The team are hugely grateful to Alison Diamond (archivist at Inveraray castle & member of the project's advisory board, pictured here with Carl Griffin) & Rory Crutchfield, archivist in Lochgilphead for their help & interest in the research. Find out more, bit.ly/468RTJS

The project team is very excited by the diversity of resistance they have uncovered in less than 6 months into the project. In a few days in Argyll alone, this included petitioning, wood and bark stealing, ‘mobbing’, wrecking and the inevitable poaching and illicit distilling.

The talk will explore two interconnected strands of research ongoing as part of the Perth Charterhouse project; new insights arising from both research into the documentary evidence & results of the initial phase of Ground-Penetrating Radar scanning of the site in September 2024.

You can follow Dr Woodcock's research journey on our website. The first post details Dr Woodcock's visit to
@traquairhouse.bsky.social in Peebles, and the discoveries she made in its archives. To read the full post, visit our website ➡️ bit.ly/4omKflS

Feargus completed both his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at @uhihistory.bsky.social, and currently works at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery. He has worked at the High Life Highland museums service for almost a decade.

These themes are examined further in the @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project 'Resistance to 'improvement' in the Highlands and Islands', led by Iain Robertson (UHI Centre for History), Carl Griffin (University of Sussex) and Juliette Desportes (UHI Centre for History), bit.ly/468RTJS

Using archival research from her PhD and upcoming monograph, Juliette explored the ways rural workers utilised every opportunity to negotiate for longer leases, subvert estate authorities to pay less rent, or resisted removals in court.

Theresa completed her postgraduate studies at @uhihistory.bsky.social & has kept in touch with us, meeting up with Dr Elizabeth Ritchie in Toronto, Victoria, Vancouver, Dornoch and Bettyhill. Most recently, Theresa and Dr Ritchie met up on the Isle of Lewis. Congratulations again! #ThinkUHI

Feargus graduated from our MLitt History programme in 2024 with a distinction & has worked within the High Life Highland's museum service for almost a decade.

Booking is essential for this event, so for further information and to buy your tickets ➡️ bit.ly/3IEKQje

You can also join our Dr Jim MacPherson for a walking tour of Dornoch to discover how the town and its people were involved in the British Empire since the eighteenth century.

📆 Tuesday 28 October
⏰ 11am
📍Dornoch

Numbers are limited, so buy your ticket now, bit.ly/4nofyvY.

Dr Robertson and Dr @juliettedesportes.bsky.social are currently collaborating on a @leverhulme.ac.uk funded research project, Landscapes of Protest. To learn more about the project and to follow their blog, see bit.ly/468RTJS

Lisa Williams (Black History Scotland) & the Very Rev. Sally Foster-Fulton (Christian Aid) joined with Dr Jim MacPherson in calling for communities across Scotland to research their connections with historic trans-Atlantic slavery and to use this to fight injustice and inequality in the present.