Scottish History at Edinburgh

Twitter account for the Scottish History research group at the University of Edinburgh. Sharing news about research seminars, conferences, and other events.

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The seminar will take place in LG.10, 40 George Square at 5.15–6.30pm. All welcome in person and online!

[Scottish History at Edinburgh @EdinScotHist]

Today’s seminar (13 February) will be given by Dr Elise Watson (Edinburgh) on ‘Viragos and unscrupulous ladies: Professional bookwomen’s networks in Early Modern Edinburgh and Beyond’ (co-sponsored with @hcahgsr)!

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Today’s seminar (6 February) will be given by Dr Anna Groundwater (NMS) on ‘Materialising James VI and I: Three-dimensional perspectives’ in LG.10, 40 George Square at 5.15–6.30pm. All are welcome to attend in person and online!

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The seminar this Thursday (30 January) will be given by Dr Charlotte Lauder (IASH) on ‘Popular Scottish magazines, 1870–1920: What’s Scottish history got to do with it (them)?’

It will take place in LG.10, 40 George Square at 5.15–6.30pm and will also be online. All are welcome!

[Scottish History at Edinburgh @EdinScotHist]

This seminar will take place in LG.10, 40 George Square and online at 5.15–6.30pm. All are welcome to attend!

[Scottish History at Edinburgh @EdinScotHist]

The Scottish history seminar returns tomorrow, 23 January! Our first seminar of the new year will be given by Dr Thomas Tyson (IASH) on ‘“Gipsy-Hunting” in Romantic Scotland: Negotiating Gypsy and Traveller Stereotypes, c.1790–c.1840’.

[Scottish History at Edinburgh @EdinScotHist]

The seminar will take place at the same time as always (5.15-6:30pm) but in room LG.11, 40 George Square. All are welcome in person and online!

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This Thursday’s (21 November) seminar will be given by Professor Steven Reid (University of Glasgow) on ‘Challenging the Scottish Reformation: The Strange Career of Patrick Adamson, Archbishop of St Andrews, c. 1576–1592’.

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The seminar takes place at 5.15–6.30pm in G.16 Seminar Room, Doorway 4, Old Medical School and online. All are welcome!

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This Thursday’s (14 November) seminar will be given by Professor Judith Jesch (University of Nottingham) on ‘The Saga of the Earls of Orkney and Family Traditions in the Viking Diaspora’, co-badged with @CMRSEdinburgh

[Scottish History at Edinburgh @EdinScotHist]

The seminar takes place at 5.15–6.30pm. Please note that the seminar will take place in **G.14** Seminar Room, Doorway 4, Old Medical School (a change from previous weeks). The seminar will also be online. All are welcome to attend!

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This Thursday’s (7 November) seminar will be given by Dr Andrew Newby (University of Jyväskylä) on ‘“That’s Our Story!”: The Reception and Impact of The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black, Black Oil in Ireland’.

[Scottish History at Edinburgh @EdinScotHist]

The seminar takes place at 5.15–6.30pm in G.16 Seminar Room, Doorway 4, Old Medical School and online. All are welcome!

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This Thursday’s (31 October) seminar will be given by Dr Soile Ylivuori (University of Helsinki) on ‘Dangerous Tropicality, Precarious Whiteness, and William Robertson’s History of America(1777)’.

[Scottish History at Edinburgh @EdinScotHist]

The seminar takes place at 5.15–6.30pm in G.16 Seminar Room, Doorway 4, Old Medical School and online.  All are welcome to attend!

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This Thursday’s (24 October) seminar will be given by Dr Martin MacGregor (University of Glasgow) on ‘Despotism or Democracy? Breadalbane Baron Courts in the Late Sixteenth Century’.

[Scottish History at Edinburgh @EdinScotHist]

The seminar takes place at 5.15–6.30pm in G.16 Seminar Room, Doorway 4, Old Medical School and online. All are welcome to attend!

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This Thursday’s (17 October) seminar will be given by Katie Comper (University of Edinburgh) on ‘“This Troublesome Reeling Time”: Kirk Sessions, Discipline, and the “Godly Community” in Scotland, 1660–1712’.

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As usual, the seminar takes place at 5.15–6.30pm in G.16 Seminar Room, Doorway 4, Old Medical School and online!

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This Thursday’s (10 October) seminar will be given by Dr Robbie Johnston (Queen’s University, Belfast) on ‘“In the Hands of Civilised Men”: Alec Douglas-Home and the End of Empire’.