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Palaeography (Dissertation Festival)

This is a recording of an online presentation, delivered on 10 March 2023 as part of the Library's Dissertation Festival. The session was presented by Kirsty M Stewart (Scottish and University…

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Beyond the Books - Series 2: Episode 7 - Peter Davies

Beyond the Books is a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. In this episode, host…

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Meet our Traditional Artist in Residence: Fraser Fifield

Scottish multi-instrumentalist and composer, Fraser Fifield, is the Traditional Artist in Residence at the University of Edinburgh from 2022 to 2025. In this short video, he tells the School of…

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Decolonizing Knowledge Production through Linked Open Data

Abstract A hallmark of the North American colonial process was the production and dissemination of knowledge about Indigenous peoples through the journals and records of colonizers. The violent, and…

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How to Use the Centre for Research Collections

This session provides a practical introduction to the Centre for Research Collections, an access point for the University's Heritage Collections. The collections include rare books, archives,…

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The Being and Becoming of Rhizomatic Digital Humanities in Majority Worlds

Dr. Dibyadyuti Roy - The Being and Becoming of Rhizomatic Digital Humanities in Majority Worlds AbstractNormative Digital Humanities conversations continue to elide that the being and becoming of DH…

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Exploring library resources for dissertations in gender studies

Does your dissertation question research gender and sexuality issues, such as gender inequalities, women’s writing, LGBT history and masculinity? Find out more about how the library can support…

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CJS Seminar: Hikmet Karčić

The Crime Justice & Society Seminar Series welcomes Dr Hikmet Karčić, University of Groningen, Netherlands About the event Book Talk –Torture, Humiliate, Kill: Inside the Bosnian…

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A Migrant’s Story: Designing Against Unconscious Bias in Digitised Historical Archives

Adam Crymble (UCL) presents 'A Migrant’s Story: Designing Against Unconscious Bias in Digitised Historical Archives.'Who do we digitize for? Who did we forget? The age of mass…

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In conversation with Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert SSSA70

A conversation with documentary photographer Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert. As part of the year-long celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of School of Scottish Studies, the Archive acquired…

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Using the National Records of Scotland for your Dissertation

In this Dissertation Festival session you will learn how to use the archives held by National Records of Scotland (https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/) for your dissertation research. This introductory…

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Finding historical documents online (Library Bitesize)

Visiting physical archives, libraries or museums may not always be possible or practical so this Dissertation Festival session looks at options available to access historical documents or primary…

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Finding historical documents / primary sources online (Historical Research: Skills & Sources)

This video, for students on the Historical Research: Skills & Sources (online) course, introduces the wide range of digital primary source databases available at the Library that allow you to…

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Thinking Through and Against the Archive: Interview with Samia Henni

This is an interview with Assistant Professor Samia Henni, in which we discuss her work on the built, destroyed and imagined environment. The conversation was recorded on the 6th of May 2021. SAMIA…

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Thinking through Transnational Collaboration: Interview with Iain Jackson

This is a conversation with Professor Iain Jackson, in which we discuss his current research on architecture in 19th and 20th century Ghana, and the importance of collaboration in his work. The…

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Using digital historical newspaper archives (Historical Research: Skills & Sources)

This video provides an overview of the wide range of historical newspaper databases and other news sources available at the Library, including some hints and tips on basic and advanced search…

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