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The Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities, based at the University of Glasgow, offers world-leading support for doctoral researchers in the arts and humanities across Scotland. 🎓✨
Director:
🌟 New Featured Researcher: Dr Isabella Shields 🌟

Formerly our digital curator, Isabella now turns the spotlight on her own work—sharing insights from her recently completed PhD in English Literature @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social.

🔗 Read more: sgsahresearch.com/featured-res...
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The SGSAH November 2025 newsletter is here 📨

In this issue:

➡️ Meet our new Blogger & Digital Curator
➡️ Upcoming Hub & Catalyst events
➡️ PGR networks
➡️ Alumni achievements

...and much more.

🔗 Read it here: mailchi.mp/sgsah/newsle...
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
⭐️ New Featured Researcher: Sasha de Buyl ⭐️

Sasha's PhD in Creative Writing @uofglasgow.bsky.social explores how looking to trans histories can help imagine more liveable futures.

🔗 Read more: sgsahresearch.com/featured-res...
October 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We’re delighted to share the SGSAH Annual Report 2024–25 — celebrating a year of creativity, collaboration and impact across Scotland’s Arts & Humanities research community.

📖 Read the full report here: issuu.com/sgsah/docs/s...
October 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The SGSAH October 2025 newsletter is here 📨

In this issue:

➡️ Read our 2024-25 Annual Report
➡️ Research internship opportunities
➡️ SGSAH team updates
➡️ Viva successes

...and much more.

🔗 Read it here: mailchi.mp/sgsah/newsle...
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
New Arts & Humanities PhD researchers in Scotland — you’re invited to SGSAH’s Welcome Event!

📅 13 Nov 2025, 10.30–3 GMT
📍 Royal Society of Edinburgh or online

Meet peers, hear from current PhDs & discover SGSAH opportunities. Lunch + travel (in-person) covered.

👉 sgsah-welcome-25.eventbrite.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
⭐️ 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/
October 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
⭐ Free PhD training event ⭐

➡️ Coding Literacy for Historians in the Age of AI
📅 17-18 Oct
📍 St Andrews
👥 For PhD students at Scottish HEIs

🔗 Details & registration: spatialhistory.net/info/coding....
October 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Celebrate Scotland’s #BlackHistoryMonth2025 with us + @sgsss.bsky.social!

Free, online student talks showcasing cutting-edge doctoral research on race, culture & identity across Arts & Social Sciences.

8th, 17th + 24th Oct, 2pm start. Open to all ✨

➡️ tockify.com/sgsah/detail...
September 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The SGSAH September 2025 newsletter is here 📨

In this issue:
➡️ Meet SGSAH's next Director
➡️ EARTH Scholarships Coordinator role
➡️ Black History Month events
➡️ Highlights from the SGSAH Blog

...plus much more.

🔗 Read it here: mailchi.mp/sgsah/newsle...
September 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
⭐️ New Featured Researcher: Mahtab Karami ⭐️

PhD @dundee.ac.uk in Gendered Aesthetics & Feminism. Her thesis, Comparative Gendered Aesthetics in Contemporary Afghan painting (post-1970), explores art, gender & resistance in Afghanistan & beyond.

🔗 Read more: sgsahresearch.com/featured-res...
September 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🌍 We’re hiring! 🌍

SGSAH seeks a doctoral researcher in the Arts & Humanities to coordinate impact activities from the EARTH Scholarships (2023–25), incl. a 2026 symposium + report.

Apply by 16 Oct 👉 www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/sgsah-ea...

@britishcouncil.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
📢 We’re delighted to announce Professor Maria Fusco as the next Director of SGSAH

An award-winning writer & interdisciplinary leader @dundee.ac.uk, she joins us in January 2026

👉 More in our press release: www.sgsah.ac.uk/about/news/h...

#ArtsandHumanities #PhDTraining @uofgartshums.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
⭐ 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/
September 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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
August 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The SGSAH August 2025 newsletter has arrived 📨

In this issue:
➡️ Meet SGSAH's new Operations Manager
➡️ Learn how your organisation can host a funded PhD intern in 2026
➡️ Get involved in Black History Month 2025
➡️ SGSAH Blog highlights

...and a lot more.

🔗 Read it here: mailchi.mp/sgsah/newsle...
August 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
We had a stunning photo comp during last week’s SGSAH 2nd Year Residential on Great Cumbrae!

🥇 @cyhchristie.bsky.social
🥈 Esther Meeks
🥉 Camila Cavalcante Pereira

Congrats to the winners + thanks to all our PhDs who shared their eye for beauty and detail 📸

#SGSAHmillport25
August 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🚨 Call for contributions: Black History Month 2025 🚨

We’re excited to invite proposals from PhDs for short (10–15 min) presentations as part of the SGSAH x @sgsss.bsky.social BHM Programme.

📅 Deadline: 15 Sept
🖥️ Online: 17 & 24 Oct

Details 👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/about/news/h...

#BHM2025
August 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
⭐️ New Featured Researcher: Lewis Wood ⭐️

PhD @uniofstandrews.bsky.social & @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social. His thesis, "Precarious queers and queer precarity", explores how literature reframes our understanding of vulnerability, interconnection & activism.

🔗 Read more: sgsahresearch.com/featured-res...
August 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Check out this extra special 'zine issue of Riffs, created in a day during #SGSAHSummer25!

It brings together the work of 7 researchers, each sharing stories of challenges, triumphs, stumbling blocks & deep realisations which occur throughout the #PhD journey:

🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1EWcI...
July 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The SGSAH July 2025 newsletter has arrived 📨

In this issue:
➡️ Discover our Digital Research Showcase
➡️ Watch the Global Connects - EARTH Scholars 2025 talks
➡️ Get involved in our PGR networks
➡️ SGSAH Blog highlights

...and a lot more.

🔗 Read it here: mailchi.mp/sgsah/newsle...
July 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
⭐️ New Featured Researcher: @ashleyb2711.bsky.social

Ashley blends Gender History & theatre in her PhD on masculinities present at Scottish unis between 1560-1610.

🎭 Catch her SGSAH-funded play 'In His Own Image' @edfringe.bsky.social, 11–16 Aug!

🔗 Read more: sgsahresearch.com/featured-res...
July 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Great to see so much interest in Arts & Humanities PhDs at today’s 'What’s a PhD and Why Should You Consider It?' event. Thoughtful Qs & lively discussion throughout — thanks to everyone who came! We look forward to staying connected.

Join our mailing list: sgsah.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
July 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🌐 ✨ 🚀 New Digital Research Showcase Now Live! 📣 🖼️ ✨

Explore 11 innovative digital exhibits from Scotland-based arts & humanities researchers — from VR and documentary to linguistics and AI.

🔗 Explore the full digital showcase:
sgsahresearch.com/2025-digital...
June 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🎭 SGSAH Research Showcase 2025 ⭐
Creative exhibits & performances from arts & humanities researchers across Scotland!

🗓️ Visit the showcase: 24–25 June
🎉 Launch event & reception: 25 June, 5pm
📍 The ARC, UofG

🔗 Meet the researchers & explore more: tockify.com/sgsah/detail...
June 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM