Pauline Mackay
@paulinemackay.bsky.social
Professor of Robert Burns Studies & Cultural Heritage, Scottish Literature, University of Glasgow. Director: Centre for Robert Burns Studies. Co-Director: Realities & Immersion Glasgow (RIG). Co-I Museums in the Metaverse (IUK).
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In 2023 @uofglasgow.bsky.social was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize in recognition of the range & impact of the projects undertaken at the @glasgowburns.bsky.social, chiefly Editing & Curating Burns for the 21st Century
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@paulinemackay.bsky.social
More about the project👇
@murrayp.bsky.social
@paulinemackay.bsky.social
Editing Robert Burns for the 21st Century
An AHRC-funded Project to produce a multi-volume edition of the Works of Robert Burns
burnsc21.glasgow.ac.uk
July 31, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In 2023 @uofglasgow.bsky.social was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize in recognition of the range & impact of the projects undertaken at the @glasgowburns.bsky.social, chiefly Editing & Curating Burns for the 21st Century
More about the project👇
@murrayp.bsky.social
@paulinemackay.bsky.social
More about the project👇
@murrayp.bsky.social
@paulinemackay.bsky.social
COMING SOON! Sign up to be notified of the Museums in the Metaverse Beta!
#InnovationAccelerator #MuseumsInTheMetaverse #CulturalHeritage #XR
#InnovationAccelerator #MuseumsInTheMetaverse #CulturalHeritage #XR
Over 90% of the world's museum collections are locked away in storage. Not anymore.
UofG’s Museums in the Metaverse is bringing hidden treasures to life through 3D technology.
Sign up to be first to hear about the beta launch www.gla.ac.uk/mim
UofG’s Museums in the Metaverse is bringing hidden treasures to life through 3D technology.
Sign up to be first to hear about the beta launch www.gla.ac.uk/mim
July 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
COMING SOON! Sign up to be notified of the Museums in the Metaverse Beta!
#InnovationAccelerator #MuseumsInTheMetaverse #CulturalHeritage #XR
#InnovationAccelerator #MuseumsInTheMetaverse #CulturalHeritage #XR
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✍️Museums have long faced a fundamental challenge: globally less than 10% of museum collections are typically on public display. Through our Extended Reality (XR) platform, we are hoping to address this by creating digital twins of rare & precious objects that can be experienced in entirely new ways
Reimagining Cultural Access: Museums in the Metaverse By Professor Neil McDonnell and Dr Pauline Mackay | SAHA: The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance
A joint initiative of Scottish Higher Education institutions, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities.
saha.scot
May 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
✍️Museums have long faced a fundamental challenge: globally less than 10% of museum collections are typically on public display. Through our Extended Reality (XR) platform, we are hoping to address this by creating digital twins of rare & precious objects that can be experienced in entirely new ways
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the article was written by By Professor Neil McDonnell ( @neilmcdonnell.bsky.social and Dr Pauline Mackay ( @paulinemackay.bsky.social) @uofglasgow.bsky.social
@uofgnews.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @murrayp.bsky.social
@uofgnews.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @murrayp.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
the article was written by By Professor Neil McDonnell ( @neilmcdonnell.bsky.social and Dr Pauline Mackay ( @paulinemackay.bsky.social) @uofglasgow.bsky.social
@uofgnews.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @murrayp.bsky.social
@uofgnews.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @murrayp.bsky.social
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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
Robert Burns declared this ‘one of the finest songs I ever made in my life; and, besides, is composed on a young lady, positively the most beautiful, lovely woman in the world’. Wonderful from the University of Glasgow Chapel Choir. #BurnsNight #RobertBurns #Scotland
It's nearly #BurnsNight! 🏴
Our @chapelchoir.bsky.social perform 'Blyth hae I been on yon hill' - a piece Burns said was ‘one of the finest songs I ever made in my life’.
Enjoy this beautiful tribute to Scotland’s National Bard 🎶
@glasgowburns.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/D-oSj...
Our @chapelchoir.bsky.social perform 'Blyth hae I been on yon hill' - a piece Burns said was ‘one of the finest songs I ever made in my life’.
Enjoy this beautiful tribute to Scotland’s National Bard 🎶
@glasgowburns.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/D-oSj...
University of Glasgow Chapel Choir perform "Blyth hae I been on yon hill" by Robert Burns
YouTube video by University of Glasgow
youtube.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Robert Burns declared this ‘one of the finest songs I ever made in my life; and, besides, is composed on a young lady, positively the most beautiful, lovely woman in the world’. Wonderful from the University of Glasgow Chapel Choir. #BurnsNight #RobertBurns #Scotland
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Global study reveals 77% want digital access to museum collections.
The study on virtual museums reveals “not just what future audiences want but how museums can adapt to meet these demands”, says report co-author UofG's @murrayp.bsky.social.
Report: gla.ac/4h1XQLe
The study on virtual museums reveals “not just what future audiences want but how museums can adapt to meet these demands”, says report co-author UofG's @murrayp.bsky.social.
Report: gla.ac/4h1XQLe
Largest survey of its kind charts immersive digital future for museums worldwide
A global survey has revealed an overwhelming public interest in accessing museum collections through virtual reality (VR) and extended reality (XR) technologies.
gla.ac
January 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Global study reveals 77% want digital access to museum collections.
The study on virtual museums reveals “not just what future audiences want but how museums can adapt to meet these demands”, says report co-author UofG's @murrayp.bsky.social.
