It's been quite a journey, but I have just signed a contract with The History Press for my book, Mountains Before Mountaineering: The Call of the Peaks Before the Modern Age. Coming out in hardback in late spring 2024!

New blog post! Edmund Whymper’s classical quotations mountains.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/01/24/edm…

'You were... Ben Nevis above every moor'. The latest post on our mountains blog looks at mountains in early modern Scottish Gaelic poetry. Composed, as per this nineteenth century imagining, by dramatically-situated bards... mountains.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/02/22/mou…

Just wanted to say that National Library of Scotland offer unparalleled image reproduction services of their collections. Premodern (out of copyright) material under a CC license, beautiful high-resolution, high-detail scans turned around in a few days for a completely reasonable fee. Thankyou!

We are excited to be launching a new blog series of #mountainresearchspotlights, showcasing the work of colleagues who joined us to discuss the 'past, present, and future' of the mountain humanities in December last year. St Andrews Classics Jason König tinyurl.com/2ke8vf7v

And here is the first of our #mountainresearch spotlights - with enormous thanks to Lachlan Fleetwood Lachlan Fleetwood for sharing his thoughts on the 'mountain humanities'. St Andrews Classics mountains.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/02/27/mou…

Another in our series of #mountainresearch posts, this time turning the spotlight onto @jpitches68, in which he shares details of his fascinating practice-led research into mountain culture. #mountainhumanities St Andrews Classics mountains.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/03/03/mou…

Happy Monday! Another #mountaresearch spotlight, this time featuring Christian Quendler (@[email protected]), sharing his thoughts on the relationship between films, the environment, and mountains. mountains.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/03/13/mou…

The fantastic Abbie Garrington is the next under our #mountainresearch spotlight. Her work considers the significance of mountains within modernist literature. mountains.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/03/17/mou…

Today's #mountainresearch spotlight features @JonWestaway's fascinating work on mountaineering, British imperialism, and repairing erasures in the archives. mountains.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/03/21/mou…

Today's #mountainresearch spotlight features Dr Joanne W Anderson and her fascinating work on art and pilgrimage in the mountains of medieval Europe. Special thanks to Joanne for providing photos of the Via Mala ('bad way') through the Rhaetian Alps. mountains.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/03/24/mou…

With huge thanks to Graeme Warren for our latest #mountainresearch spotlight. I would *definitely* read a book on running to archaeological mountain sites... mountains.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/03/28/mou…

Some thoughts on running an 'unconference' on the mountain humanities: mountains.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/04/03/run…

I returned from my second maternity leave in August last year, with two smalls under 4, and my postdoctoral contract finally ends tomorrow. I have not had a single night of undisturbed sleep in that time. I feel like this photo ought to go into the acknowledgements of my book.

It's the last day today of my time as a postdoctoral researcher University of St Andrews, so here's one final #mountains blog post looking back at the past six years. Enormous thanks to St Andrews Classics and above all Jason König. mountains.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/04/10/loo…

And quick on the heels of my final #mountainresearch blog post is one from Jason König with his own thoughts on our work over the past few years, and where the future might lead! mountains.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/04/11/mou…