Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA)
@sahavoice.bsky.social
The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance brings together 12 HEIs, The RSE and SGSAH to provide a collective voice for Arts & Humanities in Scotland.
🌐 Visit our website saha.scot
🎙️ Listen to our podcast #SAHAConversations on Spotify
🌐 Visit our website saha.scot
🎙️ Listen to our podcast #SAHAConversations on Spotify
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Wonderful evening @natlibscot.bsky.social Kelvin Hall! Great chat between Amina Shah @louisewelsh00.bsky.social and finally meeting @damianbarr.bsky.social !
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November 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Wonderful evening @natlibscot.bsky.social Kelvin Hall! Great chat between Amina Shah @louisewelsh00.bsky.social and finally meeting @damianbarr.bsky.social !
@sahavoice.bsky.social
@sahavoice.bsky.social
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Let's talk libraries! 🔍
Join authors Louise Welsh & Damian Barr TONIGHT for a free in-conversation event at Kelvin Hall about the libraries that shaped them.
📅 6:30-7:30pm, Wednesday, 12 November
📌 Kelvin Hall
🎟️ Free
Book your tickets now > www.nls.uk/whats-on/lib...
Join authors Louise Welsh & Damian Barr TONIGHT for a free in-conversation event at Kelvin Hall about the libraries that shaped them.
📅 6:30-7:30pm, Wednesday, 12 November
📌 Kelvin Hall
🎟️ Free
Book your tickets now > www.nls.uk/whats-on/lib...
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Let's talk libraries! 🔍
Join authors Louise Welsh & Damian Barr TONIGHT for a free in-conversation event at Kelvin Hall about the libraries that shaped them.
📅 6:30-7:30pm, Wednesday, 12 November
📌 Kelvin Hall
🎟️ Free
Book your tickets now > www.nls.uk/whats-on/lib...
Join authors Louise Welsh & Damian Barr TONIGHT for a free in-conversation event at Kelvin Hall about the libraries that shaped them.
📅 6:30-7:30pm, Wednesday, 12 November
📌 Kelvin Hall
🎟️ Free
Book your tickets now > www.nls.uk/whats-on/lib...
📅Tomorrow 18:30 📍Kelvin Hall
From finding a space from which to travel to distant lands through reading books as children, to using their university libraries as undergrads, @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @damianbarr.bsky.social will reminisce about how libraries helped shape their careers.
From finding a space from which to travel to distant lands through reading books as children, to using their university libraries as undergrads, @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @damianbarr.bsky.social will reminisce about how libraries helped shape their careers.
Libraries that shaped me, in-conversation event with Professor Louise Welsh and Damian Barr | SAHA: The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance
A joint initiative of Scottish Higher Education institutions, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities.
saha.scot
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
📅Tomorrow 18:30 📍Kelvin Hall
From finding a space from which to travel to distant lands through reading books as children, to using their university libraries as undergrads, @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @damianbarr.bsky.social will reminisce about how libraries helped shape their careers.
From finding a space from which to travel to distant lands through reading books as children, to using their university libraries as undergrads, @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @damianbarr.bsky.social will reminisce about how libraries helped shape their careers.
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Call for Papers for 5th World Congress of Scottish Literatures is out:pleased to be giving keynote,'Burns along the New Silk Road' @iassl.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @scroll-scotlit.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social scotlit-iassl.org/2025/11/11/c...
Call for Papers: 5th World Congress of Scottish Literatures: Scotland Along the New Silk Road (17-20 June 2027)
The Fifth World Congress of Scottish Literatures will be held at Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, China, on 17-20 June 2027. Being China’s first city designated as a “UNESCO City of Literature…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Call for Papers for 5th World Congress of Scottish Literatures is out:pleased to be giving keynote,'Burns along the New Silk Road' @iassl.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @scroll-scotlit.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social scotlit-iassl.org/2025/11/11/c...
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Call for Papers: 'Regional Perspectives, Planetary Reach. Themes, Genres, Forms of Narration in Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction', 28-29 May 2026, Università di Napoli L'Orientale. Deadline for proposals: 10 January 2026. sites.google.com/view/irsconf...
