Juliette Desportes
@juliettedesportes.bsky.social
Historian of 18th century Scotland. Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of the Highlands and Islands. PhD from University of Glasgow.
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We are excited to share first updates on our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project, Landscapes of Protest, bit.ly/3K7S4MW
You can learn more about the project & the team (Dr Iain Robertson, UHI; Prof Carl Griffin, Uni of Sussex; @juliettedesportes.bsky.social, UHI) through their website, bit.ly/468RTJS
You can learn more about the project & the team (Dr Iain Robertson, UHI; Prof Carl Griffin, Uni of Sussex; @juliettedesportes.bsky.social, UHI) through their website, bit.ly/468RTJS
Some Early Archival Finds and Upcoming News - Landscapes of Protest
It has been a busy few months for the ‘Landscapes of Protest’ project team. Since officially launching the project back in Ullapool back in March, Juliette Desportes (RA) has completed two trips to th...
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September 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We are excited to share first updates on our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project, Landscapes of Protest, bit.ly/3K7S4MW
You can learn more about the project & the team (Dr Iain Robertson, UHI; Prof Carl Griffin, Uni of Sussex; @juliettedesportes.bsky.social, UHI) through their website, bit.ly/468RTJS
You can learn more about the project & the team (Dr Iain Robertson, UHI; Prof Carl Griffin, Uni of Sussex; @juliettedesportes.bsky.social, UHI) through their website, bit.ly/468RTJS
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Our Dr Iain Robertson, Dr Philippa Woodcock and @juliettedesportes.bsky.social all travelled to Newcastle in April for a workshop on place-based public history. Organised by our Dr Robertson and Dr Ruth Slatter from @chppc.bsky.social, you can read more about the event in the original post below ⬇️
It was a pleasure to collaborate with @uhihistory.bsky.social colleagues in April to run a workshop on place-based public history & share our ongoing research into public history in the Highlands & Islands. You can now read more about this here blog.history.ac.uk/2025/06/plac...
Place-Based Public and Community History - On History
In this blog post, Ruth Slatter (from the IHR’s Centre for the History of People, Place and Community) and Iain Robertson (from the University of Highlands and Islands’ Centre for History) reflect on ...
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June 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Our Dr Iain Robertson, Dr Philippa Woodcock and @juliettedesportes.bsky.social all travelled to Newcastle in April for a workshop on place-based public history. Organised by our Dr Robertson and Dr Ruth Slatter from @chppc.bsky.social, you can read more about the event in the original post below ⬇️
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Still time! 👇🏼
The Scottish History Society has extended the deadline for the Alasdair Ross Prize to 1 July! Apply for up to £500 towards archival research costs! Go, go, go, we can't wait to hear about all the amazing projects going on & would love to help researchers! scottishhistorysociety.com/prizes/the-a...
June 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Still time! 👇🏼
Thrilled to be part of this really exciting project funded by the Leverhulme Trust! A lot still to be uncovered on the practices of rural resistance in the Scottish Highlands, starting with the wealth of Scottish estate papers...
We are excited to announce that our Dr Iain Robertson has been successful in securing @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social
funding for his project ‘Resistance to ‘improvement’ in the Highlands & Islands, 1750 – c. 1820’. Dr Robertson will be working with Prof Carl Griffin & @juliettedesportes.bsky.social
funding for his project ‘Resistance to ‘improvement’ in the Highlands & Islands, 1750 – c. 1820’. Dr Robertson will be working with Prof Carl Griffin & @juliettedesportes.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Thrilled to be part of this really exciting project funded by the Leverhulme Trust! A lot still to be uncovered on the practices of rural resistance in the Scottish Highlands, starting with the wealth of Scottish estate papers...
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📣Thrilled to be joining Bluesky conversations with my most recent publication on Scottish midwifery! Many thanks to @sshmedicine.bsky.social and @sgsah.bsky.social!!
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‘None Regardless of Reputation Will Be Received’: Midwifery and Commercial Bodywork in Urban Scotland c. 1780–c. 18401
Summary. This article presents two case studies of Scottish midwives, Mrs Laidlaw from Edinburgh and Mrs Alexander from Aberdeen who used newspaper adverti
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March 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
📣Thrilled to be joining Bluesky conversations with my most recent publication on Scottish midwifery! Many thanks to @sshmedicine.bsky.social and @sgsah.bsky.social!!
doi.org/10.1093/shm/...
doi.org/10.1093/shm/...
Excited to share I've signed a contract to publish my (first) book!
"The Politics of Land in the post-Culloden Highlands" will revisit the history of the Forfeited Annexed Estates (1745-1784) as a key turning point in the history of the British "land question", land management, and public policy
"The Politics of Land in the post-Culloden Highlands" will revisit the history of the Forfeited Annexed Estates (1745-1784) as a key turning point in the history of the British "land question", land management, and public policy
February 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Excited to share I've signed a contract to publish my (first) book!
"The Politics of Land in the post-Culloden Highlands" will revisit the history of the Forfeited Annexed Estates (1745-1784) as a key turning point in the history of the British "land question", land management, and public policy
"The Politics of Land in the post-Culloden Highlands" will revisit the history of the Forfeited Annexed Estates (1745-1784) as a key turning point in the history of the British "land question", land management, and public policy
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Pleased to announce my appointment as a Lecturer in the University of Glasgow's new cutting edge Poisoning Of Minds department, thanks to Kemi for her support for our research
Kemi Badenoch this morning: "A country cannot be successful if its people and intellectual elite don’t believe in it. This means dealing with the poisoning of minds through higher education."
February 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Pleased to announce my appointment as a Lecturer in the University of Glasgow's new cutting edge Poisoning Of Minds department, thanks to Kemi for her support for our research
Hello bluesky! Just finishing a PhD w the Uni of Glasgow on 18th c. historical geography of the Highlands and Islands & am interested in histories of land use, mapping, community histories and heritage. After 8 years in Glasgow, I moved to the Hebrides over a year ago and haven't looked back since!
October 2, 2023 at 3:43 PM
Hello bluesky! Just finishing a PhD w the Uni of Glasgow on 18th c. historical geography of the Highlands and Islands & am interested in histories of land use, mapping, community histories and heritage. After 8 years in Glasgow, I moved to the Hebrides over a year ago and haven't looked back since!