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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Centre for History is a key component of the University of the Highlands and Islands and is internationally renowned for its teaching and research in Highland, Scottish and wider-world history. In late 2014, it came fifth in Scotland ('a new entry') in The Guardian league table of top UK university departments at which to study History while, in its first entry to the Research Excellence Framework (REF), it was ranked joint eighth of all History submissions across the UK for 'Impact'.
The Centre, a part of the university's Humanities and Gaelic Subject Network and of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business, continues to be based at Burghfield House in the cathedral town of Dornoch in Sutherland. Established in 2005, it has attracted external funding of more than £2 million, which has been invested in both teaching and research. UHI’s BA (Hons) Scottish History – launched in 2007 – was an early development, created by a Centre-led team and Centre staff are now in charge of the course’s delivery to a growing body of students.
Joint honours degrees such as History and Politics, launched in September 2009 and Scottish History and Archaeology, launched in September 2011. A BA (Hons) History has been available since September 2013, as are a series of joint degrees with other subject areas, nine in total as of 2014.
In addition to the undergraduate degrees, a fully online MLitt History of the Highlands and Islands was successfully launched in September 2011 and has attracted students in Australia, Canada, Kenya and Romania as well as across the Highlands and Islands, Scotland and the UK. This is one of several taught postgraduate degrees available for part-time and full-time-study by distance learning at the Centre.
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Collaborations from the last five years
Profiles
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Linsey Hunter
- Centre for History - Lecturer and Teaching Assistant
Person: Academic Non Research Active
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Iain A. MacInnes
- Centre for History - Senior Lecturer in Scottish History, Programme Leader
Person: Academic Research Active
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UHI HSBI: UHI Hub for the Study of British Identities
MacPherson, J. & Lindfield-Ott, K.
Project: Research
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Re-writing the rulebook of landownership: analysing and assessing the economics of community landownership
1/04/16 → 9/09/16
Project: Research
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Emotions in Early Modern Diplomacy
Woodcock, P. & Ziegler, H., 18 Dec 2023, Early Modern European Diplomacy: A Handbook. Goetze, D. & Oetzel, L. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 749-766 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Inculcating loyalty in the Highlands and beyond, c.1745-1784
Martin, N., 23 Aug 2023, In: Atlantic Studies. p. 1-22 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Macpherson the Historian: History Writing, Empire and Enlightenment in the Works of James Macpherson
MacPherson, M. & MacPherson, J., 28 Feb 2023, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 296 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Activities
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The Northern Isles and the Carbisdale Campaign
Andrew Lind (Speaker)
31 May 2023Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
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Baptism and the embassy or why Louis XIV made a great godfather
Philippa Woodcock (Speaker), Alistair Malcolm (Speaker) & Richard Kirwan (Speaker)
18 Apr 2023Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
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Consultancy with Alex Bovaird, costume designer for 'Polite Society'
Philippa Woodcock (Consultant) & Guy Rowlands (Consultant)
14 Sept 2023Activity: Consultancy
Student theses
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A Historical Archaeology of Whisky in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. c.1500-1850
Author: Bratt, D. D. M., 20 Feb 2023Supervisor: Downes, J. (Supervisor) & Ritchie, E. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)
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Improvements Deferred: An historical-archaeological study of transitional farms in the Grampian Highlands of Scotland, during the Agricultural Improvements of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Author: Worth, S., 21 Jun 2023Supervisor: Robertson, I. J. M. (Supervisor) & Timpany, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)
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From monasteries to monopolisers: the salmon fishing industry of the inner Moray Firth region, 1500 to 1800
Author: Thomas, J. E., 25 Nov 2021Supervisor: Worthington, D. (Supervisor), Harland, J. (Supervisor) & Marcello, L. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)
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