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That’s a wrap on the SGSAH 2024 Welcome Event! Thank you all so much for coming and thanks so much to our venue Royal Society of Edinburgh 🎉


University English, along with the English Association and Institute of English Studies, has written a letter in protest at the proposed closure of English Literature at Canterbury Christ Church University, and the redundancy of our excellent colleagues: universityenglish.ac.uk/english-litera…

Join Edinburgh Futures Institute along with Josie Giles and musician Malin Lewis on 29 November for this free event either online or in person. 📅: Friday 29 November ⏲️: 6-7:30pm efi.ed.ac.uk/event/unco-lgb…

Our English & Creative Writing MLitt students have been working on some great research placements over the past few years. You can find out about some of them here: strath.ac.uk/humanities/pos… Department of Humanities, Uni Strathclyde Strathclyde Humanities & Social Sciences Strathclyde English Creative Writing at Strathclyde University of Strathclyde

Congratulations to Dr Pàdraig MacAoidh from School of English (University of St Andrews), who has been announced as the new Makar, the national poet for Scotland. 🏴 Read more 👇 ow.ly/UIcA50UjIWP #EverToExcel


The upcoming 'Jacobite Nations' workshop will feature a Public Lecture and Book Launch with Professor Leith Davis of SFU Research Centre for Scottish Studies. We're hosting this event in collaboration with University Collections and the Friends of Aberdeen Library: abdn.ac.uk/riiss/news-eve…

PLEASE SHARE👉🏽We are delighted to partner with Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum for GRAY DAY 2025 on 2 x FREE TALKS - 25.02.25, 1-2pm Talk with our SGSAH funded CDA student Lauren Forde - 28.02.25 12pm Join Glasgow Life Museums’ Conservator Hazel Neil and Producer|Curator Katie Bruce




Pleased to announce our 2025 PG Symposium, to be held at University of Stirling on 2 May - CFP below! ucsl-scotland.com/2025/02/13/202…


Come chat Scot Lit with officialcalumeslerinstagram, me, and other PGRs in Stirling this May! It's promising to be an exciting afternoon of discussion and building connections. Looking forward to receiving your proposals! 🦔🦒🦛🦕🦐🦌🦎🐁

For the latest on @project_ERSKINE do join us for this online talk with Petra Johana Poncarová, 24 February 12-1pm. DM for link!


Sharing the first of two comparative studies of Alasdair Gray and Edwin Morgan’s work from 1967-84, supported by Edwin Morgan Trust created by Domenico Di Rosa for #lgbtplushistorymonth Sonnets from Scotland is considered the most pivotal poetry collection of the 1980s in Scotland and



It could be an April Fool but, apparently, it’s publication day for this wee book. Thanks to all at Boydell & Brewer for bringing this into the world!


Huge thanks to Dani Garavelli for her brilliant piece in London Review of Books, this was Alasdair’s favourite literary magazine to read so feels very special for the archive to be featured in it, link in bio to read the piece in full👆🏽


It was great to present two papers this week at the Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies and Universities Committee for Scottish Literature PG symposia! Lots of fruitful and forward-looking conversations around the current state of Scottish literature research. Looking forward to seeing these papers published in the near future ✨


Happy birthday James Kelman! Born on 9th of June 1946, Kelman is a Scottish novelist, short story writer & playwright. In his early twenties he began writing stories that were true to his own life & social-cultural experience. Author portraits for Lean Tales with Agnes Owens Archive
