The Institute of Scottish Historical Research is delighted to announce the publication in the St Andrews Studies in Scottish History series of Alexander D. Campbell’s The Life and Works of Robert Baillie (1602-1662)…
Our next seminar takes place on Thursday 9 February, and features a postgraduate progress panel. Three current PhD candidates at the ISHR will present short papers: Morag Allan Campbell: ‘A tale of two asylums: Caring…
The first ISHR seminar of the new semester will be on Thursday 26 January, when our own Dr Malcolm Petrie will present ‘Serfdom in Wishaw, Hayek in Kirkcaldy: The thought-world of Scottish nationalism, c.1942-c.1975.’…
Warmest congratulations to our latest ISHR graduates! Ashley Atkins, Ashley Douglas, Hanna Bjornes and Sarah Leith graduated from the MLitt in Scottish Historical Studies programme in a ceremony on November 30th. We…
The program for next semester’s ISHR seminar series is now available. The line up includes a panel of ISHR PhD students presenting work in progress, plus visiting speakers presenting on a range on topics. Further…
Thursday 24 November ISHR seminar, New Seminar Room, 5.30 pm Dr Miles Kerr-Peterson and Dr Steven Reid (University of Glasgow) ‘James VI and noble power: New thoughts on an old theme’ In advance of the publication of…
Our next event is a joint seminar with Modern History and will take place on Monday 21 November at 4:30 pm, Room 1.10, St Katharine’s Lodge. Prof John MacKenzie, of the University of St Andrews, will present ‘Scottish…
The next ISHR seminar will be on Thursday 10 November, when Dr Valerie Wallace of Victoria University of Wellington will present: ‘The Scottish Disruption and the politics of colonial Auckland.’ Dr Valerie Wallace is…
Our next seminar will be on Thursday 27 October (Week 7) when the presenter will be Ms Katy Jack, a doctoral research student at the University of Stirling. Katy will present ”Usurpations [and] infringements”: The…
Elizabeth Melville, Lady Culross (c.1578-c.1640), was the first Scotswoman to see her poetry printed. This lecture situates her writing in the context of her Calvinist life and milieu, focusing particularly on the…