Delighted to say that Edinburgh University Press will publish a paperback of my Fraser book later this year. #CuriousCleric #ScottishHistory #EarlyModern

I created an account here just to post this! Out on May 31 - discount code NEW30. Edinburgh University Press Dawson College

Learning old Scottish handwriting can help you to access Scotland's history in our archives. Get help with learning in our Handwriting Kit bit.ly/NRSHandwriting And test your knowledge online, from our one-hour tutorial up to reading entire letters. bit.ly/SP1Hour

We’re pleased to notify you of Dr David Bertie’s forthcoming book! The final volume of his heraldic survey, Scottish Ecclesiastical Heraldry: Religious Houses, Universities, Moderators, will be published by the Heraldry Society of Scotland in August. heraldry-scotland.co.uk/index.html

Calling all Archivists! Please circulate. 6-month 0.5FTE post available on research project with Lori Watson 🎻. Closing date 6th June 2024. shorturl.at/6fTjv #archive #job #research #music #culture #Scotland SSSA Centre for Research Collections St Cecilia's Hall Scottish Archives

We are delighted to announce the ‘EUP Publishing Internship.' Working in the editorial department and rotating between journals, marketing, sales, rights, production and finance to see which area of publishing suits you best! Find out more: edinburghuniversitypress.com/news/post/oppo…

Help please! What are these three words? 'Item he ordanit Jonet Rodger his spous executrix in [re[ ] sua[ ] oreising?] to hir the ane half of the houssis and geir' #palaeography

The Society is looking for an enthusiastic, tech-savvy Digital Content Officer to join our committee! In this role, you’ll be instrumental in managing and developing our website and other digital systems, ensuring SSNS effectively reaches its growing global membership! 1/2

Very exciting news that Old York Historical Society has been given the McIntire garrison by descendants of its builder. Likely the oldest house in Maine, it was built in 1713 by a son of one of the Scots prisoners of war shipped to Maine as forced indentured servants in 1650.

Creating a St Giles' Cathedral research-led historical #videogame. Free online (PC/Mac) & in St Giles'. Delighted to have led this project, supported by University of Glasgow KE Fund, hosted UofGARC, in a collaboration involving Games and Gaming Lab St Giles' Cathedral Education Evolved. #AI #gaming

Looking forward very much to this first post-election event. Very thankful to several UHI Centre for History students who have volunteered to help James Petre, the lead conference organiser, who is himself a graduate of ours.

Discover Ramsay's Edinburgh with National Library of Scotland curator Chris Fleet on Wednesday 24th July 2024. This talk will use historic maps as a window into 18th century Edinburgh. Book now at eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-rams…

Help please #palaeography This is the 1538 endorsement on the 1530 seal of cause (charter) for the Edinburgh Bonnetmakers. What is the initial abbreviation? pro[ ] xv Decembris anno etc xxxviijo etc X X

🚨 CFP alert 🚨 It's time! Here is the official CfP for #UnderstandingKingJames2025 The conference will be held in Glasgow on 25-27 June 2025 (dates TBC) Deadline for proposals is 1 Oct 2024, we cannot wait to hear from everyone 😍 Text only version: docs.google.com/document/d/17g…

We've enjoyed reading your abstracts so much that we've extended the deadline for our symposium 'Robert Fergusson's Textual Legacies in the 250 Years Since his Death'. The new deadline is Monday 22nd July! Please share with your networks ⬇️ robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk/events/symposi…

Exciting news - our latest volume is out! Edited by one of our SRS council members and Dundee City Archivist Emeritus, Iain Flett, this year’s volume is ‘The Protocol Book of Alexander Cok, 1567-1571’. For details of joining to receive a copy: scottishrecordsociety.org.uk

Do not miss the forthcoming #gaelic #conference : Carrick’s Gaelic Heritage This is a one-day conference at the Carrick Centre, Maybole, on Saturday 14th September 2024. Details of the excellent programme of scholars will be found on the flyer pictured below:

An updated CFP #UnderstandingKingJames2025 👑 The conference will be held in Glasgow on 25-27 June 2025 (dates TBC) & will be hybrid Deadline for proposals is 1 Oct 2024, we cannot wait to hear from everyone 🤩 RT, share & see you next year! Text only:docs.google.com/document/d/17g…

Want to know more about publishing with the Scottish History Society? Have a tricky historical source you're working on and need some advice on how to edit it? Enjoy all things textual editing? Join our free Publication Workshop on 13 August 10-12, via Zoom!

Delighted to announce issue 29 of #RoSC is now available, at no charge, online - and what a cracker of an issue it is! You can download the whole or article by article. Please RT! We are now open for submissions for issue 30 with full details here too: journals.ed.ac.uk/index.php/rosc