The Friends of the Edinburgh University Library AGM will take place at the Centre for Research Collections, 6th Floor, the University of Edinburgh Library, on Wednesday, 18 November 2026 at 15:00. …

A study afternoon exploring women as book producers and owners in Early Modern England and Scotland.

Help us display the Battle of Trafalgar Flag flown from the flagship of Newcastle-born, Vice-Admiral Collingwood at Discovery Museum

David delves into the archives to tell the personal histories of one Edinburgh house.

A Joint event with the Friends of the Edinburgh University Library and the Friends of St Cecilia’s Hall To be held at St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, Monday, 7 September 2026 at 18:00…

Jill Harrison announces her Reviving the Trinity Stones Exhibition at the Edinburgh Museum and Outreach programme for 2026

Hogg’s Worlds Now The James Hogg Society is delighted to announce that we will be holding a conference at the University of Glasgow on July ...

Alt: Stuart Smalley from Saturday Night Live is looking at his reflection in a mirror and saying 'I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me'. (He doesn't believe this, but he lives in hope that it'll become true by repeating it.)

To celebrate the 270th Anniversary of the Wanlockhead Miners’ Subscription Library, the Museum of Lead Mining invites you to –  ‘Books Open – for you to read and enjoy’  Our Library books are historic...

A one-day celebration for the 270th anniversary of the Wanlockhead Miners’ Library to be held in Edinburgh. Nine talks related to the library between 09-45 and 17-30 on 4th June 2026 Timeline for the ...

A new exhibition at the Museum of Edinburgh is uncovering the story of Trinity Collegiate Church, a medieval landmark demolished to make way for…

15:00 Wednesday, 27 May 2026, CRC, 6th Floor, Main Library The David Laing Book Collecting Prize (patron, and Friend, Dr Bill Zachs) aims to encourage collecting by recognising a collection formed …

15:00 Wednesday, 27 May 2026, CRC, 6th Floor, Main Library The David Laing Book Collecting Prize (patron, and Friend, Dr Bill Zachs) aims to encourage collecting by recognising a collection formed …

 [We have the following announcement, via H-Law.  DRE] The University of Glasgow School of Law invites applications from PhD students in Roman law/legal history for the post of Alan Rodger Postgraduate Visiting Researcher, to be held during the 2026/27 academic year. The selected candidate will spend a term in Glasgow and receive a £2,000 award for support, and will be encouraged to speak to students and at research seminars.  The deadline for applications is 26 June 2026. The post was established in memory of Lord Rodger of Earlsferry (1944-2011), Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, and scholar of Roman law and legal history. Ernest Metzger Douglas Professor of Civil Law The School of Law, Stair Building 5 - 8 The Square University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ United Kingdom

This time I'm going to show you a place which has been lost for three hundred years. Prepare to step back into the 1700s...The Luckenbooths were lockable booths. Some nestled against the bulk of St…

The 'Canal's End' guide leads you around the lost eastern terminus of the Union Canal between Edinburgh and Falkirk and what remains today.

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The Old Edinburgh Club runs the Jean Guild Grants programme, supporting projects and researchers which involve research, improving access to records and bringing Edinburgh history of life.

A decade ago, on 19 April 2016, my ‘book of the doctoral thesis’, appeared in the distinctive yellow and blue dustjacket of Brill’s Library of the Handpress World series as Charles Areskine’s Libra…

(image source: Université de Bordeaux ) Abstract: The aim of this research project, led by Professor Xavier Prévost, is to place Renaissan...

Katie Halsey is Professor of Eighteenth- Century Literature at the University of Stirling, and Co-Director of its centre for Eighteenth-Cent