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Scottish Society for Art History

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The SSAH promotes & supports the study and enjoyment of art and art history in Scotland. Registered Scottish Charity (SCO35621)

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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just under two weeks left to submit your proposals to our Call for Papers! We welcome proposals for 20 minute papers or 10 minute case studies exploring the relationship between art and health in Scotland. Deadline is 5pm on Thursday 1 October 2026. Full details on our website!
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Excited to take part in this year's #ArtHistoryFestival2026 with an online event on Hamilton Palace: Scotland’s Greatest Treasure House Recreated, a free, online talk by Dr Godfrey Evans. Book your free spot: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hamilton-p... Check out festival programme @forarthistory.org.uk
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Hamilton Palace: Scotland’s Greatest Treasure House Recreated
An online talk by Dr Godfrey Evans hosted by the Scottish Society for Art History as part of the Art History Festival
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Call for papers! In partnership with the University of Aberdeen and Grampian Hospitals Art Trust, the Society will host a two-day in person conference on 4-5 Feb 2027 at the University of Aberdeen, exploring the relationship between art and health in Scotland.
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Call for Papers: Art & Health
Joyce W. Cairns PPRSA, The Patient, 2009. Oil on board. University of Aberdeen Collection The Scottish Society for Art History’s 2027 Annual Conference Our full call for papers is available o…
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Applications to our research support grants are open! We are dedicated to promoting scholarship in Scottish art history. We offer research support grants of up to £400 to assist with research costs. Deadline 31 Oct 2026 More info on our website: ssahistory.wordpress.com/research-sup...
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Research Support Grants
Please note that the deadline for grant applications is 31st October 2026. The Scottish Society for Art History promotes scholarship in the history of Scottish art and art located in Scotland. To f…
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
New event: Gray’s School of Art: 140 years Thursday 2nd April, 7-8pm, Online We are delighted to host an online event to celebrate 140 years of Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen.
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Gray’s School of Art - 140 years
A free online event celebrating Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
We had a great time at this year's SSAH conference – thank you to everyone involved in organising, our partners at the RSA, and all our wonderful speakers!
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Our annual conference is less than a month away! We are looking forward to this year's conference, "Scottish Art and the Academy" in partnership with the @royalscottishacad.bsky.social as part of RSA200: Celebrating Together - a series of events to mark the Academy's 200th anniversary in 2026
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
‼️ There's still time to apply for funds to support research on Scottish art history & art located in Scotland. 🖼️ Grants available of up to £400 to support art historical investigation & practice-led projects. 📅 Closing date: 31 October More details on our website: tinyurl.com/4re26rt6
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Research Support Grants
The Scottish Society for Art History promotes scholarship in the history of Scottish art and art located in Scotland. To facilitate this, the SSAH offers research support grants of up to £400 to as…
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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Art Herstory's Monkshood Note Card Artist: Alida Withoos Artwork held at: Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo etsy.me/4h85d4Q via Etsy This autumn, we offer a 35% discount on all cards reproducing works by Dutch or Flemish women artists! The cost of this card, usually $3.95, is now $2.57 (w/ free shipping).
Photo of note card open to show front and back. The front depicts a sprig of monkshood in bloom (also known as aconitum, aconite, wolfsbane, leopard's bane, devil's helmet, or blue rocket). The same image is shown as a thumbnail on the back cover, along with the artwork's "tombstone" information and the branding verbiage with the Art Herstory logo, social media icons, and a QR code directing readers to the Alida Withoos resource page on the Art Herstory website.
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
‼️ Funding opportunity ‼️ Are you an art history researcher based in Scotland or developing a project on Scottish art history? SSAH has research grants available of up to £400 to support research costs, which also applies to practice-based projects. 📆 Deadline 31st October. tinyurl.com/4re26rt6
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Research Support Grants
The Scottish Society for Art History promotes scholarship in the history of Scottish art and art located in Scotland. To facilitate this, the SSAH offers research support grants of up to £400 to as…
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
📚 Less than a week to go #SSAHArtTextConference 6-7 Feb! In partnership with @natlibscot.bsky.social 📃Join us for an exciting programme incl Petra Poncarová, presenting on The Visual Dimension of Ruaraidh Erskine’s Magazines. 🎫 £35 General / £25 Concession tinyurl.com/2e2ap69n
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
📚 #SSAHArtTextConference 6-7 Feb with National Library of Scotland. 📄 Join us to learn about the notebooks of Scottish Symbolist John Duncan from Nina Reid. 🎫 £35 General/£25 Concession tinyurl.com/2e2ap69n Image: John Duncan, The Riders of the Sidhe, 1911 (Dundee Art Galleries and Museums).
