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Research Output per year
Doctor
IV25 3HN
United Kingdom
Research output per year
I am a social and cultural historian of modern Britain and my research focuses in particular on Irish and Scottish migration, diaspora and the British Empire.
I arrived at UHI's Centre for History in November 2011, following academic posts at University College Dublin, the University of Bristol, Leeds Trinity and All Saints College and the University of Sunderland. I completed my PhD at Birkbeck College, University of London in 2004 (supervised by Professor Joanna Bourke), where I researched women’s contribution to debate about Irish identity through print and associational culture at the beginning of the twentieth century.
I work closely with heritage bodies and local communities through our research network, The Hub for the Study of British Identities.
I am currently completing a major research project on Irish female associational culture in the diaspora, which focuses on women’s membership of the Orange Order in Scotland, England and Canada (to be published as a book by Manchester University press in 2016).
My new research on 'Highland Homecomings and the British Empire' will examine how key figures such as John Diefenbaker (Canadian Prime Minister, 1957-1963) and Peter Fraser (New Zealand Prime Minister, 1940-1949) returned to their roots in the far north of Scotland and what this tells us about the region's connection to the British Empire and the wider world. Future plans for research include investigating the role of Irish migrants in the early days of cricket in Australia.
I welcome research proposals from students interested in any aspect of modern British, Irish and Scottish social and cultural history, including gender, migration, diaspora, empire, associational culture, cricket and the Irish and Scottish abroad.
MacPherson, J. & Lindfield-Ott, K.
Project: Research
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Jim MacPherson (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
Jim MacPherson (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
Jim MacPherson (Speaker)
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
Jim MacPherson (Contributor)
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
Jim MacPherson (Speaker)
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
Jim MacPherson (Organiser)
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
Jim MacPherson (Speaker)
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
9/10/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
9/10/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
20/03/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Supervisor: MacPherson, J. (Supervisor), Kirk, N. (External person) (Supervisor) & McDonald, M. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)
Supervisor: MacPherson, D. A. J. (Supervisor), Szechi, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Needham, N. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)