Weekly Digest 22 November 2019

Scottish History Network Digest 22 November 2019

It’s that time of the week for the Scottish History Network digest!  Read on for all the latest events, opportunities, news and publications in Scottish history… As always, we would love to hear from you if you are interested in writing a blog post for us, please get in touch. It’s great to hear from people involved in Scottish History in lots of different ways and we look forward to finding out what you are all up to. If we have missed anything, or you have something you’d like us to include in the future, please get in touch at scottishhistorynetwork@gmail.com, tweet us at @ScotHistNetwork or via our Facebook page.

Public Lectures, Events and Seminars Glasgow 30 November: ‘Aberdeen Breviary,’ Kelvin Hall. 2 December: ‘Sir Thomas Lipton,’ Bearsden Hub Main Hall. 13 & 14 December: ‘CINE[STHESIA]: Winter Sports,’ Kelvin Hall. Ongoing until 31 December: ‘Glasgow Gaels’, The Mitchell Library Edinburgh 23 November: ‘On a Mission: The Adventures of Mary Slessor,’ Institut français d’Ecosse. 29 November: ‘Damian Barr on “Maggie and Me,”‘ National Library of Scotland. 30 November: ‘Hiberno-Scandinavian strap-fittings from Scotland,’ Augustine United Church. 9 December: ‘”Here is ane Koull of Tullilum”: Excavations at Whitefriars, Perth, 2014-2018.’ National Museum of Scotland. Inverness 23 November: ‘Highland Archive Centre 10th Anniversary,’ Highland Archive Centre. East Dunbartonshire 23 November – 1 December: ‘Explore Your Archive Launch Week 2019,‘ East Dunbartonshire Archives. News, Opportunities and Miscellany Collection request: ‘2019 General Election in Scotland,’ National Library of Scotland. Opportunity: Join the Board of Historic Environment Scotland. Job: Archivist – Audiovisual and Radio Collections, BBC, deadline 26 November. Job: Senior Casework Officer, Historic Environment Scotland, deadline 27 November. Job: Project Officer: Heritage of the Sea (Lewis/Benbecula), deadline 2 November. Job: Research Fellow (History of Rat-Catching), deadline 9 December Job: Research Fellow (History of Rat-Proofing), deadline 9 December Prize: The Rosebery Prize, Scottish Historical Society, deadline 30 November Prize: The Jack Prize, International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures, deadline 30 November Prize: Economic & Social History Prize, deadline 31 December. Conferences and Workshops CfP: International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Literature and Language, deadline 1 December CfP: Free Speech, Religion and Political Culture in Northern Europe, 1400-1750, deadline 6 December CfP: ‘The Leviathan of Highland and Emigration History,’ deadline 31 January 2020. CfP: “Stevenson and Pleasure”, 31 January 2020. CfP: ‘5th International St Magnus Conference: Island Histories and Herstories,’ deadline 15 March 2020. Register now: Scottish Society for Northern Studies Annual Conference, 23 November. Register now: Explore your Archives Scotland launch, 25 November Register now: Icon Scotland presents:The 22nd Annual Plenderleith Memorial Lecture, 28 November Publications Peter Auger, Du Bartas’ Legacy in England and Scotland. Christopher J. Berry, Essays on Hume, Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment  Callum Brown, The Battle for Christian Britain: Sex, Humanists and Secularisation, 1945-1980. Viccy Coltman, Art and Identity in Scotland: A Cultural History from the Jacobite Rising of 1745 to Walter Scott Timothy M. Costelloe, The Imagination in Hume’s Philosophy: The Canvas of the Mind David Fergusson & Mark Elliott (eds), The History of Scottish Theology, Volume III. Peter S. Fosl, Hume’s Scepticism: Pyrrhonian and Academic David D. Hall, The Puritans: A Transatlantic History Scott Hames, The Literary Politics of Scottish Devolution: Voice, Class, Nation Northern Scotland, Volume 10, Issue 2 (November 2019). Lowri Ann Reeves, Ciaran Reilly & Annie Tindley, The Land Agent 1700-1920 Bess Rhodes, Riches and Reform: Ecclesiastical Wealth in St Andrews, c.1520-1580. Michael Shaw, The Fin-De-Siecle Scottish Revival: Romance, Decadence and Celtic Identity. Kenneth Williamson, Old Edinburgh Trams Ali Whiteford, An Enormous Reckless Blunder – The Story of the Lewis Chemical Works