Alanna MacTavish
@alannamactavish.bsky.social
A lover of Glencoe, no matter how much it rains. A historian of Jacobite Studies, studying at the University of Aberdeen, the best of the ancients. A United Nations staff member with an unwavering commitment to human rights.
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Saw the “new Raeburn” portrait of Burns at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social, hung beside the Nasmyth — genuinely breathtaking. Go if you can. And do @glasgowburns.bsky.social a favour: spend 5 minutes logging your Burns Supper here:
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Saw the “new Raeburn” portrait of Burns at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social, hung beside the Nasmyth — genuinely breathtaking. Go if you can. And do @glasgowburns.bsky.social a favour: spend 5 minutes logging your Burns Supper here:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Saw the “new Raeburn” portrait of Burns at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social, hung beside the Nasmyth — genuinely breathtaking. Go if you can. And do @glasgowburns.bsky.social a favour: spend 5 minutes logging your Burns Supper here:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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Help us develop a global map of how Burns Night is celebrated! Take Part in The Burns Supper at 225 Years Research Project ⬇️ .
There are still tickets for our annual Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference this Sat (17th Jan), held in the ARC: gla.ac/3LaXLe5
There are still tickets for our annual Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference this Sat (17th Jan), held in the ARC: gla.ac/3LaXLe5
2026 we are celebrating 225 years of the Burns Supper. Now @glasgowburns.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social wants your help to contribute to our global map of Burns celebrations.
Send us your videos, photos and details of how you celebrate Burns Night: gla.ac/BurnsSupper225
#BurnsSupper225
Send us your videos, photos and details of how you celebrate Burns Night: gla.ac/BurnsSupper225
#BurnsSupper225
January 12, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Help us develop a global map of how Burns Night is celebrated! Take Part in The Burns Supper at 225 Years Research Project ⬇️ .
There are still tickets for our annual Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference this Sat (17th Jan), held in the ARC: gla.ac/3LaXLe5
There are still tickets for our annual Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference this Sat (17th Jan), held in the ARC: gla.ac/3LaXLe5
Scholarly joy in the post today 📬📚 Outlander in Scotland has arrived! Excited to read essays on Jacobitism, poetry, Gaelic, tourism, heritage management & memory by new authors and contributors from the 2023 Glasgow conference @Gillebride.bsky.social @funkyplaid.bsky.social and @murrayp.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Scholarly joy in the post today 📬📚 Outlander in Scotland has arrived! Excited to read essays on Jacobitism, poetry, Gaelic, tourism, heritage management & memory by new authors and contributors from the 2023 Glasgow conference @Gillebride.bsky.social @funkyplaid.bsky.social and @murrayp.bsky.social
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Happy Winter Solstice! Look closely at this sunrise near Edinburgh.
December 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Happy Winter Solstice! Look closely at this sunrise near Edinburgh.
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A passionate group of Scottish history postgraduate students and alumni braved the November chill to gather at the University of Aberdeen for a spectacular winter graduation, museums, festive dinners, and research papers. Best of the Ancients.
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social @uoacollections.bsky.social
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social @uoacollections.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A passionate group of Scottish history postgraduate students and alumni braved the November chill to gather at the University of Aberdeen for a spectacular winter graduation, museums, festive dinners, and research papers. Best of the Ancients.
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social @uoacollections.bsky.social
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social @uoacollections.bsky.social
A great conference opportunity in Greece for the forward-thinking at the intersection between sustainability, cultural tourism, architecture, and academia.
CFP open for Towards Resilient Destinations: Integrating Nation, Culture and Tourism for Sustainable Futures, looking at Corfu as lab for sustainable tourism. Achim Steiner (former UN SD lead) opening. Inspired by Lawrence Durrell @alannamactavish.bsky.social
conferences.ionio.gr/trd/en/call/
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Towards Resilient Destinations | Call for Abstracts (deadlines, guidelines, review process, publication)
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November 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A great conference opportunity in Greece for the forward-thinking at the intersection between sustainability, cultural tourism, architecture, and academia.
and so the holiday season begins. Spent a fantastic day yesterday in Edinburgh -- everywhere is festooned with fairy lights and seasonal cheer. Start enjoying it, all!
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
and so the holiday season begins. Spent a fantastic day yesterday in Edinburgh -- everywhere is festooned with fairy lights and seasonal cheer. Start enjoying it, all!
Who doesn’t love a good tartan jacket? Makes a big, bold statement. I was in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh recently and saw this painting of journalist Lorraine Kelly by an up and coming young artist.
November 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Who doesn’t love a good tartan jacket? Makes a big, bold statement. I was in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh recently and saw this painting of journalist Lorraine Kelly by an up and coming young artist.
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@f18cal.bsky.social , Bill Runacre, and myself are glad to have signed a new contract with @manchesterup.bsky.social !
The book should be entitled:
"The Apex of Jacobitism: Challenges, Cultures, and Legacies of the 1715 rising"
More to come!
The book should be entitled:
"The Apex of Jacobitism: Challenges, Cultures, and Legacies of the 1715 rising"
More to come!
October 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
@f18cal.bsky.social , Bill Runacre, and myself are glad to have signed a new contract with @manchesterup.bsky.social !
The book should be entitled:
"The Apex of Jacobitism: Challenges, Cultures, and Legacies of the 1715 rising"
More to come!
The book should be entitled:
"The Apex of Jacobitism: Challenges, Cultures, and Legacies of the 1715 rising"
More to come!
First time at the Beyond Borders Festival at Traquair House—left inspired. From @murrayp.bsky.social on John Buchan’s enduring relevance to @humzayousaf.bsky.social with William Dalrymple & Afif Safieh on Gaza, the call to reflect & act was unforgettable. 🔗 bbintfest.com/events/curre...
August 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
First time at the Beyond Borders Festival at Traquair House—left inspired. From @murrayp.bsky.social on John Buchan’s enduring relevance to @humzayousaf.bsky.social with William Dalrymple & Afif Safieh on Gaza, the call to reflect & act was unforgettable. 🔗 bbintfest.com/events/curre...
An important reminder from Eisenhower in 1946: “World neighbourliness must be achieved, else we will, in a twinkling, travel a backward route over mankind's long and laborious progress from its ancient caves… We have come far along the road to a cooperative world, we must not turn back now."
March 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
An important reminder from Eisenhower in 1946: “World neighbourliness must be achieved, else we will, in a twinkling, travel a backward route over mankind's long and laborious progress from its ancient caves… We have come far along the road to a cooperative world, we must not turn back now."