Murray Pittock MAE FRSE is Pro Vice-Principal and Bradley Professor at the University of Glasgow and Scotland’s leading cultural historian. A prize lecturer for both the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the British Academy, in 2020, he was elected to the European Academy for his work on Scotland in a global context. His work has changed our understanding of the nature of Scottish history, culture and the cultural economy. His works include Enlightenment in a Smart City (2019, book of the year award), Culloden (2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, History Today Book of the Year choice), Material Culture and Sedition (2013, Saltire History Book of the Year shortlist), The Myth of the Jacobite Clans (1995, 1999, 2009), The Reception of Sir Walter Scott in Europe (2007, 2014), The Reception of Robert Burns in Europe (2014), Robert Burns in Global Culture (2011) and Robert Burns and the Scottish Economy (2020). He has held visiting appointments in Dublin, New York, Notre Dame, Prague, Yale and elsewhere and contributes to the media internationally, acting also as consultant and royal commentator. He is general editor of the £1M Collected Works of Allan Ramsay, funded by UK Research and Innovation and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and is co-Chair of the Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (www.saha.scot), a Trustee of the National Trust for Scotland and sits on the advisory board of http://www.nise.eu/, which brings together research on nationalism in Europe.

Events participated in:

Scotland: A Global History: Watch Murray Pittockas he unpicks Scotland’s global history and infuence with William Dalrymple. (2022)

Jacobite Uprisings: 1715-2015: Catherine Muller Stuart introduces historians Professor Murray Pittock and Geoffrey Baskerville as they consider the Jacobite uprising and its impact on Scotland today. (2015)