As the calendar year comes to a close, we would like to wish everyone a lovely festive season! UHI Centre for History will now be closed until the university reopens on Monday 5 January 2026.

Join us in January! We offer four PGT programmes, including MLitt History & MLitt History of the Highlands & Islands. In the latest Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey, our MLitt History scored a perfect 100% for overall student satisfaction. To find out more and to apply ➡️ bit.ly/CfH-PGT-study

In the latest entry from the Landscapes of Protest blog series, the archivist for Argyll Estate Archives, Alison Diamond, reflects on a curious document dated 1768 mentioning 'luddite encroachments' in Campbeltown harbour...Or were there? Read more, bit.ly/4q10N3L @juliettedesportes.bsky.social

Start your studies in January 2026! Our single and joint honours UG History programmes are available on a part-time basis, starting in January. You can also choose to specialise in Scottish History in third and fourth years. To find out more, visit bit.ly/3VqCBei

Read the latest blog for Landscapes of Protest, a research project funded by the @leverhulme.ac.uk! In this most recent post, co-lead Carl Griffin reflects on what brought him to Scottish history & the study of Highland resistance, bit.ly/4aNibUx @juliettedesportes.bsky.social

Our Dr Philippa Woodcock's freshly published article, 'Fertile Negotiators: The Venetian Family-Embassies at the Court of Louis XIV' is now available to read on open access bit.ly/451S8Fs The article was published in The Court Historian, in December 2025. @thinkuhi.bsky.social

Don't forget to join us on Tuesday 9 December 7-8.30pm for our next History Talks Live seminar event. This is a free, online-only event. For further details and to join the event, visit bit.ly/3K4hXNX @thinkuhi.bsky.social

Don't forget our next Humanities Open Evening is tomorrow Thu, 27 Nov, 6.30-8pm! Here's what one of recent graduates said about UHI History: "I really enjoyed my experience on the BA History & Criminology course...the support from all the UHI staff was amazing." See below for details & booking ⬇️

Read about our Dr Philippa Woodcock's research trip to Drum Castle for her project '"They wept together": Investigating miscarriage, taboo & support in early modern Scotland'. Visit our website for the full piece, bit.ly/4p0DaaI @thinkuhi.bsky.social 📷:Hugh Irvine, The Archangel Gabriel (NTS)

Last month one of our PGRs, Mhairi Ferrier, presented a paper ‘A Thatched House in Torlum: Exploring the Boundaries of Archaeological Practice’ at the @scotarchforum.bsky.social's conference in Edinburgh. @thinkuhi.bsky.social

We are so proud to celebrate this year's winner of the James Hunter Dissertation Prize, Joy Rollinson! The prize is awarded to the best 1st Class UG dissertation & is named after our founder, Professor Jim Hunter. Find out more on our website, bit.ly/44oV3HX

Join us for our next History Talks Live seminar event. The speaker will be Christopher Whatley, Professor Emeritus in Scottish History, University of Dundee. 📷Tuesday 9 December 2025 📷 7-8.30pm 📷Online To find out more, visit bit.ly/3K4hXNX @uhihistory.bsky.social

It has been a busy graduations season at @thinkuhi.bsky.social, and we would like to congratulate all our students celebrating their achievements! Big congratulations especially to one of our PG Researchers, Dr Alex Dold, who is graduating today at the UHI celebrations at Eden Court, Inverness!

This is the #history degree I am doing. I am doing it part-time. So part time it will take me 12 years! But history is about the long-haul, so that fits! I am loving it! Happy to say why, if anyone wants to know.

Start your undergraduate History studies at @uhihistory.bsky.social in January 2026! Join us on Thursday 27 November (6.30-8pm) to learn more about studying Humanities at UHI, and where a degree in Humanities can take you. For more information and to book your place, visit bit.ly/3JtXfad

Iain Robertson, Carl Griffin & @juliettedesportes.bsky.social recently spent a week visiting Inveraray Castle archives & @argyllandbute.bsky.social archives in Lochgilphead to conduct archival research for their @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social funded project Landscapes of Protest.

Join our Dr Lucy Dean for a free talk, 'Illuminating the Vale of Virtue: New Light on Perth’s Lost Charterhouse'! 📆 Thu 20 Nov 🕖 7pm 📍 AK Bell Library, Perth To find out more and to book your place, visit bit.ly/47Br3cO

Our Dr Philippa Woodcock is a recipient of the David Berry Fellowship for the History of Scotland & the Scottish People by the @royalhistsoc.org, and the funding is supporting her project ”They wept together”: Investigating miscarriage, taboo & support in early modern Scotland.

