Ainsley McIntosh

@DrAinsleyMac

Lecturer in Scot. Lit. (temp.), University of Glasgow. IASH Affiliate, University of Edinburgh (2023-2025). Advanced Research Fellow and Editor (EEWSP).

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Joined September 2014

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Ainsley McIntosh@DrAinsleyMac · Jul 17

“Research Outlines are welcomed on any aspect of ‘Robert Burns and the Environment’ broadly conceived.” Come and study for a PhD at the award-winning Centre for Robert Burns Studies @UofGlasgow! Deadline 18th August! 👀 ⬇️

TThe Centre for Robert Burns Studies@GlasgowBurns · Jul 17

We are inviting applications for a 3-Year PhD studentship (fees + stipend) on the topic of ‘Robert Burns and the Environment’. Deadline 18th August! 👀 gla.ac.uk/scholarships/r… @UofGlasgow @UofGArtsHums @IASSL_ScotLit

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Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies@UofGCSCS · Jun 10

📢 1 July is the deadline for The Alasdair Ross Prize, which aims to support postgraduate students and early career researchers undertaking archival research on Scottish history and/or environmental history. Link with details below: scottishhistorysociety.com/prizes/the-ala…

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Ainsley McIntosh@DrAinsleyMac · Jun 6

Today’s Nurture through Nature @_SELCIE_ symposium ended as it began with a bountiful garden of ideas from wonderful speakers. Very grateful to @SarahDunnigan1 for organising this event and nurturing this project to fruition🍃💜

DrAinsleyMac's tweet image. Today’s Nurture through Nature @_SELCIE_ symposium ended as it began with a bountiful garden of ideas from wonderful speakers. Very grateful to @SarahDunnigan1 for organising this event and nurturing this project to fruition🍃💜

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Ainsley McIntosh@DrAinsleyMac · Jun 6

Brilliant and incredibly interesting array of speakers and talks talks so far this afternoon at the @_SELCIE_ Nurture through Nature symposium 🍃 @SarahDunnigan1

DrAinsleyMac's tweet image. Brilliant and incredibly interesting array of speakers and talks talks so far this afternoon at the @_SELCIE_ Nurture through Nature symposium 🍃 @SarahDunnigan1

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Gem🌈@_GemK_ · Apr 30

Was great to go to the launch of the @_SELCIE_ Nurture through Nature exhibition today! Teeny Gem would be pretty chuffed to see her fairy-hunting endeavours displayed in a museum 📚🧚‍♀️

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Rina Teske@RinaTeske · Mar 29

Thinking @_SELCIE_ would love this enchanted bird carriage!

Ainsley McIntosh@DrAinsleyMac · Apr 30

So grateful to my dear friend and wonderful colleague @DrAinsleyMac for kindly speaking on my behalf at the 'Nurture through Nurture' exhibition launch 💚🌿🦉 What a beautiful description! 🥹🐦 #naturenurture @_SELCIE_

AAinsley McIntosh@DrAinsleyMac · Apr 30

‘Nurture through Nature with Children’s Books’ organised by @MuseumsGalScot and @_SELCIE_ opens tomorrow and it is an absolute delight. Treat your inner child to this reminder of the magical power of books and nature 🫶🏻🌿💜

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Ainsley McIntosh@DrAinsleyMac · Apr 30

Robert Fergusson looking canty and braw in the Edinburgh sunshine this evening 💐 @RFergussonPoet

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Ainsley McIntosh@DrAinsleyMac · Apr 30

DrAinsleyMac's tweet image. ‘Nurture through Nature with Children’s Books’ organised by @MuseumsGalScot and @_SELCIE_ opens tomorrow and it is an absolute delight. Treat your inner child to this reminder of the magical power of books and nature 🫶🏻🌿💜

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Ainsley McIntosh@DrAinsleyMac · Apr 16

You can now sign up to attend the excellent Nature Nature Symposium organised by @SarahDunnigan1 @LLCatEdinburgh 🌿 Details below👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-nurtu…

DrAinsleyMac's tweet card. Edinburgh’s Childgarden Heritage, Cultures of Care, and Scottish Women’s Writing

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Kate Ash-Irisarri@DrKateAsh · Apr 1

It could be an April Fool but, apparently, it’s publication day for this wee book. Thanks to all at @boydellbrewer for bringing this into the world!

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Ainsley McIntosh@DrAinsleyMac · Mar 14

We were so grateful to @GerdaStevenson8 for coming along to share her poetry with our fab @ScottishLit honours students this week, and for the personal and very meaningful class discussion she paved the way for. It was a real highlight of the semester ✨

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Robert Fergusson (1750-74)@RFergussonPoet · Mar 11

Prof Rhona Brown will be giving a talk 'Commemorating and Editing Robert Fergusson at the 250th Anniversary of his Birth' on Tues 18 March 2025, 16:00 - 17:30 at the University of Aberdeen. The event is hybrid, for more details, see the link below: abdn.ac.uk/riiss/news-eve…

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Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies@UofGCSCS · Mar 10

The Buchan 150 lecture by @P14Murray, entitled ‘Eilean Bàn: John Buchan in Scotland and Jerusalem’, takes place on 11 March at 5.30pm in @UofGlasgow’s ARC Bd. (Rm237C) with reception afterwards. Face to face is sold out, but online tickets available at: gla.ac.uk/research/az/sc…

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Ainsley McIntosh@DrAinsleyMac · Mar 9

I won my first prize at Uni writing an essay about this text, and it’s been a pure joy to revisit it this week with my lovely Scot. Lit students at @UofGlasgow ✨

DrAinsleyMac's tweet image. I won my first prize at Uni writing an essay about this text, and it’s been a pure joy to revisit it this week with my lovely Scot. Lit students at @UofGlasgow ✨

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Ainsley McIntosh@DrAinsleyMac · Dec 19

🌿CFP for a special journal issue of Scottish Literary Review @scotlit, entitled 'Cultures of Care in Scottish Women's Writing', edited by @SarahDunnigan1 and me. Please send abstracts for consideration by 30 January 2025. Full details below.🌿

DrAinsleyMac's tweet image. 🌿CFP for a special journal issue of Scottish Literary Review @scotlit, entitled 'Cultures of Care in Scottish Women's Writing', edited by @SarahDunnigan1 and me. Please send abstracts for consideration by 30 January 2025. Full details below.🌿

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Dr Sara Lodge@LearNonsense · Dec 1

I’m doing an Advent Giveaway! For each day of Advent I’ve some freebies, & there is a star prize at Christmas. Would you like to win a signed copy of my book? Like & repost to join in. First letter of Advent Quiz: the noxious drink in a Sheridan Le Fanu story w a demon monkey.

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BARS ECRs & Postgraduates@BARS_PGs · Nov 10

📢 We're delighted to announce the first event of the BARS 2025 Conference, 'Romantic (Un)Consciousness'. Please join us for a visit to St John’s College to view a curated selection of Wordsworthiana and Romantic-period materials from their Library's Special Collections.

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Abbotsford@AbbotsfordScott · Aug 15

Happy birthday Walter Scott! 🎉 While we're celebrating his 253rd birthday, we can now read about how he spent his 43rd thanks to the amazing Scott scholars currently working to transcribe his Lighthouse Yacht Diary (1814). Read their latest update: loom.ly/FIifkj0

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Ainsley McIntosh@DrAinsleyMac · Aug 15

Celebrating Scott's birthday with a blog post co-written by @HilaryClyd1 for @AbbotsfordScott 🥳 scottsabbotsford.com/news/crew-s-b-…

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