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Stirling Maxwell Centre @UofGSMC
Joined August 2019
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We’re hiring! Are you a @UofGlasgow student interested in Science Communication? We’re looking for an intern to work with us on a project with the @GlasgowSciFest 2026. Experience Early Modern science today!
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Come hear ‘Where to Draw the Line’, Andrew Lowes and Eric Dubois present Carnal Cinema: the Forbidden Interviews (vol 1, 2025): irreverent narratives in dialogue with irreverent drawings of cinema tales. Thu 19 Mar 5pm With Kate Taylor (@NFTSFilmTV). gla.ac.uk/events/listings/in…
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Is it a plane? Is it a train? It’s David John Boyd taking about his book on superheroes and Scottish identity! With Frank Quietly in attendance! Discount on book price and book signing available. See details 👇.
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Flying in on 12/Mar -- presenting Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity, by David John Boyd & Julie Briand-Boyd (@leuvenup). Intro by @LaurenceGrove9, w/ David (and Julie, in absentia). Frank Quitely attending! Book launch, signing, & discount on the day. lup.be/book/superhero-comics…
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Come hear David John Boyd talk on superhero comics and Scottish identity, and meet Frank Quitely too. Book presentation and signing In person (see poster) or online on uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/r…

Stirling Maxwell Centre@UofGSMC
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Flying in on 12/Mar -- presenting Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity, by David John Boyd & Julie Briand-Boyd (@leuvenup). Intro by @LaurenceGrove9, w/ David (and Julie, in absentia). Frank Quitely attending! Book launch, signing, & discount on the day. lup.be/book/superhero-comics…
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Flying in on 12/Mar -- presenting Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity, by David John Boyd & Julie Briand-Boyd (@leuvenup). Intro by @LaurenceGrove9, w/ David (and Julie, in absentia). Frank Quitely attending! Book launch, signing, & discount on the day. lup.be/book/superhero-comics…
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Come hear Ingrid Hoepel (Uni Kiel): A contemporary emblem book — wings and stones Thu, 5 Mar, 5pm, TalkLab, @uofglibrary, Zoom link👇 A scholar & artist, Ingrid questions emblems' historical art form's significance in the current art scene, & its impact on science and vice versa
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Our postgraduate coffee morning is on. And they can bake!
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Jennifer Taylor (@UniofReading and @Warburg_News) on Charles Perrault's fairy tales as emblems and vehicles for female agency in Louis XIV's France, 12 Feb 2026, 5pm. All welcome.
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It's here, and it's live -- our Spring 2026 Seminar Series has just been announced. All welcome! gla.ac.uk/events/listings/in…
16th c. engraving, man holds a heavy stone in right hand, hanging down on his side, the left hand raised to the sky, with wings on wrist, towards representation of God. Text: Spring 2026 Seminar Series Designing women: the unillustrated moral devices of Perrault’s Fairy Tales Jennifer Taylor, Uni of Reading 19/2/26, 5 p.m. In-person: ASC Seminar Room, University Library (level 12) Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/h94mrxCSS02mfkQdhPGYkw A contemporary emblem book — wings and stones Ingrid Hoepel, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 05 March 2026, 5 p.m. In-person: TalkLab, University Library (level 3) Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/4Vdt43WFQd2fgh_aV6oaUg Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity: the Comics Art of Frank Quitely David John Boyd & Julie Briand Boyd, University of Glasgow 12/3/26, 5 p.m. (book launch, with Leuven Uni Press) In-person: University Bookshop Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/mI2-cHm0S5iPKJk2kZxGeQ

ALT 16th c. engraving, man holds a heavy stone in right hand, hanging down on his side, the left hand raised to the sky, with wings on wrist, towards representation of God. Text: Spring 2026 Seminar Series Designing women: the unillustrated moral devices of Perrault’s Fairy Tales Jennifer Taylor, Uni of Reading 19/2/26, 5 p.m. In-person: ASC Seminar Room, University Library (level 12) Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/h94mrxCSS02mfkQdhPGYkw A contemporary emblem book — wings and stones Ingrid Hoepel, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 05 March 2026, 5 p.m. In-person: TalkLab, University Library (level 3) Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/4Vdt43WFQd2fgh_aV6oaUg Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity: the Comics Art of Frank Quitely David John Boyd & Julie Briand Boyd, University of Glasgow 12/3/26, 5 p.m. (book launch, with Leuven Uni Press) In-person: University Bookshop Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/mI2-cHm0S5iPKJk2kZxGeQ
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James Fox (@UofGSMC) on Sammelbände as curation of household how-to knowledge in the @UofGlasgowASC Ferguson Collection. A bibliographical category in its own right, for sure.
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Alina Lange and Stefan Laube speak of their work on the how-to book research project (howtobook.eu), a Stirling Maxwell Centre and Herzog August Bibliothek collaboration funded by DFG and the AHRC. @UofGSMLC @howtobooks @UofGArtsHums @ahrcpress @uofglasgowasc
A woman (on the right) and a man (on the left) sit at a table, facing forward; the background is shelving with archives and rare books.

ALT A woman (on the right) and a man (on the left) sit at a table, facing forward; the background is shelving with archives and rare books.
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UofG Arts & Humanities@UofGArtsHums
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🎓 Thinking about postgraduate study? There’s still time to apply! Applications for Arts & Humanities Masters programmes at @UofGlasgow close on 22 August for September 2025 entry. 👉 Explore your options and apply today: gla.ac.uk/colleges/arts/post…
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The #SESVienna2025 conference concluding paper, ‘Our fragile planet hanging by a thread’, by Peter Megyeši. Thinking ahead for all.
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Dr Pedro Germano Leal’s inaugural paper as the Peter Davies Lectureship in Text/Image Studies at the @uofglasgow. Welcome, Pedro!
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It's official! Delighted to congratulate Prof Alison Adams as the new President of the Society for Emblem Studies. Much gratitude to outgoing President Prof Michael Bath for his sterling guidance and indefatigable support. Bonis auspiciis incipiendum! emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/alcia…
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KHM-Theatermuseum (Vienna) shortlisted for @IcomOfficiel Sustainable Development Practice Award for its digital exhibition 'ART-ES. From real life into the world of art'. Congratulations! We're delighted to be associated to the project (links below). artes-exhibition.digital/exh…
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Torre Farfán’s Fiestas de Sevilla: a Journey with Stirling Maxwell, by Hilary Macartney (@UofGArtsHums and @UofGSMC yours truly), on a festival book, the event, and its collector. artes-exhibition.digital/fie…
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'The "Look" of the Gods: Court Dress and Fashion in a Masquerade', by Isabel Alba Nieva, on a festival to mark a royal marriage in (1680). With images from Filippo Biffi, Dissegno della mascherata fatta in Lodi, 1680 (@UofGlasgowASC, SM 1304). artes-exhibition.digital/the…
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There's still time to go see the world's first comic reinvented at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow!
UofG News@UofGNews
6 Jun 2025
Did you know that 200 years ago this month the world's 1st comic was published in Glasgow? @UofGlasgow comic expert Prof @LaurenceGrove9 has worked with The Mitchell on a Glasgow Looking Glass comic exhibition. 📢On 7/6/25 there is a day of fun: bit.ly/43w9f1V
Image showing people surrounding a man holding a copy of the world's first comic book published on 11 June 1825 in Glasgow to promote an exhibition of the comic called Glasgow Through the Looking Glass at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow til 31st July 2025

ALT Image showing people surrounding a man holding a copy of the world's first comic book published on 11 June 1825 in Glasgow to promote an exhibition of the comic called Glasgow Through the Looking Glass at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow til 31st July 2025
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