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Call for Papers: 'Regional Perspectives, Planetary Reach. Themes, Genres, Forms of Narration in Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction', 28-29 May 2026, Università di Napoli L'Orientale. Deadline for proposals: 10 January 2026. sites.google.com/view/irsconf...
From finding a space from which to travel to distant lands through reading books as children, to using their university libraries as undergrads, @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @damianbarr.bsky.social will reminisce about how libraries helped shape their careers.
📅Wed, Nov 12th |📍Kelvin Hall
🎫👇
📅Wed, Nov 12th |📍Kelvin Hall
🎫👇
Libraries that shaped me, in-conversation event with Professor Louise Welsh and Damian Barr | SAHA: The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance
A joint initiative of Scottish Higher Education institutions, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities.
saha.scot
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
From finding a space from which to travel to distant lands through reading books as children, to using their university libraries as undergrads, @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @damianbarr.bsky.social will reminisce about how libraries helped shape their careers.
📅Wed, Nov 12th |📍Kelvin Hall
🎫👇
📅Wed, Nov 12th |📍Kelvin Hall
🎫👇
Have you ever picked up a second-hand book and wondered who held it before you?
This November, the @uofglasgow.bsky.social & The Mitchell Library invite you to explore the rich and historical life of books in a series of engaging Being Human Festival events led by Dr Shanti Graheli
Read more 👇
This November, the @uofglasgow.bsky.social & The Mitchell Library invite you to explore the rich and historical life of books in a series of engaging Being Human Festival events led by Dr Shanti Graheli
Read more 👇
Book Tales: Storytelling through the lives of readers past and present
The University of Glasgow and The Mitchell Library invite you to explore the rich and historical life of books in a series of engaging Being Human Festival events in November.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Have you ever picked up a second-hand book and wondered who held it before you?
This November, the @uofglasgow.bsky.social & The Mitchell Library invite you to explore the rich and historical life of books in a series of engaging Being Human Festival events led by Dr Shanti Graheli
Read more 👇
This November, the @uofglasgow.bsky.social & The Mitchell Library invite you to explore the rich and historical life of books in a series of engaging Being Human Festival events led by Dr Shanti Graheli
Read more 👇
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Mary Shelley's time living near Dundee on the "blank and dreary northern shores of the Tay" fired her imagination 💭
It was here her "true compositions, the airy flights of my imagination, were born." Discover how Scotland shaped her novel, Frankenstein, in our article by Professor Daniel Cook.
It was here her "true compositions, the airy flights of my imagination, were born." Discover how Scotland shaped her novel, Frankenstein, in our article by Professor Daniel Cook.
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Mary Shelley's time living near Dundee on the "blank and dreary northern shores of the Tay" fired her imagination 💭
It was here her "true compositions, the airy flights of my imagination, were born." Discover how Scotland shaped her novel, Frankenstein, in our article by Professor Daniel Cook.
It was here her "true compositions, the airy flights of my imagination, were born." Discover how Scotland shaped her novel, Frankenstein, in our article by Professor Daniel Cook.
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Listen to this wonderful podcast with SUP Editorial Board member Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland @breerob-kirk.bsky.social, recorded for #OAWeek!
Brianna discusses why #OpenAccess is so important, especially for smaller arts institutions and ECRs 🔓
Thanks to @sahavoice.bsky.social for arranging 🙏
Brianna discusses why #OpenAccess is so important, especially for smaller arts institutions and ECRs 🔓
Thanks to @sahavoice.bsky.social for arranging 🙏
To mark International Open Access Week, we had the pleasure of having a SAHA Conversation with Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland (@breerob-kirk.bsky.social),member of the Editorial Board of the Scottish Universities Press (@scotunipress.bsky.social)
Full episode available wherever you get your podcast
Full episode available wherever you get your podcast
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Listen to this wonderful podcast with SUP Editorial Board member Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland @breerob-kirk.bsky.social, recorded for #OAWeek!
