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Dr Sheilagh Quaile

@sheilaghquaile.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor (Adjunct), University of Prince Edward Island. Historian of art, design, and material culture in Britain and empire. Writing a book on #Paisley design for Edinburgh University Press.

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Guelph Centre for Scottish Studies @uguelphscottish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thinking about a graduate degree with a focus on Scottish Studies? The Centre for Scottish Studies is the oldest and most eminent academic unit in North America to carry out research, graduate training and teaching on Scottish history and culture, with special emphasis on their global dimensions.
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BAVS @bavs-uk.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
CFP: Pre-Raphaelite! Workshop – Tate Britain, 30 October 2026 (Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2026) buff.ly/mFNY34F
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CFP: Pre-Raphaelite! Workshop – Tate Britain
Call for Papers: Pre-Raphaelite! Workshop Tate Britain, 30 October 2026 Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2026 Region: East of England Type: Conference Cost: Free We welcome students, early care…
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Funded Masters of Arts (Island Studies) position University of Prince Edward Island “Island Metabolisms and the Genesis of the Canadian Agri‑Food System" Supervisor - @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social , Director of the UPEI GeoREACH Lab niche-canada.org/2026/07/24/f... #envhist #aghist #PEI
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Funded Masters of Arts (Island Studies) position University of Prince Edward Island
Funded Masters of Arts (Island Studies) position studying “Island Metabolisms and the Genesis of the Canadian Agri‑Food System.”
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Thomas Larkin @thomaslarkin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This is a fantastic visualization of colonial administrative mobilities!
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Call for Submissions – Suta-Kahini: The Crafts and Characters of Bengal Textiles - A NiCHE New Scholars Series - Edited by Debasree Sarkar niche-canada.org/2026/05/16/c... #envhist #envhum #textiles #bengal
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Call for Submissions - Suta-Kahini: The Crafts and Characters of Bengal Textiles
The tradition of inscribing stories through artistic designs on textiles is the inspiration behind the series that will explore the relationship between Suta – threads – with Kahini – story.
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Tim Chamberlain 🧭 @waymarks.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
We now have a cover! 😊 "Explorers on Screen: Adventure! Danger! Romance!" Sue Matheson & Cynthia J. Miller, eds. (Edinburgh University Press: June, 2026). Full Info: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-explore... #exploration #film #history #empire #place #gender 🗃️
Photo of the cover of "Explorers on Screen: Adventure! Danger! Romance!" Edited by Sue Matheson & Cynthia J. Miller (Edinburgh University Press, 2026) illustrated with a photograph of actor Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones on horseback. A moment of high energy, adrenaline and adventure is caught in the arrested glance of the horse's eye, which looks directly out of the image, echoed by Indiana Jones's angry look of concentrated determination and fearful concern.
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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Publication week! Excited to share stories of often shadowy figures connected to the royal wardrobe in Dressing the Queen, women like Marianne Skerrett, long time dresser to Queen Victoria by Rosa Koberwein in 1880, with an image of her domain, the dressing room at Balmoral #RCT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A pastel portrait of an older woman dressed in a black gown with a white cap on her head. She was Queen Victoria’s dresserA watercolour painting of a furnished room with blue walls and oak furniture including wardrobe and dressing table which was Queen Victoria’s dressing room at BalmoralA photograph of the cover of my book Dressing the Queen which is published on April 2!
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International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures @iassl.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The IASSL PhD Award is aimed at outstanding PhD dissertations on Scottish literature submitted outside of the UK (written in English or other languages). The first round is open for submissions! 🏆🎓 scotlit-iassl.org/awards/iassl...
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Dr Sheilagh Quaile @sheilaghquaile.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Excited for this conference, including our panel on early to mid-20thC material culture!
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
And that’s a wrap on our blog series on artificial intelligence! Thanks to @amywb.bsky.social @chriscampbell1.bsky.social @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social @megsmith.bsky.social @ktl10.bsky.social and Anushmita Mohanty for their wonderful contributions! Visit nacbs.org/broadsides to read the full series!
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Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada @cndhistassoc.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Registration has now opened for the CHA annual meeting! We hope to see you there. #CHASHC2026 #cdnhist
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Annual Meeting | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada
The CHA hosts an annual meeting in May/June in coordination with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences which is held in a different Canadian city each year. Between 350-500 historians gat...
