SGSAH
The Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities, based at the University of Glasgow, offers world-leading support for doctoral researchers in the Arts & Humanities across Scotland. 🎓✨
Director: Prof Maria Fusco
- Don't forget—Our call for SGSAH Summer School 2026 session proposals is open until 27th Feb! 📝
- 📣 Call for proposals: SGSAH Summer School 2026 We’re inviting session proposals for #SGSAHSummer26, bringing together Arts & Humanities PhD researchers from across Scotland. 🗓️ 18–19 June (online) | 24–25 June (in-person, Glasgow) ⏰ Closing date: 27 Feb 👉 Learn more www.sgsah.ac.uk/about/news/h...
- 📝 New on the SGSAH Blog: ‘Peace and Time’: Writing up a PhD at Cove Park Lucy Howie reflects on her SGSAH-supported residency, finding space to write, and rethinking productivity, access, and care in academic life. 👉 Read it here: sgsahblog.com/2026/02/03/p...
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- What can PhD researchers learn from a ceilidh? 🕺📚 From Gay Gordons to Strip the Willow, guest blogger Joshua MacRae dances through history, academia, and Burns Night reflections. Take the floor—read the full blog: sgsahblog.com/2026/01/27/d...
- 📣 Call for Papers! Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies Postgraduate Symposium | 28 May 2026 Theme: People, Place & Movement in the Celtic World 15-min papers, all methods welcome, hybrid (Glasgow/online). Submit by 2 March 2026 📧 arts-cscs@glasgow.ac.uk
- New Featured Researcher: Anand Ranjan, @anandranjan.bsky.social A PhD researcher @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social exploring Digital Hinduism — how apps, platforms & ritual labour are reshaping devotional life and sacred experience in India. ➡️ Read Anand’s full feature: sgsahresearch.com/featured-res...
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- 📚 PhD workshop: Publishing & Peer Review in Academia (Archaeology/Classics) 🗓 Fri 27 Feb | ⏰ 1–4pm | 💻 Online Learn how to publish, choose journals & handle peer review. Open to Scotland-based Arts & Humanities PhDs. 👉 Learn more & register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing...
- 📣 Call for proposals: SGSAH Summer School 2026 We’re inviting session proposals for #SGSAHSummer26, bringing together Arts & Humanities PhD researchers from across Scotland. 🗓️ 18–19 June (online) | 24–25 June (in-person, Glasgow) ⏰ Closing date: 27 Feb 👉 Learn more www.sgsah.ac.uk/about/news/h...
- Zines as research, archive & resistance 📚 In our latest blog, @graceq22.bsky.social reflects on a SGSAH-supported residency at Cove Park and how zine-making can surface marginalised histories of land agitation in the Isle of Skye. 👉 Read it here: sgsahblog.com/2026/01/20/p...
- The SGSAH January 2026 newsletter is here 📨 In this issue: ➡️ Leadership transition ➡️ Calls for Spring into Methods & Summer School ➡️ New EARTH Impact Coordinator ➡️ Funding opportunities & events ➡️ New research outputs & alumni achievements ...and more. 🔗 Read it here: mailchi.mp/sgsah/newsle...
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- What does it mean to lead with care, complexity, and voice in the Arts & Humanities? In our latest SGSAH blog, Jelena Sofronijevic sits down with our new Director, Maria Fusco, to explore these questions —and more. Read here: sgsahblog.com/2026/01/13/i...
- 🔶🔸 The Poetics of the Proxy | Fri 27 Feb 🗓️ @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social A one-day PhD training event exploring replicas, ownership, authenticity & institutional authority through theory and practice with artists, curators & researchers. 🔗 Sign up / find out more: tockify.com/sgsah/detail...
- 🌷 Call for workshop proposals for Spring into Methods 2026 🌷 Together with @sgsss.bsky.social, we invite staff at affiliated HEIs to propose interdisciplinary research methods training for PhD researchers across Scotland. ⏰ Submit your proposal by 3pm Fri 30 Jan 🔗 www.sgsah.ac.uk/supervisors/...
- Calling Scotland-based PhDs interested in heritage! 📣 Join the Scottish Heritage Studies Collaborative Workshop (Thu 19 Feb, 2–4pm, online) to connect with peers, workshop ideas & explore SGSAH CDF funding. 🌟 More info & sign up 👉 tockify.com/sgsah/detail...
- Re-sharing this great blog from our former Director, @clairesquires.bsky.social, published on @sahavoice.bsky.social — well worth a read if you missed it ⤵️
- Interested in turning your PhD into a book? 📚 Join this half-day hybrid event on 16th Jan exploring multiple routes from thesis to publication, with Booker-shortlisted author Sarah Bernstein and leading scholars. Includes a proposal workshop! #PhDtoBook Sign up: tockify.com/sgsah/detail...
