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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Cheers Bryony, thank you for those kind words, I appreciate that.

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Cheers Lou, those are very kind words. Appreciate it!

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Cheers pal, I’ve always thoroughly enjoyed our interactions and your content and likewise your expertise. I’ll try tae keep a hand in but I need tae get oan wae my life, pay the bills. I don’t think anything could stop me writing, I struggle with it bc of all this. But I’ll get back tae it.

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Lou Roper @roperlou.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

Now that @bsky.app have pinned tweets, high time for self-promotion of book that came out earlier this year w/Elodie Peyrol, Agnes Delahaye, and Bertrand Van Ruymbeke from @manchesterup.bsky.social : manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526167330/

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Manchester University Press - Agents of European overseas empires

Agents of European overseas empires - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Agents of European overseas empires by Elodie Peyrol-Kleiber

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Thanks Lou, I kent ye’d be behind me. Really appreciate that mate, one day I’ll buy ye a pint.

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Appreciate that Aaron, I feel for the newer tutors as well. I’ve at least had the benefit of the stability for 3 year.

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Knowledge of your country’s history or history in general should not be gatekeepit behind a bloody paywall. University is still an expensive endeavour and its becoming moreso, walled off behind rising living costs and lack of funding. History changed my life, it changed my perspectives!

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Finally, I really feel for my students. The OU courses at Dundee provided people with working commitments and disabilities an alternate pathway into Higher Education. I had a similar path into HE, starting at foundational courses after flunking my Highers. Those paths are increasingly disappearing.

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Cheers man, aye it’s honestly so wasteful, like I kent how bad it wis but I always thought we could turn it around.

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Cheers Lee, aye I used tae hink we could save it, now I jist don’t know.

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Anyway, the only reason I’m so sore about this is, I enjoyed teaching and, if I can venture tae say, I was guid at it! I’ve enjoyed working with all my history colleagues at Dundee and none of the above is directed at them - they’ve been nothing but great. Logging off. #Scottishhistory #17thc

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Honestly, the UCU is one of the least disciplined unions I have ever seen in my puff. The leadership could do with reading some Jimmy Reid, learn what a union is actually for.

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

And not just by Dundee (twice, as I taught in-person and then was not offered the chance to apply again) but by St Andrews. This sector has nae future if the majority of us cannae even earn a pittance in it. Largely permanent colleagues were sympathetic but I saw a lack of solidarity from others.

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

The reality is, if you are a working class person without the financial means tae stick it in the sector you’ve a snowball’s chance in hell of lasting. I feel quite sore about the whole thing, feels like I was used up for my teaching skills until I was surplus tae requirements. #Scottishhistory

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Well, that’s that. After a mere three years in UK HE, I’ve finally lost my last job - a casual zero hours (and for the last year) contract-less job working at the University of Dundee providing OU online courses. I’d like to say I’m surprised but the writing has been on the wall for some time #17thc

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I’m afraid I can’t do that, Jeff.

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Also the fifth chapter of my thesis uncovers more about the fiscal-military state of the Scottish Williamites and the considerable investment and expansion of the re-established Scottish standing army from 1689-1691. kar.kent.ac.uk/93139/

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The Scots-Dutch Brigade and the Highland War, 1689-1691 - Kent Academic Repository

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

You can find out more in my chapter for Monarchy and the Court (Brill). brill.com/edcollchap/b...

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Also whilst there were English regiments at Killiecrankie, the majority of the Williamite forces in Scotland were Scottish regiments, paid for by the Scottish Parliament with some assistance from the Crown in London. There were also regiments in Dutch pay, the Scots-Dutch Brigade - they were crucial

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Certainly ‘Glorious’ if you’re a Whig or Williamite but even then the Revolution of 1688 had far reaching and violent consequences beyond England. In Ireland and Scotland, it acted as the catalyst for bloody and costly civil wars as well as threatening the stability of the new regime in England.

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The peerless Galt authored Ringan Gilhaize which features the lives of three Scottish Protestants from the Reformation to the Revolution. The concluding chapters take place during the Highland War (1689-1691) and features the Battle of Killiecrankie as its climax. A phenomenal historical novel!

