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Dr Sheilagh Quaile
@sheilaghquaile.bsky.social
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Historian of 19thC #textiles, #design, and #art; #Britain and the #BritishEmpire.
• Adjunct Prof., University of Prince Edward Island.
• Writing a book on #Paisley design for Edinburgh University Press.
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Dr Sheilagh Quaile @sheilaghquaile.bsky.social · Apr 25
Now available, my article in Victorian Review examines Victorian “paisley” shawls in two Edwardian-era portraits by painter and Glasgow School of Art director Francis H. Newbery (1855-1946).

muse.jhu.edu/article/925218

#ArtHistory #TextileHistory #VictorianStudies
Project MUSE - A Victorian Fashion in Edwardian Portraits: The Paisley Shawl in Paintings by Francis H. Newbery
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cndhistassoc.bsky.social
The call for papers for the CHA’s 2026 annual meeting is now online! Please consider submitting a proposal and joining us in PEI this coming June. #cdnhist #CHA2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown
CHA Annual Meeting 2026
Fourwaves - CHA Annual Meeting 2026
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August 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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novascotiamuseum.bsky.social
In 1845, Rachel Barrett, most likely the child of a Black Refugee, stitched by hand an embroidery known as a sampler as part of her education at Halifax’s African School. Barrett’s sampler is the first of its kind discovered in Nova Scotia.
July 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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***CALL FOR PROPOSALS***
Routledge Studies in #18thC Cultures & Societies (eds. @profelainechalus.bsky.social & Deborah Simonton) seeks proposals for book-length studies on aspects of British, European, or transnational culture and society c.1680-1850. Full details: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
New History Book Series Call for Proposals: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth- Century Cultures and Societies - BSECS
Series Editors: Elaine Chalus, University of Liverpool, UK and Deborah Simonton, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Routledge Editor: Max Novick The long eighteenth century sits as a pivotal poin...
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July 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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cndhistassoc.bsky.social
You can’t spell “Charlottetown” without “CHA”! The CHA is thrilled to announce that its next Annual Meeting will be held June 1-3, 2026, in Charlottetown, PEI. We hope to see you there! Click the link for the full announcement. #cdnhist #CHA2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown
Announcement: CHA Annual Meeting 2026 | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada
You can’t spell “Charlottetown” without “CHA”! The CHA is thrilled to announce that its next Annual Meeting will be held Monday-Wednesday, June 1-3, 2026, in Charlottetown, PEI. The event will be host...
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July 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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sheilaghquaile.bsky.social
An opportunity for emerging writers on the decorative arts in Canada -- from the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts / Cercle canadien des arts décoratifs : csda-ccad.org/awards
The 2025 Call for Submissions poster for the John Fleming Award. More information is available at https://csda-ccad.org/awards.
May 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
sheilaghquaile.bsky.social
An opportunity for emerging writers on the decorative arts in Canada -- from the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts / Cercle canadien des arts décoratifs : csda-ccad.org/awards
The 2025 Call for Submissions poster for the John Fleming Award. More information is available at https://csda-ccad.org/awards.
May 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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womenshistscot.bsky.social
📣 Call for Papers: WHS Conference 2025!
🗓️ 13 Sept | 📍 Glasgow | 🧾 Deadline: 1 July

Join us for New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland—our first in-person conference since 2019!

🔗 Info + submission form: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

Please share widely!
WHS Conference 2025 – Women's History Scotland
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May 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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uguelphscottish.bsky.social
Join us virtually on 26 June at 3pm (EDT)/8pm (UK) on Zoom for the inaugural Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership Lecture: 'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ delivered by Professor Robert Dunbar, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social.
Register: bit.ly/S-CAPLecture...
Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections
Join us for the inaugural Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership Lecture delivered by Professor Robert Dunbar, University of Edinburgh.
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May 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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A liuthad soitheach a dh’fhàg ar dùthaich
le sgiathan geala a’ toirt Chanada orra.
Tha iad mar neapaigearan ’nar cuimhne
’s an sàl mar dheoirean,
’s anns na croinn aca seòladairean a’ seinn
mar eòin air gheugan.

Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn, “Na h-Eilthirich” (“The Exiles”)
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Na h-Eilthirich Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn A liuthad soitheach a dh’fhàg ar dùthaich le sgiathan geala a’ toirt Chanada orra. Tha iad mar neapaigearan ’nar cuimhne ’s an sàl mar dheoirean, ’s anns na croinn aca seòladairean a’ seinn mar eòin air gheugan. Muir a’ Mhàigh ud, gu gorm a’ ruith, gealach air an oidhche, grian air an latha, ach a’ ghealach mar mheas buidhe, mar thruinnsear air balla, ris an tog iad an làmhan, no mar mhagnet airgeadach le gathan goirte a’ sruthadh do’n chridhe. The Exiles Iain Crichton Smith The many ships that left our country with white wings for Canada. They are like handkerchiefs in our memories and the brine like tears and in their masts sailors singing like birds on branches. That sea of May, running in such blue, a moon at night, a sun at daytime, and the moon like a yellow fruit, like a plate on a wall, to which they raise their hands, like a silver magnet with piercing rays streaming into the heart.
May 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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womenshistscot.bsky.social
Our Research Bursary is open for applications until 31st May!

