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#DigitalHumanities project by @LeithDavis and @DHIL_SFU to analyze #jacobite #manuscript by Robert Forbes held in National Library of Scotland @scottishsfu

[lyoninmourning @lyoninmourning]

30% OFF with code NEW30! Shaping #Jacobitism: Memory, Culture, Networks, a multi-disciplinary exploration of Jacobitism's cultural legacy. #Jacobites from the 1688 Revolution to #Outlander @EdinburghUP
https://t.co/xqcDnkgiZD

[Dr Valentina Bold FSA Scot @Val_Bold]

First time I've seen inside the Cowane House. Wow is the only possible response, and kudos to the whole crew there today. All in a day's work for @murrayJamescoo1 Archaeologist Extraordinaire of #Stirling; thanks, Murray, for letting me drop by!

[UHI Centre for History @UHIHistory]

We are excited to share first updates on our Leverhulme Trust funded project, Landscapes of Protest 1750 – c. 1820, https://t.co/kOH1h31l4c investigating how rural workers in the Highlands & Islands defended their livelihoods & ways of life in the age of radical ‘improvements’.

[Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies @UofGCSCS]

CSCS's 25-26 programme is now available at: https://t.co/q6skOUo5t1 as are Eventbrite in-person & online tickets. The Centre's Welcome Social event will take place on Tuesday 23 September @ 5.30pm in the new Humanities Resesarch Hub in 1 University Gardens. Come along!

[Cameron Maclean @CMaclean96]

I'm giving a talk to the British Numismatic Society on the 22nd of September. It'll be on James VI & I's Anglo-Scottish monetary union, which is the focus of my PhD research.

[SFU Research Centre for Scottish Studies @ScottishSfu]

Soon, it will be R. L. Stevenson's 175th birthday. He is often dismissed as a children's author & writer of one scary tale, but he was much more prolific than that. A new biography examines his body of work.
https://t.co/4tIdEAh8X7
#scottishsfu #robertlouisstevenson

[SFU Research Centre for Scottish Studies @ScottishSfu]

Only four spots remain for the Quill Writing Workshop at the New Research on the Jacobites: Book & Website Launch, so sign up today! Limited space available for the in-person presentation & the "Transcribing an 18th-Century Jacobite Manuscript" Workshop.
https://t.co/id0xEZfOsX

[Cameron Maclean @CMaclean96]

The earliest surviving letter of King James VI of Scotland, which he wrote in 1572 when he was just 6 years old. He thanks the Countess of Mar (‘Lady minny’) for a gift of fruit. It was on display at @NatGalleriesSco until recently.

[Nifty Buckles Folklore @NiftyBuckles]

🍁 #LegendaryWednesday 🍂🌻
In Irish folklore, Autumn leaves falling at Samhain 🍂 are souls drifting between worlds. Children avoid stepping on them to honor their ancestors. #IrishFolklore 🍀

✨ “Each leaf was an ancestor’s breath, laid soft upon the earth.”
~ Irish Mythology, Monaghan (2004)
#Leaflore #Samhain #AutumnLeaves 🍂🍁🌻#FolkloreSunday 🍂

📖 Source:
Monaghan, Patricia. The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore (2004), p. 411 — on Samhain and the passage of souls.

🎨 Autumn Leaves (1856) is a painting by John Everett Millais exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1856.

[UHI Institute for Northern Studies @INS_UHI]

We're thrilled to announce our fantastic series of free @ThinkUHI online and in-person seminars, conferences, and symposia for 2025-26! Discover the full line-up on our website and secure your place today!
https://t.co/Cc9IAOYjiX

[Frances Owen @_FrancesOwen]

@lyoninmourning @SFU Congratulations to all! It's an impressive collection

[Darren S. Layne @FunkyPlaid]

The new collection edited by @LeithDavis & Kevin James is now up for pre-order, and it's 30% off with the code NEW30 at @EdinburghUP. My chapter on #Jacobite witness networks appears alongside a wonderful collection of esteemed historians and scholars.

https://t.co/lNtlo06Oq5

[Central Library @edcentrallib]

Have you visited our new display yet? Called Inspiring the Nation: 300 years of Libraries in Scotland. Produced by @HistEnvScot it contains wonderful images detailing how libraries have become cherished parts of communities across Scotland. Showing until Saturday 20th September.

[NatRecordsScot @NatRecordsScot]

Signatures of Robert Burns in the excise salary book for Dumfries, showing the poet’s declining health.

Burns, an exciseman, was signing to confirm he had received his wages. The final signature is from one week before he died on 21 July 1796.

[SFU Research Centre for Scottish Studies @ScottishSfu]

160 years ago, a Scots peer died during the first expedition to the top of the Matterhorn. His body was never recovered & his descendants still hope it might be found. Learn more about the new book that has just been released about this event.
https://t.co/eR9pJCMTtc
#scottishsfu

[Naomi Baker @DrNaomiBaker]

Did you know that over half of all publications by women between around 1650 and 1690 were prophecies? We need a new approach to women’s literary history 📚 #womenswriting #womenshistory

[Suchitra Choudhury @suchichoudhury]

Galt enjoying a purrfect readership this morning! @scotlit

[lyoninmourning @lyoninmourning]

New Collection, edited by Dr. Leith Davis (@SFU) and Dr. Kevin J. James (#UofG), "Shaping #Jacobitism: Memory, Culture, Networks" is a multidisciplinary exploration of Jacobitism and its cultural legacy. https://t.co/xqcDnkfLa5

[The Stuart History Festival @StuartHistFest]

In the run up to the Stuart History Festival, taking place on the 5th and 6th July, speakers Andrea Zuvich and Justine Brown answer Philippa's questions about sex and scandal at the courts of Charles II and James II.
Available now at https://t.co/DHgmphxSus