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Publications Workshop, Tuesday 14th May, Edinburgh – register now!

March 13, 2019 by Annie Tindley

The Scottish History Society is delighted to announce the latest in its series of publication workshops, which will be held at the University of Edinburgh.

These workshops are designed to introduce postgraduates, postdoctoral researchers and academics to the work the Society does in the publication of scholarly original sources, and its value in the modern academic environment, as well as provide an insight into the submission, reviewing and publication processes the Society utilises.

We welcome participants bringing ideas and/or drafts to the workshop: if you have anything you would like to share, please send this in advance of the workshop to Dr Annie Tindley (Annie.Tindley@newcastle.ac.uk).

Speakers at the workshop will include: Dr John MacAskill, recently published with the Scottish History Society Dr Christopher Langley, recently published with the Scottish History Society Dr John McCallum, Publications Secretary for the Scottish History Society Dr Annie Tindley, Communications Officer for the Scottish History Society

Attendance is free, but please register so we can provide enough refreshments on arrival!

Scottish History Society Annual Presidential Lecture and AGM Saturday 9 March – register now!

January 17, 2019 by Annie Tindley

Event begins at 11am, with Presidential Lecture at 2pm
Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School,
Teviot Place, University of Edinburgh

The President of the Scottish History Society, Dr Catriona M. M. Macdonald, will deliver her inaugural Presidential Lecture:
Presidents and Precedents I: Contesting the Reformation: Roger Mason’s (‘sufficiently plausible’) debt to David Hay Fleming and Andrew Lang

This lecture honours the outgoing president of the Scottish History Society, Professor Roger Mason (St Andrews), and seeks to identify historiographical links to earlier writers with a St Andrews connection: namely David Hay Fleming and Andrew Lang. During their lifetimes both of these writers shaped popular appreciations of the history of the Scottish Reformation and the legacy of Mary Stuart, but they did so in contradictory ways that elucidate tensions inherent in Scottish historiography between Romanticism and Presbyterian ‘tradition’ – tensions that Mason’s work was forced to tackle a century on.

Prior to Dr Macdonald’s lecture there will be talks from recent editors of Scottish History Society volumes.

Attendance at the Lecture and AGM is free, but advance booking is requested. To book, visit:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-scottish-history-society-presidential-lecture-and-agm-2019-tickets-55022744510

History Scotland and the Scottish History Society

November 1, 2018 by Annie Tindley

History Scotland and the Scottish History Society have developed a new relationship, to spread the word about the work of both organisations to as wide an audience as possible. In every edition of History Scotland, a new column will feature, ‘Treasures of the Scottish History Society,’ which highlights a volume… Read more