UHIHistory.bsky.social
A history department committed to its students and wider community. uhi.ac.uk/history
- Our Dr Elizabeth Ritchie’s article, 'Families at Sea', is now available to read online through @edinburghup.bsky.social. The article was published in the most recent issue of the International Review of Scottish Studies. To read the full article, visit uhihistory.short.gy/VC0HfR
- On a new blog post for our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project, Landscapes of Protest, Emeritus Professor Chris Whatley (Uni of Dundee) discusses the Dundee Meal Riots of 1773. Read the full post on the project website, uhihistory.short.gy/zzdbkb 📷:NRS, RHP4487 @juliettedesportes.bsky.social
- As the calendar year comes to a close, we would like to wish everyone a lovely festive season! UHI Centre for History will now be closed until the university reopens on Monday 5 January 2026.
- Join us in January! We offer four PGT programmes, including MLitt History & MLitt History of the Highlands & Islands. In the latest Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey, our MLitt History scored a perfect 100% for overall student satisfaction. To find out more and to apply ➡️ bit.ly/CfH-PGT-study
- In the latest entry from the Landscapes of Protest blog series, the archivist for Argyll Estate Archives, Alison Diamond, reflects on a curious document dated 1768 mentioning 'luddite encroachments' in Campbeltown harbour...Or were there? Read more, bit.ly/4q10N3L @juliettedesportes.bsky.social
- Start your studies in January 2026! Our single and joint honours UG History programmes are available on a part-time basis, starting in January. You can also choose to specialise in Scottish History in third and fourth years. To find out more, visit bit.ly/3VqCBei
- Read the latest blog for Landscapes of Protest, a research project funded by the @leverhulme.ac.uk! In this most recent post, co-lead Carl Griffin reflects on what brought him to Scottish history & the study of Highland resistance, bit.ly/4aNibUx @juliettedesportes.bsky.social
- Our Dr Philippa Woodcock's freshly published article, 'Fertile Negotiators: The Venetian Family-Embassies at the Court of Louis XIV' is now available to read on open access bit.ly/451S8Fs The article was published in The Court Historian, in December 2025. @thinkuhi.bsky.social
- Don't forget to join us on Tuesday 9 December 7-8.30pm for our next History Talks Live seminar event. This is a free, online-only event. For further details and to join the event, visit bit.ly/3K4hXNX @thinkuhi.bsky.social
- Don't forget our next Humanities Open Evening is tomorrow Thu, 27 Nov, 6.30-8pm! Here's what one of recent graduates said about UHI History: "I really enjoyed my experience on the BA History & Criminology course...the support from all the UHI staff was amazing." See below for details & booking ⬇️
- Start your undergraduate History studies at @uhihistory.bsky.social in January 2026! Join us on Thursday 27 November (6.30-8pm) to learn more about studying Humanities at UHI, and where a degree in Humanities can take you. For more information and to book your place, visit bit.ly/3JtXfad
- Read about our Dr Philippa Woodcock's research trip to Drum Castle for her project '"They wept together": Investigating miscarriage, taboo & support in early modern Scotland'. Visit our website for the full piece, bit.ly/4p0DaaI @thinkuhi.bsky.social 📷:Hugh Irvine, The Archangel Gabriel (NTS)
- Last month one of our PGRs, Mhairi Ferrier, presented a paper ‘A Thatched House in Torlum: Exploring the Boundaries of Archaeological Practice’ at the @scotarchforum.bsky.social's conference in Edinburgh. @thinkuhi.bsky.social
- We are so proud to celebrate this year's winner of the James Hunter Dissertation Prize, Joy Rollinson! The prize is awarded to the best 1st Class UG dissertation & is named after our founder, Professor Jim Hunter. Find out more on our website, bit.ly/44oV3HX
- Join us for our next History Talks Live seminar event. The speaker will be Christopher Whatley, Professor Emeritus in Scottish History, University of Dundee. 📷Tuesday 9 December 2025 📷 7-8.30pm 📷Online To find out more, visit bit.ly/3K4hXNX @uhihistory.bsky.social
- It has been a busy graduations season at @thinkuhi.bsky.social, and we would like to congratulate all our students celebrating their achievements! Big congratulations especially to one of our PG Researchers, Dr Alex Dold, who is graduating today at the UHI celebrations at Eden Court, Inverness!
