Recent updates and additions
The twenty most recently updated or added projects are listed below
2022-12-19

Speak For YerselSpeak for Yersel is a crowdsourced linguistic survey that captures the different words, sounds and sentences used in Scots across Scotland and people’s reactions to these.

The Gentle Shepherd PerformancesThe Gentle Shepherd was first published in 1725, going on to become Allan Ramsay’s most celebrated work. This site provides details of the major performances from 1729 up to the present day.
2021-01-20

Anglo-Norman DictionaryA historical dictionary of Anglo-Norman French featuring more than 155,000 citations, fully dated and presented in chronological order per sense.

Interactive World Map of Burns SuppersThe broadest, most detailed record of Burns Night activities ever made to this day, featuring more than 2,500 contemporary Burns Suppers and Burns Night events, spreading across the 6 continents and nearly 150 countries.
2020-09-01
2020-08-17

Place-Names of the Galloway GlensThis project, part of the Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership, is dedicated to exploring the heritage of Kirkcudbrightshire through its place-names and presents place-names from seven historical parishes of Kircudbrightshire on a series of interactive maps.
2020-06-04

Correspondence of James CurrieThe database collects and itemises the correspondence written to and by James Currie, the first biographer and editor of Robert Burns.
2020-02-03

University of Glasgow StoryAn authoritative resource on the people and events that have shaped the University of Glasgow since its foundation in 1451.
2020-01-29

James McNeill Whistler: The EtchingsJames McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was a major figure in 19th century printmaking and created 490 etchings. Over 9500 impressions of these prints have been located and investigated during the project, which completes a series of catalogues raisonnés of Whistler's oeuvre.

The Edinburgh GazetteerAn online edition of the
Edinburgh Gazetteer, a controversial and short-lived radical Scottish newspaper from the turbulent 1790s, including an interactive map of reform societies.

The People's VoiceThe project examined the neglected impact that local poetry and song cultures had on Scottish popular politics in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and features a database of songs and a collection of audio recordings.
2020-01-28

Dictionary of the Scots LanguageThe Dictionary of the Scots Language comprises electronic versions of the two major historical dictionaries of the Scots language: the 12-volume Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue and the 10-volume Scottish National Dictionary with its two supplements (1976 and 2005).

Glasgow Medical Humanities NetworkThe Glasgow Medical Humanities Network brings together and enhances medical humanities across universities and collections in the city of Glasgow and includes directories of medical humanities projects, people and teaching materials.

People of Medieval Scotland 1093-1371A database of all known people of Scotland between 1093 and 1314 mentioned in over 8600 contemporary documents. It is also being extended to 1371 to include all those lands, peoples and relationships mentioned in royal charters between 1314 and 1371.

Readings in Early EnglishA selection of audio recordings of important Old English, Middle English and Early Modern English texts, complete with transcriptions and notes.

Romantic National Song NetworkOn this site you will find information about National songs published across the British Isles during the period 1750-1850, including detailed analyses of particular songs told via interactive timelines and 'song stories'.

Romaunt of the RoseA digital edition of Chaucer's Romaunt of the Rose (MS Hunter 409) featuring facsimile images, transcribed text and editorial notes.