Brianna discusses why #OpenAccess is so important, especially for smaller arts institutions and ECRs 🔓
Thanks to @sahavoice.bsky.social for arranging 🙏
Brianna discusses why #OpenAccess is so important, especially for smaller arts institutions and ECRs 🔓
Thanks to @sahavoice.bsky.social for arranging 🙏
To mark International Open Access Week, we had the pleasure of having a SAHA Conversation with Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland (@breerob-kirk.bsky.social),member of the Editorial Board of the Scottish Universities Press (@scotunipress.bsky.social)
Full episode available wherever you get your podcast
Full episode available wherever you get your podcast
October 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
To mark International Open Access Week, we had the pleasure of having a SAHA Conversation with Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland (@breerob-kirk.bsky.social),member of the Editorial Board of the Scottish Universities Press (@scotunipress.bsky.social)
Full episode available wherever you get your podcast
Full episode available wherever you get your podcast
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Quotes from reviews of Collected Ramsay: ‘could hardly be surpassed' (Tea-Table Miscellany)
'deeply nuanced and illuminating’ (Gentle Shepherd);
‘exemplary’ (Ever Green, Prose)
‘groundbreaking’ (edition). Well done @stevenewman.bsky.social @rhonabrown.bsky.social @breerob-kirk.bsky.social & all.
'deeply nuanced and illuminating’ (Gentle Shepherd);
‘exemplary’ (Ever Green, Prose)
‘groundbreaking’ (edition). Well done @stevenewman.bsky.social @rhonabrown.bsky.social @breerob-kirk.bsky.social & all.
Allan Ramsay (1684–1758) – poet, playwright, founder of modern #Scots writing, & with a claim to be the father of #Romanticism – was born #OTD, 15 Oct. A 🎂 🧵 …
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🖼️ Allan Ramsay, 1684–1758, by William Aikman – Scottish National Portrait Gallery
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🖼️ Allan Ramsay, 1684–1758, by William Aikman – Scottish National Portrait Gallery
www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-arti...
October 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Quotes from reviews of Collected Ramsay: ‘could hardly be surpassed' (Tea-Table Miscellany)
'deeply nuanced and illuminating’ (Gentle Shepherd);
‘exemplary’ (Ever Green, Prose)
‘groundbreaking’ (edition). Well done @stevenewman.bsky.social @rhonabrown.bsky.social @breerob-kirk.bsky.social & all.
'deeply nuanced and illuminating’ (Gentle Shepherd);
‘exemplary’ (Ever Green, Prose)
‘groundbreaking’ (edition). Well done @stevenewman.bsky.social @rhonabrown.bsky.social @breerob-kirk.bsky.social & all.
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⭐️ Our 2026 internship opportunities are live! ⭐️
Check out 30+ paid internships & artist residencies for Arts & Humanities PhD researchers in Scotland.
Gain real-world experience, build skills & grow your networks with diverse partners.
🕔 Apply by 31 Oct 2025
👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
Check out 30+ paid internships & artist residencies for Arts & Humanities PhD researchers in Scotland.
Gain real-world experience, build skills & grow your networks with diverse partners.
🕔 Apply by 31 Oct 2025
👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
October 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
⭐️ Our 2026 internship opportunities are live! ⭐️
Check out 30+ paid internships & artist residencies for Arts & Humanities PhD researchers in Scotland.
Gain real-world experience, build skills & grow your networks with diverse partners.
🕔 Apply by 31 Oct 2025
👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
Check out 30+ paid internships & artist residencies for Arts & Humanities PhD researchers in Scotland.
Gain real-world experience, build skills & grow your networks with diverse partners.