This week is Heritage Careers Week and we took the opportunity to chat to our recent graduate, Feargus Murray, about his experiences of working in the museums sector! To read the full story, visit bit.ly/42Ym3O4

📣 Call for Papers 📣 See below for further details on the conference Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland organised by @insuhi.bsky.social! DL for Expressions of Interest & short biographies is 17 December, see original post for further details ⬇️

Our Dr Juliette Desportes gave a talk at @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social's Scottish History seminar in September, focusing on uncovering Highland estate tenants' attitudes towards agrarian 'improvement' in the mid-eighteenth century.

It’s graduation season at @thinkuhi.bsky.social & and we are thrilled to also celebrate our alumni who have continued their academic journeys elsewhere after @uhihistory.bsky.social! Big congratulations to Dr Theresa Mackay, who received her doctorate from @uvic.ca, BC this summer!

Join our recent graduate Feargus Murray on Tue 28 October(2.30-4pm) at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery for an illustrated talk celebrating 200 years of collecting! This is an opportunity to learn more about the beginnings of the museum: who was donating and what they were collecting, bit.ly/3IEKQje

Join us on Mon 27 October at 7-8pm for a celebration & a discussion with Drs Nicola Martin & Lucy Dean, to learn about their journey from research to publication. This is a free, online-only event. For further details & to join the event, visit bit.ly/4nXKDX4 @thinkuhi.bsky.social

Our Dr Nicola Martin is giving a talk on Jacobitism and Clanship as part of the Dornoch Autumn Highland Festival! 📅 Fri 24 Oct 2025 🕚 11am 📍 Historylinks Museum, Dornoch For further details on this in-person talk and to buy your ticket, visit bit.ly/43eC3LN

Our Dr Nicola Martin was in Stockholm last week to deliver a paper at the @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social, discussing the 'Laws of War'. This was a brilliant opportunity to continue developing our special relationship & follows the signing of an MoU in 2024, facilitated by our Dr Kathrin Zickermann.

Our Dr Iain Robertson & Dr @juliettedesportes.bsky.social are both delivering papers at Scottish Local History Forum's conference, ‘Popular Protest in a Scottish Local History Context’, in Paisley on Saturday 25 October! To view the full programme and to book your place, visit bit.ly/4fxbKp5

Over 60 people came to Aberlour Parish Church of Scotland for the unveiling of textile banners addressing the legacies of slavery in the local area. The event is part of our Dr Jim MacPherson's research project, Legacies of Slavery in Scotland, bit.ly/46Dpf3Q

Congratulations to our PGT student Corrina Thomson, whose article ‘Encased in Glass: Commemorating the Dounreay Prototype Fast Reactor’ has been published in the most recent issue of Viewpoint, the magazine for the British Society for the History of Science, bit.ly/4nA21BC 1/3

We are very excited to be part of the Dornoch Autumn Highland Festival Fortnight, following the success of events this spring! Our Dr Jim MacPherson & Dr Nicola Martin will both be delivering talks as part of the busy schedule. Find out more➡️ bit.ly/4pUXlYO @thinkuhi.bsky.social

As the @thinkuhi.bsky.social graduations season continues, we would like to send huge congratulations to all our students celebrating their achievements! Our Dr @linseyhunter.bsky.social & Dr Lucy Dean had the great privilege to be part of the celebrations at UHI Perth yesterday 🎓🎉 #UHIGrad

Our Dr Elizabeth Ritchie & @uhihistory.bsky.social PhD graduate Dr Joanna Rodgers were both at the 'Outer Hebrides Emigration Conference' in Stornoway! Dr Rodgers discussed ancestral tourism in Tiree & Dr Ritchie the impact of emigration on courtship & family formation among 19thC Scots migrants.

📣Save the date!📣 @uhihistory.bsky.social is celebrating the publication of two new books by our staff Dr Lucy Dean and Dr Nicola Martin. For further details on the event, bit.ly/4nXKDX4 📅Monday 27 October 2025 ⏰ 7-8pm 📍Online bit.ly/4pOGKWk #ThinkUHI

@uhihistory.bsky.social & @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social joined forces last weekend to promote @thinkuhi.bsky.social at the Highland Archaeology Festival! What a brilliant opportunity to chat to attendees & share details about the cutting edge research and Humanities study options at UHI!

