Scottish History seminars
The Scottish History research seminars take place throughout the academic year and are open to all.
Time and location
All seminars take place on Thursdays at 5.15pm. Unless otherwise stated, seminars will take place in room LG.06, 40 George Square, Edinburgh unless stated otherwise. All are welcome to attend, and it is not necessary to book a place in advance. Joining instructions for the online seminar on 2 February will be sent via the Scottish History seminar mailing list. If you are not on the mailing list, please contact the seminar convenor (araffe@ed.ac.uk) for the link to join the seminar.
Event schedule
Semester 2 2022/23
Further information will be confirmed shortly.
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 26 Jan |
Dr Emily Ward (University of Edinburgh) |
‘Teste me ipso: Adolescent rulers, political “belonging” and Anglo-Scottish royal relations in the mid-13th century’ |
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| Thu 2 Feb |
Dr Andrew Jones |
‘Revival after disruption: Evangelicals and evangelicalism in the established Church of Scotland, 1843-1900’ |
Online via Zoom |
| Thu 9 Feb |
Dr Scott Hames (University of Stirling) |
‘Alternative Scotlands: The cultural magazine as national counter-public, c. 1980-2000’ | CANCELLED |
| Thu 16 Feb |
Alison Clark (University of Edinburgh) |
‘Expanding the boundaries of empire, 1790-1815: Scottish traders in the southeast Caribbean’ | CANCELLED |
| Thu 2 Mar |
Professor Maureen Meikle |
‘Danish perspectives upon the marriage of James VI and Anna of Denmark’ | |
| Thur 9 Mar |
Dr Laura Doak (University of Dundee) |
‘Making sense of the minutes: Materiality and the Scottish privy council record project’ | |
| Thur 16 Mar - POSTPONED |
Jenny McHugh (University of Lancaster) |
‘Loyalty and rebellion in 14th century Scotland: An examination of allegiance via oaths of ‘fealty’ and treason trials’ |
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Thu 23 Mar POSTPONED |
Rene Winkler (University of Edinburgh) |
‘Fossil fuel: Robert Wodrow, James Paterson and a Scottish Network of Natural History Exchange, c. 1699-1702’ |
NB venue Appleton Tower, 2.11 |
| Thur 30 Mar | Dr David Parrish (College of the Ozarks, Missouri, USA) |
‘Jacobite historical cultures in Scotland, 1689-c. 1750’ |
Semester 1 2022/23
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
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Thu 29 Sep |
Professor Richard Finlay (University of Strathclyde) |
‘The myth of Scottish Unionism’ |
| Thu 6 Oct | Helen Lowe (University of Edinburgh) |
‘A great debate? Scotland’s approach to the development of technical and vocational education in secondary schools, c. 1976-1990’ |
| Thu 13 Oct | Dr Lucy Dean (University of the Highlands and Islands) |
‘Negotiating age and manhood: A comparative approach to Medieval Scottish kingship’ |
| Thu 20 Oct | Dr Karly Kehoe (Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia) | ‘Building a British Empire: Scottish Catholics in the North Atlantic, 1770-1830’ |
| Thu 27 Oct |
Dr Yvonne McFadden (University of Strathclyde) |
‘“They had a bond”: Women in mining communities in 20th-century Scotland’ |
| Thu 3 Nov | Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones (Durham University) |
CANCELLED - ‘Pledges and Programmes: Scottish Home Rule and the Liberal Party in the Late Nineteenth Century’ |
| Thu 10 Nov | Willem Pauw (University of Edinburgh) | ‘Favour, friendship, and prejudice: The diverse experiences of Chinese students in Scotland, 1900-1950’ |
| Thu 17 Nov | Dr Joseph Wagner (Bellarmine University) |
‘Tracing an Early Scottish Critique of Colonial Slavery: William Dunlop in England, Scotland, Carolina, and Florida, c. 1678-1700’ In association with the Scottish History Society. Online via Zoom, please contact the organiser for link. |
| Thu 1 Dec |
Dr Aaron Allen and Ed Bethune (University of Edinburgh/1722 Waggonway Heritage Group) |
‘The work journals of William Dickson, wright at Cockenzie (1717-1745), and the tercentenary of Scotland’s first railway’ |
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
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