Murray Pittock :
@murrayp.bsky.social
Pro VP U.Glasgow, personal views and evidence-based judgements only. 'You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass'-John Buchan. https://murraypittock.com
Thanks too to @paulinemackay.bsky.social as co-supervisor.
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Thanks too to @paulinemackay.bsky.social as co-supervisor.
State of the art museology here in Vienna at the Strauss Museum. Interactive, Immersive, highly informative. @mimuofg.bsky.social @fergusbruce.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social @ahallardyce.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
State of the art museology here in Vienna at the Strauss Museum. Interactive, Immersive, highly informative. @mimuofg.bsky.social @fergusbruce.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social @ahallardyce.bsky.social
Looking forward to visiting Burns' Ellisland tomorrow to discuss the forthcoming campaign to develop the Home of Auld Lang Syne with Joan McAlpine and colleagues. @glasgowburns.bsky.social is a longterm supporter: director @paulinemackay.bsky.social here with Alasdair Whyte & singer Robyn Stapleton
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Looking forward to visiting Burns' Ellisland tomorrow to discuss the forthcoming campaign to develop the Home of Auld Lang Syne with Joan McAlpine and colleagues. @glasgowburns.bsky.social is a longterm supporter: director @paulinemackay.bsky.social here with Alasdair Whyte & singer Robyn Stapleton
150th (actually it turns out 167th) anniversary dinner for Nairn Literary Institute last night. A very pleasant evening discussing everything from Picts to bridges before speaking on 'Do the Highlands exist ?' The audience were very polite. Thanks to NLI President Prof. Ron Skeldon for organizing.
November 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
150th (actually it turns out 167th) anniversary dinner for Nairn Literary Institute last night. A very pleasant evening discussing everything from Picts to bridges before speaking on 'Do the Highlands exist ?' The audience were very polite. Thanks to NLI President Prof. Ron Skeldon for organizing.
Delighted that @guyverhofstadt.bsky.social 's gift at tonight's
@euromovescotland.bsky.social dinner is my @yalepress.bsky.social Scotland:the Global History. Here signing it with Bill Rodger @sahavoice.bsky.social @iassl.bsky.social @asls.org.uk
@euromovescotland.bsky.social dinner is my @yalepress.bsky.social Scotland:the Global History. Here signing it with Bill Rodger @sahavoice.bsky.social @iassl.bsky.social @asls.org.uk
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Delighted that @guyverhofstadt.bsky.social 's gift at tonight's
@euromovescotland.bsky.social dinner is my @yalepress.bsky.social Scotland:the Global History. Here signing it with Bill Rodger @sahavoice.bsky.social @iassl.bsky.social @asls.org.uk
@euromovescotland.bsky.social dinner is my @yalepress.bsky.social Scotland:the Global History. Here signing it with Bill Rodger @sahavoice.bsky.social @iassl.bsky.social @asls.org.uk
Tomorrow in Paris- preparing for the Pix sale at ADER auctions and speaking on the politics of textiles, medals, and of course-glass @iassl.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @asls.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Tomorrow in Paris- preparing for the Pix sale at ADER auctions and speaking on the politics of textiles, medals, and of course-glass @iassl.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @asls.org.uk
Looking forward to supporting ADER auctions in Paris to sell the magnificent Pix collection for the benefit of @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk . Unravelling the mysteries of Jacobite glass in Paris next Thursday @sahavoice.bsky.social @whitegoldsword1708.bsky.social @funkyplaid.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Looking forward to supporting ADER auctions in Paris to sell the magnificent Pix collection for the benefit of @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk . Unravelling the mysteries of Jacobite glass in Paris next Thursday @sahavoice.bsky.social @whitegoldsword1708.bsky.social @funkyplaid.bsky.social
30 years this month since the 1st edition of The Myth of the Jacobite Clans was published & it still sells a fair number of copies every year. Thanks to all who read & understood its challenge to the framing of the '45, advancing data on the scale & nature of recruitment &opposition to the Union.
October 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
30 years this month since the 1st edition of The Myth of the Jacobite Clans was published & it still sells a fair number of copies every year. Thanks to all who read & understood its challenge to the framing of the '45, advancing data on the scale & nature of recruitment &opposition to the Union.
