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Tag: Scottish History

Scottish History

British History

Making the Census Count: Edinburgh 1760-1900

posted by Teri Williams November 23, 20205 min read10 Views

By Richard Rodger You might think that with a commitment to Open Data and Open Access from the Scottish Government…

British History

Covenants and Covenanting

posted by Teri Williams November 4, 20205 min read15 Views

By Neil McIntyre This month, The Scottish Historical Review publishes the first of a series of special issues that tackle…

British History

The Innes Review Turns 70

posted by Teri Williams October 2, 20205 min read24 Views

By John Reuben Davies Read the editorial introduction from The Innes Review: 70th Anniversary Virtual Collection, which is free to…

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

George Strachan of the Mearns: A Historian’s Biography

posted by Anna Glazier August 12, 20204 min read49 Views

Biography is a dangerous genre for any historian. Inevitably it has to be set in the history of the subject’s…

Cultural Studies

The role of heritage in community development of the Highlands and Islands

posted by Teri Williams March 12, 20208 min read621 Views

Professor James Hunter – founding director of the University of the Highlands and Islands’ (UHI) Centre for History and author…

Battle of George Square troops
British History

“There’s a lot of mythology about these events”: unreliable narrators of the Battle of George Square

posted by Teri Williams February 24, 20209 min read601 Views

Last year, near the centenary, Scottish Affairs published my article about the mythology surrounding the so-called ‘Battle of George Square’…

Salisbury Road Synagogue
Scottish History

Scottish Jewish History – From Provincial to Transnational

posted by Anna Glazier October 9, 20197 min read677 Views

Hannah Holtschneider introduces her new book focussing on the life of Rabbi Dr Salis Daiches and his place in Scottish Jewish History.

Enlightenment in a Smart City
British History

Enlightenment in a Smart City: Edinburgh’s Civic Development, 1660-1750

posted by Emma at EUP January 14, 20194 min read2042 Views

By Murray Pittock My book is a study of the Enlightenment in Edinburgh like no other. Using data and models provided…

Atlantic Literature

Frederick Douglass and Ten Scottish Worthies

posted by Carla Hepburn November 15, 20187 min read1234 Views

Recent research has suggested that Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was the most photographed American of the nineteenth century.  The former slave…

Lord Seaforth
British History

Lord Seaforth: Highland proprietor in the age of the Clearances and plantation slave owner

posted by Emma at EUP October 29, 20185 min read1139 Views

Highland landowners in the decades before and after 1800, and Scots associated with plantation slavery in the same period, have…

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