Thank you to all who have submitted abstracts for our upcoming symposium. We are happy to announce that the submission deadline has been extended to 14 March. Check out our Call for Papers below and send your abstract to: [email protected]

For #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate Agnes Owens whose darkly comic stories of everyday working-class life brought a satirical edge to the wealth of post-industrial urban Scottish fiction produced at the end of the 20th cent, can’t wait to open Agnes Owens Archive this year!

DEADLINE EXTENSION: 14 March Still getting fantastic abstracts coming in, so we're staying open for submissions a bit longer! Send in your abstracts and join us for what's shaping up to be a fascinating and diverse day of research presentations and discussion! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📚🦌🦐🦛🐁🦒🦔

🙏PLEASE SHARE 🙏 Free workshop at AGA sharing findings from Domenico Di Rosa Edwin Morgan Trust supported research project on the personal &artistic connections between Gray and Morgan. ➡️ 25 spaces available ➡️ To secure your spot, please email [email protected]

Deadline tomorrow! CfP: ucsl-scotland.com/news/ Big thank you to everyone who has already sent us fantastic abstracts 💙📚

Another lovely afternoon recording John's memories of his mum, Agnes Owens. Huge thank you, John, for providing such rich and valuable insights!

Join us at AGA on Tuesday 01.04.25 from 5-7pm for a free workshop which will share findings from Domenico Di Rosa Edwin Morgan Trust supported research project. ➡️ 25 spaces ➡️ To secure your spot, please email [email protected]

We're excited to announce that registration is now open for our upcoming PG symposium! Scan the QR code or click the link below to check out our programme and secure a ticket. eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotland-wit…

Our upcoming PG Symposium will conclude with a keynote panel discussion featuring leading academics and creatives working in Scottish Studies. With that in mind, we are delighted to announce our first panellist, Meg Bateman!

Joining the CSCS PG Symposium at our keynote panel discussion on the theme 'Scotland Within and Outwith: Internal and External Perspectives of a nation', we are thrilled to welcome Mélanie Cournil!

We are delighted to announce that Paul Malgrati will join us at the CSCS PG Symposium to participate in the concluding keynote roundtable, which will respond to themes and topics that have arisen over the course of the day’s papers.

We are excited to announce that the final panellist joining our PG symposium’s keynote discussion will be the Centre's Co-Director, Stephen Harrison.

One week to go! Register now to secure your spot: eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotland-wit…

Fantastic to have Lewis and his lovely family in the archive this morning! Hugely grateful for his contribution to the oral history interviews about Agnes Owens's life and legacy.

Earlier this month Scottish Lit PhD students held a fantastic PG Symposium on 'New Directions' for the field University of Stirling - many congrats to the organisers and speakers! More pics at the link. UCSL is now recruiting new PG reps, so please do get in touch... ucsl-scotland.com/2025/02/13/202…

Happy birthday Agnes ❤️ we are deeply honoured to be working with Owens family to bring this much overlooked working class writer’s life & work to wider attention, via The Agnes Owens Archive (housed within The Alasdair Gray Archive) opening in time for her centenary in 2026❤️

📢Calling all archaeologists, ecologists, landowners and landmanagers - Please check out the details for the 'Into the Wild Network' questionnaire on approaches to rewilding - UofG Archaeology

Fantastic, insightful piece from Evie on Glasgow's Community Archives. Great to see AGA and AOA featured alongside Tenement House and Glasgow Zine Library. Check out out here, pp. 23-29: glasgowuniversitymagazine.co.uk/wp-content/upl…

Last week's OHS conference was fantastic. Lots of food for thought about oral history practices and the importance of recording stories from the margins. I also had the pleasure of presenting on oral history interviews conducted for my PhD project on Agnes Owens Archive.

Hullo July! Our latest monthly newsletter is out now on Substack. Join us for a look back over the last month (it's been a busy one!) and a glance at what's coming up. We also share blogs from our curatorial assistant Holly Rennie-Brown and creative resident Niamh Gordon.