Roslin Kerr
0404865k@student.gla.ac.uk
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1153-2124
Research title: Popular sovereignty in early modern Scotland: constitutional theory and popular consent, 1603-1746
Research summary
My project provides the first integrated study of early modern Scottish thinking on public consent and its relation to the sovereignty of the people. Increased calls for consent arose as Scotland navigated the 1603 regal union, highlighting the need to reassess the role of public engagement in the political transformations of this period.
Supervisors
External supervisors
Dr John Young, University of Strathclyde
Grants
SGSAH AHRS Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship, 2025-2028
University of Glasgow History PGR Symposium event grant, June 2026
Conferences
CSCS PGR Symposium: Scotland Within and Without, 30 April 2025, University of Glasgow (presenting)
Aberdeen Medieval and Early Modern Conference, 25th -26th May 2026, University of Aberdeen (presenting)
University of Glasgow History PGR Symposium: ‘A Kingdom in Perplexity: Visions of Scotland in the 17th Century’, 11 June 2026 (co-organiser and presenting)
From Crisis to the Renewal of Community: Progress, Judgement, and the Return of History, 20th-21st July2026,University of York (presenting)
78th International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (ICHRPI), 1st - 4th September 2026, Barcelona, Spain (presenting)
Teaching
Graduate Teaching Assistant in History 1A and History 1B