Looking for inspiration? Our 2022 winner, @sheilaghquaile.bsky.social researched female textile designers 🧵🪡

womenshistoryscotland.org/2023/04/08/b...

Could you be next?

Apply here 🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
Bursary Winner Report: Dr Sheilagh Quaile – Women's History Scotland
womenshistoryscotland.org
March 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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zzaman.bsky.social
Revolutionary Writers unite!
Special Issue 🚨 Working Wonders: Work, Pre-Raphs and Utopian Visions. Welcome topics: Labour, Socialists, Suffragettes & Utopia. Email editorpreraphreview@gmail.com for expressions of interest.

@preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social

Deadline: 1st September 2025.
March 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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womenshistscot.bsky.social
Women's History Scotland are migrating to Bluesky - we are so excited to grow in this new space! We'll be creating and sharing content dedicated to celebrating and exploring histories of gender and women in Scotland. Join us for the journey!

#WomensHistory #HerStory #GenderHist #Scotland
February 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
#ExhibitionExcitement today with three objects in the exhibition ‘William Morris & Art from the Islamic World’ at William Morris Gallery.

On until 9 March 2025 it’s the first exhibition to explore the influence of art from the Islamic world on William Morris.

We can’t wait to visit!
December 12, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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alanmaceachern.bsky.social
Someone at @acadiensis.bsky.social has a sense of humour.
November 27, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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19cdandtreframed.bsky.social
Hello BlueSky! We are historians who have been sharing our #researchjoy of c19th dress & textiles for over 5 yrs. We hold regular international 'At Home' events over zoom. Learn who we are, where to watch recorded 'At Homes', and how to get involved here: c19thdressandtextilesreframed.wordpress.com
19th Century Dress & Textiles Reframed
New approaches to the study of dress and textiles in the long 19th century (1790 – 1914)
c19thdressandtextilesreframed.wordpress.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:55 AM
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victorianreview.bsky.social
Hello! It's nice to see you here. Check out our latest issue, VR 49.2 muse.jhu.edu/issue/53136 and stay tuned for 50.1, coming soon, featuring a forum on Victorian studies and the climate crisis and our 2023 Hamilton Prize winner.
November 14, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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sisyphussmile.bsky.social
Just realised I've not shared my thesis here! For all interested in education, governance and language use in post-union Scotland. For Gaelic scholars, sociologists, historians of all sorts!

theses.gla.ac.uk/81863/
The Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge: education, language & governance in the British State and Empire, c.1690–c.1735 - Enlighten Theses
theses.gla.ac.uk
October 22, 2024 at 9:19 PM
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uguelphhist.bsky.social
Two weeks from now, join the online book launch of a new interdisciplinary collection in honour of Elizabeth Ewan @kiritekatawa.bsky.social, which explores the role of gender in shaping premodern Scottish identity and history. For more info:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
October 4, 2024 at 4:28 PM
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histassoc.bsky.social
Thank you everyone for welcoming us - we’re very happy to be here.
September 25, 2024 at 2:53 PM
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uguelphhist.bsky.social
the 2024-25 Rural History Roundtable begins this Thurs, Sept 26, when @rebeccabeau.bsky.social will present research from her new book about women and leisure in small-town Ontario.
330-5pm, Room 246B, McLaughlin Library; or virtually by registering here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/tea-meetin...
#cdnhist
September 23, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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acadiensis.bsky.social
A little late to the X-odus, but Acadiensis is on Bluesky now. Looking forward to sharing our love of Atlantic Canadian history and Atlantic Canadian late night cuisine.
September 21, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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jbritishstudies.bsky.social
Newly published in JBS!

Read the article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
September 13, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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allankennedy.bsky.social
FREE webinar in association with History Scotland magazine! Come join me on 29 August to hear about 'Women and Serious Crime in Late-Seventeenth Century Scotland'!
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August 19, 2024 at 10:51 AM
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historians.org
Register now for #AHAOnline Teacher Institute: Material Culture in World History on July 23, a free, 4.5-hour, online professional development program for educators, including middle and high school teachers and 2- and 4-year college faculty. 🗃️
2024 AHA Online Teacher Institute: Material Culture in World History
This institute will focus on material culture as a lens through which to explore the connections across continents, oceans, and regions that are central to the project of world history.
www.historians.org
July 16, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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h-net-humanities.bsky.social
Calling all teachers, professors, and education enthusiasts for our remote teaching conference on August 19th - 22th. This year’s theme focuses on fostering inclusivity within classrooms and community building. Register now for this free conference!
conferences.h-net.org/e/2024-teach...
2024 H-Net Teaching Conference
History, Social Science, and the Humanities: Working in Classrooms and CommunitiesWelcome to the third annual H-Net Teaching Conference! This remote Zoom conference is sponsored by H-Teach. This year’...
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July 1, 2024 at 6:43 PM