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
📚 #SSAHArtTextConference 6-7 Feb, in partnership with National Library of Scotland. 🧚 Keava McMillan will present on Illustrating Imagination: Cecile Walton’s Fairytales. 🎟️ £35 General / £25 Concession tinyurl.com/2e2ap69n Image: Cecile Walton, The Little Mermaid, 1911.
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
📖 #SSAHArtTextConference 6-7 February in partnership with National Library of Scotland. 📃 @demetrius-art.bsky.social will present on text within the work of Scotland's postwar New Town artists, enriching the city through public art. 🎟 General £35/Concession £25 tinyurl.com/2e2ap69n
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
#SSAHArtTextConference 6-7 Feb in partnership with National Library of Scotland 📚 Join us to learn about writing art in healthcare settings from Ainize Moschynski & Enxhi Mandija. Full programme: sway.cloud.microsoft/gF7w4w9zFfB6... 🎫 General £35 / concession £25 tinyurl.com/2e2ap69n
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
📖 Art & Text conference, in partnership with National Library of Scotland 6-7 Feb 📃Join us for a fascinating programme, incl Matthew Jarron presenting on Word and Image in the University of Dundee Museum Collections. 🎟 General £35 Concession/SSAH member £25 Book here: tinyurl.com/3su4snnv
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Alice Strang @alicestrangart.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
I am giving Richard Emerson's paper The School is Half Fergus: J D Fergusson & the Margaret Morris School on his behalf at today's @ssahistory.bsky.social & Culture Perth & Kinross's Fergusson at 150 seminar at Perth Art Gallery. Morris's painting with his Goat sculpture below: bit.ly/4g0YbNf
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Alice Strang @alicestrangart.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
I shall be giving the paper 'Beyond the Scottish Colourists: John Duncan Fergusson at 150' at the @ssahistory.bsky.social & Culture Perth & Kinross seminar 'John Duncan Fergusson at 150' at Perth Art Gallery today. Info: bit.ly/4g0YbNf Photo: Me with Fergusson's Standing Female Nude by Alex Robson.
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Dr Ailsa Boyd @ailsaboyd.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Scottish Colourist painter JD Fergusson and his wife the founder of the Margaret Morris Dance Group are the subject of a conference later this month from @ssahistory.bsky.social : www.culturepk.org.uk/event/john-d...
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John Duncan Fergusson at 150 - Culture Perth & Kinross
To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of John Duncan Fergusson (1874-1961) and the opening of the permanent Fergus and Meg: A Creative Partnership
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Alice Strang @alicestrangart.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
The John Duncan Fergusson at 150 symposium, organised by @ssahistory.bsky.social & Culture Perth & Kinross + support from the J D Fergusson Art Foundation will now tbe held on 18 January. Info: bit.ly/48dCEyz Image: Fergusson's Xmas Time in the South of France coll & (c) Culture Perth & Kinross
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
🌲 Looking for a Christmas gift for an art lover? 💫 SSAH Journal: Forty Years of Art and Art History in Scotland (1984-2024) is the perfect gift! Available to purchase @artukdotorg.bsky.social: shop.artuk.org/journal-of-t...
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Journal of the Scottish Society for Art History - Volume 29 (2024-2025): Forty Years of Art and Art History in Scotland, 1984-2024
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
🔵 Today 🔵 SSAH 40 Online Journal Launch 7-8pm Join us to hear from journal contributors on the legacies of key Scottish artists of the last 40 years 🎫 Free: tinyurl.com/4bk2kvb3
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Alice Strang @alicestrangart.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
TONIGHT! On-line launch of @ssahistory.bsky.social 2024 journal 40 Years of Art & Art History in Scotland 1984-2024 To attend: bit.ly/3OZiDmw To buy cooies: bit.ly/49uYUnY Image #1: Cover with Calm Water by Bet Low, #2: 1st page of my article Beyond the Scottish Colourists: J D Fergusson at 150
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
During the 40s & 50s, Cowcaddens and the Port Dundas canal were among Bet Low's preferred Glasgow sketching spots. Can you recognise the central Glasgow location of this sketch? Join us 16 Dec for our online journal launch, celebrating 40 years of SSAH. 🎫 Free to book: tinyurl.com/4bk2kvb3
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
💫 Did you know that 2024 marks the centenary of Scottish artist Bet Low's birth? 💫 2024 is also the 40th anniversary of SSAH, which we will celebrate in our online journal launch 16 December 7-8pm. Book for free here: tinyurl.com/225sn2j7
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Scottish Society for Art History @ssahistory.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
⚫ SSAH 40 ⚫ ✨ Delighted to announce the launch of the 40th anniversary edition of the SSAH journal. 📅 16 December 8-9pm, online Free to book: www.eventbrite.com/.../ssah-jou.... Image: Calm Water by Bet Low. The Pier Arts Centre © the artist's estate.
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