In this guest post, Dr Nel Whiting takes a look at the role of gender in shaping the portraiture of David Allan (1744-96), specifically in his family portrait of the Erskines of Torrie. Follow Nel on Twitter at @nel_whiting Historical portraits are more than likenesses of people from the past; they are artful
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In this guest post, Dr Erin Farley explores how the popular ‘spring poetry’ of 19th-century Dundee celebrated the freeing, invigorating effect of the city’s public parks. Follow Erin on Twitter at @aliasmacalias For many city residents, especially those in flats or tenements with no garden, our local park has become an essential respite
Sylvia Valentine is a professional genealogist who is also completing a PhD at the University of Dundee. Her thesis explores opposition to compulsory smallpox vaccination in 19th and early 20th– century Scotland. Follow Sylvia on Twitter at @historylady2013 One of the least recognised figures in the history of smallpox prevention is Aberdonian Charles
Dr Allan Kennedy explores ideas and practice around the use of judicial torture in early modern Scotland. Follow Allan on Twitter at: @Allan_D_Kennedy When we discuss crime and punishment in the past, we often instinctively think about torture. Grisly images of broken, brutalised bodies worm their way into our imaginations, especially when we’re thinking
The Centre for Scottish Culture has partnered with the University of Stirling for a major, three-year research project entitled ‘The Scottish Privy Council, 1692-1708: Government from Revolution to Union’. Funded by the Leverhulme Trust, the Scottish Privy Council Project will research one of the most important institutional branches of Scottish government in the
For further information about the contributions of our History of the Book students to The 21st-Century Book Historian workshop held in Dundee on 1 April 2015 please click on the links below: Dr Martine van Ittersum Mhairi Rutherford Kirstyn Dickson Nicole Kapphahn Mayalani Moes Susanna Niskanen
I come from Finland and am in my fourth year as an English Undergraduate at the University of Dundee. I am thinking of doing a Masters in English after graduation. I am especially interested in Old English literature. ‘The vvorkes of our ancient and learned English poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed….edited, with a Life of
I am a Luxembourgish student currently studying English Literature and Film. I thoroughly enjoy my studies at the University of Dundee, and I will graduate in June 2015. ‘Memorialls’ of William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585-1649) Br. Ms. 2/2/4 William Drummond of Hawthornden was a Scottish poet (1585–1649). He studied at the University of Edinburgh and
I am an exchange student from northern British Columbia, Canada, and will be returning home to finish my degree in September. I hope to have an eventual career in either archive or museum studies, so this course was perfect for me. I really enjoyed working with all this incredible material, as seeing as Canada is
I am a fourth-year student studying Psychology and History as a Joint Honors. I hail from Glasgow. Since reading is my greatest hobby, I decided to take the History of the Book module. After graduation, I should like to pursue a research career. Canones Tridentini — The Canons of the Council of Trent (1545-1563) Bru
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