Report: gla.ac/4h1XQLe
The study on virtual museums reveals “not just what future audiences want but how museums can adapt to meet these demands”, says report co-author UofG's @murrayp.bsky.social.
Report: gla.ac/4h1XQLe
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Happy Hogmanay from the team at the Centre for Robert Burns Studies! 🎆 Wherever you are we are sure you will be singing Auld Lang Syne along with us tonight. Visit our blog to read about the origins of the iconic Scottish anthem:
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#hogmanay
#auldlangsyne
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#hogmanay
#auldlangsyne
The first appearance of Auld Lang Syne is studied by UofG academics
In 4th volume of The Oxford Edition of the Works of Robert Burns, due to be published in February, Professor Kirsteen McCue has looked at Burns’ songs for George Thomson including Auld Lang Syne
www.gla.ac.uk
December 31, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Happy Hogmanay from the team at the Centre for Robert Burns Studies! 🎆 Wherever you are we are sure you will be singing Auld Lang Syne along with us tonight. Visit our blog to read about the origins of the iconic Scottish anthem:
www.gla.ac.uk/news/archive...
#hogmanay
#auldlangsyne
www.gla.ac.uk/news/archive...
#hogmanay
#auldlangsyne
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Curious about what research happens in the ARC? We set ourselves a challenge...can we explain what we have achieved so far, in 60 seconds or less?
December 18, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Curious about what research happens in the ARC? We set ourselves a challenge...can we explain what we have achieved so far, in 60 seconds or less?
The Museums in the Metaverse team are delighted to launch this Kelvin 200 VR experience! Working with The Hunterian, Edify & Lateral North. Come and try it in the University of Glasgow’s ARC-XR, Wed 18th, 10am-4pm; Thurs 19th, 10am-1pm! 👀
We’re rounding off our #Kelvin200 celebrations by unveiling a new #VR museum dedicated to Lord Kelvin's groundbreaking inventions, part of our £5.6m Museums in the Metaverse project.
Try it for yourself this week at the ARC! @uofgarc.bsky.social
Read more ➡️ gla.ac/41CYMBf
Try it for yourself this week at the ARC! @uofgarc.bsky.social
Read more ➡️ gla.ac/41CYMBf
December 17, 2024 at 12:59 PM
The Museums in the Metaverse team are delighted to launch this Kelvin 200 VR experience! Working with The Hunterian, Edify & Lateral North. Come and try it in the University of Glasgow’s ARC-XR, Wed 18th, 10am-4pm; Thurs 19th, 10am-1pm! 👀
Join @glasgowburns.bsky.social for the Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference on Saturday 18th January 2025 @uofglasgow.bsky.social ARC! In collaboration with the NTS Robert Burns Birthplace Museum. Info and booking below! 👀 👇
The programme for our upcoming conference is now available! Join us on the 18th of January for a fascinating survey of the life, works and legacy of Scotland's National Bard, Robert Burns. The programme and tickets can be found here 👇🏼
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
December 6, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Join @glasgowburns.bsky.social for the Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference on Saturday 18th January 2025 @uofglasgow.bsky.social ARC! In collaboration with the NTS Robert Burns Birthplace Museum. Info and booking below! 👀 👇
The University of Glasgow’s Centre for Robert Burns Studies is on BlueSky! Follow for research and events about Robert Burns (1759-96). 👀 in the run up to Burns Season 2025! Beginning with insights into our annual conference planned for 18th January! #RobertBurns
Hello Bluesky from us here at the Centre for Robert Burns Studies👋 Follow us for news and information on upcoming events as we approach Burns season 😁📚✍🏼
#robertburns #scottishliterature
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
#robertburns #scottishliterature
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 6:52 AM
The University of Glasgow’s Centre for Robert Burns Studies is on BlueSky! Follow for research and events about Robert Burns (1759-96). 👀 in the run up to Burns Season 2025! Beginning with insights into our annual conference planned for 18th January! #RobertBurns
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A newly found 18th-century portrait at Scotland's Barnbougle Castle could be a rare lifetime likeness of poet Robert Fergusson, says UofG's Prof Professor Gerard Carruthers.
It will be unveiled tomorrow at Irvine Burns Club.
Read more: gla.ac/3ZopxrE
Photo:Martin Shields
It will be unveiled tomorrow at Irvine Burns Club.
Read more: gla.ac/3ZopxrE
Photo:Martin Shields
November 28, 2024 at 1:26 PM
A newly found 18th-century portrait at Scotland's Barnbougle Castle could be a rare lifetime likeness of poet Robert Fergusson, says UofG's Prof Professor Gerard Carruthers.
It will be unveiled tomorrow at Irvine Burns Club.
Read more: gla.ac/3ZopxrE
Photo:Martin Shields
It will be unveiled tomorrow at Irvine Burns Club.
Read more: gla.ac/3ZopxrE
Photo:Martin Shields
‘Poets are such outré Beings, so much the children of wayward Fancy and capricious Whim, that I believe the world generally allows them a larger latitude in the rules of Propriety, than the sober Sons of Judgement and Prudence.—‘ Robert Burns to Wilhelmina Alexander, November 1786.
November 20, 2024 at 9:48 PM
‘Poets are such outré Beings, so much the children of wayward Fancy and capricious Whim, that I believe the world generally allows them a larger latitude in the rules of Propriety, than the sober Sons of Judgement and Prudence.—‘ Robert Burns to Wilhelmina Alexander, November 1786.