Postgraduate research students

My research examines the archaeological and palaeoenvironmental history of Scottish peatlands under the care of the National Trust for Scotland. This is done by using a tripartite methodology based in Assemblage Theory, examining the perceptions of and activities associated with peatlands, evidenced through material evidence for depositional and extractive behaviour, intangible heritage such as social history and folklore, and the impact of such actions on the peatlands themselves, drawn from paleoenvironmental proxy records. Through the study of Coleoptera sub-fossils, I intend to use a novel more-than-human approach to constructing narratives of past upland land environments, weaving together people, places, plants and animals to demonstrate the importance of these wetlands to a vast array of actors both in the past and the current anthropogenic climate and biodiversity crises.

• Professor Nicki Whitehouse

AHRC (SGSAH) A Cultural and Natural History of Scottish Peatlands 2024-2028

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies Seedcorn Grant 2025

SGSAG Engagement Fund 2025

Univeristy of Glasgow RTSG (AHRC) 2025

Later Prehistoric Finds Group Annual Symposium 2024: Transitions

Amcotts Woman: An Enchanting Tale

Lindow Man 40th Anniversary Conference, Manchester

'Fragments of These Enchanted Garments'

Later Prehistoric Finds Group Annual Symposium 2023: Leading the Way

‘Fragments of These Enchanted Garments’: Relic Taking and The Grewelthorpe Bog Body’s Clothing

EAA23 Weaving Narratives, Belfast

Enchanted Garments- Spinning Tales of Bog Bodies (Professor Melanie Giles, Univerity of Manchester)

Prizes

Society for Medieval Archaeology 2024-25 Philip Rahtz Award