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Reader in History
Postgraduate Research Co-Ordinator
I am a collaborative cultural historian of modern Britain and my research focuses on empire, diaspora, migration, decolonization and the continuing legacies of colonialism in the Scottish Highlands
I work closely with museums and local communities, including the Clan Macpherson Museum which Dr Mairi MacPherson and I re-designed during 2021. Community-led research is at the heart of my work, especially helping communities to explore the ongoing impact of empire, and I've worked recently with Historylinks museum in Dornoch on a project about the town's connections with enslavement.
My most recent book was a co-authored monograph (with Dr Mairi MacPherson) on James 'Ossian' Macpherson and his history writing. Macpherson the Historian (EUP, 2023) argues that writing about the past was key to all of Macpherson's published works, where he wrote history to defend and promote the British imperial state.
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Projects
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UHI HSBI: UHI Hub for the Study of British Identities
MacPherson, J. (CoI) & Lindfield-Ott, K. (CoI)
Project: Research
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Jamie Macpherson's Fiddle: Decolonisation, and Representing Gypsy/Traveller Communities in the Clan Macpherson Museum
MacPherson, J. & Ramsay, R., 1 Nov 2024, In: Northern Scotland. 15, 2, p. 188-210 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fraser in Fearn: Migration, Diaspora, and the Ghosts of Empire in the Return Visits of Peter Fraser (New Zealand Prime Minister) to the Highlands, 1935–1949
MacPherson, J., 21 Nov 2023, In: Northern Scotland. 14, 2, p. 170-193 23 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
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Defying Genre: Michel Faber
Lindfield-Ott, K., MacPherson, D. A. J. & Langworthy, R., 8 Dec 2020, Gylphi. 214 p. (Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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History writing and agency in the Scottish Highlands: postcolonial thought, the work of James Macpherson (1736-1796) and researching the region’s past with local communities
MacPherson, J., 30 Nov 2020, In: Northern Scotland. 11, 2, p. 123-138 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cultural Transmission, Irish Associational Culture and the 'Marching' Tradition'
MacPherson, D. A. J., 27 Apr 2017, The Cambridge Social History of Modern Ireland . Biagini, E. & Daly, M. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 551-565 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Women and the Orange Order: Female activism, diaspora and empire in the British world, 1850–1940
MacPherson, D. A. J., May 2016, Manchester: Manchester University Press. 240 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
4 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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'Exploring Dornoch Heritage' - ARCH student visit to the Centre for History, Burghfield House, Dornoch
Worthington, D. (Organiser) & MacPherson, J. (Organiser)
28 Mar 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference
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Journal of British Identities (Journal)
MacPherson, J. (Editor)
2017 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Workshop: 'Jamie and Claire's Book Club'
MacPherson, J. (Contributor)
5 Jun 2016Activity: KE and Outreach activities › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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‘The Heart is Highland': Irish Protestant, Scottish and Highland Diasporas in the British World, 1920-1960
MacPherson, J. (Speaker)
9 Dec 2016Activity: KE and Outreach activities › Types of External academic engagement - Invited talk
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Staging eighteenth-century Badenoch in poetry and song: Schubert and Macpherson
MacPherson, J. (Speaker)
9 Apr 2016Activity: KE and Outreach activities › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Charles Fraser Mackintosh and the Napier Commission
MacPherson, J. (Speaker)
21 Jan 2016Activity: KE and Outreach activities › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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UHI Hub for the Study of British Identities Webinar
MacPherson, J. (Organiser)
2 Feb 2016Activity: KE and Outreach activities › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Press/Media
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PhD student explores Dounreay industrial heritage
9/10/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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PhD student explores Dounreay industrial heritage
9/10/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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UHI lecturer speaks on gender equality to United Nations
20/03/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research