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. All are welcome! To receive links to the seminars please email Dr Alasdair Raffe, Alasdair.Raffe@ed.ac.uk
Event schedule
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