Tomorrow in Dublin, delighted to be introducing this event with @sahavoice.bsky.social in collaboration with the Irish Humanities Alliance at the Royal Irish Academy to mark the completion of the first phase of the Bilateral Framework between the Irish and Scottish governments
September 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Tomorrow in Dublin, delighted to be introducing this event with @sahavoice.bsky.social in collaboration with the Irish Humanities Alliance at the Royal Irish Academy to mark the completion of the first phase of the Bilateral Framework between the Irish and Scottish governments
Coming very soon now-a comprehensive single volume history of Scotland from brochs to Brexit with something for everyone from Old Street Publishing-with thanks to @willdalrymple.bsky.social for his assessment !
@sahavoice.bsky.social @broadcastscot.bsky.social
@asls.org.uk @iassl.bsky.social
@sahavoice.bsky.social @broadcastscot.bsky.social
@asls.org.uk @iassl.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Coming very soon now-a comprehensive single volume history of Scotland from brochs to Brexit with something for everyone from Old Street Publishing-with thanks to @willdalrymple.bsky.social for his assessment !
@sahavoice.bsky.social @broadcastscot.bsky.social
@asls.org.uk @iassl.bsky.social
@sahavoice.bsky.social @broadcastscot.bsky.social
@asls.org.uk @iassl.bsky.social
Good to find Culloden in '10 Scottish History books you need on your shelf' this week !
scotlands-stories.com/10-scottish-...
scotlands-stories.com/10-scottish-...
August 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Good to find Culloden in '10 Scottish History books you need on your shelf' this week !
scotlands-stories.com/10-scottish-...
scotlands-stories.com/10-scottish-...
Very positive discussion on 5th @iassl.bsky.social
World Congress programme and budget yesterday with
Nanjing Normal University colleagues. A new step forward for Scottish Studies in June 2027 in China @asls.org.uk @sahavoice.bsky.social
World Congress programme and budget yesterday with
Nanjing Normal University colleagues. A new step forward for Scottish Studies in June 2027 in China @asls.org.uk @sahavoice.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Very positive discussion on 5th @iassl.bsky.social
World Congress programme and budget yesterday with
Nanjing Normal University colleagues. A new step forward for Scottish Studies in June 2027 in China @asls.org.uk @sahavoice.bsky.social
World Congress programme and budget yesterday with
Nanjing Normal University colleagues. A new step forward for Scottish Studies in June 2027 in China @asls.org.uk @sahavoice.bsky.social
Coming up today- a pleasure to be speaking with two such distinguished colleagues at the Adam Smith Festival of ideas @sahavoice.bsky.social @ahallardyce.bsky.social @uofgpe.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Coming up today- a pleasure to be speaking with two such distinguished colleagues at the Adam Smith Festival of ideas @sahavoice.bsky.social @ahallardyce.bsky.social @uofgpe.bsky.social
Looking forward to 6 June panel sponsored by Adam Smith Global Foundation on Smith today- politeness, debate & sympathy could not be more necessary & I will be teasing out relations between personal sympathy and economic growth @ahallardyce.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @eassh.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Looking forward to 6 June panel sponsored by Adam Smith Global Foundation on Smith today- politeness, debate & sympathy could not be more necessary & I will be teasing out relations between personal sympathy and economic growth @ahallardyce.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @eassh.bsky.social
This afternoon at Royal Society of Edinburgh, @sahavoice.bsky.social are collaborating with U. London on an Advocacy Day for the Arts & Humanities. At this challenging time, how can they be heard and how can they persuade others their interests matter ? @eassh.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This afternoon at Royal Society of Edinburgh, @sahavoice.bsky.social are collaborating with U. London on an Advocacy Day for the Arts & Humanities. At this challenging time, how can they be heard and how can they persuade others their interests matter ? @eassh.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social
Great evening last night @sahavoice.bsky.social Tartan Day @royalsoced.bsky.social, co-sponsored with US Consulate-General. Brilliantly chaired by Catherine O'Leary, @leoniebell.bsky.social @billykayscot.bsky.social & myself spoke on history & future of Tartan Day:
www.youtube.com/live/t16JrcH...
www.youtube.com/live/t16JrcH...
April 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Great evening last night @sahavoice.bsky.social Tartan Day @royalsoced.bsky.social, co-sponsored with US Consulate-General. Brilliantly chaired by Catherine O'Leary, @leoniebell.bsky.social @billykayscot.bsky.social & myself spoke on history & future of Tartan Day:
www.youtube.com/live/t16JrcH...
www.youtube.com/live/t16JrcH...