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Sarah Bull @sarahebull.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Does the use of the personas of real people without permission scream ‘class action lawsuit’ to you too?
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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
📢 March is #Women’sHistoryMonth – a fitting time to support new research in women’s and gender history! Women’s History Scotland invites applications for one £500 Research Bursary for 2026. For conditions and how to apply visit 🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and... Please share widely!
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WHS Research Bursary – Women's History Scotland
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Dr. John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
📢Conference Call for Papers📢 An Intelligent Interest: Learning and Education in London Seeking proposals for engaging and accessible talks or presentations on any aspect of education and learning in London’s history. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/an-... #history #historyconference #CFP #education
adult learners from the 1950s sitting in a classroom with a teacher presenting
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Dr Sheilagh Quaile @sheilaghquaile.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Very much looking forward to my first CHA annual meeting, and thrilled it's to be at UPEI!
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 16/02/2026
News | First look at the new Paisley Museum Photos and details released as construction finishes on major redevelopment
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First look at the new Paisley Museum - Museums Association
Photos and details released as construction finishes on major redevelopment
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Nova Scotia Museum @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Women in 1800s Nova Scotia traveled all over the world doing missionary work, which was an alternate way of life from typical domestic duties, or provided a means of earning a living.
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An intricate Chinese embroidered Mandarin square on dark blue silk, featuring a white crane standing on a rock amidst stylized waves. The scene is filled with colorful ruyi clouds, red bats, and peaches, all enclosed in a gold geometric border.
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Jane Tynan @janeym.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
So glad we got to commission this new book for the Palgrave series. Explores how #colonial exploitation of natural resources came to #fashion female bodies. Thanks to editors Audrey Murfin, Victoria Pettersen Lantz & Sibyl Buchell for a fascinating book on #materials #ecologies #specimens
Front cover image of book Animal Fashions depicting a Victorian woman with a dog
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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Free Online Islands Matter Seminar.... @thinkuhi.bsky.social Dr Iain MacPherson Sabhal Mòr Ostaig discusses his research, 'Migrants on the Margins Matter: Three Scottish Gaelic Song-Poems from and about the 19th Century Prince Edward Island.' 1.00pm UK time 12/02/26 tinyurl.com/3ducwu9p
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
📢 Call for Volunteers! NACBS is seeking to add two new members to the Broadsides editorial board! Information here: www.nacbs.org/news/volunte...
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
New on the blog: BARS President’s Fellowship 2025 Report Suchitra Choudhury on ‘Thingy Romanticism: Indian objects in Romantic-period visual satire’ www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6217
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BARS President’s Fellowship 2025 Report: Suchitra Choudhury on ‘Thingy Romanticism: Indian objects in Romantic-period visual satire’ – BARS Blog
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UGuelph History Department @uguelphhist.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
We are hiring! The Department of History at the University of Guelph seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in History of the Middle East. careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
📢 Calling WHS members! For our last social of 2025, we are delighted to host @womenof1000.bsky.social who will be sharing research on music and dance among itinerant herring gutters in British and Irish fisheries 🗓️ Wed 17 Dec, 7pm Sign up here 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/women...
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Select tickets – Women's History Scotland December Social - Guest Speaker Meg Hyland – Zoom
Women's History Scotland December Social - Guest Speaker Meg Hyland – Zoom, Wed 17 Dec 2025 - Women's History Scotland deliver online socials for members throughout the year. These socials are a fanta...
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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Our deadline is approaching! A reminder that you have until Monday 15 December to apply for our £750 bursary. Good luck everyone!
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Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada @cndhistassoc.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The call for papers for the CHA’s 2026 annual meeting is now online! Please consider submitting a proposal and joining us in PEI this coming June. #cdnhist #CHA2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown
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Fourwaves - CHA Annual Meeting 2026
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Nova Scotia Museum @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
In 1845, Rachel Barrett, most likely the child of a Black Refugee, stitched by hand an embroidery known as a sampler as part of her education at Halifax’s African School. Barrett’s sampler is the first of its kind discovered in Nova Scotia.
