Image of a monument of two curved shape stacks of stones, pulled apart to reveal a view of the sea beyond. To the right of the image, on an orange background, white text reads Community, Resistance and Resilience: Celebrating 50 years of The Making of the Crofting Community, Thursday 11 and Friday 12 June 2026, The Social Club Dornoch, £20/£40. Logo for UHI Centre for History in the bottom right hand corner.

Orange background with white text reads: Speakers include Thursday 11 June Andrew Mackillop, Gemma Smith, Iain MacKinnon, Mairi McFadyen and Raghnaid Sandilands, Interview with Jim Hunter. Friday 12 June Ewen Cameron, Ailsa Raeburn, Domhall Uilleam Stiubhart, David Taylor, Col Gordon. Logo for UHI Centre for History in the bottom right corner.

We are excited to share details on some of the speakers who will be delivering papers at our June conference, Community, Resistance and Resilience: Celebrating 50 years of 'The Making of the Crofting Community'! Tickets are available to purchase on Eventbrite, uhihistory.short.gy/HKxw0T

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Join our Dr Iain Robertson & Dr @juliettedesportes.bsky.social on Thu 30/4 at 12 noon for a free online seminar on 'Resistance to Improvement in the Highlands & Islands, 1750-1820'. Part of @insuhi.bsky.social's Public & Island Matters seminars, you can book your place ➡️ uhihistory.short.gy/zY3xzN

An image showing a monument of two rounded pillar-shaped structures, pulled apart with a view of sea and hills seen through the gap in between. To the right of the image text on orange background reads Community, Resistance and Resilience: Celebrating 50 years of The Making of the Crofting Community, Thursday 11 and Friday 12 June 2026, The Social Club, Dornoch, £20/£40

Join us on 11-12 June for a conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jim Hunter's influential 'The Making of the Crofting Community'!

The event will bring together scholars, creative practitioners & activists to commemorate this landmark book.

For tickets, see uhihistory.short.gy/HKxw0T

A recording of the talk delivered by Prof Richard Oram, speaking on ‘People and Woods in Angus and Eastern Perthshire: An Environmental History Perspective’ is now available on the History Events page of our website, uhihistory.short.gy/KXgHho or through our YouTube channel, youtu.be/szQQ20igImY

Thank you to all who joined us for our annual conference up in Inverness and to @uhihistory.bsky.social for hosting us!

Don't forget our next History Talks Live event is next week, Thursday 12 March!

Join us as we welcome Prof Richard Oram to deliver his talk, 'People and Woods in Angus and Eastern Perthshire: An Environmental History Perspective.'

This is a free, online-only event, see post below for details ⬇️

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Save the Date // 18 April 26, 2pm

Our Dr Nicola Martin will be delivering a talk as part of the 280th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden, exploring 'The Highlands and the Forty-Five: The Lesser Known Story'. To book your ticket for this in-person event, visit uhihistory.short.gy/N5lOIV

History Talks Live: Chris Whatley - Harvie's Dyke YouTube video by UHI Centre for History

A recording of the talk delivered by Christopher Whatley, University of Dundee speaking on ‘Harvie’s Dyke, 1823: The People, Their Liberty and the Radicalism of Place' is now available on the History Events page of our website uhihistory.short.gy/kLs2Gr or our YouTube channel, youtu.be/Oz2wRH2pzlA

The Stone of Destiny: Rethinking Medieval Kingship, Heritage and Education - Culture Perth & Kinross Culture Perth & Kinross in partnership with Historic Environment Scotland are delighted to be hosting ‘Rethinking Medieval Kingship, Heritage and

Join our Dr Lucy Dean and other expert speakers at this exciting symposium, hosted by Culture Perth and Kinross and Historic Environment Scotland.

Saturday 14 March, 9-6pm at Perth Art Gallery.

For further information and tickets, visit
uhihistory.short.gy/4RimAN

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Handwritten entry on trespasses, dated 1776.

It's been a busy first year for our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project, Landscapes of Protest. In this most recent blog Dr @juliettedesportes.bsky.social reflects on the archival findings thus far, next steps and future events, lnkd.in/ef5eF6be

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📣Save the date!📣

Join us on Thursday 12 March at 7pm for our next History Talks Live event. Our speaker will be Prof Richard Oram, University of Stirling. For further details on the event, uhihistory.short.gy/HWcZxn

📅Thursday 12 March 2026
⏰ 7-8.30 pm
📍Online uhihistory.short.gy/Lgggco

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Join our Dr Nicola Martin next Monday, 16 February at 7pm, for an online talk for on 'The British Army and the Coming of the American Revolution, 1745-1775'.

This is a free, online only talk, and registration is necessary through the @societyarmy.bsky.social. See original post below for link ⬇️

Families at Sea: The Impact of the Transatlantic Crossing on Scottish Migrant Families in the Age of Sail, circa 1784–1855 | International Review of Scottish Studies Emigration was a process that was fundamentally defined by family. The decision to migrate was often made for the long-term well-being of the family, and travelling as a unit was a distinct experience...

Our Dr Elizabeth Ritchie’s article, 'Families at Sea', is now available to read online through @edinburghup.bsky.social.

The article was published in the most recent issue of the International Review of Scottish Studies.

To read the full article, visit uhihistory.short.gy/VC0HfR

On a new blog post for our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project, Landscapes of Protest, Emeritus Professor Chris Whatley (Uni of Dundee) discusses the Dundee Meal Riots of 1773.

Read the full post on the project website, uhihistory.short.gy/zzdbkb

📷:NRS, RHP4487

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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.

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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

The project team are very grateful to Alison for agreeing to write this blog & supporting the project in her role as member of the Advisory Board. Pictured above, are Alison & project investigator Carl Griffin in the archives in Inveraray.

Find out more, bit.ly/468RTJS

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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

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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

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This article shifts the current focus on gender and the diplomatic power couple in the New Diplomatic History to demonstrate the importance of studying the entire diplomatic family’s experience of life abroad, particularly the role of mothers and children.

Fertile Negotiators: The Venetian Family-Embassies at the Court of Louis XIV Early modern ambassadors bore eyewitness to the most intimate moments of royal family life, reporting back to their princes on hangovers, quarrels, illness, birth and death. Yet, largely unremarked...

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

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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 ⬇️

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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)

Mhairi’s PhD is a multidisciplinary approach to researching taighean-tughaidh (thatched houses) in Uist, Western Isles. You can find out more about Mhairi’s PhD here, bit.ly/4p9fh0E

By reflecting on a day of archaeological fieldwork, she considered the multidisciplinary approach of her project & what it means to complete emotionally engaged archaeology. The paper was part of the panel '(In)Tangible Pasts', exploring Gaelic & Hebridean heritage, culture & archaeology.

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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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Her dissertation, 'Propaganda in the Cinemas: Short Films as a Method of Propaganda in Britain during the Second World War (1939-45)' examines how the Ministry of Information infused key propaganda messages with comedy & drama, reaching a large number of people through the cinema.

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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