Stirling Maxwell Centre (@uofgsmc) — Bluesky Profile

1 day ago

Just starting, join us if you can. Superman, superheroes, and Scottish identity.

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2 days ago

Come hear David John Boyd talk on superhero comics and Scottish identity, and meet Frank Quitely too.

Book presentation and signing

In person (see poster) or online on uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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2 days ago

Flying in on 12/Mar -- Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity, by @davidjohnboyd.bsky.social & Julie Briand-Boyd (Leuven UP, 2025).

Authors and Frank Quitely attending!

Book launch, signing, & discount on the day, at the
@glasgow.ac.uk Bookshop.

uofgartshums.bsky.social leuvenup.bsky.social

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2 weeks ago

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: A contemporary emblem book — wings and stones. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Speaker: Ingrid Hoepel, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel My emblem book “Wings and Stones” was published in 2025. With images, mottos, and text, I take up the forms and themes of the three-par...

Zoom link for online attendance: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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2 weeks ago

Ingrid Hoepel (@uni-kiel.de): A contemporary emblem book — wings and stones
Thu, 5 Mar, 5pm, UofGlasgow Library, Zoom 👇
A scholar & artist, Ingrid discusses emblems in the current art scene & on science.
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social@uofglasgowasc.bsky.social@uofgnews.bsky.social@srsrensoc.bsky.social

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3 weeks ago

Our postgraduate coffee morning is on. And they can bake!

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3 weeks ago

Just a see reminder of this week’s seminar. Looking forward to welcoming you.

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1 month ago

Jennifer Taylor on Charles Perrault's fairy tales as emblems and vehicles for female agency in Louis XIV's France, 12 Feb 2026, 5pm. All welcome.
www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi...
@labnf.bsky.social @gallicabnf.bsky.social @cbcp-unirdg.bsky.social @warburginstitute.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social

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1 month ago

A poster, background image is a copperplate engraving form a 16th century book, displaying a man that holds a heavy stone in his right hand and has feathers in his left hand. The right hand hangs down on his side, the left hand is raised to the sky, towards a representation of God, who appears in the top left corner, in-between clouds. The man has his back towards the viewer. The text of the poster is: Spring 2026 Seminar Series
Designing women: the unillustrated moral devices of Perrault’s Fairy Tales
Jennifer Taylor, University of Reading
Thursday, 19 February 2026, 5 p.m.
In-person: Archives and Special Collections Seminar Room, University of Glasgow Library (level 12)
Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/h94mrxCSS02mfkQdhPGYkw

A contemporary emblem book — wings and stones
Ingrid Hoepel, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Thursday, 05 March 2026, 5 p.m.
In-person: TalkLab, University of Glasgow Library (level 3)
Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/4Vdt43WFQd2fgh_aV6oaUg

Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity: the Comics Art of Frank Quitely
David John Boyd and Julie Briand Boyd, University of Glasgow
Thursday, 12 March 2026, 5 p.m. (book launch)
In partnership with Leuven University Press.
In-person: University Bookshop, Fraser Building
Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/mI2-cHm0S5iPKJk2kZxGeQ

Various locations, click on each event for find out more.

ALL WELCOME.

It's here, and it's live -- our Spring 2026 Seminar Series has just been announced. All welcome!
www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi...

@srsrensoc.bsky.social @cvc-rhul.bsky.social @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social @labnf.bsky.social @leuvenup.bsky.social

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2 months ago

Why does La Barbe Bleue end with two morals—and what does that have to do with the Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes?

In my upcoming February talk, I will explore how Perrault’s paired moralités function as emblematic riddles.
#EarlyModern #FairyTales @uofgsmc.bsky.social

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3 months ago

"Farage in Falkirk? It should make our stomachs heave to have him in Scotland" Nigel Farage’s Falkirk visit sparks outrage, with many Scots saying his presence north of the border should make “our stomachs heave”.

Farage arrives in Scotland today, and it should make our collective stomach heave that this repulsive, dangerous extremist has crossed the border. Amid scapegoating schoolkids and allegations of antisemitism anyone who supports this man is morally in the gutter

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

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4 months ago

Lucy Havard (@caiuscollege.bsky.social) on Early Modern household compilations for the preservation of the body. Putting the surgeon’s word into practical context…

@howtobooks.bsky.social
@uofgartshums.bsky.social

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4 months ago

James Fox (@uofgsmc.bsky.social) on Sammelbände as curation of household how-to knowledge.

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4 months ago

The second meeting of the Take me and Make it Happen project on how-to books is about to start. Excellent hosting by the Herzog August Bibliothek, with an exciting programme ahead. Kudos to Prof Laurence Grove, attending online from San Diego (with the time difference, that’s commitment!).