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
***CALL FOR PROPOSALS*** Routledge Studies in #18thC Cultures & Societies (eds. @profelainechalus.bsky.social & Deborah Simonton) seeks proposals for book-length studies on aspects of British, European, or transnational culture and society c.1680-1850. Full details: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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New History Book Series Call for Proposals: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth- Century Cultures and Societies - BSECS
Series Editors: Elaine Chalus, University of Liverpool, UK and Deborah Simonton, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Routledge Editor: Max Novick The long eighteenth century sits as a pivotal poin...
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Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada @cndhistassoc.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
You can’t spell “Charlottetown” without “CHA”! The CHA is thrilled to announce that its next Annual Meeting will be held June 1-3, 2026, in Charlottetown, PEI. We hope to see you there! Click the link for the full announcement. #cdnhist #CHA2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown
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Announcement: CHA Annual Meeting 2026 | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada
You can’t spell “Charlottetown” without “CHA”! The CHA is thrilled to announce that its next Annual Meeting will be held Monday-Wednesday, June 1-3, 2026, in Charlottetown, PEI. The event will be host...
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Dr Sheilagh Quaile @sheilaghquaile.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
An opportunity for emerging writers on the decorative arts in Canada -- from the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts / Cercle canadien des arts décoratifs : csda-ccad.org/awards
The 2025 Call for Submissions poster for the John Fleming Award. More information is available at https://csda-ccad.org/awards.
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Dr Sheilagh Quaile @sheilaghquaile.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
An opportunity for emerging writers on the decorative arts in Canada -- from the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts / Cercle canadien des arts décoratifs : csda-ccad.org/awards
The 2025 Call for Submissions poster for the John Fleming Award. More information is available at https://csda-ccad.org/awards.
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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
📣 Call for Papers: WHS Conference 2025! 🗓️ 13 Sept | 📍 Glasgow | 🧾 Deadline: 1 July Join us for New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland—our first in-person conference since 2019! 🔗 Info + submission form: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and... Please share widely!
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WHS Conference 2025 – Women's History Scotland
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Guelph Centre for Scottish Studies @uguelphscottish.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Join us virtually on 26 June at 3pm (EDT)/8pm (UK) on Zoom for the inaugural Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership Lecture: 'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ delivered by Professor Robert Dunbar, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social. Register: bit.ly/S-CAPLecture...
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Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections
Join us for the inaugural Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership Lecture delivered by Professor Robert Dunbar, University of Edinburgh.
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 11/05/2025
A liuthad soitheach a dh’fhàg ar dùthaich le sgiathan geala a’ toirt Chanada orra. Tha iad mar neapaigearan ’nar cuimhne ’s an sàl mar dheoirean, ’s anns na croinn aca seòladairean a’ seinn mar eòin air gheugan. Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn, “Na h-Eilthirich” (“The Exiles”) canongate.co.uk/books/193-mo...
Na h-Eilthirich
Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn

A liuthad soitheach a dh’fhàg ar dùthaich
le sgiathan geala a’ toirt Chanada orra.
Tha iad mar neapaigearan ’nar cuimhne
’s an sàl mar dheoirean,
’s anns na croinn aca seòladairean a’ seinn
mar eòin air gheugan.
Muir a’ Mhàigh ud, gu gorm a’ ruith,
gealach air an oidhche, grian air an latha,
ach a’ ghealach mar mheas buidhe,
mar thruinnsear air balla,
ris an tog iad an làmhan,
no mar mhagnet airgeadach
le gathan goirte
a’ sruthadh do’n chridhe.The Exiles
Iain Crichton Smith

The many ships that left our country
with white wings for Canada.
They are like handkerchiefs in our memories
and the brine like tears
and in their masts sailors singing
like birds on branches.
That sea of May, running in such blue,
a moon at night, a sun at daytime,
and the moon like a yellow fruit,
like a plate on a wall,
to which they raise their hands,
like a silver magnet
with piercing rays
streaming into the heart.
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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Our Research Bursary is open for applications until 31st May! Looking for inspiration? Our 2022 winner, @sheilaghquaile.bsky.social researched female textile designers 🧵🪡 womenshistoryscotland.org/2023/04/08/b... Could you be next? Apply here 🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
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Bursary Winner Report: Dr Sheilagh Quaile – Women's History Scotland
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Zaynub Zaman @zzaman.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Revolutionary Writers unite! Special Issue 🚨 Working Wonders: Work, Pre-Raphs and Utopian Visions. Welcome topics: Labour, Socialists, Suffragettes & Utopia. Email editorpreraphreview@gmail.com for expressions of interest. @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social Deadline: 1st September 2025.
