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A history department committed to its students and wider community. uhi.ac.uk/history
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 ⬇️
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
Are you interested in studying a humanities subject?
Are you interested in studying a humanities subject? Find out where studying a history, heritage or social studies degree can take you.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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

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📷:Hugh Irvine, The Archangel Gabriel (NTS)
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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.

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November 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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

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November 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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!
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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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
Are you interested in studying a humanities subject?
Are you interested in studying a humanities subject? Find out where studying a history, heritage or social studies degree can take you.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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
Are you interested in studying a humanities subject?
Are you interested in studying a humanities subject? Find out where studying a history, heritage or social studies degree can take you.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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.
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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
Illuminating the Vale of Virtue: New Light on Perth’s Lost Charterhouse | Perthshire Box Office
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November 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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.
November 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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
October 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
📣 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 ⬇️
Call for Papers.... UHI Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland Conference 9-10 February 2026 at UHI Perth

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October 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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.
October 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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!
October 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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
October 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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

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October 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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
October 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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.
October 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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
October 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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

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October 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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

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Autumn Highland Festival Fortnight 2025 - Dornoch
Join us for a series of foodie events, showcasing the very best locally-sourced beef and lamb at venues throughout Dornoch this October.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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
October 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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.
October 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM