Welcome to the website of the Caliphal Finances project! This website is the online space of the Caliphal Finances project to share upcoming events, collaborations and conversations with other researchers and research teams, and other exciting news. We will also regularly shine a spotlight on specific documents, objects, or issues that we are grappling with […]

This series of interviews shines a spotlight on researchers working on or with the Caliphal Finances project. Each interview showcases the variety of scholarship connected to our research. This week, we feature Jennifer (Jenny) Cromwell of Manchester Metropolitan University,  Egyptologist and Coptic Papyrologist, and guest of the Caliphal Finances project in 2023. Could you briefly […]

The Art & Architecture Library at Minto House, Chambers Street, will close for the winter teaching vacation from 5.00pm on Friday 19th December, until 9.00am on Monday 12th January 2026. A fetch service will be in place for accessing the A&A Library book collection during the period 5th – 9th January; details will be published […]

The IAD are taking part in ‘WriteFest’ – an annual event established to support academic writing, running throughout November.  During WriteFest the IAD will be running Writing Retreats to provide researchers with a quiet space and time to write, along with a selection of writing workshops and resources to support academic writing. Find out more […]

With nine talks on topics ranging from Object-Oriented UX to Single Directory Components to image-management, DrupalCamp Scotland 2025 packed a lot into a day. I left with new insights, feedback on my work, and plenty of ideas for my University and Drupal UX leadership roles. Nov 10, 2025

EEHN PhD Lab Presents: Ephemeral stream. Space perceived as a body For this virtual installment of our fortnightly PhD Lab meeting we are joined by MATKA Collective (Barbara Kubska, Anka Sielska, Katarzyna Zolich), interdisciplinary photographers working at the intersection of visual storytelling, ecology, community, the more-than-human, memory, and the Anthropocene, amongst others. We are delighted […]