Echoes from the vault
The University Library’s Special Collections blog highlights items from the collections to explore their past and context.
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This week is World Gaelic Week (Seachdain na Gàidhlig) – an initiative to celebrate Scottish Gaelic across the globe. In this blog we…
Date 23 February 2023
Category collections highlights
The United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science is observed on the 11th of February each year to promote equal access…
Date 11 February 2023
Category Archives
People in Scotland, and all around the world, will be cutting into a haggis today or lifting a wee dram to the memory of Robert Burns, our…
Date 25 January 2023
Category Anniversaries
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James David Forbes Collecting Prize 2022: A glimpse into the history and practice of South Indian Classical dance
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the James David Forbes Collecting Prize 2022 is Lakshmi Thiagarajan, who graduated last year with an MA in Management and Philosophy. In this blog she tells us about her…
The Yule Days – Day 13 – ‘Three stalks o’ merry corn’
The king sent his lady on the thirteenth Yule day, Three stalks o’ merry corn, three maids a-merry dancing, Three hinds a-merry hunting, an Arabian baboon, Three swans a-merry swimming, Three ducks a-merry laying, a…
The Yule Days – Day 12 – ‘Three maids a-merry dancing’
The king sent his lady on the twelfth Yule day, Three maids a-merry dancing, Three hinds a-merry hunting, an Arabian baboon, Three swans a-merry swimming, Three ducks a-merry laying, a bull that was brown, Three…