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Research Projects

Major Projects

The History Programme currently hosts three major projects with large research awards.

Image of American Wagons From Peaceable Kingdom to Wild West (AHRC Research Project awarded 2006) is led by Dr Matt Ward.
Dr Matthew Ward of the History programme recently won a prestigious five-year AHRC research grant to research violence on the American frontier. The American frontier invokes an image of 'cowboys and Indians,' and widespread violence and turmoil. Read more about the Amerian frontier project →

 

 

Image of Dumfries tolbooth Scottish Towns and Urban Society in the Age of the Enlightenment c.1745 - 1820 (AHRC Research Project awarded in 2007) is led by Professors Christopher Whatley and Charles McKean
Scottish towns changed dramatically during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. They grew in size, and altered in character. Read more about the Scottish Towns project →

 

 

Image of Jute Workers Jute and Dundee: managing industrial decline (Leverhulme Research Project awarded 2008) being conducted by Prof Jim Tomlinson and Dr Carlo Morelli.
The Leverhulme Trust in 2008 awarded £129,000 for a three year project on 'Jute and Dundee: the management of industrial decline'. Read more about the Jute Industry project →

 

Part-Funded Projects

In addition, members of staff are undertaking a number of other part-funded projects, including:

Image of Civil Rights movement An Oral History of Humanism in Britain, Ireland, Canada and USA (started 2009) being conducted by Professor Callum Brown.
The project is exploring the rise of modern humanist sentiment and movements in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ireland, USA and Canada, set in the context of rapid religious change. Read more about the History of Humanism project →

 

 

Image of Dundee Docks A History of Dundee (started 2004) by Professors Jim Tomlinson and Chris Whatley.
This project traces the evolution of Dundee from wealthy renaissance port and second city of Scotland to international textiles manufacturer and trader.
Read more about the History of Dundee project →

 

 

Image of people swimming A History of Everyday Life in Scotland (started 2006) led overall by Professor Chris Whatley (Dundee) and Dr Elizabeth Foyster (Cambridge), and led on the twentieth-century by Professor Callum Brown (Dundee)
Examines the ordinary, routine, daily behaviour, experience and beliefs of Scottish people from medieval times until the present day. Read more about the Scottish Life project →

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