University of Stirling

The Cultural Paradigms of British Imperialism in the Militarisation of Scotland & North America, 1745-1775

Academic History:

2014–Present PhD Candidate in History – University of Stirling

2011-2012 MSc in Historical Studies at the University of Strathclyde

2007-2011 BA (Hons) in History at the University of Strathclyde

Supervisors:

Dr Colin Nicolson The University of Stirling  

Dr Matthew Ward The University of Dundee

Research Interests:

I’m interested in the interconnecting spheres of 18th Century Scottish History (especially Jacobitism), British Imperialism & British North America. I am particularly interested in the cultural attitudes that were driving imperialism in the 18th Century. As such I am interested in issues including militarisation, pacification, backcountry violence, interactions between the imperial elite and indigenous peoples, frontier living & cultural interactions.

Previous Research Projects: 

• ‘United Against Rebellion? Reaction to the atrocities committed in the Highlands in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden’ 
• ‘The ’45 and British Colonial Policy: A survey of British Colonial Policy in the Americas, 1746-1775, with consideration given to the effect of the Jacobite rising of 1745-46 on British policy’

Scholarships:

2014 – AHRC DTP Scholarship

2012 – Carnegie-Cameron Postgraduate Scholarship

Awards:

2016 - European Association of American Studies, Transatlantic Grant

2016 - David Library of the American Revolution Fellowship

2016 - Santander Award

2016 - Royal Historical Society, Research Expenses Grant

2016 - Canada-UK Foundation, Travel Award

2015 - Society for Army Historical Research, University Research Grant, Major Award

2015 - Eccles Centre at the British Library, Postgraduate Fellowship

2011 - Thomas Telford Prize for best history undergraduate at the University of Strathclyde

Contact Details:

Address: Department of History and Politics, Room 29A, Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA

Email: nicola.martin1@stir.ac.uk

First published: 1 October 2014