UHI Centre for History
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UHI Centre for History - A history department committed to its students and wider community
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David Worthington
Head @UHIHistory, #ThinkUHI. Northern Scotland, East-Central Europe, #CoastalHistory and #CuriousCleric. Historically @Moray_Firth @ScottishPolish. Own views.
H&I Voices
A different Highlands and Islands voice every week for 10 years. As of 07/01/24, this account has been retired.
Am Baile - Highland History & Culture
Tweeting about the history and culture of the Scottish Highlands and Islands / A’ tweeteadh mu eachdraidh is cultar Gàidhealtachd na h-Alba is nan Eilean
Highland Archives
We preserve the documentary heritage of the Scottish Highlands. Visit us and be inspired by over 700 years of history.
Domhnall Macsween
Crofter @airanlot, board @urrasog some BBC Alba & councillor @cne_siar
Our Dr Nicola Martin recently returned from a successful research trip to UM Clements Library in Ann Arbor (MI), funded by the Strathmartine Trust. She was researching British commander-in-chief Thomas Gage for her upcoming book with Palgrave Macmillan.
📷Thomas Gage (Paul Mellon Coll. YCBA)
This will be an exceptionally useful event for #ThinkUHI colleagues, in which UHI Centre for History's Lucinda Dean will bring in all sorts of insights in terms of building and improving on module and course resource lists for students.
Join us on 7 May as we welcome Neville Kirk (Emeritus Prof Manchester Metropolitan Uni) to deliver an overview of his 2 books on the UK & Britain in crisis from the 1970s to the present day. This hybrid event is delivered jointly with Université Sorbonne Nouvelle.Visit bit.ly/3PcPAwu for details!
📣AHRC Studentship - Home, Hearth & Heritage 📣
Applications are now open for this funded #PhD project by UHI Centre for History with UHI Archaeology Institute & Ceòlas Uibhist focusing on Hebridean Taighean Tughaid & based primarily at CnocSoilleir.
For more info visit bit.ly/3Ju7Zle
A special treat arrived in today's mail! Congratulations to Graham Hannaford whose freshly published book tells the story of colonial Australia through the medium of letters published in Scottish newspapers from 1820-1850. Graham holds a MLitt in History of H&I from UHI Centre for History.
We were delighted to host the attendees of ARCH Highland's 'Exploring #Dornoch Heritage'-course for a visit at the Burghfield House in late March. UHI Centre for History's David Worthington & Jim MacPherson were there to discuss the work done by the Centre & the history of the building itself.
Our David Worthington is one of the panellists at the Environmental Histories of Scotland Conference, organised at University of Stirling on Tue 16 April. His paper is titled ‘The rural coast: a new route for Coastal History in Scotland’. Find out more, bit.ly/4afg2OC
UHI Research
Our Dr Iain MacInnes is the next guest speaker of StirlingHistHeritPol's research seminar series with ''Massacre at Agincourt': Comics Medievalism, the Battle of Agincourt, and the Korean War'!
📅 Wed 3 April
🕖 4-5.30pm (BST)
Online access: tinyurl.com/2kh4anyv
UHI Research
Including chapters by several UHI Centre for History staff members (@IainMacInnesUHI, Lucinda Dean & Dr Rachel Meredith Davis) 'Gender in Scotland, 1200-1800 - Place, Faith and Politics' will be available in August 2024! bit.ly/4czTxoP UHI Research
Excellent to represent UHI Centre for History along with my colleague, Dr Nicola Martin, at the very well-attended Highland Heritage Day in Dingwall today. Thanks to ARCH for organising.
Big congratulations to Julian! 🥳 Julian Grant
You can find more about Julian's research into People, Place and the North Coast 500 here, bit.ly/3OIzFX3, UHI Research