The formal launch of the Scottish Privy Council Project database took place at the University of Stirling on 24 October 2024. Below is a recording of that event. The website itself can be accessed here: https://spcr.ac.uk/
The Scottish Privy Council Project is pleased to announce the formal launch event of the online database of the Privy Council records for the period 1692-1708. Book your place here.
Recently, the entire project team travelled to Paris and participated in the 74th ICHRPI (International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions) Conference, which was held between the magnificent Assemblée Nationale and the beautiful Conseil d’État. It was a great privilege to present our work at these amazing government venues and to be addressed
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Dr Laura Doak I was fascinated by early modern Scotland from the earliest stages of undergraduate study. Building on this interest, I completed my PhD at the University of Glasgow in 2020, with a thesis titled ‘On Street and Scaffold: The People and Political Culture in Restoration Scotland, c.1678-1685’. My thesis examined various cultural practices
The first workshop for the Scottish Privy Council project will be held at the University of Stirling on the last week of October 2021 (precise dates TBC). The workshop will be a chance to explore the wide-ranging role of the Scottish Privy Council, particularly but not exclusively in the period 1692-1708. Proposals for 20-minute papers
Our PI, Dr Alastair Mann, recently gave an extended paper at Forum Romanum, the seminar group at the Department of Legal History, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade. The topic was ‘Scotland the Good European? Continuities of Representation and Union for a Small Peripheral Nation‘. You can find a full recording of the session here:
From its inception, the Scottish Privy Council Project was always intended, in part, as a vehicle for fostering the next generation of historians. To that end, we set out to recruit two PhD students, one based at each of the partner institutions (University of Stirling and University of Dundee). After a competitive selection process, we