Grace Wright
@graceq22.bsky.social
PhD student, crafter, Sgitheanach (not always in that order)
Research: 19thC women, Highlands and Islands, crofting & land agitation
Research: 19thC women, Highlands and Islands, crofting & land agitation
Reposted by Grace Wright
'Derick Thomson and the Gaelic Revival' is now available for pre-order from @edinburghup.bsky.social in paperback and with a 30% discount with the code PAPER30. Coming in December! 🎁
Derick Thomson and the Gaelic Revival
Derick Thomson and the Gaelic Revival
edinburghuniversitypress.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
'Derick Thomson and the Gaelic Revival' is now available for pre-order from @edinburghup.bsky.social in paperback and with a 30% discount with the code PAPER30. Coming in December! 🎁
Reposted by Grace Wright
Call for Papers.... UHI Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland Conference 9-10 February 2026 at UHI Perth
@thinkuhi.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social
See institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/21/c...
@thinkuhi.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social
See institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/21/c...
October 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Call for Papers.... UHI Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland Conference 9-10 February 2026 at UHI Perth
@thinkuhi.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social
See institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/21/c...
@thinkuhi.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social
See institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/21/c...
It's me! I'll be taking folk on a (virtual) tour of Portree of the 1880s, talking about land agitation and the social networks which made it possible
29. Land Agitation in Portree in the 1880s – Society of Highland & Island Historical Research
www.highlandhistoricalresearch.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It's me! I'll be taking folk on a (virtual) tour of Portree of the 1880s, talking about land agitation and the social networks which made it possible
I can't see a cas-chrom without thinking of police reports from the 1880s saying they were being used to deforce the police (and imagining how buff you'd need to be for that)
Ploughing with a cas-chrom (foot plough), Wester Ross
[photo: Highland Life Collection; Edinburgh Central Library]
[photo: Highland Life Collection; Edinburgh Central Library]
August 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I can't see a cas-chrom without thinking of police reports from the 1880s saying they were being used to deforce the police (and imagining how buff you'd need to be for that)
Reposted by Grace Wright
Tha Oilthigh Ghlaschu a' sireadh Manaidsear Leasachaidh Gàidhlig
Manaidsear Leasachaidh na Gàidhlig/Gaelic Development Manager – Obraichean Gàidhlig
University of Glasgow
www.obraichean.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Tha Oilthigh Ghlaschu a' sireadh Manaidsear Leasachaidh Gàidhlig
Tickets now available for Interrogating the Napier Commission, with papers spanning everything from modern legacies to specific localities.
To join us in person 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1434560461...
To join us in person 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1434560461...
Interrogating the Napier Commission (In Person)
A two-day conference exploring the 1883 Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Condition of Crofters and Cottars in the Highlands and Islands.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Tickets now available for Interrogating the Napier Commission, with papers spanning everything from modern legacies to specific localities.
To join us in person 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1434560461...
To join us in person 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1434560461...
Beautiful week on residency at Cove Park working on a zine re-mapping Portree with histories of land agitation - ending with a morning too rainy even for the ducks to be out but perfect for a last bit of writing
June 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Beautiful week on residency at Cove Park working on a zine re-mapping Portree with histories of land agitation - ending with a morning too rainy even for the ducks to be out but perfect for a last bit of writing
Reposted by Grace Wright
New tour! Take a multimedia trip round the streets of Govanhill exploring histories of migration, food cultures and the build environment. Listen to refugee historians from Milk Community Glasgow talk through some of the stops and sights: radicalglasgowtours.com/self-led-aud...
Audio tour: Tastes of Govanhill
by Sithara Koramparambil from the WordPress Photo Directory. Take yourself on a sound walk around Govanhill, exploring refugee histories,food cultures and the built environment. At each stop, …
radicalglasgowtours.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
New tour! Take a multimedia trip round the streets of Govanhill exploring histories of migration, food cultures and the build environment. Listen to refugee historians from Milk Community Glasgow talk through some of the stops and sights: radicalglasgowtours.com/self-led-aud...
Crofters and cottars and lairds, oh my!
Co-organising this conference in July. Sign up to the mailing list for updates here ➡️ eepurl.com/i-Zqf2
Co-organising this conference in July. Sign up to the mailing list for updates here ➡️ eepurl.com/i-Zqf2
June 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Crofters and cottars and lairds, oh my!
Co-organising this conference in July. Sign up to the mailing list for updates here ➡️ eepurl.com/i-Zqf2
Co-organising this conference in July. Sign up to the mailing list for updates here ➡️ eepurl.com/i-Zqf2