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4 months ago

A man on the right and a woman on the left sit at a table, facing forward, in front of shelves with archives and rare books.

Alina Lange and Stefan Laube speak of their work on the how-to book research project (howtobook.eu), a Stirling Maxwell Centre and Herzog August Bibliothek collaboration funded by DFG and the AHRC.

@howtobooks.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @dfg.de @ukri.org @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social

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4 months ago

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.

Books tell stories beyond the text 📚

Join Dr Shanti Graheli of @uofgartshums.bsky.social & the Mitchell Library's Susan Taylor at a Books “Antiques” Roadshow at The Mitchell Library, part of a series of events for Being Human Festival.

Drop in, bring a book and share its story

📷 Martin Shields

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6 months ago

Emblematically How-to in Vienna Every three years, in the height of summer, scholars from around the world come together to exchange ideas and explore new directions in emblem studies. This year’s conference, organized as always by ...

Earlier this summer, project members Billy Grove and @luisgomes.bsky.social introduced our project at the 13th Society for Emblem Studies conference in Vienna. Read more here:

howtobook.hypotheses.org/4453

#howto #emblems #conference

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6 months ago

New on our #blog: @jamesafox.bsky.social explores the unique #marginalia in a one-of-a-kind 16th-century French arithmetic book from the Herzog August Bibliothek 📖🇩🇪🧮

Read more here: howtobook.hypotheses.org/4415

#bookhistory #rarebooks #knowledge #mathematics

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7 months ago

The #SESVienna2025 conference concluding paper, ‘Our fragile planet hanging by a thread’, by Peter Megyeši.

Thinking ahead for all.

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7 months ago

Dr Pedro Germano Leal’s inaugural paper as the Peter Davies Lectureship in Text/Image Studies at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social.

Welcome, Pedro!

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7 months ago

It's official! Delighted to congratulate Prof Alison Adams as the new President of the Society for Emblem Studies.

Much gratitude to outgoing President Prof Michael Bath for his sterling guidance and indefatigable support.

Bonis auspiciis incipiendum!
www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/alciato/embl...

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7 months ago

Straight up in the 13th international conference of the Society for Emblem Studies, with the terrific José Julio García Arranz and Ingrid Hoppel on a ‘Private Collection of Editions of Herman Hugo’s Pia Deaideria’.

With an adjoining exhibition (with original copies from the collection).

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7 months ago

It has started, the long awaited triennial international conference of the Society for Emblem Studies. With Professor Laurence (Billy) Grove delivering the opening plenary.

Looking forward to a fruitful week on all things emblems, old and new friends.

emblemstudies2025.univie.ac.at

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7 months ago

ICOM Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums – Longlist of eligible projects - International Council of Museums As a global organisation, ICOM is committed to highlighting the essential role that museums play in advancing sustainable development. Through this work, we aim to inspire museums and museum professio...

Details of the award in icom.museum/en/icom-awar...

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7 months ago

'The "Look" of the Gods: Court Dress and Fashion in a Masquerade', by Isabel Alba Nieva, on a festival to mark a royal marriage in (1680). With images from Filippo Biffi, Dissegno della mascherata fatta in Lodi, 1680 (@uofglasgowasc.bsky.social, SM 1304)
www.artes-exhibition.digital/the-look-of-...

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7 months ago

Torre Farfán’s Fiestas de Sevilla: a Journey with Stirling Maxwell, by Hilary Macartney (@uofgartshums.bsky.social and @uofgsmc.bsky.social), on a festival book, the event, and its collector.
www.artes-exhibition.digital/fiestas-de-s...

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7 months ago

🧵KHM-Theatermuseum shortlisted for ICOM Sustainable Development Practice Award for its digital exhibition "ART-ES. From real life into the world of art" (www.artes-exhibition.digital/exhibition/)
Congratulations! We're delighted to be associated to the project (links in comments).

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11 months ago

Lecturer in Islamic Studies (R&T) at University of Glasgow Apply for the Lecturer in Islamic Studies (R&T) role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

Lecturer in Islamic Studies (R&T)
University of Glasgow - College of Arts & Humanities - School of Critical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMO607/l...

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11 months ago

Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature at University of Glasgow Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature
University of Glasgow - College of Arts & Humanities - School of Critical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMO644/l...

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11 months ago

MA Funding The Warburg Institute has a range of full fee MA bursaries available to both home/EU and international students.

Thinking about applying for one of our MA courses?

Don't miss out on funding – the Peltz and American Friends of the Warburg fellowships close on 25 April!

Find out more: warburg.sas.ac.uk/studying/fun...

#ArtHistory #CulturalHistory

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