The School of History, Classics and Archaeology has a taught Master's programme drawing on the expertise of the scholars of the Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies and others within the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, MSc in Diaspora and Migration History. This is a one-year degree which provides, potentially, a qualification for embarking on a PhD.
The MSc by Research in History and the PhD / MPhil in History also provide opportunities to study topics related to Diaspora and Migration.
Initial enquiries about graduate study should be emailed to pg.shc@ed.ac.uk.
Scholarships
Two PhD scholarships are attached to the Centre. The McFarlane PhD Scholarship and the Scottish Government PhD Studentship.
Diaspora Studies Graduate Workshop
The interdisciplinary Diaspora Studies Workshop launched by the Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies in 2009 is open to all MSc and PhD students working in the field of diaspora and migration.
Diaspora Studies Graduate Workshop – further details
Current Students
PhD
Ms Sonia Baker MSc, Edinburgh: 'Scots in eighteenth century Grenada: a study of the life and times of Ninian Home (1732-1795), plantation and slave owner - family, friends, networks and other connections’
Charles Bradford Bow BA, Texas A&M University; Joint MSc, Strathclyde & Central Michigan University: 'The End of the Scottish Enlightenment in the Transatlantic Context: Moulding Moral Men in the Thought of Dugald Stewart and Samuel Stanhope Smith'
Ms Lindsey Flewelling MPhil, Cambridge: 'Ulster Unionism and America, 1880-1920'
Ms Sarah McCaslin (McFarlane scholar) MSc, Edinburgh: '"Great Gathering of the Clans": Scottish Clubs and Societies in Scotland and America, 1750-c.1850'
Oisin Plumb (McFarlane scholar) MSc, Edinburgh: 'Swimming
Against the Tide? - Early Medieval Migrants from Scotland to Ireland'
David Ritchie MSc, Edinburgh: 'Irish Immigration and Scotland: Church, State and Catholicism 1921 - 1926'
Dr Mario Varricchio MA, Padua; PhD, Florence: 'From the Mother Country: English, Scottish, and Welsh Immigrants to the United States, 1850-1940'
MSc in Diaspora and Migration History
Dylan Clark BA(Hons), Boston College
Joe Henry BA(Hons), Liverpool
Claire Johnston MA(Hons), St Andrews
Megan Nicholson BA, California State University, Long Beach
Iain Watson BA(Hons), Open University
Former Students
PhD
Matthew Dziennik, PhD, 2011: 'The Fatal Land: War, Empire, and the Highland Soldier in British America, 1756-1783'
David Hesse, PhD, 2011: 'Warrior Dreams: Playing Scotsmen in mainland Europe'
MSc by Research in History
Ms Sonia Baker MSc, 2010: 'Scottish Planters in the British West Indies, c.1760-1840'
Ms Sarah McCaslin MSc, 2010: '"Most harmonious agreeable and happy corporation in the B[ritish] Kingdom": Scottish Patriotism in Eighteenth Century Scottish Clubs and Societies'
|