- Now open: 2026 AHRC CDA PhD Studentship 🎓 A collaborative project with @stir.ac.uk & @stirlingcht.bsky.social exploring built heritage, housing & climate justice, focusing on tenants in historic tenements. 🗓️ Closing date: 23 Jan 2026 🔗 Find out more: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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- We’re sharing our festive card a little early this year — thank you to our wonderful community for all you’ve brought to 2025, and extra special thanks to @clairesquires.bsky.social for her leadership in her final year as Director. Wishing you all rest, joy and a bright start to the year ahead. 💫
- 📚 New SGSAH Blog Post 📚 Dr @smgthomson.bsky.social looks back on her path from SGSAH-funded PhD to Curator at @natlibscot.bsky.social — a candid, inspiring journey through post-PhD possibilities and heritage careers. Read it here: sgsahblog.com/2025/12/09/l...
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- 🎣 New SGSAH Blog Post 🎣 Guest blogger Marie-Chantal Hamrock shares their research-based artistic practice, exploring maritime cultures in Aberdeen, Peterhead and Fraserburgh. Read it here ➡️ sgsahblog.com/2025/12/02/s...
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- 🌿 New on the SGSAH Blog! Guest writer Anna Stacey reflects on an Environmental Humanities film screening of Living Proof: A Climate Story (2021)— exploring nostalgia, climate storytelling, and the power of art in imagining sustainable futures. Read it here ➡️ sgsahblog.com/2025/11/25/l...
- 🌟 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...
- 🚀 Calling all Arts & Humanities PhDs in Scotland – join our Transkribathon! Learn the basics of Transkribus with experts Dario Kampkaspar & Kevin Kuck. Demos, hands-on practice + space to work on your own project. 📅 3 Dec 2025 🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transkriba...
- Delighted to celebrate Tim Craven, SGSAH alum (2020), recipient of Debut Poetry Book of the Year at the #SaltireBookAwards — a brilliant achievement! 👏
- 🎭✨ Join us for 'Engaging Audiences: Policy, Practice & Beyond' on Wed 10th December — a deep dive into creative, cross-sector approaches to audience engagement in #PhD research and beyond! 🎟️ 💻 Only online tickets left — sign up here: events.bookitbee.com/the-scottish... #SGSAH #KEHub #HybridEvent
- 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...
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- ✨ New SGSAH Blog Post ✨ Guest bloggers Julia Römer and Marly Muudeni Samuel share their reflections on completing and submitting a PhD, and invite readers to consider their own personal journeys through the doctoral process. 📚🫣🎉 Read it here ➡️ sgsahblog.com/2025/11/14/r...
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- Interested in issues of transdisciplinarity, co-reading, co-performing and the architecture of books, writing, images and spaces❓ Join us for Transdisciplinary Research: A Common Room for (Un)Common Books 📚 📍Edinburgh 📅 26th Nov, 11:00-15:30 Register: tockify.com/sgsah/detail...
- Missed it the first time? Good news — the event below has been rescheduled for Thursday 13 November! You can still register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-who-...
- Curious about history, legacy & public debate? Join our History Catalyst for “David Who?”—a session for PhDs exploring the David Hume project with the David Hume Institute. 📍St Andrews | 🗓️ 29 Oct, 10–12:30 Register by 28 Oct: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-who-... #SGSAH #HistoryCatalyst
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- BIG thanks to @erdorfman.bsky.social for the thematic variety, topical insights & fabulous guests she has introduced to the SGSAH PhD blog over the past 6 months... Check out her last post as SGSAH blogger, and all of Emma's contributions over at: sgsahblog.com 💫
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- Interested in exploring how generational perspectives can deepen our understanding of authorship, readership & cultural change? Join us for Thinking Generationally: Authors & Readers organised by our #LiteratureCatalyst 📍St Andrews 🗓️ 24 Nov, 11–16:30 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thinking-g...
- No tricks, just opportunities! 🎃 Apply for our Research Internships before the deadline creeps up — Friday 31 October!
- ⭐️ 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/
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- ⭐️ 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- New Beyond the Books episode out now, featuring SGSAH researcher Madeleine Banatvala - tune in for an inspiring conversation!
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- Curious about history, legacy & public debate? Join our History Catalyst for “David Who?”—a session for PhDs exploring the David Hume project with the David Hume Institute. 📍St Andrews | 🗓️ 29 Oct, 10–12:30 Register by 28 Oct: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-who-... #SGSAH #HistoryCatalyst
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- 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
- PhDs — a quick reminder about this job opportunity! Applications are still open until Thursday 16th October, so there’s still time to apply. ⤵️
- ⭐️ 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/
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- ⭐ 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....
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- 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...
