*NEXT WEEK*

Independent Accounts
Stories of Expertise and Politics in the New York City Budget since 1989

Prof Dan Bouk
Colgate University

May 13
10am-12pm
In-person and online

Booking:
bit.ly/STIS-DanBouk

STIS Edinburgh, UoE ISSTI, SKAPE, Edinburgh Futures Institute, UofGlasgow ESH

Independent Accounts
Stories of Expertise and Politics in the New York City Budget since 1989

Professor Dan Bouk
Colgate University

May 13
10am-12pm
In-person and online

Booking:
bit.ly/STIS-DanBouk

STIS Edinburgh, UoE ISSTI, SKAPE, Edinburgh Futures Institute, UofGlasgow ESH

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popping across town tomorrow to give 'a short paper about chilling' for UofGlasgow ESH, my attempt to write a cultural history of the come-down. thanks to Dr Kristin Hay 🔮✨ for the invite!

Our first ESH seminar of 2024: Peder Clark (Strathclyde), 'A Short Paper about Chilling; or, A Cultural History of the Come-down', 22 February, Room 142, Adam Smith Business School and Postgraduate Hub, 11-12:30. Coffee & treats. All welcome.

Newly published by Contemporary British History! Dr Linda Ross and I on anti-nuclear power activism in Scotland. We trace its origins opposing the bomb, growing protests amid safety and environmental fears and their lasting impact on government policy. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

We are delighted to introduce a new set of PhD Scholarships here at the School of Social and Political Sciences!

We are inviting applicants for three funded PhD Scholarships. For eligibility details and to apply visit: bit.ly/3O37Fwp

Deadline 15 March

Final ESH Seminar of 2023, Thursday, 30 November 2023, Room 712 Adam Smith Building. 11 AM. Dr Valerio Cerretano (University of Florence): 'The Bank of England and the warfare state: rescuing Rolls-Royce's areo-engine branch, 1969-75'.

Refreshments provided ☕️🧁

Our penultimate ESH Seminar, Thursday 16 November, 11 AM-12:30, Adam Smith Building, Room 712. Sabine Pittloud (University of Geneva), with: 'Organized Business & Environmental Governance in Postwar Switzerland & Germany'. All are warmly welcome to attend. Refreshments ☕️🧁

Boo! My latest article, 'The financialization of US public pension funds, 1945–1974,' is out (and open access!) in the Review of Social Economy! /1

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

On 17 November, Glasgow University is celebrating the life of one of its best known graduates, John Maclean. Maclean was a Marxist educator who shot to international prominence when he was imprisoned for his anti-war activities during WWI. Sign up here! eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrating-…

A reminder our seminar tomorrow.

Thursday, October 26th, 4.30-6pm, Black History Month Scotland 2023 hosts a public discussion of European cities: Modernity, race and colonialism (MU P, 2022), by Noa K. Ha and Giovanni Picker (eds). Main Building, Room 255 (Humanity Lecture Theatre). eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-book-…

Our next ESH Seminar: Professor Joanna Spear (Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University): ''The Domestic Strategies & Foreign Policies of Armstrongs & Vickers, 1855-1955'. Thursday 19th October 11-12:30, Room 208 St Andrews Building. All welcome!

'Black Sporting Histories: Race, Class & Local League Football'. Andy Smith & Nelson Cummins. Yudowitz Lecture Theatre, ground floor, Wolfson Medical Building. 16.00-17.30, Thursday 19th October. Please reserve a (free) ticket via Eventbrite here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/710162554317…

Are you a researcher working on any aspect of Economic and Social History? Would you be interested in presenting for UofGlasgow ESH in the new year?

I am the seminar convenor for the ESH seminar series and would be delighted to hear from you! 📚

🎉New book out today!

Dr Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite (UCL History) and Dr Natalie Thomlinson University of Reading History publish 'Women and the Miners' Strike, 1984-1985'.

Read the UCL summary 👉ucl.ac.uk/history/news/2…

Buy the book 👉 global.oup.com/academic/produ…

📣 Job Vacancy: Research Development Manager within the Adam Smith Business School (UofG Adam Smith Business School)

This post is full time (35 hours per week) and open ended.

Closing Date: 16 October 2023

Click the link for the full job description and how to apply: tinyurl.com/yb4da75c

This morning!

Our next seminar 14 Sept, 11-12:30, Lilybank House Seminar Room. Karissa Patton (Edinburgh), 'The Self-Exam as a liberative practice (and individual responsibility?): feminism, preventative healthcare, and neoliberalism, 1970-1990'. All welcome (supported by the MacFie Bequest).