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Grace Wright

@graceq22.bsky.social

PhD student, crafter, Sgitheanach (not always in that order) Research: 19thC women, Highlands and Islands, crofting & land agitation

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Excellent resource to share a name with

23.11.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Canna Lecture | Celtic & Scottish Studies | Literatures Languages and Culture Join The Gaelic Texts Society and Celtic and Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh for their annual Canna Lecture by Dr Martin Macgregor (University of Glasgow), entitled β€˜β€œAch thΓ¨id an cran...

A reminder that this year's Canna Lecture will take place on tomorrow evening (Friday) in Edinburgh! Bidh an Dr MΓ rtainn MacGriogair a-mach air bΓ rdachd agus eachdraidh nan GΓ idheal anns an 19mh linn.

llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scott...

20.11.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Derick Thomson and the Gaelic Revival Derick Thomson and the Gaelic Revival

'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! 🎁

10.11.2025 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Meal do naidheachd! Tha seo a' coimhead cho inntinneach

11.11.2025 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

21.10.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
29. Land Agitation in Portree in the 1880s – Society of Highland & Island Historical Research

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

08.10.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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)

27.08.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Manaidsear Leasachaidh na GΓ idhlig/Gaelic Development Manager – Obraichean GΓ idhlig University of Glasgow

Tha Oilthigh Ghlaschu a' sireadh Manaidsear Leasachaidh GΓ idhlig

21.08.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Interrogating the Napier Commission (Online) A two-day conference exploring the 1883 Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Condition of Crofters and Cottars in the Highlands and Islands.

One day to go!

Online tickets here πŸ‘‰

www.eventbrite.com/e/interrogat...

23.07.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Interrogating the Napier Commission (Online) A two-day conference exploring the 1883 Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Condition of Crofters and Cottars in the Highlands and Islands.

And online πŸ‘‰ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1434522127...

30.06.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

Tickets now available for Interrogating the Napier Commission, with papers spanning everything from modern legacies to specific localities.

To join us in person πŸ‘‰ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1434560461...

30.06.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's been in the works for a while as these things so often are πŸ₯΄ such a gift to get some space and time to focus on it!

22.06.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

22.06.2025 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.Β At each stop, …

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...

10.06.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Crofters and cottars and lairds, oh my!

Co-organising this conference in July. Sign up to the mailing list for updates here ➑️ eepurl.com/i-Zqf2

06.06.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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