Hear from another of our masters students: Masters student in Historical Studies Olivia Ross shares her student experience and what drew her to the course. History@Strathclyde strath.ac.uk/humanities/mee…

If you missed out on me talking about the Glasgow Women's Library Spare Rib Woman's Woolly last week, The National Archives Research have kindly uploaded it to YouTube. Topics include: knitting, feminism and craft, lesbian camp, and the importance of volunteers. youtube.com/watch?v=FpQf3p…

Join my former students, colleagues, and me for the online launch of this lovely book on 19 Oct. Details for registering on the poster

On our blog: the third of a series of three posts written to mark the 50th anniversary of the Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM) Conference in Edinburgh, and to connect the history of feminist activism with campaigning now.! gender.ed.ac.uk/blog/2024/wome…

🏰 Dive into the legacy of Black Agnes, the fearless warrior woman who defended Dunbar Castle during the Middle Ages. 💪✨ Learn more on the new Women's History Scotland blog by Shelley Williams! tinyurl.com/nx5yp43u #WomensHistory #BlackAgnes #MedievalHeroines #Scotland

Call for participants: Lived in or moved to Glasgow between 1960-1999? Like food (and talking about it?!) Please do sign up for my oral history project. Details below

Lovers of housing history, I have a few speaking dates upcoming: Challenge Poverty Week - Oct 7, 1pm, Norton Park Conference Centre, Edinburgh Tech in Housing Conference - Oct 29, 9am, Radisson Blu, Glasgow Old Edinburgh Club - Nov 13, 7pm, Augustine United Church, Edinburgh

Looking forward to chatting about our book and the Lost-villages project! Department of Humanities, Uni Strathclyde Mining Landscapes Coalfield Communities Landscape Partnership Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time

🚨 New Out Gallivanting! Earlier this month, Women's History Network hosted #CuratingTheFemaleSelf at Royal Holloway Eleanor Peters and Hannah Speed share their thoughts! 💬 Read it now at tinyurl.com/5bv75kyd #WomensHistory #WHN

The 'Ravenscraig - A Fragile Correspondence' exhibition at North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre explores the past, present and future of the former Ravenscraig Steelworks site through film, photography, creative writing, and soundscapes. Open now until 28 October.

New Gender & History special issue: Engendering Carcerality Check out my article 'Industrious, truthful, upright and manly: Reforming poor young men in the borstal schools of India in the 1920s and 1930s' #youth #histchild #penal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680424/2…

Extract of Rumbles: A Curious History of the Gut out in Time magazine today Pegasus Books Northbank Talent Management. See the comments for a few actually quite good constipation jokes!

Embrace the autumn weather & do a walking tour exploring #WomensHistory in #Edinburgh. Here are the dates coming up in Oct! Sat 5, 10am-1pm From Castle to Palace Sat 12 10am-12pm New Town Sat 12 2pm-3pm Heart of Old Town Sat 19 11am-12.30pm Canongate eventbrite.co.uk/o/ruth-boreham…

🚨🏴‍☠️ CFP for the Problem of Piracy IV at University of Exeter on 19-20 June 2025. Papers welcome on any aspect of piracy or maritime predation occurring across the world from the ancient to the modern. Proposal deadline: 20 December 2024 Proposal form: forms.gle/2AucShDqT5vHK5… 🏴‍☠️🚨

Join us this Monday 7th Oct either in person or online. Dm for zoom link.

📢ICYMI📢 Tickets are going fast for the Chrystal Macmillan Book Launch on 15 Oct, 5.15pm-7pm, Seminar Room 1&2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, with IASH, Edinburgh, WomensHistScot & School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh. If you would like to join us, please visit: edin.ac/3XrwS7N

Dr Caroline Douglas reflects on how our Alasdair Ross Prize supported her research and helped with the costs of archival visits in the UK and France Read about her research and the benefits of the Alasdair Ross Prize here: scottishhistorysociety.com/dr-caroline-do…

‼️EVENT‼️ PGR Humanities Funding Info Session: Thu 17 Oct. 12pm-1pm on Zoom. Join us to find out about being a Postgraduate Researcher w/University of Strathclyde & funding opportunities Message Eleanor Bell Kate Mitchell for link HaSSGraduateSchool

🚨 The 2024 Sue Innes Memorial Lecture, delivered by Lynn Abrams, is now on our website! 🎥 Join us as she explores ‘From Housewives’ Organisations to Women’s Liberation: Feminism, Feelings, and Activism in Post-War Britain.’ ✊ tinyurl.com/32mtk543 #WomensHistory #Feminism

Join us for a seminar and discussion about the role of oral history in understanding the health impacts of changes in Scotland’s industrial landscape; with insights from Dr Lisa Garnham, Prof Arthur McIvor & Dr Yvonne McFadden 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏭