Scottish History seminars
The Scottish History research seminars take place throughout the academic year and are open to all.
Time and location
Unless otherwise stated, the seminars take place on Thursdays at 5.15pm online. Seminars are via Collabroate, which works best with Google Chrome. All are welcome!
Event schedule
Semester 2
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
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Thursday 21 Jan |
Professor Julian Goodare (University of Edinburgh) |
‘Charles I’s revocation reassessed’ Collaborate guest link: https://edin.ac/35ovCrw |
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Thursday 4 Feb |
Dr Ian Cawood (University of Stirling) |
‘“The System of the North?” Scotland and anti-corruption, 1800-1860’ Collaborate guest link: https://edin.ac/2XlMhYn |
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Thursday 11 Feb |
Professor Janay Nugent (University of Lethbridge, Alberta, CA) |
‘Family as a little seminary: The case of ministers’ families, 1560-1700’ Collaborate guest link: https://edin.ac/2XjkWpX |
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Thursday 25 Feb |
Dr Clarisse Godard Desmarest (University of Picardie Jules Vernes) |
‘John Ritchie Findlay (1824-98): Architectural patron and philanthropist’ Collaborate guest link: https://edin.ac/2MGR04R |
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Thursday 4 Mar |
Elisabeth Rébeillé-Borgella (University of Edinburgh) |
‘Like father, like son? Esmé and Ludovic Stuart d’Aubigny in Scotland, 1579-1603’ Collaborate guest link: https://edin.ac/3s7awHR
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Thursday 11 Mar |
Mathew Nicolson (University of Edinburgh) |
‘“The Island Problem”: Scottish local Government reform and the creation of island councils, 1966-75’ Collaborate guest link: https://edin.ac/39gVGWI |
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Thursday 18 Mar |
Dr Valerie Wallace (Victoria University, Wellington, NZ) |
‘Scots law, legal pluralism and British settler colonialism: Some preliminary findings from Aotearoa/New Zealand’ Collaborate guest link: https://edin.ac/2LesMOX NB 6:15-7:30pm |
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Thursday 25 Mar |
Charlotte Holmes (University of Edinburgh) |
‘Domestic medicine and knowledge networks in Early Modern Scotland, c. 1650-c. 1750’ Collaborate guest link: https://edin.ac/3hSn0yB |
Semester 1, 2020/21
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
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Thursday 1 Oct |
Professor Steve Boardman (University of Edinburgh) |
‘Scotland in the Gough Map (c. 1400)’ |
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Thursday 15 Oct |
Dr James Smyth (University of Stirling) |
‘“In all countries where the babies make the laws and customs…”: Infant mortality, c. 1860s to 1920s, a transatlantic study of public health and climate’ |
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Thursday 29 Oct |
Dr Helen Newsome (University of Sheffield) |
‘Secrecy, spies and hidden networks of exchange in the correspondence of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541)’ |
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Thursday 12 Nov |
Robbie Johnston (University of Edinburgh) |
‘Rediscovering the Union: Margaret Thatcher, the Conservatives and Scotland, 1974-c. 1990’ |
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Thursday 26 Nov |
Karie Schultz (British School at Rome) |
‘Political thought and two kingdoms theology in Civil-War Scotland, 1637-1646’ Organised in association with the Scottish History Society |
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Thursday 3 Dec |
Sonny Angus (University of Edinburgh) |
‘Jugs, mugs and banners: The material culture of Scottish Radicalism, 1820-1884’ |
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Further information
Please contact the organiser, Dr Alasdair Raffe, for further information.
Dr Alasdair Raffe
Lecturer in History
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology
- University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Work: 0131 651 4269
- Email: Alasdair.Raffe@ed.ac.uk
- Web: Dr Raffe's staff profile