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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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Juliette Desportes
- Centre for History - Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Person: Academic - Research and Teaching or Research only
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Resistance to ‘improvement’ in the Highlands and Islands, 1750-c.1820
Robertson, I. J. M. (PI), Desportes, J. (Researcher) & Griffin, C. (CoI)
3/03/25 → 2/03/28
Project: Research
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Rural co-design and collaboration: maximising rural community assets to reduce place-based health inequalities.
Robertson, I. J. M. (CoI) & Taylor, S. (CoI)
1/12/24 → 1/12/27
Project: Research
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Inculcating loyalty in the Highlands and beyond, c.1754-1784
Martin, N., 13 Mar 2025, Scottish Loyalism in the British Atlantic World. McCullough, K. & Morton, G. (eds.). 2 ed. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 21. p. 71 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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The British Army in Scotland and North America, 1745-1775: Militarisation on the Fringes of the Empire
Martin, N., 10 Jun 2025, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. 299 p. (War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Under Occupation? The Scottish Urban Experience of War with England, 1332-57
MacInnes, I. A., 1 Jul 2025, Journal of Medieval Military History: Volume XXIII : Urban Communities and War in Medieval Europe. Nakashian, C. M. & Sposato, P. W. (eds.). Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, Vol. 23. p. 100-116 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Activities
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Telling Their Stories: Researching & Writing Highland Lives
Worthington, D. (Invited speaker)
17 May 2025Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
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Oral History Society conference 2025
Chand, A. (Participant)
6 Jun 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Northern Narratives
Zickermann, K. (Organiser), Elliott, M. (Organiser), Harland, J. (Organiser) & Lind, A. (Organiser)
11 Jun 2025 → 13 Jun 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference
Student theses
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Inhabited perspectives on the North Coast 500: Re-making local heritage in touristed communities of the Scottish Highlands
Grant, J. M. (Author), Robertson, I. J. M. (Supervisor) & Dean, L. (Supervisor), 8 May 2024Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)
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Shepherd's Wanted: Wester Ross Pioneers to Patagonia, 1880-1930
Forrest, L. (Author), Ritchie, E. (Supervisor) & Harper, M. (Supervisor), 24 Apr 2024Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)
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A Historical Archaeology of Whisky in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. c.1500-1850
Bratt, D. D. M. (Author), Downes, J. (Supervisor) & Ritchie, E. (Supervisor), 20 Feb 2023Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)
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