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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Great pleasure to host AHRC Creative Economy lead Audra Gill on behalf of @sahavoice.bsky.social with co-chair Catherine O'Leary @royalsoced.bsky.social yesterday in the latest of SAHA’s Meet the Sector events-Scottish Govt in attendance

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Looking forward to giving this delayed #Freedom250 lecture in US Consulate General tomorrow. It's a good time to dwell on the roots of the term 'Common Sense'. @sahavoice.bsky.social @uofgnews.bsky.social @ahallardyce.bsky.social @asls.org.uk

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Looking forward tomorrow to joint event between @sahavoice.bsky.social & @saslondon.bsky.social on Policy, Advocacy and Place: The Arts and Humanities in devolved & civic contexts & their impact. Speakers include @clairegorrara.bsky.social Tom Crick, Catherine O'Leary & @murrayp.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

After Culloden: The British Army, Scotland and Imperial Policy in an Age of Global Conflict submitted to @oxfordunipress.bsky.social this morning in final form-scheduled for 27. Thanks to National Army Museum, @britishlibrary.bsky.social Stennis Hist Society, @natlibscot.bsky.social & all.

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Signing @edbookfest.bsky.social yesterday & at Blackwell's Edinburgh & @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social . Thanks to everyone who has kept @oldstpublishing.bsky.social Shortest History of Scotland in bestseller charts for 4 months running.

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@scottishfield.bsky.social this month- putting the achievements of Adam Smith in Wealth of Nations in front of a wider audience it their 250th anniversary. @uofgnews.bsky.social @ballioloxford.bsky.social @ahallardyce.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Looking forward to welcoming two new Research Associates tomorrow for the @edfringe.bsky.social Economic Impact Assessment as we enter another Festival season. My report-supported by @ukri.org World Class Labs will measure the value of the Fringe to the economy & as a global brand.

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Lovely morning @robertgordonuni.bsky.social receiving the honorary degree of D.Litt as a 'leading historian, public intellectual and university leader'. Thanks to Prof Peter Reid, Principal Steve Olivier and Chair of Governors Colin Hunter for their support & hospitality @ahallardyce.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Lovely morning at @robertgordonuni.bsky.social receiving the honorary degree of D.Litt as a 'leading historian, public intellectual and university leader'. Thanks to Prof Peter Reid, Principal Steve Olivier and Chair of Governors Colin Hunter for their support & hospitality @ahallardyce.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Excellent afternoon with @christophersmith.bsky.social engaging on AHRC policy, strategy and outlook in the context of @ukri.org & UK government strategy- hosted by @sahavoice.bsky.social and @royalsoced.bsky.social Colleagues from across the sector in Scotland really enjoyed themselves !

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Signing at the Watermill Bookshop, Aberfeldy today- what a great place & the Shortest History going very fast @oldstpublishing.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Looking forward to the @brirechamber.bsky.social HE conference on Thursday on the eve of Ireland's Presidency as FP10 @horizoneu.bsky.social crystallizes. The interests of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences will be critical in the years ahead @eassh.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Looking forward to an in-depth discussion of AI in policy and society in Cambridge at the end of this week with old friends and new @kingscollege.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

1000 Years of Scottish History, YTN South Korea....

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Happening today and tomorrow. A lovely conference arranged by Sabrina Juillet Garzon and colleagues in Scotland

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Review in Scottish Field for June bearing out other early takes in TheScotsman The National Prospect Magazine and elsewhere @iassl.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @sahavoice.bsky.social @scothistorysociety.bsky.social @historia-hwa.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

In London tonight so popped by Piccadilly Waterstones and Hatchards to sign c30 @oldstpublishing.bsky.social Shortest Histories of Scotland. Here at Oscar Wilde’s desk in Hatchards, who have sold half their order since yesterday.

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Recording a diverse and engaging podcast with Jackie Bird for Love Scotland today on The Shortest History of Scotland, everything from the Casket Letters to the Loch Ness Monster @oldstpublishing.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Looking forward to to giving keynote at @iSchools conference @edinburghnapier.bsky.social tomorrow: what is a Smart City, is it a new thing, and how can its economic power develop cultural and social benefit ? @asls.org.uk @eassh.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @ahallardyce.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Just in print-available in the shops soon for £14.99, launch events in Edinburgh and Glasgow to come, first podcast recording with Jackie Bird for National Trust for Scotland @empirepoduk.bsky.social @historia-hwa.bsky.social @uguelphscottish.bsky.social @iassl.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

@paulinemackay.bsky.social 's outstanding development of Intangible Cultural Heritage research in the context of the Burns Supper is giving us info on the practices of the BS worldwide we never had before. Presenting on it this morning to the Scottish Government's international advisory committee

