New Catalogue: Papers of Professor Alexander Danchev
The papers of the late Professor Alex Danchev (1955-2016), Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews from 2014 to his death in 2016, have been donated to the University […]
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International Women’s Day: Dame Ethel Mary Smyth
In celebration of International Women’s Day, here’s a follow up to last year’s post on Trailblazing Women and the recent series on the campaign for women’s suffrage. 90 years ago […]
A treatise on famous female rulers
Dr Sandra Toffolo, Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the School of History, takes a look at John Lesley’s De illustrium foeminarum in republica administranda, ac ferendis legibus authoritate libellus (‘Book about […]
Editors at work: Constructing Knowledge and Identity through Scientific Periodicals
The workshop ‘Editors and Editing of Scientific Periodicals: Constructing Knowledge and Identity, 1760s-1910s’ was hosted by the School of History from the 18th to 19th January. It brought together international […]
Ten Minutes in Murderland. Horror and Sensationalism in The St Andrews Citizen, Week 3: Jack the Ripper.
This is the final part of our mini blog series featuring sensational headlines from The St Andrews Citizen newspaper. Spoiler alert: contains graphic descriptions of murder – not for the faint-hearted! There are few…
A New Edition by Martin Luther
Postdoctoral Research Assistant (and former Lighting the Past Cataloguer), Drew Thomas, highlights the St Andrews University Library’s 1529 edition of Luther’s preface to the Psalter, Praefatio nova, D, Martini Lvte.…
Love and horse-racing in India
February 14 Dearest Madge, with your Husband and young Children three May you ever be as Happy as Happy can be! And whenever Adversity troubles your rest, May it leave […]
The moral shabbiness of King James I of Scotland
Sometimes new discoveries can be made in documents which have been in the collection for some time. msDA783.6J1M7 (ms666) was bequeathed to the University of St Andrews in 1945 and […]
Votes for Women 2018: Part V – Equal vote
1918 was an important year for women’s suffrage. Some women were entitled to vote for the first time, and did so in the General Election of December 1918. The Parliament […]
Votes for Women 2018: Part IV – The suffragettes
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and her daughters Sylvia and Christabel, were committed members of the suffrage movement. Emmeline was on the executive committee of the Manchester National Society for Women’s Suffrage…