🕔 Apply by 31 Oct 2025
👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
A brand new essay collection, published by @edinburghup.bsky.social, edited by @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social & @joshaw.bsky.social foreword by @sarasheridan.bsky.social
Join the book launch on Tue, 4 Nov 17:30
📍@iashedinburgh.bsky.social
Free 🎟️(in person & online)👇womenwhodared.eventbrite.co.uk
Join the book launch on Tue, 4 Nov 17:30
📍@iashedinburgh.bsky.social
Free 🎟️(in person & online)👇womenwhodared.eventbrite.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A brand new essay collection, published by @edinburghup.bsky.social, edited by @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social & @joshaw.bsky.social foreword by @sarasheridan.bsky.social
Join the book launch on Tue, 4 Nov 17:30
📍@iashedinburgh.bsky.social
Free 🎟️(in person & online)👇womenwhodared.eventbrite.co.uk
Join the book launch on Tue, 4 Nov 17:30
📍@iashedinburgh.bsky.social
Free 🎟️(in person & online)👇womenwhodared.eventbrite.co.uk
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A distinguished & engaging panel: Jerry O’Donavan, consul general of Ireland in Edinburgh; Katy McNeil, Head of Scottish Gov in Ireland; Triona McCormack, VP strategy & engagement UCD; & Ciarán Walsh associate director Culture Ireland. Chaired by Prof. Catherine O’Leary @sahavoice.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A distinguished & engaging panel: Jerry O’Donavan, consul general of Ireland in Edinburgh; Katy McNeil, Head of Scottish Gov in Ireland; Triona McCormack, VP strategy & engagement UCD; & Ciarán Walsh associate director Culture Ireland. Chaired by Prof. Catherine O’Leary @sahavoice.bsky.social
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A strong start to our Irish Scottish Cultural and Diplomatic Relations event @ria.ie with Prof @murrayp.bsky.social of @sahavoice.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A strong start to our Irish Scottish Cultural and Diplomatic Relations event @ria.ie with Prof @murrayp.bsky.social of @sahavoice.bsky.social
Register your in-person or online ticket here www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
September 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Register your in-person or online ticket here www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
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⏳ Don't miss out - the closing date is this Friday 26th September! ⬇️
⭐ Host a PhD Researcher in 2026 ⭐
We support paid internships & artist residencies, enabling Arts & Humanities researchers to spend up to 3 months with an organisation.
Benefit from expertise, creativity & fresh perspectives – while supporting future research leaders!
👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
We support paid internships & artist residencies, enabling Arts & Humanities researchers to spend up to 3 months with an organisation.
Benefit from expertise, creativity & fresh perspectives – while supporting future research leaders!
👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
September 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
⏳ Don't miss out - the closing date is this Friday 26th September! ⬇️
This pilot project is part of the ongoing @thinkuhi.bsky.social Tourism Knowledge Exchange Program, which links research and scholarship with businesses, public agencies, and communities.
Professor Alex Sanmark and Dr Shane McLeod from the UHI Institute for Northern Studies, Viking and Early Medieval Studies, headed to the Scottish island of Eigg on September 18, 2025, to organise two days of work with The Isle of Eigg Guiding Company.
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UHI Viking and Early Medieval Studies Pilot Programme Begins on the Island of Eigg
Professor Alex Sanmark and Dr Shane McLeod from the UHI Institute for Northern Studies, Viking and Early Medieval Studies, headed to the Scottish island of Eigg on September 18, 2025, to organise t…
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September 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This pilot project is part of the ongoing @thinkuhi.bsky.social Tourism Knowledge Exchange Program, which links research and scholarship with businesses, public agencies, and communities.
Join SAHA and the @irishhumanities.bsky.social for a half-day event on Irish-Scottish cultural diplomacy and relations.
The hybrid event will take place on Friday, September 26th, from 14:30 until 17:30 at the Royal Irish Academy (@ria.ie)
The hybrid event will take place on Friday, September 26th, from 14:30 until 17:30 at the Royal Irish Academy (@ria.ie)
September 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Join SAHA and the @irishhumanities.bsky.social for a half-day event on Irish-Scottish cultural diplomacy and relations.
The hybrid event will take place on Friday, September 26th, from 14:30 until 17:30 at the Royal Irish Academy (@ria.ie)
The hybrid event will take place on Friday, September 26th, from 14:30 until 17:30 at the Royal Irish Academy (@ria.ie)
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⭐ Host a PhD Researcher in 2026 ⭐
We support paid internships & artist residencies, enabling Arts & Humanities researchers to spend up to 3 months with an organisation.
Benefit from expertise, creativity & fresh perspectives – while supporting future research leaders!
👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
We support paid internships & artist residencies, enabling Arts & Humanities researchers to spend up to 3 months with an organisation.
Benefit from expertise, creativity & fresh perspectives – while supporting future research leaders!
👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
September 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
⭐ Host a PhD Researcher in 2026 ⭐
We support paid internships & artist residencies, enabling Arts & Humanities researchers to spend up to 3 months with an organisation.
Benefit from expertise, creativity & fresh perspectives – while supporting future research leaders!
👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
We support paid internships & artist residencies, enabling Arts & Humanities researchers to spend up to 3 months with an organisation.