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Highlanders Conference 1725-2025 @highlanderscon1725.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

It's now just one week until our Call for Papers closes - have you got your abstract in? We welcome online and in-person papers relating to the Highlands - or Highlanders - and Britain since 1725. Please send your abstract (150-300 words) to highlandsconference@gmail.com by 5th May!

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Happy Konigsdag tae all my Dutch followers! Wish I was there, mibbe next year! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧡🇳🇱

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

My barber has been exponentially improved by this new member of staff

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Painting is Lieutenant John Turnbull (1782), NMS. One of the Scots-Dutch returnees upon the Brigade’s disbandment. #c18 #Skystorians #earlymodern #17thc #JacobiteStudies #Scottishhistory

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Been a busy month thus far, working away on another chapter and the usual marking but also secured two job interviews for the end of the month (outwith academia) and been working on a really exciting postdoc fellowship application. It’s on the diaspora and got some big Scots-Dutch elements, so 🤞

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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Does anyone have a successful AHRC Catalyst Bid application they might be willing to share with me? #AcademicSky #MedievalSky #EarlyModern

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Academic freedom is a sacrosanct element of democracy. This is not the first time universities and academics have been attacked by the right. JD Vance famously described universities as ‘the enemy’. It is not for the government to proscribe what academics and students can say! chng.it/86MvZhZYHd

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Sign the Petition

Defend academic freedom and institutional autonomy. We stand with Harvard!

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Emily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

What ethical responsibilities do we bear when we write about war? This is one of the questions we’re posing in our June colloquium on early modern war narratives. CFP here and the deadline is 11th April! Please share widely and consider submitting an abstract! kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/lamen...

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Early Modern War Narratives - Annual CEMS Colloquium — CEMS KCL Blog

Join CEMS for our annual colloquium. This year's theme is early modern war narratives. CfP deadline: 11th April.

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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Who's joining us in Cardiff for our Annual Welsh Lecture? Come hear Ruth Canning discuss 'The “Irish Problem” in English Colonial History', with a response from @lloydbowen.bsky.social & chaired by our Wales Rep @mrfw17thc.bsky.social! June 18, 2025. All welcome! www.rensoc.org.uk/event/the-ir...

The “Irish Problem” in English Colonial History

Ruth Canning (Liverpool Hope University)
18 June 2025, 17.00-19.00, Council Room One, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University. CF10 3WT. Further details and to register: https://shorturl.at/mYoR

White text on green background to left of detail of soldiers marching while holding severed heads on pikes. 'SRS Annual Welsh Lecture 2025' and 'Society for Renaissance Studies' in white on burgundy background at bottom of image.

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

A braw post doc with the IASH and NMS in Edinburgh, examining the connections between Poland, Scandinavia or the Netherlands. Applications need to be in by the 25th April 2025. #c18 #Skystorians #earlymodern #17thc #JacobiteStudies #Scottishhistory

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Steve Murdoch @profmurdoch.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Post Doc! "Materialising the Scots in Northern Europe c.1500-1750: Mobilities, Communities and Materiel Culture" Focus on the Netherlands, Scandinavia or Poland www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa... #Skystorians 🗃

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IASH-National Museums Scotland Fellowship | IASH

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

My favourite of the Auld Scots confectionaries

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Heather Clark @heatherjc.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Fascinating for any biscuit historians with a special interest in Empire Biscuits. Also includes my grandma's lovely handwritten recipe!

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

An excellent Saturday spent in Auld Reekie at the Scottish History Society’s AGM. The Presidential lecture touching on John Galt’s brilliant Ringan Gilhaize, Viscount Dundee and Killiecrankie. Taken just before retiring to Sandy Bell’s pub, a guid evening.

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Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Definitely this! Macinnes said it a few times over the years.

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Christian Callisen @ctcallisen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Fellow #EarlyModern #skystorians, following @weegiegraeme.bsky.social and @bethanyqualls.bsky.social's lead on the #17thC and #18thC hashtags, I have created a feed for the #16thC. Please pin the feed, use the hashtag, and tell your friends! You can find feeds in the menu to your left.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Dipping back again a bit into M&B Bannerlord and it's striking to me how the simplifications it makes (many shared with the Total War series) distort pre-gunpowder tactics and the uses of units. 1/

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