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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

⭐ Internship opportunities! Explore 40 NEW paid internships and artist residencies for PhD researchers commencing in 2027. Applicants must be a 2nd or 3rd year PhD student in the arts & humanities, registered at a Scottish HEI. Read more: www.sgsah.ac.uk/current/fund...

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Our wonderful @designinf.bsky.social @sgsah.bsky.social PhD student @erdorfman.bsky.social is working with the Traverse theatre for her work placement, and helping set up this new development programme for folks across Scotland wanting to write for digitally immersive theatre. A great opportunity!

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What do medieval saintly cults and Taylor Swift's 2023/24 'Eras Tour' have in common? Read the latest SGSAH blog by guest writer and @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Gender History researcher, EK McAlpine, to find out! 🔗 sgsahblog.com/2026/08/28/s...

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

📣 Call for Internship Host Organisations 📣 Could your organisation benefit from the expertise, creativity & fresh perspectives of a doctoral researcher? ⏳ Applications close on 11 September, with just under 2 weeks remaining to submit a proposal. 🔗 Find out more: www.sgsah.ac.uk/current/fund...

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Kate Kane @katekane1542.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Thank you @sgsah.bsky.social for a lovely few days in Millport last week. It was a real treat to hear about my cohort’s research in such a beautiful setting.

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🤝 Considering a Collaborative PhD Partnership? Join SGSAH online on 15 Sept (2-3pm) for practical guidance on applying for a Collaborative PhD. ⚠️ For partner organisations & academic colleagues interested in Partnership PhDs, not students. 🔗 Register: tockify.com/sgsah/detail...

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

What do writing retreats 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 teach you? ✍️ SGSAH resident blogger Olivia Shaw-Lovell argues it’s about far more than hitting a word count. From overcoming barriers to building community, discover the real value of stepping away to write. Read the blog: sgsahblog.com/2026/08/14/w...

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What Writing Retreats Actually Teach You

Photo: Kristin Hardwick, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Say the words “writing retreat” to a PhD researcher and watch their eyes light up around one thing: the word count. A few days away …

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Jennifer Volk, our @sgsah.bsky.social PhD student, is closely following developments of the CCE platform (which is now in Beta, but shortly launching to the public) and we'd love to get opinions from those working in the cultural heritage sector on the intention to package up assets for AI... 🙏

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Ann Gillian Chu 朱安之 @gillianchuphd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Thanks for celebrating my achievements, @sgsah.bsky.social!

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The SGSAH August 2026 newsletter is here 📨 In this issue: ➡️ Host a funded PhD research intern in 2027 ➡️ Explore the SGSAH/SGSSS PGR Networks ➡️ Stories from our researchers ➡️ Alumni achievements ➡️ Upcoming events, funded PhD opportunities…and more! 🔗 Read it here: mailchi.mp/sgsah/newsle...

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

✨ New Blog ✨ From scholarly exchange to sing-alongs and new connections, Yale-Edinburgh 2026 highlighted the value of showing up where conversations happen. Read Kpanie Addy, SJ’s guest reflection on the SGSAH research blog: sgsahblog.com/2026/08/07/b...

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Beyond the Desk: A Guest Reflection on Yale-Edinburgh 2026

Introduction by Olivia Shaw-Lovell | Guest reflection by Kpanie Addy, SJ A few weeks ago, I wrote about why PhD students need to show up where the conversations are happening. As a first-year PhD s…

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

📢 Applications are open for 11 AHRC-funded PhD projects through North-Sea Heritage in Transitions. 🚢 Projects span art history, visual arts and creative practice, with places available across four Scottish institutions. 🗓️ Closing date: 29 August 2026 🔗 Full details: www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/discipl...

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AHRC North-Sea Heritage in Transitions | The School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History | The University of Aberdeen

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Thinking about a PhD but unsure how to start the process? 🎓 In our latest blog, University of Edinburgh researcher & resident blogger Olivia Shaw-Lovell shares her journey from first idea to securing PhD funding, with practical advice for applicants. Read it here: sgsahblog.com/2026/07/31/t...