Benefit from expertise, creativity & fresh perspectives – while supporting future research leaders!
👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
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Explore 50 years of Scottish film & TV in this free exhibition From Film Bang to Filming Boom 🎞️
Audiovisual works from 1970s—present curated by SGSAH researcher @correiadigital.bsky.social w/ @edinburghnapier.bsky.social & @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
📍 @natlibscot.bsky.social Edinburgh & Glasgow
Audiovisual works from 1970s—present curated by SGSAH researcher @correiadigital.bsky.social w/ @edinburghnapier.bsky.social & @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
📍 @natlibscot.bsky.social Edinburgh & Glasgow
August 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Explore 50 years of Scottish film & TV in this free exhibition From Film Bang to Filming Boom 🎞️
Audiovisual works from 1970s—present curated by SGSAH researcher @correiadigital.bsky.social w/ @edinburghnapier.bsky.social & @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
📍 @natlibscot.bsky.social Edinburgh & Glasgow
Audiovisual works from 1970s—present curated by SGSAH researcher @correiadigital.bsky.social w/ @edinburghnapier.bsky.social & @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
📍 @natlibscot.bsky.social Edinburgh & Glasgow
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John Buchan was born on 26 August 1875 #OTD in Perth. To mark the anniversary, @uofglasgow.bsky.social hosted earlier this year a lecture by IASSL trustee @murrayp.bsky.social, who has also written on Buchan for our latest newsletter.
Lecture: tinyurl.com/4dhnta72
Newsletter: tinyurl.com/6sf56zxx
Lecture: tinyurl.com/4dhnta72
Newsletter: tinyurl.com/6sf56zxx
Murray Pittock: The John Buchan 150 Lecture
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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August 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
John Buchan was born on 26 August 1875 #OTD in Perth. To mark the anniversary, @uofglasgow.bsky.social hosted earlier this year a lecture by IASSL trustee @murrayp.bsky.social, who has also written on Buchan for our latest newsletter.
Lecture: tinyurl.com/4dhnta72
Newsletter: tinyurl.com/6sf56zxx
Lecture: tinyurl.com/4dhnta72
Newsletter: tinyurl.com/6sf56zxx
"In a turbulent time for the academic sector, media engagement offers ECRs a chance to gain exposure, learn transferable communication skills, and even provides a glimpse into alternative career paths"
Dr @kelseygranger.bsky.social ( @iashedinburgh.bsky.social )wrote about her experience
Dr @kelseygranger.bsky.social ( @iashedinburgh.bsky.social )wrote about her experience
August 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"In a turbulent time for the academic sector, media engagement offers ECRs a chance to gain exposure, learn transferable communication skills, and even provides a glimpse into alternative career paths"
Dr @kelseygranger.bsky.social ( @iashedinburgh.bsky.social )wrote about her experience
Dr @kelseygranger.bsky.social ( @iashedinburgh.bsky.social )wrote about her experience
Happy 100th birthday @natlibscot.bsky.social 🎂
This morning, we asked National Librarian and Chief Executive Amina Shah FRSE how NLS celebrated the big birthday
This morning, we asked National Librarian and Chief Executive Amina Shah FRSE how NLS celebrated the big birthday
August 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Happy 100th birthday @natlibscot.bsky.social 🎂
This morning, we asked National Librarian and Chief Executive Amina Shah FRSE how NLS celebrated the big birthday
This morning, we asked National Librarian and Chief Executive Amina Shah FRSE how NLS celebrated the big birthday
Join SAHA and the @irishhumanities.bsky.social for a half-day event on Irish-Scottish cultural diplomacy and relations.
The hybrid event will take place on Friday, September 26th, from 14:30 until 17:30 at the Royal Irish Academy (@ria.ie )
The hybrid event will take place on Friday, September 26th, from 14:30 until 17:30 at the Royal Irish Academy (@ria.ie )
August 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Join SAHA and the @irishhumanities.bsky.social for a half-day event on Irish-Scottish cultural diplomacy and relations.
The hybrid event will take place on Friday, September 26th, from 14:30 until 17:30 at the Royal Irish Academy (@ria.ie )
The hybrid event will take place on Friday, September 26th, from 14:30 until 17:30 at the Royal Irish Academy (@ria.ie )