Who Were the Jacobites and what did they want for Scotland?

This month’s video lecture was presented in May 2018, in Dundee, and was organised jointly by the Centre for Scottish Studies and History Scotland. In it, two speakers propose differing views of the motivation and intentions of the Jacobites, and their arguments and discussion gives us a deep insight into those difficult times which we still find so fascinating today.

Prof Murray Pittock, FRSE, is the Bradley Professor of Literature at the University of Glasgow where he is also Pro Vice Principal (Special Projects). He is a cultural historian with a wide range of interests ranging across Jacobitism, Romanticism, Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Irish Studies and many others. He has worked in Universities in Scotland and England and held visiting appointments in Dublin, Prague and New York. He has published at least 16 books and edited many more.

Prof Christopher Whatley is Professor of Scottish History at the University of Dundee. His research interests include the economic history of Scotland, Scotland and the Union, Scots society and economy in 18^th and 19^th centuries and also Scottish Literature. He also has written several books including “Scottish Society 1707-1830: Beyond Jacobitism, towards industrialisation”.