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  • Shame in Contemporary You-Narration: Q&A with the author

    Denise Wong discusses Shame in Contemporary You-Narration, exploring second-person storytelling, shame, temporality, and narrative experimentation across literature and media.

    February 11, 2026
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Man’s best friend? Sniffing out dogs in the records of early modern Scotland

From royal gifts to diabolic manifestations, Nicole Maceira Cumming explores the varied ways dogs appear in the historical record

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • May 12, 2025
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‘The Cradle of Scottish Industry’?: exploring Culross’s unique legacy of industrial advancement

Donald Adamson and Robert Yates on the revolutionary 'Moat Pit' of Sir George Bruce, and the global significance it brought to industry in Culross

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New Gaelic Speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland: A Q&A with Stuart Dunmore

Stuart Dunmore discusses his motivations for researching new Gaelic speakers, and the incredible places and experiences this led to.

  • Edinburgh University Press
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Echoes of Infamy: Four Notorious Crimes of Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland

Allan Kennedy gives an introduction to criminality in 17th-century Scotland with four infamous crimes.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • March 20, 2025
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Food insecurity in Scotland

David Watts discusses the challenges of reducing food insecurity in Scotland, and the Scottish Government's 'Cash-First' initiative.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • March 10, 2025
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The Orange Order: A Global History

A Q&A with author Patrick Coleman on researching the Orange Order across 230 years and multiple continents.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • February 25, 2025
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When the Wind Blows: Planning for Nuclear War in the 1980s

Jim Gledhill on the organisation of civil defence in Scotland amidst Cold War tensions.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • February 18, 2025
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A parcel of rogues in a nation? Twenty-five years of the Scottish Parliament

David McCrone explores public opinion on the devolved Scottish Parliament over the past 25 years.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • February 13, 2025
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Juteopolis?: Dundee’s history as a leading textile town

The authors of The Triumph of Textiles discuss poverty and prosperity during Dundee's time as a textile town

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • February 4, 2025
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