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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Women's History Scotland are migrating to Bluesky - we are so excited to grow in this new space! We'll be creating and sharing content dedicated to celebrating and exploring histories of gender and women in Scotland. Join us for the journey! #WomensHistory #HerStory #GenderHist #Scotland
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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
#ExhibitionExcitement today with three objects in the exhibition ‘William Morris & Art from the Islamic World’ at William Morris Gallery. On until 9 March 2025 it’s the first exhibition to explore the influence of art from the Islamic world on William Morris. We can’t wait to visit!
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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Someone at @acadiensis.bsky.social has a sense of humour.
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19th Century Dress and Textiles Reframed @19cdandtreframed.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Hello BlueSky! We are historians who have been sharing our #researchjoy of c19th dress & textiles for over 5 yrs. We hold regular international 'At Home' events over zoom. Learn who we are, where to watch recorded 'At Homes', and how to get involved here: c19thdressandtextilesreframed.wordpress.com
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19th Century Dress & Textiles Reframed
New approaches to the study of dress and textiles in the long 19th century (1790 – 1914)
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Victorian Review @victorianreview.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hello! It's nice to see you here. Check out our latest issue, VR 49.2 muse.jhu.edu/issue/53136 and stay tuned for 50.1, coming soon, featuring a forum on Victorian studies and the climate crisis and our 2023 Hamilton Prize winner.
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Jamie Kelly @sisyphussmile.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
Just realised I've not shared my thesis here! For all interested in education, governance and language use in post-union Scotland. For Gaelic scholars, sociologists, historians of all sorts! theses.gla.ac.uk/81863/
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The Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge: education, language & governance in the British State and Empire, c.1690–c.1735 - Enlighten Theses
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UGuelph History Department @uguelphhist.bsky.social · 04/10/2024
Two weeks from now, join the online book launch of a new interdisciplinary collection in honour of Elizabeth Ewan @kiritekatawa.bsky.social, which explores the role of gender in shaping premodern Scottish identity and history. For more info: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
Thank you everyone for welcoming us - we’re very happy to be here.
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UGuelph History Department @uguelphhist.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
the 2024-25 Rural History Roundtable begins this Thurs, Sept 26, when @rebeccabeau.bsky.social will present research from her new book about women and leisure in small-town Ontario. 330-5pm, Room 246B, McLaughlin Library; or virtually by registering here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/tea-meetin... #cdnhist
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Acadiensis @acadiensis.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
A little late to the X-odus, but Acadiensis is on Bluesky now. Looking forward to sharing our love of Atlantic Canadian history and Atlantic Canadian late night cuisine.
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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · 13/09/2024
Newly published in JBS! Read the article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Allan Kennedy @allankennedy.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
FREE webinar in association with History Scotland magazine! Come join me on 29 August to hear about 'Women and Serious Crime in Late-Seventeenth Century Scotland'! r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/73DN-FQO/c...
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American Historical Association @historians.org · 16/07/2024
Register now for #AHAOnline Teacher Institute: Material Culture in World History on July 23, a free, 4.5-hour, online professional development program for educators, including middle and high school teachers and 2- and 4-year college faculty. 🗃️
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2024 AHA Online Teacher Institute: Material Culture in World History
This institute will focus on material culture as a lens through which to explore the connections across continents, oceans, and regions that are central to the project of world history.
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H-Net @h-net-humanities.bsky.social · 01/07/2024
Calling all teachers, professors, and education enthusiasts for our remote teaching conference on August 19th - 22th. This year’s theme focuses on fostering inclusivity within classrooms and community building. Register now for this free conference! conferences.h-net.org/e/2024-teach...
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2024 H-Net Teaching Conference
History, Social Science, and the Humanities: Working in Classrooms and CommunitiesWelcome to the third annual H-Net Teaching Conference! This remote Zoom conference is sponsored by H-Teach. This year’...
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British History Online @bho.bsky.social · 21/06/2024
If you find an out of copyright book on Google Books, that they have a scan of but aren't making fully available, use this form to ask them to release it: support.google.com/websearch/an... It's simple, gets results, and enriches the #PublicDomain
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