AHRC Collaborative PhD Studentship Announcement: ‘Ground-breaking: Community Heritage in Glasgow’s allotments’
The University of Glasgow’s School of Humanities and School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, in partnership with the Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society (SAGS), are pleased to announce a three-year PhD Studentship under the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) Scheme, to begin 1 October 2013.
Funding for our Archives related postgraduate programmes
The National Archives is offering two bursaries in 2013 to individuals who are passionate about embarking on a career in the archives sector.
The Gaelic Language Initiative
The Universityʼs first ever 5-year Gaelic Language Plan has been approved by the national development agency for Gaelic, Bòrd na Gàidhlig, and will be launched in early 2013
New Deputy Head of School
Dr Jeremy Huggett has agreed to act as Deputy Head of the School of Humanities
Hume Brown Prize in Scottish History
This year’s joint winner of the Hume Brown Prize in Scottish History (for the best first book in Scottish History) is Steven Reid for his Humanism and Calvinism: Andrew Melville and the Universities of Scotland, 1560-1625 (Ashgate 2011).
Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 7
Over seventy papers were delivered at Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 7 which was hosted by Celtic and Gaelic between 21 and 23 August 2012.
Vox Populi
In a landmark series of seminars running from September 2012 to May 2013 the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies will offer a unique perspective on how the “voice of the people” has been heard in Scotland since medieval times.
Scottish medieval history documents put online
Thousands of the oldest documents in Scotland's history are being made public through an online database charting life in the Middle Ages.
An t-Ollamh Urramach Ruaraidh MacThòmais (1921–2012)
We heard the sad news of the death last week of Emeritus Professor Derick Thomson (Ruairidh MacThòmais).
Soillse PhD Scholarship 2012
Applications are sought for a funded PhD at the University of Glasgow as part of the Soillse research network on the topic of ‘Urban Gaelic Communities’. Deadline for applications Friday 18 May 2012