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Allan has consolidated a strong reputation in the field since completing his doctorate at the University of Stirling in 2011. Focussing particularly on the later seventeenth century, Allan has publish...

Known as the Scottish Martyrs, their support for parliamentary and constitutional change has been commemorated over the last two hundred years to symbolise Scottish liberalism, nationalism and politic...

Known as the Scottish Martyrs, their support for parliamentary and constitutional change has been commemorated over the last two hundred years to symbolise Scottish liberalism, nationalism and political reform.

Call for Expressions of Interest Scottish Historical Review : Pre-1707 Editor   The Scottish Historical Review seeks an editor for pre-1707 material. The term of office is 5 years and co...

At the start of the twentieth century, hundreds of South Asian students arrived each year in Edinburgh. Although a small, middle-class, transient body, these students constituted one of the largest So...

Trustees and editors extend their warmest thanks to Professor Karly Kehoe, who stood down in October 2025 not only as Convener, but also as one of our longest serving members. A changing of the guard ...

As he faced conviction for sedition in 1793, Thomas Muir lamented ‘this trial is no trivial matter. It affects me, but it affects the country more.’ This statement echoes the sentiment of the time whe...

This article examines the relationship of the sport of curling with freemasonry and associated customs. Prior to the 1840s local curling societies and clubs initiated members in their organisations us...

Dr Edward Stewart challenges contemporary notions of rewilding, suggesting an alternative future for Scotland's 'wild' places.

This article will explore a repopulating approach as a means of producing archaeological and historical narratives of upland land use in the Scottish Highlands which go beyond tired notions of marginality, liminality and peripherality. These narratives, historically dominant in the study of upland l...

This article will explore a repopulating approach as a means of producing archaeological and historical narratives of upland land use in the Scottish Highlands which go beyond tired notions of margina...

This article will explore a repopulating approach as a means of producing archaeological and historical narratives of upland land use in the Scottish Highlands which go beyond tired notions of margina...

Professor Elizabeth Ewan (University Of Guelph): 'Feuding in the Streets? Gender, Crime, and Conflict in Scottish Towns, c. 1500-1600'

Another world inside the gates, another country at the bottom of the garden.Find yourself in another world at Paxton House, one of the finest Palladian houses in Britain with pre-eminent collections o...

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We offer two bursaries each year to support work on any aspect of Scottish History. For all bursary queries, please email the Trust's secretary, Dr Sally Tuckett.

We offer two bursaries each year to support work on any aspect of Scottish History. For all bursary queries, please email the Trust's secretary, Dr Sally Tuckett.

We offer two bursaries each year to support work on any aspect of Scottish History. For all bursary queries, please email the Trust's secretary, Dr Sally Tuckett.

This essay began as a talk given in October 2023 to inaugurate an annual public lecture in honour of Jenny Wormald. It takes its inspiration from her work on noble power, re-examining how noblewomen i...