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- Start your undergraduate History studies at @uhihistory.bsky.social in January 2026! Join us on Thursday 27 November (6.30-8pm) to learn more about studying Humanities at UHI, and where a degree in Humanities can take you. For more information and to book your place, visit bit.ly/3JtXfad
- Iain Robertson, Carl Griffin & @juliettedesportes.bsky.social recently spent a week visiting Inveraray Castle archives & @argyllandbute.bsky.social archives in Lochgilphead to conduct archival research for their @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social funded project Landscapes of Protest.
- Join our Dr Lucy Dean for a free talk, 'Illuminating the Vale of Virtue: New Light on Perth’s Lost Charterhouse'! 📆 Thu 20 Nov 🕖 7pm 📍 AK Bell Library, Perth To find out more and to book your place, visit bit.ly/47Br3cO
- Our Dr Philippa Woodcock is a recipient of the David Berry Fellowship for the History of Scotland & the Scottish People by the @royalhistsoc.org, and the funding is supporting her project ”They wept together”: Investigating miscarriage, taboo & support in early modern Scotland.
- This week is Heritage Careers Week and we took the opportunity to chat to our recent graduate, Feargus Murray, about his experiences of working in the museums sector! To read the full story, visit bit.ly/42Ym3O4
- 📣 Call for Papers 📣 See below for further details on the conference Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland organised by @insuhi.bsky.social! DL for Expressions of Interest & short biographies is 17 December, see original post for further details ⬇️
- Our Dr Juliette Desportes gave a talk at @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social's Scottish History seminar in September, focusing on uncovering Highland estate tenants' attitudes towards agrarian 'improvement' in the mid-eighteenth century.
- It’s graduation season at @thinkuhi.bsky.social & and we are thrilled to also celebrate our alumni who have continued their academic journeys elsewhere after @uhihistory.bsky.social! Big congratulations to Dr Theresa Mackay, who received her doctorate from @uvic.ca, BC this summer!
- Join our recent graduate Feargus Murray on Tue 28 October(2.30-4pm) at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery for an illustrated talk celebrating 200 years of collecting! This is an opportunity to learn more about the beginnings of the museum: who was donating and what they were collecting, bit.ly/3IEKQje
- Join us on Mon 27 October at 7-8pm for a celebration & a discussion with Drs Nicola Martin & Lucy Dean, to learn about their journey from research to publication. This is a free, online-only event. For further details & to join the event, visit bit.ly/4nXKDX4 @thinkuhi.bsky.social
- Our Dr Nicola Martin is giving a talk on Jacobitism and Clanship as part of the Dornoch Autumn Highland Festival! 📅 Fri 24 Oct 2025 🕚 11am 📍 Historylinks Museum, Dornoch For further details on this in-person talk and to buy your ticket, visit bit.ly/43eC3LN
- Our Dr Nicola Martin was in Stockholm last week to deliver a paper at the @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social, discussing the 'Laws of War'. This was a brilliant opportunity to continue developing our special relationship & follows the signing of an MoU in 2024, facilitated by our Dr Kathrin Zickermann.
- Our Dr Iain Robertson & Dr @juliettedesportes.bsky.social are both delivering papers at Scottish Local History Forum's conference, ‘Popular Protest in a Scottish Local History Context’, in Paisley on Saturday 25 October! To view the full programme and to book your place, visit bit.ly/4fxbKp5
- Over 60 people came to Aberlour Parish Church of Scotland for the unveiling of textile banners addressing the legacies of slavery in the local area. The event is part of our Dr Jim MacPherson's research project, Legacies of Slavery in Scotland, bit.ly/46Dpf3Q
