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Postgraduate Research Students

Our current postgraduate research topics range from the role of fashion and display in Scotland in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to the American civil rights movement of the 1960s.

Postgraduate taught degrees and research expertise can be found on our Postgraduate Study pages.

Current

SurnameResearch Topic
Beckles, Cherri-Ann International perspectives on data protection and its relation to records management
Cowmeadow, Nicola Scottish noblewomen, the family and Scottish politics in the era of the Union of 1707 (email Nicola Cowmeadow at n.cowmeadow@dundee.ac.uk)
Cross, Louisa The display of fashion in urban Scotland c1780-1825 (email Louisa Cross at l.z.cross@dundee.ac.uk)
Ferguson, Megan The Celtic revivals in Scotland, 1760-1920 (email Megan Ferguson at m.c.ferguson@dundee.ac.uk)
Goffe Caldeira, Shelly Scottish Freemasonry and its interactions with Africa, the Caribbean and Asia (email Shelly Goffe Caldeira at s.goffecaldeira@dundee.ac.uk)
Hewer,Sue Motives for Change in the Gardens, Designed Landscape and Built Environment of the Scottish Country Seat in the Eastern Lowlands c1660-1780 (email Sue Hewer at shewer@dundee.ac.uk)
Holsman, John British Public Opinion of Spain from 1808 to 1840 (email John Holsman at j.r.holsman@dundee.ac.uk)
Inglis, Janet Scotland's Castles: rescued, rebuilt and reoccupied, 1945 - 2005 (email Janet Inglis at janetinglis@softhome.net)
Johnston, Alexandra How did Mary Queen of Scots' Court differ from her predecessors' ?
Law, Anne Forfar And The Rise Of The Coarse Linen Trade, C. 1727-1830 (email Anne Law at e.a.law@dundee.ac.uk)
Lindsay, Lesley A Scottish female portraitist: Katharine Read (1723-1778): a case study in context (email Lesley Lindsay at l.lindsay@dundee.ac.uk)
McCall, Alison The lass o' pairts: Scottish women and social mobility in Victorian Scotland (email Alison on a.t.mccall@dundee.ac.uk)
Morrison, Fiona The economic, social and environmental impact of tourism on the Oban area 1840-1940 (email Fiona Morrison at f.y.morrison@dundee.ac.uk)
Paul, Catriona The role of horses and the development of horse culture in the early trans-Appalachian West (Email Catriona Paul at c.m.paul@dundee.ac.uk)
Reid, Darren Walking the Line of Fire: Violence, Society, and the Kentucky-Ohio Frontier War, 1774-1795. (Email Darren Reid at d.r.z.reid@dundee.ac.uk)
Small, Eddie The culture of death in twentieth-century Scotland (Newly started)
Smith, Blair Rise of the New Elite? The Organisation of Leadership in Kentucky, c.1770-1792. (email Blair on b.m.smith@dundee.ac.uk)
Stewart, John English Guns, Gun Components and the role of Firearms in Colonial North America (email John Stewart at j.c.stewart@dundee.ac.uk)
Sweeney, Tommy A Land of Feminine Devils: Seventeenth Century English conceptions of the American Indian (email Tommy Sweeney at t.z.sweeney@dundee.ac.uk)
Watson, David Life in the Crucible: British Soldiers and Native Americans on the Colonial American Frontier 1763-74 (email David Watson at d.c.watson@dundee.ac.uk)
Whatley, Patricia Medical care and Public Policy in a remote area: the Highlands of Scotland, 1845-1936 (email Patricia Whatley at p.e.whatley@dundee.ac.uk)

Recently Completed

SurnameResearch Topic
Browne, Sarah The impact of the Women's Liberation Movement in Scotland c. 1967 - c. 1980
Clerk, Sigrid Moravian missionary influence on the Indian population in the Ohio valley
Davis, Matthew Scottish North Eastern Tall-Houses 1570-1630 (email Matt Davis at matthewdavis@laingorourke.com)
Dunstan, Vivienne Reading habits in Scotland, c.1750-1820 (email Vivienne Dunstan at viv.dunstan@one-name.org)
Napier, William The patronage and purpose of plasterwork and interior decoration in 17th century Scotland (email William Napier at w.napier@nts.org.uk)
Newland, Kate The Acquisition and use of Norwegian timber in seventeenth century Scotland, with reference to the principal building works of James Baine, His Majesty's Master Wright (email Kate Newland at kate.newland@museumstavanger.no)
Pearce, Michael Sir Robert Drummond of Carnock, Epitaph and Subject (email Michael Pearce at michael.wpearce@scotland.gsi.gov.uk)
Toller, John "Now of little significancy"?: The Convention of Royal Burghs of Scotland 1651-1688 (email John Toller at j.m.toller@dundee.ac.uk)
Wearmouth, Alexis Foreign direct investment in the Calcutta Jute Industry by a Dundonian multinational enterprise - a case study of Thomas Duff, 1872-1896.
Wemyss, Charles A Study of Aspiration and Ambition: the Scottish Treasury Commission and its impact upon the development of Scottish Country House Architecture 1667 - 1682
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