The Scottish History research seminars provide an opportunity for discussion of current research developments on a range of themes relating to Scottish history across a broad chronological period, from early medieval to modern. Seminars take place throughout the academic year and are open to all. Time and location All seminars take place on Thursdays, 5:15–6:30pm in LG.11, 40 George Square (unless otherwise stated).All are welcome to attend, and it is not necessary to book a place in advance. Seminars will normally take place in hybrid format, with online joining instructions circulated via the Scottish History seminar mailing list. If you would like to join the Scottish History research seminars mailing list, please email scot-hist-seminars@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk or contact the organisers, Emily Ward (emily.ward@ed.ac.uk) and John McCallum (john.mccallum@ed.ac.uk). Event schedule Semester 2 2025/26 DateSpeakerTopicNotesThu 22 JanProfessor Chris Whatley (University of Dundee)‘The Harvie’s Dyke Affair, Glasgow, 1823–29: Class and commemoration, forgetting and remembering’ Tue 27 JanDr Joanna Martin (University of Nottingham)‘Spaces and places in Hary’s ‘Wallace’’Hosted by the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS). Thu 29 JanSelina Whiteman-Gardner (University of Oxford)‘England and Scotland at war in the Irish Sea, c.1380–1513’Seminar co-badged with The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS).Thu 5 FebBarbara Gabeler (University of Edinburgh)‘Letters to Marie Stopes: Seeking birth control advice in Scotland, 1918–1930’ Tue 10 FebSpeakers TBC‘Roundtable on emotions in Late Medieval and Early Modern Scotland’ Co-organised with the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS). Mon 26 FebDr Thomas Archambaud (University of Glasgow)‘A Reactionary reformist: Sir John Macpherson and the transnational politics of the East India Company in the age of revolutions’Please note that this seminar begins at 5.45pmThu 5 MarDr Jack Abernethy (IASH, University of Edinburgh)‘Scottish trade and the merchant community in Amsterdam in the 17th century’ Seminar co-badged with The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS). Thu 12 MarProfessor Ewen Cameron (University of Edinburgh)‘John Prebble and Scottish history’ Thu 19 MarKim Jones (University of Edinburgh)‘Folk healing and unwitching in Early Modern Scotland’ Thu 26 MarProfessor Fiona Edmonds (Lancaster University)John Bannerman Lecture: ‘Dál Riata and Northumbria, c. 700‒1000: Connections and comparisons’Lecture Theatre C, 40 George Square. This is a co-sponsored lecture organised jointly with Celtic & Scottish Studies. Semester 1 2025/26 Wed 24 SepBook Launch and Discussion – Martha McGill and Alasdair Raffe (eds.)‘The Scottish State and the Experience of Government, c.1560-1707: Essays in Honour of Julian Goodare’, featuring contributions by Dr Amy Blakeway (St Andrews) and Professor Laura Stewart (York) 5.30pmThu 2 OctColin MacIlwain (University of Edinburgh) ‘The Governance of the Scottish New Towns, 1947-96’ Thu 9 OctTabea Hochstrasser (Umeå University, Sweden)‘Murder in the Lowlands: Popular Ideas from the Eighteenth Century’ Thu 16 OctDr Juliette Desportes (UHI) ‘Land Reform ‘from below’? Highland Tenants and the Emergence of the 18th Century Estate Landscape’ Thu 23 OctProfessor Alex Woolf (University of St Andrews) ‘From Irish Province to English Fief: The Making of the Scottish Kingdom’ Thu 30 OctDr John McCallum (University of Edinburgh) ‘Fury, Frenzy, and Blind Zeal: Representations of Emotion in Scottish Reformation Polemic’ Thu 6 Thu Dr Nicole Cumming ‘Animals, the Environment and the ‘Protestant’ Worldview in Seventeenth-Century Scotland, c.1600-1660’ Thu 13 Thu Dr Stephen Rainbird (University of Edinburgh) ‘The Church of Scotland and the Spanish Civil War’ Thu 20 Thu Prof Andrew Simpson (University of Aberdeen) ‘The Earliest Surviving Version of the ‘Leges et Consuetudines Quatuor Burgorum’: Fresh Perspectives’ Further information Please contact the organisers, Dr Emily Ward and Dr John McCallum, for further information.Dr Emily Ward, Lecturer in Medieval Scottish HistoryDr Ward’s staff profile Email: emily.ward@ed.ac.uk Dr John McCallum, Lecturer in Early Modern Scottish HistoryDr McCallum’s staff profileEmail: john.mccallum@ed.ac.uk Follow the School You can keep up with the latest School news, events and developments by following us on Instagram, Bluesky and Facebook. The School also has a blog, and an Eventbrite account. Instagram Bluesky Facebook School blog Eventbrite Find out what else is onThe School of History, Classics and Archaeology offers an exciting programme of seminars across many subjects areas. Visit the research seminars website to find out what else is happening. Research seminars and events calendar This article was published on 2024-08-01
