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"Combine the Arts and the Digital and you have a powerful combination where we seek to understand problems better, work collaboratively, are flexible and adaptable and provide solutions that are enabling and innovative." - Dr Ian Anderson

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:57:00 GMT

Throughout the course of the coming month we shall be featuring our broad ranging expertise from the development of innovative preservation, management, and access strategies for blogs to the creation of learning aids for adult literacy. We invite you contribute thoughts on how we can integrate better with the non-academic Digital community to create an environment of shared knowledge.

AHRC PhD Studentships Announcement: Women Negotiating the Boundaries of Justice: Britain and Ireland, c.1100 – c.1750

Wed, 08 Oct 2014 22:37:00 BST

The University of Glasgow’s School of Humanities is pleased to announce a three-year PhD studentship.

Hero of Alexandria: PhD Studentship

Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:45:00 BST

The studentship is part of the three-year project ‘Hero of Alexandria and his Theatrical Automata’ funded by a Leverhulme Trust research project grant

Studentship for new MSc Programme in Gender History 2014-15: deadline extended

Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:24:00 GMT

Applications are invited from candidates admitted to a new MSc Programme in Gender History at the University of Glasgow for a studentship for the academic session 2014-15.

First research locating exact site of Battle of Bannockburn presented

Tue, 24 Jun 2014 14:53:00 BST

First research locating exact site of Battle of Bannockburn presented

wolfson hall student residences
wolfson hall student residences

New scholarships for Masters students

Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:44:00 BST

The School of Humanities has been awarded scholarships for students due to enter its Masters Programmes in September 2014.

Jeremy Huggett
Jeremy Huggett

New Head of School

Wed, 04 Jun 2014 14:24:00 BST

Dr Jeremy Huggett, Chief Adviser of Studies, has been appointed as Head of the School of Humanities/Sgoil nan Daonnachdan from 1 August 2014.

First Marquis of Montrose Award for Scottish Studies

Fri, 02 May 2014 20:56:00 BST

Joanna Tucker awarded the first First Marquis of Montrose Award for Scottish Studies, and was presented with her prize by the Duke of Montrose

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logo: thin lines forming a three-dimensional cube with its bottom edge missing, instead extending as a line under text that reads topoi

Professor Jan Stenger awarded Senior Fellowship

Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:17:00 BST

Professor Jan Stenger has been awarded a Senior Fellowship by the Cluster of Excellence TOPOI (www.topoi.org) at the Freie Universitaet and Humboldt Universitaet in Berlin for the whole June 2014.

Necessary Connections workshop on 2 and 3 May 2014

Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:28:00 BST

Contributors: Umut Baysan (Glasgow), Philipp Blum (Barcelona); Campbell Brown (Glasgow); Fabrice Correia (Neuchâtel); Ghislain Guigon Geneva), Katherine Hawley (St. Andrews) Fraser MacBride (Glasgow); Benjamin Schnieder (Hamburg)

New schools project to explore the names of Scottish places

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:39:00 BST

A new education resource is teaching school children from around Scotland the hidden history behind the names of their local communities.

Two new History blogs

Wed, 29 Jan 2014 21:14:00 GMT

Two new History blogs have been launched.

Glasgow University Library: Major donation to Italian history collections

Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:19:00 GMT

Dr Maud Bracke secures donation to Glasgow University Library by Professors Judith and Stephen Hellman (York, Toronto) of material relating to 20th-century Italian history, politics and culture.

Collaborating with galleries

Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:51:00 GMT

Dr Catriona Macdonald and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Launch of Press Start, a new student-led game studies journal

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:30:00 GMT

Launch of Press Start, a new student-led game studies journal

Landmark archive of 10 million Gaelic words launched

Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:02:00 GMT

First phase of the world’s most extensive digital archive of Scottish Gaelic texts.

Recording of inaugural lectures now on YouTube

Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:42:00 BST

Recording of inaugural lectures now on YouTube

Leverhulme Trust PhD Studentship Announcement: Runaway Slaves in Britain: Bondage, Freedom and Race in the Eighteenth Century

Tue, 26 Aug 2014 09:34:00 BST

The University of Glasgow’s School of Humanities is pleased to announce ONE three-year PhD Studentship under a Research Project Grant funded by the Leverhulme Trust, to begin 1 January 2015. The award covers Home/EU tuition fees and provides a maintenance award of at least £13,863 per annum, and some research expenses, for three years.

