Research, graduate training and teaching on Scottish history and Scottish culture, with special emphasis on their global dimensions - at the University of Guelph. News & Events: https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/scottishhttps://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mllmz3z3e22mThe Prize is intended to promote the careers of ECRs, and especially those from social groups who remain under-represented in the SHR’s author profile, by providing an opportunity to publish in a leading peer-reviewed journal. Deadline: Tuesday 8 September at 5pm. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllmz3z3e22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3ml4nyx43mk2a🌟Student Research Spotlight! @uguelphhist.bsky.social MA student Gavin is researching national identity and militarism in Scottish chapbook songs of the Napoleonic Wars, investigating how songs widely available to the Scottish working class negotiate Scotland's position within the British union. 📖05 May 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4nyx43mk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mknhlceo7c27Scottish History MA student Suzanne presented at the British Commission for Maritime History New Researchers Conference. She introduced the audience to her primary source research for her Masters thesis about the widows of the Eyemouth Fishing Disaster, which took place on October 14, 1881.29 Apr 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknhlceo7c27https://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mk44k7hcns2yJoin us online tomorrow, Thursday 23 April, 1pm (EDT) on Zoom. All are welcome to attend! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk44k7hcns2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mjk5wopxy227Join us online next week for The Frank Watson Book Prize Lecture presented by Dr. Catriona Macdonald from the University of Glasgow. Patrons and Politics in the Making of Scottish History: Past, Present and Future 📅 Thursday 23 April, 2026 🕰️ 1pm (EDT) / 6pm (UK) 💻 Zoom https://bit.ly/FWBookPrizeLecture202615 Apr 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk5wopxy227https://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mjfm2as7vc22Grant Schreiber presented ‘Discipline, Education, and Correction: Social Control of the Poor in seventeenth-century Aberdeen’ at the Canadian-Scottish Studies Colloquium. Proud of our alumni and the contributions they are making to new work in Scottish Studies. https://www.youtube.com/live/Qw0gwA5ia6k13 Apr 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfm2as7vc22https://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3miyiifeeok2xJoin the livestream this Friday 10 April! Keynote speaker: Rob Dunbar (University of Edinburgh) Fantastic line-up of speakers with talks beginning at 1:00pm (EDT). Programme details and the Livestream link can be found here: https://www.mcgill.ca/can.../canadianscottishcolloquium/2026 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyiifeeok2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mitj4y7sh22fHappy Tartan Day to all those celebrating their connections to Scotland!06 Apr 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitj4y7sh22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mijhb54th227Frank Watson Book Prize Lecture presented by Dr. Catriona Macdonald from the @glasgow.ac.uk. Patrons and Politics in the Making of Scottish History: Past, Present and Future 🗓 Thursday 23 April, 2026 🕰 1pm (EDT) / 6pm (UK) 💻 Zoom All are welcome to attend! FREE tickets: https://bit.ly/FWBookPrizeLecture202602 Apr 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijhb54th227https://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mhbl75vdvs2sJoin us online in 2 weeks (30 March) for the International Scots Lecture! Dr Daniel Arbino, University of Miami Libraries, will present “The desolation of all desolations:” Scottish Shepherds and Imperial Unease in Patagonia. All are welcome to attend! FREE registration: https://bit.ly/IntScotsLecture202617 Mar 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbl75vdvs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mgamsny5nk23Fantastic lineup of speakers! All are welcome, and the event will be livestreamed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Mar 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgamsny5nk23https://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mg6bu3aea22mJoin us online for the International Scots Lecture! 📅 Monday 30 March, 2026 🕰 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) 💻 Zoom Daniel Arbino (University of Miami Libraries) will present “The desolation of all desolations:” Scottish Shepherds and Imperial Unease in Patagonia. FREE Registration: https://bit.ly/IntScotsLecture202603 Mar 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6bu3aea22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mfuhepx3vc2b🌟NEW DEADLINE!!!🌟 Two fellowships, each valued at CAD$1,500. Apply by 15 March! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfuhepx3vc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mfmkr2s2pk2xApply by 1 March 2026! Two Fellowships, valued at CAD$1500. S-CAP Visiting Research Fellowships are designed to foster original research and scholarship by scholars utilizing the @uofguelph.bsky.social Scottish Studies Collection, held at the @uofglibrary.bsky.social. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Feb 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmkr2s2pk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mf7wm3qyys25Hybrid: Online via Zoom! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7wm3qyys25https://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mdy6n422qk22📣Call for Applications! Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership Visiting Research Fellowships @uofglibrary.bsky.social. The Scottish Studies Collection @uofguelph.bsky.social is unrivalled in extent outside of the United Kingdom. Two Fellowships, valued at CAD$1500. Deadline: 1 March 2026. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Feb 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdy6n422qk22https://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mdxua3dd2s22Join us online next week for 'Nova Scotia and the Imperial Strategies of Highland Scots', the annual S-CAP Lecture presented by @karlykehoe.bsky.social. 📅 Tuesday 10 February, 2026 🕰️ 1pm (EST) / 6pm (UK) 💻 Zoom FREE Tickets: https://bit.ly/S-CAPLecture2026 All are welcome! @smuarts.bsky.social03 Feb 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxua3dd2s22https://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mculguj3wk2u2026 Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership Lecture! Join us virtually on Tuesday 10 February at 1pm (EST)/6pm (UK) on Zoom for ‘’Nova Scotia and the Imperial Strategies of Highland Scots", delivered by Professor Karly Kehoe, Saint Mary's University. FREE Registration: https://bit.ly/S-CAPLecture202620 Jan 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mculguj3wk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3mabnrqh3w22gOur warmest thanks for your interest and support for the Centre’s activities in 2025. We truly appreciate it. Wishing everyone a joyous holiday season! ❄18 Dec 2025 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabnrqh3w22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3m7ic5folfs2qThe Scottish Studies Society names Philip Lindsay McLeod the Scot of the Year 2026! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Dec 2025 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ic5folfs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3m6wrjqiqn222Available online now! Feature article, 'Families at Sea: The Impact of the Transatlantic Crossing on Scottish Migrant Families in the Age of Sail, circa 1784–1855', by Elizabeth Ritchie, is FREE to access. Link to the full journal issue: euppublishing.com/toc/irss/50/2 @edinburghup.bsky.social01 Dec 2025 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wrjqiqn222https://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3m6kegbjyqc2bStudents in Prof. Kevin James's 'Invitation to History' class officially launched a new exhibit: 'Caledonian Correspondence: Scottish Hotels in Postcards', now installed at the @uofglibrary.bsky.social! Congratulations on a successful launch to everyone involved! @uguelphhist.bsky.social26 Nov 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:it4rafbc5ukrdkyywb424oc7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6kegbjyqc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/uguelphscottish.bsky.social/post/3m5yrltd6ec22Hosted online via Zoom! 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