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Very pleased to receive the Lifetime Innovator award of University of Glasgow for work in cultural heritage policy, literary tourism, museum innovation & economic impact @sahavoice.bsky.social @eassh.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social @brirechamber.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @mimuofg.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Looking forward to engaging with Smart City theory and successes today in Edinburgh with Scotland's @tcddublin.bsky.social alumni and charting the contribution of today's Dublin to the Smart City

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Congratulations to Professor Crawford Gribben of @qubhistory.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on his election as @ria.ie . Crawford's work on the importance of belief, eschatology and theology to historical identities is groundbreaking @paulinemackay.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

In the last stages of readying my address on Saturday in Edinburgh on 'Smart Cities are Nothing New' & keynote for the iSchools conference-also in Edinburgh-'From Analogue Edinburgh to Digital Futures: Enlightenment & the Smart City Legacy and Brand' @ahallardyce.bsky.social @uofgied.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Another great idea to support Scott in schools from the Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club.

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Lovely memorial service today for Mark Dennis, umquhile Ormond Puirsuivant & Ross Herald Extraordinary. Dignified & affectionate, eulogy from the Lord Lyon. Mark encouraged the St Andrews Soc of San Francisco to sponsor Scot Romanticism in World Lit conference in 2006@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Excellent meeting of Scottish Chapter of @brirechamber.bsky.social in Edinburgh with Irish Consul General Jerry O’Donovan, discussing opportunities in the new Co-operation Framework & prep for Irish Presidency. @sahavoice.bsky.social @uofgnews.bsky.social @ahallardyce.bsky.social @eassh.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Very enjoyable Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow lecture tonight on 'The Roots & Fruits of Scotland's Global History'. Attendance of c230 and the presentation of the Glasgow Medal by president Professor Pat Monaghan FRS FRSE to follow. @sahavoice.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @iassl.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Excellent morning meeting colleagues in the Scottish Government and West Dunbartonshire Council to discuss the Dumbarton Wayfaring & Intervention Action Plan in connexion with developing the heritage offer and its narrative. @sahavoice.bsky.social @ahallardyce.bsky.social @briandornan.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Pleased to begin role of ambassador for Ellisland, 'The Home of Auld Lang Syne' from Hogmanay- interviews with BBC, ITV and Fox today. Read Joan McAlpine on the Ellisland appeal in www.scotsman.com/news/opinion... @glasgowburns.bsky.social @iassl.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social @asls.org.uk

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

My reading choices for Books of 2025: Lewis Barton, A History of Europe in 29 Borders (brilliant and focused despite the fashionable title); John Kay, The Corporation in the 21st Century and Richard Susskind's How to Think About AI. Three books to change the frame. @sahavoice.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Very good first day representing Scotland on board @eassh.bsky.social. Lina Gálvez MEP & FP10 co-rapporteur on European autonomy, economic growth & the social mission. @gabilombardo.bsky.social outstanding on FP10 discussions. Joe O'Hara impressive on EASSH wins in 2025. @sahavoice.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Here in a festive Brussels for @eassh.bsky.social AGM & critical discussions on FP10. Is European research responding to Draghi ? Where are start ups & spinouts ? @gabilombardo.bsky.social has done so much this year to deliver on Society & put EASSH at the heart of the map. @uofgied.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Receiving Roy Medal for Scottish Studies PhD of the year on behalf of Suping Li for her thesis on 'The Reception of Robert Burns in China'-the 3rd time one of my students has won after the terrific PhDs of Michael Shaw and Craig Lamont; @paulinemackay.bsky.social co-supervised. Well done Suping !

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

State of the art museology here in Vienna at the Strauss Museum. Interactive, Immersive, highly informative. @mimuofg.bsky.social @fergusbruce.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social @ahallardyce.bsky.social

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Looking forward to visiting Burns' Ellisland tomorrow to discuss the forthcoming campaign to develop the Home of Auld Lang Syne with Joan McAlpine and colleagues. @glasgowburns.bsky.social is a longterm supporter: director @paulinemackay.bsky.social here with Alasdair Whyte & singer Robyn Stapleton

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

150th (actually it turns out 167th) anniversary dinner for Nairn Literary Institute last night. A very pleasant evening discussing everything from Picts to bridges before speaking on 'Do the Highlands exist ?' The audience were very polite. Thanks to NLI President Prof. Ron Skeldon for organizing.

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Tomorrow in Paris- preparing for the Pix sale at ADER auctions and speaking on the politics of textiles, medals, and of course-glass @iassl.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @asls.org.uk

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