History PhD student to work with Drug Policy Research Team in the Scottish Government

Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:19:00 BST

History PhD student awarded Scottish Government internship

The Commonwealth Games brings us more than one way to show off our talents.

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 08:44:00 BST

Volunteers working with the University of Glasgow's, School of Humanities have got their knitting needles at the ready for Glasgow 2014

A series of inaugural lectures in 2013-14

Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:58:00 GMT

A series of inaugural lectures in 2013-14

Deadline extended! Suffering Project funded PhD Studentship for 2013-2016

Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:32:00 BST

This studentship is part of the project The Value of Suffering: An Interdisciplinary Investigation of the Nature, Meaning and Role of Affective Experience. The award is a fully-funded PhD studentship.

Election of Dauvit Broun to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of Chris Dalglish to Fellowship of the Young Academy for outstanding Early Career Researchers

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:48:00 BST

Election of Dauvit Broun to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy, and of Chris Dalglish to Fellowship of the Young Academy for outstanding Early Career Researchers

Staff changes in the School office

Tue, 24 Jun 2014 13:08:00 BST

Staff changes in the School office this year

Call for knitters: flags of the Commonwealth

Wed, 04 Jun 2014 14:03:00 BST

Knitters will sign up to knit flags of Commonwealth nations participating in the Games. These will eventually be joined together into a large bunting that will welcome Commonwealth visitors to the University during the Games. More details about the flags are below.

New MLitt programme on Ancient Cultures

Tue, 27 May 2014 15:15:00 BST

The MLitt in Ancient Cultures is run from Classics with the participation of Archaeology, Egyptology, Celtic & Gaelic, and Theology & Religious Studies. It involves hands-on sessions in museums such as the Hunterian Museum and the Burrell Collection, and it is possible to take Museum Studies modules as part of the programme.

Glasgow Uni's Annual Humanities Postgrad Event - Wed 23 April 2014

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 09:28:00 BST

Oh! The Humanities: Glasgow Uni's Annual Humanities Postgrad Event - Wed 23 April 2014

AHRC PhD Studentship Announcement: Making and Selling Singer Sewing Machines: A Local History of a Global Commodity

Tue, 25 Mar 2014 10:01:00 GMT

The University of Glasgow’s School of Humanities, in partnership with West Dunbartonshire Council Libraries and Cultural Services, are pleased to announce TWO three-year PhD Studentships under the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) Scheme, to begin 1 October 2014.

Gaelic expert appointed Vice-Principal and Head of College

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 15:16:00 GMT

Professor Roibeard (Robby) Ó Maolalaigh has been appointed Vice-Principal of the University of Glasgow and Head of the College of Arts.

PhD Studentship Announcement: ‘Latin and Latin Culture in Scotland’

Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:09:00 GMT

The University of Glasgow’s School of Humanities is pleased to announce a three-year PhD Studentship to begin 1 October 2014 in History and Classics.

Professor Dauvit Broun's inaugural lecture available on YouTube

Fri, 13 Dec 2013 09:48:00 GMT

Professor Dauvit Broun's inaugural lecture was held on 12 November 2013 - now available on YouTube

New web pages highlighting new research by Historians on topics taught in Scottish schools

Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT

New web pages highlighting new research by Historians on topics taught in Scottish schools

Five Royal Society of Edinburgh grants awarded

Tue, 26 Nov 2013 13:44:00 GMT

5 awards from the Royal Society of Edinburgh grants, to Lynn Abrams & Marina Moskowitz (History), Callum Brown (History), Ben Colburn & Hugh Lazenby (Philosophy), Geraldine Parsons (Celtic & Gaelic), Jan Stenger (Classics)

A series of inaugural lectures in 2013-14

Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:58:00 GMT

A series of inaugural lectures in 2013-14

Deadline for AHRC and College Scholarship competitions: Monday 13 January 2014

Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:08:00 GMT

For further details please check the College of Arts' website: http://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/arts/graduateschool/fundingopportunities/

Neach-cuideachaidh Corpais (4 dreuchdan)

Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:55:00 BST

Thèid thu an sàs ann an obair aig àrd-ìre co-cheangailte ris a’ phròiseact, Corpas na Gàidhlig, a tha mar phàirt den phròiseact Dàta airson Stòras na Gàidhlig

Robert the Bruce letter scores major media success

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:16:00 BST

The discovery of a letter in the British Library, written by Robert the Bruce to Edward II of England, sheds new light on the relationship between Scotland and England in the run up to the Battle of Bannockburn.

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