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The PhD Journey Begins Before Enrollment: The Journey to Finding Your PhD Funding

At a time when higher education budgets are tightening and funding opportunities can feel increasingly uncertain, many people are questioning whether pursuing a PhD is still financially possible. F…

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

☀️ Summer break doesn’t always mean a break from PhD research. Our latest SGSAH blog shares reflections on staying productive, managing expectations, balancing family life and making time to rest during the summer research season. 👉 Read the blog: sgsahblog.com/2026/07/24/w...

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When Everyone Else Is on Break: Surviving the Summer Research Season

One of the things I learned very quickly during my first year as a PhD student is that summer break does not necessarily mean a break from the PhD. While the university becomes quieter and everyone…

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Meet our new Featured Researcher, Eleanor Dawson! ✨ Eleanor's PhD @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social explores Scottish heritage collections to gain insight into women, sport and the visual in Scottish sport history, 1840-1940. Discover her story & research in full → sgsahresearch.com/featured-res...

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The SGSAH July 2026 newsletter is here 📨 In this issue: ➡️ We’re hiring: Training Associate Directors ➡️ Meet our new EDI Associate Director, Blogger & Digi Curator ➡️ Host a funded PhD research intern in 2027 ➡️ Community achievements, events…and more! 🔗 Read it here: mailchi.mp/sgsah/newsle...

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Cake, conversations, unexpected reading recs, and a little divine intervention 🍰📚 In our latest SGSAH blog, an anonymous contributor reflects on attending the University of Edinburgh School of Divinity PG Summer School and why showing up matters. Read it here: sgsahblog.com/2026/07/03/t...

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The Summer School Musings: Cake, Conversations, and a Little Divine Intervention

There is something oddly comforting about finding yourself in a room full of other postgraduate students and realising that the academic world is much larger than your own desk, your own department…

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Huge congratulations and well done to our Year 2's whose hard work helped create another successful SGSAH Year 2 Symposium! 👏🥳 Extra shout out to our organisers: Cristina, Esther, Mhairi, Stefan and Tomas who planned and executed the entire symposium! 🎉📚 #SGSAH #PhDCommunity #ThankYou #SGSAHEvents

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

✨ New on the SGSAH blog “In many ways, my PhD simply gave academic language to questions that community work had already been asking me for years” In her first post, Olivia Shaw-Lovell reflects on the community work shaping her research on trauma & healing. Read: sgsahblog.com/2026/05/29/t...

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The Questions That Existed Before Academia

New resident blogger, Olivia Shaw Lovell, introduces her work, and what excites her most about contributing to this SGSAH blog space.

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

📣 Fully-funded PhD: 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲? 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹, 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗲 With @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social, @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social & @nts-archaeology.bsky.social Closing date: 3 June 🔗 archaeologyorkney.com/2026/05/11/f...

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Applicants sought for funded PhD investigating the heritage of Fair Isle - Archaeology Orkney

The UHI Archaeology Institute and Glasgow School of Art, in collaboration with the National Trust for Scotland, are delighted to announce a new ARCS funded PhD opportunity investigating the heritage o...

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Amazing PhD opportunity working on the archaeology and landscape of Fair Isle. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The SGSAH May 2026 newsletter is here 📨 ✨ Inside this issue: ➡️ Summer School spotlights ➡️ Invitation for Supervisors ➡️ PhD viva successes ➡️ Funding opportunities ➡️ New publications...and more! 🔗 Read it here: mailchi.mp/sgsah/newsle...

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Emily Munro @emilymunro.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

It's been a joy to work on this forthcoming exhibition (RAIN at National Library of Scotland) as the moving image curator and coordinator of sound-art project 'Experiences of Rain'. Thanks to Jelena Sofronijevic and @sgsah.bsky.social for the preview: sgsahblog.com/2026/05/05/w...

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‘When people think of Scotland, they often think of rain’

Dr Sarah Mackay and Dr Emily Munro, returning guest bloggers, share their forthcoming exhibition at the National Library of Scotland, researching the nation’s relationship with wet weather.

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

✨ New on the SGSAH blog: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀: 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲. Harriet Crisp reflects on the ongoing legacy of the EARTH Scholarships (2023–2025), delivered by SGSAH in collaboration w/ British Council Scotland. Read the full blog: sgsahblog.com/2026/05/11/t...

