Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The History Subject Area at the University of Edinburgh has over 75 full-time academic members of staff, covering a large and diverse range of research interests from the Fall of Rome to contemporary indigenous social movements in Latin America.
Our historians come together in the two research centres based in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology: Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History and the Edinburgh Centre for Global History. We are also partners in the Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. A strong and vibrant set of research groups also brings together academic staff and postgraduates for collaboration, discussion and debate. Subjects covered include economic and social history, history of science, medicine and technology, intellectual history, Irish history, material culture, political history and Scottish history.
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Profiles
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Talat Ahmed
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology - Senior Lecturer
- History
Person: Academic: Research Active
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Thomas Ahnert
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology - Personal Chair of Intellectual History
- History
Person: Academic: Research Active
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Bill Aird
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology - Senior Lecturer
- History
Person: Academic: Research Active
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Archbishop Hraban Maurus, Lothar II and the Roman Army
West, C., 30 Mar 2026, Autorité de l’évêque – Autorité de l’écrit / Autorität der Bischöfe – Autorität des Wortes: Études en hommage à Geneviève Bührer-Thierry / Beiträge zu Ehren von Geneviève Bührer-Thierry. Jens, S., Rosé, I., Martine, T., Lienhard, T., Joye, S. & Audebrand, J. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 167-174 (MittelalterStudien; vol. 36).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Religion, race, and the limits of progress in the global histories of William Robertson
Ahnert, T., 24 Feb 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: History of European Ideas.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Beauty, ugliness, and ideas of difference: Sara Baartman, Fanny Eaton, and black women’s performance of beauty in the nineteenth-century city
Rowe, R., 19 Feb 2026, Cultural History of Beauty in the Age of Empire. Clark, J. P. & Deslandes, P. (eds.). Bloomsbury Academic, 30 p. (Cultural History of ...).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Activities
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology Centre for Medieval Studies Seminar
Raccagni, G. (Invited speaker)
Apr 2026Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Performative Blackness and Black Histories in Scotland
Rowe, R. (Invited speaker)
19 Mar 2026Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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CAST: Convegno di Archeologia, Storia e gioco da Tavolo – III EDIZIONE
Raccagni, G. (Invited speaker)
14 Mar 2026Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Prizes
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Bill Douglas Cinema Museum Visiting Researcher Stipend
McDowall, S. (Recipient), Nov 2025
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
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British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship
Watson, E. (Recipient), 1 Oct 2024
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
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Lomography in Leith
Halstead, H. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/25 → …
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation
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Datasets
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Autun List of Local Churches, c. 1000
West, C. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 17 Jul 2024
DOI: 10.7488/ds/7774
Dataset
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ARTIC RSV amplicon sequencing reveals global RSV genotype dynamics
Maloney, D. (Creator), Fernandes, G. (Creator), Jasim, S. (Creator), Williams, T. (Creator), Namugenyi, S. (Creator), Carr, M. (Creator), Meyer, J. R. (Creator), Sharma, A. (Creator), Marshal, L. (Creator), Nunley, B. E. (Creator), Xie, H. (Creator), Carvajal, M. (Creator), Kunerth, H. D. (Creator), Tanmoy, A. (Creator), O'Toole, Á. (Creator), Weixler, A. (Creator), Lanter, K. (Creator), Gonzalez, G. (Creator), Sereewit, J. (Creator), Guevara, R. (Creator), Loose, M. (Creator), Fanning, P. M. (Creator), Benítez, D. (Creator), Fernandez, J. C. (Creator), Cárdenas, P. (Creator), Hare, D. (Creator), Greninger, A. (Creator), Williams, T. (Creator), Nebbai, G. (Creator), Fries, A. C. (Creator), McClure, P. (Creator), Roychoudhury, P. (Creator), Wang, X. (Creator), Saha, S. (Creator), Dewar, R. (Creator), Templeton, K. (Creator), Rambaut, A. (Creator), Sarah, N. (Creator), Mateo, C. (Creator), Amelia, W. (Creator), Gabrial, G. (Creator), Rommel, G. (Creator), Padraic, F. M. (Creator), Carlos, F. J. (Creator), Paúl, C. (Creator), Daniel, H. (Creator), Alex, G. (Creator), Patrick, M. (Creator), Pavitra, R. (Creator), Xiong, W. (Creator), Senjuti, S. (Creator) & Rebecca, D. (Creator), Zenodo, 3 Jun 2025
Dataset
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Komon Sajb'ichil
Flores Aguilar, A. (Creator) & Gibbings, J. (Creator), Edinburgh DataVault, 6 Feb 2024
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Press/Media
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Off-screen Consultant for 'A House Through Time' (BBC documentary series)
23/10/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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