Harriet Cornell

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Biography

Harriet completed a PhD in Economic and Social History at the University of Edinburgh,  and her academic work focuses on  power, authority, law and the state in early modern Scotland, including the implications of ‘statecraft’ for the lives of ordinary people. She has previously worked for the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, submitting a successful application to the Heritage Lottery Fund for a Catalyst Funding Endowment Grant. Along with Professor Julian Goodare (Edinburgh) and Dr Alan R. MacDonald (Dundee), Harriet was the recipient of a Carnegie Collaborative Grant for the project, ‘Agriculture and Teind Reform in Early Modern Scotland'. The project’s first book was published by Boydell in April 2024. 

Harriet joined the Law School in 2013, previously working for the Global Justice Academy and then the Political Settlements Research Programme (PSRP).  The Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform, PeaceRep, is a six-year Accountable Grant programme funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. At £19m, PeaceRep is the largest grant in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.

Harriet is on the Steering Group for GENDER.ED and PeaceRep, she holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice from Edinburgh, and she is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Research Interests

Harriet's academic background is in History, having completed a PhD in Economic and Social History at the University of Edinburgh in 2012. Her doctoral thesis, 'Gender, Sex and Social Control: East Lothian, 1610-1640', was funded by the ESRC and awarded the Jeremiah Dalziel Prize in British History in 2012. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology on the Carnegie-funded project, 'Agriculture and Teind Reform in Early Modern Scotland'; and has published in the field.

Teaching

Harriet is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). At PeaceRep, she leads the Transitions Futures Hub project with Laura Wise, which develops and delivers PeaceRep's teaching and training offer. Harriet has taught at all levels as a member of the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology, and is Course Organiser for Ohio University's Edinburgh programme, which runs annually as a study abroad option for honour-roll students.

 

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Education/Academic qualification

Economic and Social History, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Gender, Sex, and Social Control: East Lothian, 1610-1640, University of Edinburgh

Award Date: 29 Nov 2012

Economic and Social History, Master in Science, Gender, Sex, and Social Control in an Edinburgh Parish, University of Edinburgh

Award Date: 29 Nov 2007

History, Master of Arts, (Hons) History, University of Edinburgh

Award Date: 29 Jun 2006

External positions

Fellow, Higher Education Academy

Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

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