On 1 October, We host Dr Nicola Martin from @uhihistory.bsky.social who will discuss: “The British Army and interpretations of the Laws of War in the eighteenth century” Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit... #Skystorians #EarlyModern #17thC #MilHist #LAW @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social

Are you interested in studying History? Join us for an online open evening on Thu 9 October (6.30-8pm), and find out where studying a history, heritage or social studies degree can take you! Please book your place here, bit.ly/3KFCiJi @thinkuhi.bsky.social

Congratulations to our Dr Alison Chand who recently secured a @britishacademy.bsky.social/@leverhulme.ac.uk Small Research Grant for initial work on her next exciting oral history project: “Beyond the Rainbow: Oral Histories of Teenagers and Young Adults in Scotland During the Covid-19 Pandemic”!

Catch our Dr Elizabeth Ritchie on the new 3-part podcast series, Highlands Reimagined. From the aftermath of the Highland Clearances to modern community-led action, Highlands Reimagined highlights the ongoing fight to build a sustainable future for this beautiful place, bit.ly/3KltesZ

We are excited to share first updates on our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project, Landscapes of Protest, bit.ly/3K7S4MW You can learn more about the project & the team (Dr Iain Robertson, UHI; Prof Carl Griffin, Uni of Sussex; @juliettedesportes.bsky.social, UHI) through their website, bit.ly/468RTJS

Join us on Sat 20 Sept, 11-3pm in Aberlour for the unveiling of three textile art crafts, produced as part of the Legacies of Slavery project. The project is a collaboration between @uhihistory.bsky.social & Church of Scotland. To book your place, visit bit.ly/4p60V1A

You can find our Dr Philippa Woodcock's chapter 'The Ambassadors’ Fireworks Parties: Public and Private Performance in Bourbon Paris' in the newly published Performing Diplomacy in the Early Modern World! For full list of content and contributors: bit.ly/3JSYT52

Another great year for MLitt History programmes @uhihistory.bsky.social! MLitt History scored 100% in overall student satisfaction in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey. See our website for more information to join one of our four programmes - bit.ly/CfH-PGT-study @thinkuhi.bsky.social

Our Dr Elizabeth Ritchie and @uhihistory.bsky.social alumna, Dr Joanna Rodgers, are among the speakers for the Saoghal Mòr Farsaing Hebridean Emigration Conference, held at Lews Castle, Stornoway, 30 September to 2 October 2025.

We are busy getting ready for the new academic year, but our Dr Nicola Martin had a great afternoon out with students, visiting Abertarff House, the oldest house in Inverness. The students also had the opportunity to view short film 1745: An Untold Story of Slavery. @thinkuhi.bsky.social

@thinkuhi.bsky.social is 2nd in Scotland in the National Student Survey 2024-25 for overall satisfaction in the history category & @uhihistory.bsky.social team received 10 Highlands & Islands Students Association nominations & highly commended awards in 4 different categories. Well done! #UHI

Our Dr Rachel Davis' new article ‘Lock Her Up! Elite Women, Treason & Imprisonment in Late Medieval Scotland’ is published in the most recent Journal of Scottish Historical Studies! Available (might require purchase) through @edinburghup.bsky.social ➡️ bit.ly/41hq4fs

Congratulations to our Dr Linsey Hunter @linseyhunter.bsky.social who has been awarded a Fellowship of the @advancehe.bsky.social! The Fellowship demonstrates commitment to teaching, learning & the student experience, in diverse academic or professional settings. #ThinkUHI

Meeting with @uhihistory.bsky.social alumna Lucy Elmendorf, who is currently completing her Masters studies at the University of York, and spotting a very familiar book at the Boydell and Brewer bookstand. Thank you to all organisers for another brilliant @imc-leeds.bsky.social #ThinkUHI

Our Interim Head, Dr Lucy Dean, had a busy time at @IMC_Leeds, but managed to snap some pictures along the way! Some of the highlights included chairing the Gender in Medieval Scotland panel (featuring Dr Rachel Davis, Dr Louisa Taylor and Morvern French) #ThinkUHI

@rte.ie have some great history blogs, including this one by James Hunter @uhihistory.bsky.social on hunger in the Scottish Highlands and how the events of the 1840s differed from Ireland. #genealogy #FamilyHistory www.rte.ie/history/the-...