The School of History, Classics and Archaeology was delighted to hear that one of its undergraduate History MA (Hons) students will reveal her findings about St Cuthbert in a public lecture to be given in the saint’s birthplace of Dunbar. Morna Renwick will present evidence of St Cuthbert’s role as a conservationist – thirteen hundred years before the birth of Dunbar’s other famous conservationist son, John Muir.
Morna said, ‘The Carnegie Trust asked me how I was going to disseminate the project and initially I was going to write an essay, but I decided to do as much with this opportunity as possible. I’m developing a leaflet for anyone interested in the subject as well as organising the information evening. I really want to celebrate local heritage and promote conservation and the fact that I can use my historical research to do that is fantastic.’
The Carnegie Trust Vacation Scholarship is intended for Scottish students undertaking an undergraduate degree course at a Scottish university, who have shown exceptional merit and who would like to devote some portion of the long vacation to undertake a programme of independent research of direct benefit to their academic work.
The event ‘Dabbling in Hagiography’ will take place 18.30-19.30 on 29 June at Dunbar Townhouse, and is free.
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