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Traces and tracks: Reflecting on the EARTH Scholarships impact programme

As EARTH Scholars reconvened in Glasgow during Earth Day 2026, Harriet Crisp reflects on the impact of a unique international programme at the intersection of environmental arts and humanities.

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

What support do PhD supervisors need now? Join our SGSAH Supervisor Forum (Open Floor), 17 June, 2–3pm (online). Open to all Arts & Humanities supervisors & PGR support staff across Scotland. Share ideas & shape what comes next... 🔗 RSVP via our website: tockify.com/sgsah/detail...

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Registration now open for SGSAH Summer School 2026 🚀 18–19 June (online) + 24–25 June (Glasgow) For arts & humanities PhDs in Scotland, including our Doctoral Research Showcase (open to all) Explore the programme & book soon—spaces limited! padlet.com/sgsah/sgsah-...

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SGSAH Summer School 2026 Programme

Booking via Eventbrite from 7 May: https://SGSAH_Summer_School_2026.eventbrite.co.uk

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Look! — A fully-funded practice-based PhD with @rcsofficial.bsky.social & @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social exploring creativity, psychology and collaboration with the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra 🎻 ⏳ Closing date: 26 May 🔗 Details: www.rcs.ac.uk/courses/arch... Spread the word! 🔄

Fully funded PhD poster advertising “Archiving and Advancing the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra,” with key details in white and orange text on a black background, and a photo of a large ensemble performing live with multiple instruments at the bottom.

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

A big thank you to Jelena Sofronijivec, our Blogger-in-Residence for the past 6 months, and to Rachel Millar, who has been our Digital Curator. We’ve really valued their contributions during this time. We’ll be introducing our new Blogger and Digital Curator over the next few weeks, so stay tuned!

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

What can rain tell us about Scotland? ☔ In the latest SGSAH blog, Sarah Mackay @smgthomson.bsky.social & Emily Munro share their forthcoming exhibition 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗻 at the @natlibscot.bsky.social — exploring rain as shared heritage, cultural identity & connection. Read here: sgsahblog.com/2026/05/05/w...

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‘When people think of Scotland, they often think of rain’

Dr Sarah Mackay and Dr Emily Munro, returning guest bloggers, share their forthcoming exhibition at the National Library of Scotland, researching the nation’s relationship with wet weather.

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

✨ New SGSAH blog: 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 Guest bloggers Cicely Farrer & Alison Scott reflect on creative, ethical ways of working with activist archives, following a collaborative event at @natlibscot.bsky.social, Kelvin Hall. Read more 👉 sgsahblog.com/2026/04/28/g...

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Gathering around activism in the archives

Guest bloggers Cicely Farrer and Alison Scott reflect on their event, Creative Citizenship in the Archives, co-organised with the SGSAH KE Hub Citizenship, Culture & Ethics (CCE).

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The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

PhD Film student has joined us at the archive on placement via a @sgsah.bsky.social internship, one of 20 students who joined us this term. Jack has been working on our ‘Alasdair & Others’ project and has been researching the connection between Gray and Hugh MacDiarmid.

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

🎬 PhD Opportunity: 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 In collaboration with @natlibscot.bsky.social, @qmuniversity.bsky.social and @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social. Apps due by 06/05/2026 🔗 Learn more & apply: www.qmu.ac.uk/study-here/p...

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Funded PhD with SGSAH ARCS | Queen Margaret University

Documenting Edinburgh International Film Festival: An archival history of one the world’s longest established and running film festivals. his is a PhD in collaboration with the NLS, and is jointly fun...

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Today, on Earth Day, in partnership with British Council Scotland, we're proud to host the EARTH Scholarships Impact Symposium, bringing EARTH scholars, mentors & partners together to share the real-world impact of the programme - in research, communities and futures shaped through collaboration.

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

🌍 This Earth Day 2026, SGSAH & British Council Scotland launch a new Impact Portfolio from the EARTH Scholarships Programme. Showcasing work by our EARTH Scholars (2023–25), it highlights creative, interdisciplinary responses shaping more sustainable futures. Explore: issuu.com/sgsah/docs/c...

