Ashlyn Cudney
Thesis title: Social Control and Disciplinary Bias: Bute, 1648-1702
PhD supervisors:
Qualifications
MLitt Early Modern History- University of St Andrews (2018-2019)
- Dissertation Title: 'Women's Religious Offences in the Dunfermline Kirk Session Records, 1640-1689'
BA- DePauw University (2015-2018)
- Majors- History and Anthropology
Undergraduate teaching
Introduction to Scottish Society: History & Culture (1707-present)- Institute for Study Abroad, Summer 2024
Themes in Scottish History since 1560- Fall 2023
Transitions Course- Lothians Equal Access Programme for Schools, Fall 2023-Spring 2024
Early Modern History: A Connected World- Spring 2023, Spring 2024
The Historian's Toolkit- Fall 2022, Fall 2023
Legacy and Public History: Remembering Trans-Atlantic Slavery in Edinburgh- Sutton Trust, Summer 2022
The History of Edinburgh: From Din Eidyn to Festival City- Spring 2022
Introduction to Historiography- Fall 2021
From Reformation to Revolution: An Introduction to Early Modern Europe, c 1500- c. 1800- University of Nottingham, Fall 2021, Spring 2022.
EUSA Teaching Awards Nominee 2024: Student Tutor of the Year
EUSA Teaching Awards Nominee 2023: Student Tutor of the Year
Invited speaker
Birnam Book Festival, “Panic in Perth: Local Trials and the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft.” 26 October 2024: Birnam, Scotland.
Scottish History Research Seminar, “Violence in Seventeenth-Century Bute: An Intersectional Approach.” 19 October 2023: Edinburgh, Scotland.
VOiCE Podcast, “We’ve Got History Between Us.” June 2022.
Friends of Edinburgh University Library, “University Histories: Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review.” 5 April 2022: Edinburgh, Scotland.
Friends of Dundonald Castle, "Fairies, Farm and Family: Witchcraft in 17th century Dundonald." 21 October 2021: Dundonald, Scotland.
Organiser
University of Edinburgh History PhD Conference, 17 May 2022: Edinburgh, Scotland.
Papers delivered
Tri-University Conference, "Domestic Violence and Spousal Reconciliation in 17th Century Bute." 9 March 2024: Guelph, Canada.
Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, "Gender Bias in the Reformed Church of Scotland." 27-30 October 2022: Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Ecclesiastical History Society Summer Conference, "Gender Double-Standards in the Reformed Church of Scotland." 19-21 July 2022: York, England.
Medieval and Early Modern Studies Festival, "Establishing Paternity in Seventeenth-Century Scotland: A Case Study of Rothesay, 1660." 17-18 June 2022: Kent, England.
Newcastle University's 19th Annual Postgraduate Forum Conference, "'Discreetly and meekly': Socioeconomic Status and the Lived Experience of Religious Social Control in Seventeenth-Century Bute." 25 May 2022: Newcastle, England.
University of Edinburgh History PhD Conference, "Social Control and Disciplinary Bias: a Multi-Court Approach to Bute, 1648-1700." 17 May 2022: Edinburgh, Scotland.
Scottish Church History Society Spring Conference, "'Winn him with mildness': Marital Reconciliation in the Seventeenth-Century Kirk Session." 12 March 2022: Edinburgh, Scotland.
“Assault in the Margins: Gendered Violence in Seventeenth-Century Bute.” In Deviance and Marginality in Early Modern Scotland, edited by Alan Kennedy. Martlesham: Boydell & Brewer. (Completed and Forthcoming)
“Establishing Paternity in 17th-Century Scotland: A Case Study of Rothesay, 1660.” History Scotland, Sep/Oct, 2022.