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Conference paper (unpublished)
Royal Jewels and Relics in the National Collections panel: Renaissance Jewels, a Scottish style?
McGill, Lyndsay
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Lecture
What’s Next for Period Drama?
This virtual conference will take place on 9th July 2021 and is organised by Anthony Delaney (History, University of Exeter) and Dr Madeleine Pelling (Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies, University of York). Hosted via Zoom, the day will bring together academics, journalists and professionals from the TV industry to ask ‘What’s...Montgomery, Grant ; Waine, Rosie
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Exhibition-related event
Sir Walter Scott: historical novelist & collector
Walter Scott was Scotland’s first historical novelist. Through his works he celebrated the history and landscapes of Scotland, with a string of popular books that dominated the nineteenth century’s best-seller lists. He was also an avid collector of Scotland’s material past, a collection which was essential to his inspiration and...Groundwater, Anna ; Wood, Lucy ; Dalgleish, George
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Journal article
Quaichs: From monarchy to miners, and marriage too
McGill, Lyndsay
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Journal article
Inspiring Walter Scott
David Forsyth and Dr Anna Groundwater take us on a tour of a new display at National Museum of Scotland that brings together two of his greatest passions - and speak to us of his literary inspirationForsyth, David ; Groundwater, Anna
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Blog post
Women identity textiles and heritage in Mozambique
A project exploring the relationship between tradition and change in the lives of women in Mozambique recently resulted in an exhibition in Maputo. Principal Investigator Sarah Worden tells us about the latest activity in this collaborative project and how focusing on the cotton printed capulana encouraged discussions around identity and...Worden, Sarah
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Blog post
Inspiring body, mind and spirit
It’s been over two months since I wrote my last blog post and once again our museums are closed, but we look forward to re-opening and a life beyond lockdown.Breward, Christopher
LGBT History Month , Digital Media , Sculpture, LGBTQIA+, and Art And Design
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Journal article
Exhibition Review: Mary Quant, Curated by Jenny Lister and Stephanie Wood for The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London, England and V&A Dundee, Scotland, 27 August 2020–24 December 2020
Curated by Jenny Lister and Stephanie Wood for The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) London, England and Dundee, Scotland. Reviewed by Georgina RipleyRipley, Georgina
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Book
The pasts and presence of art in South Africa: Technologies, ontologies and agents
In 2015, #RhodesMustFall generated the largest student protests in South Africa since the end of apartheid, subsequently inspiring protests and acts of decolonial iconoclasm across the globe. The performances that emerged in, through and around #RhodesMustFall make it clear how analytically fruitful Alfred Gell’s notion that art is ‘a system...Wingfield, Chris ; Giblin, John ; King, Rachel