisis: how cuts and culture wars sent universities into a death spiral | Goldsmiths, University of London | The Guardian theguardian.com/education/2024…

I interviewed Marxist historian Robin Blackburn, author of 'The Making of New World Slavery' & 'The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery', about his long-awaited concluding volume, 'The Reckoning: From the Second Slavery for Abolition, 1776-1888', for Jacobin.
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