The Sixteenth Century in the Highlands

Friday, 5th July 2024. University of the Highlands and Islands Main Campus, Inverness. IV2 5NA

Society of Highland & Island Historical Research

Provisional programme

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• 9.00‐9.30 registration, coffees and refreshments.
• 9.30‐9.45 ‘Housekeeping’, Chairman’s introductions and opening remarks: Professor Ewen Cameron, University of Edinburgh.

Followed by 11 papers, each of 25 minutes. These are grouped into 4 sessions. At the end of each session, there is a 15 minute period for questions and answers. Coffees/teas etc will be provided in the morning and afternoon breaks and luncheon catering provided during the hour and a quarter mid-day break.

Session 1. 9.45‐11.15

• David Caldwell. Independent Scholar. — James V and Islay — the archaeological dimension. (9.45‐10.10)
• Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart, University of the Highlands & Islands (UHI). — Witchcraft troubles and trials and Clan Munro at the end of C16th. (10.10‐10.35)
• Alan Macquarrie, Hon. Research Fellow, University of Strathclyde. — The reforms of Roderick Maclean in the diocese of the Isles in the 1540s. (10.35‐11.00)
• 11.00‐11.15 Questions/discussions
• 11.15‐11.35 Break

Session 2. 11.35‐1.05.

• Alison Cathcart. Professor, Stirling University. — ‘The scattered isles in the polar ocean’? Scotland and the isles in the early modern period. (11.35‐12.00)
• Allan MacInnes, Emeritus Prof. of History, Strathclyde University — The Rise of the Slate industry: 1490‐1625. (12.00‐12.25)
• David Worthington, Professor + Head of the Centre for History, University of the Highlands & Islands (UHI), — ‘The ane in the west, and the vther in the northe’. Spanish interventions in the Highlands and Islands 1588‐1633. (12.25‐12.50)
• 12.50‐1.05 Questions/discussions

1.05‐2.20 Lunch

Session 3. 2.20‐3.50

• Elizabeth Ewen (Canada), University of Guelph and UHI — Inverness burgh court records in the 16th Century. (2.20‐2.45)
• Ronnie Black — The Dewar MSS as a source for Sixteenth-Century Highland History. (2.45‐3.10)
• Katharina Pruente, University of Stirling — The Earls of Argyll in the 16th Century: using network analysis to study early modern clan structures. (3.10‐3.35)
• 3.35‐3.50 Questions/discussions
• 3.50‐4.10 Break

Session 4. 4.10‐5.15

• Aonghas MacCoinnich. University of Glasgow. ‘Thus do the tryb of Clankenzie become great in these parts’. The rise of the Clan Mackenzie, c. 1540‐1604. (4.10‐4.35)
• James Petre, ICE, University of Cambridge — ‘The chiefest persons of the west isles’? The MacDonalds of Glengarry and Clan Donald North in the 16th Century, c. 1539‐1602. (4.35‐5.00)
• 5.00‐5.15 Questions/discussions and Chairman’s concluding remarks
• 5.15 Disperse

All catering (teas/coffees etc at the morning and afternoon breaks) and lunch, will be provided in the University. This is included in the delegates’ fee of £30. In order to book a place, please make contact with James Petre

While delegates needing overnight accommodation may wish to make their own arrangements, it will be possible to book student accommodation in the University

If you would like this, please make contact with James Petre