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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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Marjory Harper
- Centre for History - Visiting Professor and Senior Researcher
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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Macpherson the Historian: History Writing, Empire and Enlightenment in the Works of James Macpherson
MacPherson, M. & MacPherson, J., 2023, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 296 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Rev. James Fraser, 1634-1709: A New Perspective on the Scottish Highlands Before Culloden
Worthington, D., 31 Jan 2023, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 248 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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A Dance Called America
Hunter, J., 5 May 2022, 2 ed. Edinburgh: Birlinn. 416 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Activities
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Maverick minister proves you can live a ‘significant’ life in the Highlands
David Worthington (Interviewee)
6 Feb 2023Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Interview Extracts for Spirit of the Highlands - 'Clanship' and 'The Clearances'
David Worthington (Interviewee)
12 Jan 2023Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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The ‘Curious Cleric’ and the Highlands Before Culloden: Rev. James Fraser (1634-1709) – Q&A
David Worthington (Interviewee)
17 Jan 2023Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
Student theses
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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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'A Peculiar Diversity': Public Health in Inverness County 1845 - 1912
Author: Souter, M., 10 Mar 2020Supervisor: MacPherson, J. (Supervisor) & Ritchie, E. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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Nuclear fission and social fusion: the impact of the Dounreay Experimental Research Establishment on Caithness, 1953-1966
Author: Ross, L. M., 4 Sep 2019Supervisor: MacPherson, J. (Supervisor), Kirk, N. (External person) (Supervisor) & McDonald, M. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)
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