University of Stirling

The Young Scottish Reader in the Long Eighteenth Century

Academic History:

2014-Present PhD English Studies - University of Stirling

2013-2014 MRes Humanities, Distinction - University of Stirling

2009-2012 BA (Hons) English Studies, First Class - University of Stirling

University Supervisors:

Dr Katie Halsey

Dr Bethan Brenwell

Research Interests:

My research examines evidence of childhood reading practices in eighteenth-century Scotland in the form of library borrowers' records, school records, letters and diaries. Using this approach, I hope to construct a picture of what reading materials children and young people were accessing in Lowland Scotland in the long eighteenth century.

History of Reading; History of Education; History of Childhood; Children's Literature; Book History; Scottish Enlightenment; Romanticism

Scholarships:

University of St Andrews Library Visiting Scholarship 2016

Postgraduate Merit Scholarship, University of Stirling 2013-2014

Publications:

Maxine Branagh-Miscampbell; Eliza O'Brien; Matthew Ward; Paul Whickman; Chrisy Dennis (2016) Literature 1780-1830: The Romantic Period', The Year's Work in English Studies 95(1), 2016

Forthcoming Publications:

Maxine Branagh-Miscampbell, 'The School Library and Childhood Reading in Lowland Scotland, 1750-1850', The Edinburgh History of Reading: A World Survey from Antiquity to Present in two volumes, eds. Mary Hammond and Jonathan Rose, (2019)

Maxine Branagh-Miscampbell, 'Mary Brunton' The Ashgate Research Companion to Romantic Women Writers eds. Ann R. Hawkins and Maura Ives, (2017)

Contact details:

Email: maxine.branagh@stir.ac.uk

Website/Blogs: maxinebranagh.co.uk

First published: 1 October 2014