So the public rate the universities after all, & ignore political attacks on their value to society. @NHS the most respected-fair enough. But just as I was getting a warm glow of validation it seems we’re rated behind the Royal Family: pride before a fall! theguardian.com/education/arti…

We are looking for a development officer to advance key projects on behalf of the community in the Isle of Harris! 18 months contract, FT post though part time and job shares will be considered. £26-30K salary dependent on experience. Please share!

A PDF copy of the CFP can be downloaded here: indianoceanworldcentre.com/wp-content/upl…

The Indian Ocean World Centre at McGill University is organizing an online workshop for early career researchers in Indian Ocean World Studies. Submissions especially welcome from scholars based in institutions around the Indian Ocean world. indianoceanworldcentre.com/2024/06/26/cfp…

The Company of Scotland's failed attempt to establish a colony at Darien in 1696 led to significant loss. Why did so many Scots invest in this venture? What was 'The Price of Scotland'? Discover new insights in Douglas Watt's latest edition. #ScottishHistory Douglas Watt

Back home!

🚇 #MuseumsOnTrains The Govan Stones ⚔🛡👑 Fairfield Heritage 🏗👨🏼‍🏭⛓️🚢 x GlasgowSubway Govan: Enjoy 1500 Years of History 🚇

Almost all of our Kirk Session records are now online and free to view. Kirk Session minute books are one of the most important sources for researching Scottish history from the 16th to the 19th century. Find out how you can delve into our records 👇 bit.ly/SPKirkSession

Gaelic Treasures of the National Records of Scotland 29 Aug, Edinburgh – free Dr Martin MacGregor UofG History will look at possible reasons for the lack of pre-1700 #Gaelic items in the NatRecordsScot, & will highlight & discuss the texts which do exist eventbrite.co.uk/e/gaelic-treas…

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:

Grappling wt Scots law &🇬🇧Empire. Lots of cases in Court of Session, 1720-1820 re Scots in N. America, W & E Indies using English law. But noticeable the Court consistently upheld concept of Scot as a legal persona. Implications for nature of Britishness abroad under-appreciated.

Oh look what’s dropped on Google Books! The Oxford Academic Oxford History of the Seven Years’ War. Happy to have contributed a chapter to this state of the field volume.

🔴 The Daily Telegraph’s Disinformation Campaign About the British Empire Laid Bare The newspaper has waged a culture war on anyone spreading awareness of verifiable truths about the British Empire and its legacies, explains Alan Lester bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/the…

Job Alert: We're looking for someone to undertake a collecting history review of natural science collections in Scotland, exploring and connecting colonial histories and legacies. careers.nms.ac.uk/job/590223 Please share: MEG National Museums Scotland Johanna Z-Sharp Laura Van Broekhoven

Article on Scots law & 🇬🇧 Empire finally done. Months of research condensed into 1 table 😦 But given long emphasis on Kirk & education’s shaping of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in the Empire it’s time to see how 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿’s distinctive legal system affected things. Empire not as minimal as it might 1st appear!

The next workshop of the Food Sovereignty Network, exploring the agroecological knowledge in mesoamerican codices will take place in Glasgow Cca with the seed library cca-glasgow.com/programme/codi…

At Notre Dame Kylemore, Connemara at a brilliant conference on new intellectual histories of the American Rev. organised by Sara Georgini & Tom Cutterham with support of Profs Pat Griffin & Frank Cogliano. Not sure what a Scottish & South Asian perspective can bring-but we’ll find out!

Have a listen to the one and only WhyWouldYouTellMeThat?! with Neil Delamere and Dave Moore as we marvel yet again at Scotland’s almost unbelievable history of self-defeating antics and delusion in South America. Not Darien or Argentina 1978, it’s the one & only (thank god!) Gregor Macgregor.

Trump on 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (meaning of course himself): ‘Do you know that some of the biggest, smartest, most brilliant leaders come from Scotland? Or at least, you know, their parents came from Scotland.’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 exceptionalism is always a cringeworthy phenomena: maybe this will help kill it off 😃

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