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We’re hiring! Are you a @UofGlasgow student interested in Science Communication? We’re looking for an intern to work with us on a project with the @GlasgowSciFest 2026. Experience Early Modern science today!

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Come hear ‘Where to Draw the Line’, Andrew Lowes and Eric Dubois present Carnal Cinema: the Forbidden Interviews (vol 1, 2025): irreverent narratives in dialogue with irreverent drawings of cinema tales.
Thu 19 Mar 5pm
With Kate Taylor (@NFTSFilmTV).
https://t.co/M3DRp02ZjF

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Is it a plane? Is it a train? It’s David John Boyd taking about his book on superheroes and Scottish identity!

With Frank Quietly in attendance!

Discount on book price and book signing available. See details 👇.

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Flying in on 12/Mar -- presenting Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity, by David John Boyd & Julie Briand-Boyd (@leuvenup). Intro by @LaurenceGrove9, w/ David (and Julie, in absentia). Frank Quitely attending!
Book launch, signing, & discount on the day.
https://t.co/eEe1rg3K8r

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Come hear David John Boyd talk on superhero comics and Scottish identity, and meet Frank Quitely too.

Book presentation and signing

In person (see poster) or online on https://t.co/AGw1ye4juF

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Flying in on 12/Mar -- presenting Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity, by David John Boyd & Julie Briand-Boyd (@leuvenup). Intro by @LaurenceGrove9, w/ David (and Julie, in absentia). Frank Quitely attending!
Book launch, signing, & discount on the day.
https://t.co/eEe1rg3K8r

[Stirling Maxwell Centre @UofGSMC]

Flying in on 12/Mar -- presenting Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity, by David John Boyd & Julie Briand-Boyd (@leuvenup). Intro by @LaurenceGrove9, w/ David (and Julie, in absentia). Frank Quitely attending!
Book launch, signing, & discount on the day.
https://t.co/eEe1rg3K8r

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https://t.co/jSv13Hw5J3

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Come hear Ingrid Hoepel (Uni Kiel): A contemporary emblem book — wings and stones
Thu, 5 Mar, 5pm, TalkLab, @uofglibrary, Zoom link👇
A scholar & artist, Ingrid questions emblems' historical art form's significance in the current art scene, & its impact on science and vice versa

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Our postgraduate coffee morning is on. And they can bake!

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Jennifer Taylor (@UniofReading and @Warburg_News) on Charles Perrault's fairy tales as emblems and vehicles for female agency in Louis XIV's France, 12 Feb 2026, 5pm. All welcome.

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It's here, and it's live -- our Spring 2026 Seminar Series has just been announced. All welcome!
https://t.co/huV8AbPgNw

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James Fox (@UofGSMC) on Sammelbände as curation of household how-to knowledge in the @UofGlasgowASC Ferguson Collection.

A bibliographical category in its own right, for sure.

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Alina Lange and Stefan Laube speak of their work on the how-to book research project (https://t.co/nlZPD2jxzZ), a Stirling Maxwell Centre and Herzog August Bibliothek collaboration funded by DFG and the AHRC.
@UofGSMLC
@howtobooks
@UofGArtsHums
@ahrcpress
@uofglasgowasc

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@mckelvey_helen It has been an absolute pleasure to work with you, Helen. We have all learned much from your terrific contributions. All the best for your new endeavours.

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🎓 Thinking about postgraduate study? There’s still time to apply!

Applications for Arts & Humanities Masters programmes at @UofGlasgow close on 22 August for September 2025 entry.

👉 Explore your options and apply today: https://t.co/NepJsYkzDY

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The #SESVienna2025 conference concluding paper, ‘Our fragile planet hanging by a thread’, by Peter Megyeši.

Thinking ahead for all.

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Dr Pedro Germano Leal’s inaugural paper as the Peter Davies Lectureship in Text/Image Studies at the @uofglasgow.

Welcome, Pedro!

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It's official! Delighted to congratulate Prof Alison Adams as the new President of the Society for Emblem Studies.
Much gratitude to outgoing President Prof Michael Bath for his sterling guidance and indefatigable support.
Bonis auspiciis incipiendum!

https://t.co/vRky7dFAVm

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'The "Look" of the Gods: Court Dress and Fashion in a Masquerade', by Isabel Alba Nieva, on a festival to mark a royal marriage in (1680). With images from Filippo Biffi, Dissegno della mascherata fatta in Lodi, 1680 (@UofGlasgowASC, SM 1304). https://t.co/lCfcJRKpLJ

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KHM-Theatermuseum (Vienna) shortlisted for @IcomOfficiel Sustainable Development Practice Award for its digital exhibition 'ART-ES. From real life into the world of art'. Congratulations! We're delighted to be associated to the project (links below).
https://t.co/4AehacGaFF

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Torre Farfán’s Fiestas de Sevilla: a Journey with Stirling Maxwell, by Hilary Macartney (@UofGArtsHums and
@UofGSMC yours truly), on a festival book, the event, and its collector. https://t.co/EQQO9JIiDs