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Kath Page @orkat3.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

#Glasgow bound today for the @sgsah.bsky.social #Earth symposium. Looking forward to meeting with other #PhD students and presenting how the #scholarship has shaped my research on human #RedDeer relationships in #Prehistory 📸 mine @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social #Zooarchaeology #Archaeology

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Claire Squires @clairesquires.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Brilliant to be back with @sgsah.bsky.social for the EARTH Scholars reunion day - here with Harish Lokhun from @britishcouncil.bsky.social Scotland welcoming scholars back to Glasgow

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

📣 Fully-funded PhD opportunity in Scottish video game heritage! ARCS-funded PhD researching a national collection of Scotland’s game history. With @abertayuni.bsky.social, @glasgow.ac.uk & National Museum of Scotland. Apps due by 11/05/2026 🔗 Learn more & apply: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Developing a Framework for a National Collection of Scottish Video Game Heritage at Abertay University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Developing a Framework for a National Collection of Scottish Video Game Heritage at Abertay University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This week we’d like to introduce our Board- Meet our Chair, Monica Callaghan—Head of Operations & Strategy @sgsah.bsky.social With 20+ years in arts leadership, she champions access, innovation, & inclusion. She joins us to support growth, learning and long-term impact. 📸 by Matthew Arthur Williams

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Meet our new Featured Researcher, Cicely Farrer! ✨ Cicely's PhD @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social explores art, gender & activism, tracing how artists organised politically across the 20th century. Discover her story & research in full → sgsahresearch.com/featured-res...

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

New on the SGSAH Blog! ✨ Resident blogger Jelena shares the ideas behind their upcoming British Council Venice Fellowship. A brilliant read for anyone interested in intercultural dialogue, art, or behind‑the‑scenes Fellowship life. 👉 Dive into the full post: sgsahblog.com/2026/04/07/b...

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Beginning a British Council Venice Fellowship

Resident blogger Jelena Sofronijevic shares their research relating Jagoda Buić and Lubaina Himid at the Venice Biennale, as part of their British Council Venice Fellowship in May 2026.

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

🌟 New on the SGSAH blog 🌟 Practice-based researcher @gsalibrary.bsky.social, Cecilia Charlton, explores how folk weaving traditions in Lithuania and Scotland reveal deep connections between people, materials, landscapes & heritage craft. 🧶 👉 Read the full article: sgsahblog.com/2026/03/31/f...

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Fauna, Forests, Fabrics: Researching Folk Weaving in Lithuania and Scotland

Guest blogger Cecilia Charlton discusses the value of durational ethnographic practices in heritage textile research.

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The Blether @thebletherscotlit.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

It’s all about nuclear anxiety today as Ollie Greenall talks to us about his research. Our content is currently only available to our subscribers so sign up today! us4.list-manage.com/contact-form... @sgsah.bsky.social #thebletherpgr #theblether #scottishliterature

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

New on the SGSAH Blog ✨ Curator & practice-based PhD @saraguidi.bsky.social reflects on listening as a feminist, diasporic, and more‑than‑human practice, ahead of her SGSAH‑supported event 'Like Ancient Drops In Future Tides' this April. ➡️ Read the full post: sgsahblog.com/2026/03/24/l...

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Listening to – and as – Research

Previewing their SGSAH-supported event in Glasgow in April 2026, curator Sara Guidi considers the environmental meanings of storytelling, through the lenses of gender studies and diasporic narrativ…

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Just ONE WEEK left to apply for these paid Blogger & Digital Curator positions at SGSAH! ⏰

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Kath Page @orkat3.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I had the privilege of being an Earth Scholar in 2023 and it was such an amazing programme to be part of. Looking forward to the symposium in April to hear all about the projects that have developed as a result of this scholarship.

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

✨ New on the SGSAH blog: artist–researcher Alison Scott reflects on the lasting impacts of the EARTH Scholarship cohort programme - from muddy shell middens to new networks in environmental arts & humanities... 🔗 Read more: sgsahblog.com/2026/03/17/a...

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A View of EARTH, from Scotland

Concluding the British Council Scotland SGSAH EARTH Scholarship Scheme series, guest blogger Alison Scott reflects on the ongoing impacts of the programme for scholars based in Scotland.

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

⏰ Just one week left to apply for funding to showcase your Arts & Humanities PhD Research this June! ⏰

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