Scottish History PhD student, funded by @SGSAH_. Studying the SSPCK and social/cultural history of Gaelic Scotland within Britain. Sporadic poet. Restless.
Acronyms are so ubiquitous today that, by simply reciting three or four letters of the alphabet, you can often divide a room (SNP, SSP, TTIP, UK, BNP, UKIP, GOP, KKK, ISIS). However, it was not until the 19th century that the SSPCK began to refer to itself in texts…
On the 19th October I contributed to the Four Nations History Network, which is run by Naomi Lloyd-Jones and Maggie Scull: both History PhD candidates at King’s College London. While my blog post is only marginally related to my current research, I thought it was an important piece…
Scholars investigating eighteenth and nineteenth-century Scotland from the perspectives of the Highlands, Jacobitism, religion, education and language all acknowledge the significance of the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge. To name a…
Originally from Aberdeenshire, in 2010 I departed the North-East coast for the central-belt as many young Aberdonians do when they have little interest in pursuing a career in oil. I am currently a History PhD student at the University of Glasgow, funded by the @SGSAH_. My…