Splendid dinner @houseofcommons.parliament.uk with British-Irish Chamber of Commerce courtesy of @clairehanna.bsky.social discussing UK-Ireland-EU relations. Great evening representing U. Glasgow & championing HE mobility ahead of FP10 @horizoneu.bsky.social @eassh.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Splendid dinner @houseofcommons.parliament.uk with British-Irish Chamber of Commerce courtesy of @clairehanna.bsky.social discussing UK-Ireland-EU relations. Great evening representing U. Glasgow & championing HE mobility ahead of FP10 @horizoneu.bsky.social @eassh.bsky.social
Happy World Bannock Day !
A starter bannock story to accompany your bannock can be found at folklorescotland.com/the-wee-bann...
A starter bannock story to accompany your bannock can be found at folklorescotland.com/the-wee-bann...
March 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Happy World Bannock Day !
A starter bannock story to accompany your bannock can be found at folklorescotland.com/the-wee-bann...
A starter bannock story to accompany your bannock can be found at folklorescotland.com/the-wee-bann...
Splendid discussion today on role of Museums in the Metaverse in cultural tourism & placemaking in Future Cities Forum Cultural Cities 2025 with Michelle Charters OBE, Craig Hassall AM & many more @ahallardyce.bsky.social @fergusbruce.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Splendid discussion today on role of Museums in the Metaverse in cultural tourism & placemaking in Future Cities Forum Cultural Cities 2025 with Michelle Charters OBE, Craig Hassall AM & many more @ahallardyce.bsky.social @fergusbruce.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social
Thanks to those who came last night wanting to find out about John Buchan- 167 was the final audience, and thanks to @poncarova.bsky.social for the photo @uofgnews.bsky.social The video of the lecture should be up soon.
March 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Thanks to those who came last night wanting to find out about John Buchan- 167 was the final audience, and thanks to @poncarova.bsky.social for the photo @uofgnews.bsky.social The video of the lecture should be up soon.
Excellent afternoon recording a podcast with Jackie Bird for the National Trust for Scotland on Jacobite General Lord George Murray. Bad tempered, tactically astute, not a sharer and always thought he was right. Was he? We'll find out c. 16 April, Culloden anniversary
@funkyplaid.bsky.social
@funkyplaid.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Excellent afternoon recording a podcast with Jackie Bird for the National Trust for Scotland on Jacobite General Lord George Murray. Bad tempered, tactically astute, not a sharer and always thought he was right. Was he? We'll find out c. 16 April, Culloden anniversary
@funkyplaid.bsky.social
@funkyplaid.bsky.social
Excellent lunch at the Saltire Society followed by my lecture on The Professional Aristocracy & the Making of the Scottish Enlightenment. Here is the piece de resistance: with the 3 Morags
March 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Excellent lunch at the Saltire Society followed by my lecture on The Professional Aristocracy & the Making of the Scottish Enlightenment. Here is the piece de resistance: with the 3 Morags
Very good meeting with HE/Council colleagues from
British-Irish Chamber of Commerce with HE minister Graeme Dee on HE, research and more- a very productive meeting
British-Irish Chamber of Commerce with HE minister Graeme Dee on HE, research and more- a very productive meeting
February 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Very good meeting with HE/Council colleagues from
British-Irish Chamber of Commerce with HE minister Graeme Dee on HE, research and more- a very productive meeting
British-Irish Chamber of Commerce with HE minister Graeme Dee on HE, research and more- a very productive meeting
Cold day with slight snow for the moving US Presidents’ Day wreath laying for the Scottish Union dead at the only Civil War monument outside the US with Lord Provost, CG Kathryn Porter & CabSec Angus Robertson
February 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Cold day with slight snow for the moving US Presidents’ Day wreath laying for the Scottish Union dead at the only Civil War monument outside the US with Lord Provost, CG Kathryn Porter & CabSec Angus Robertson
Delighted to contribute on the Plague in Edinburgh in 1645 and early modern Scottish public health policy to www.fr.fnac.ch/a19314652/Sa...
February 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Delighted to contribute on the Plague in Edinburgh in 1645 and early modern Scottish public health policy to www.fr.fnac.ch/a19314652/Sa...