Dr Jenny Wormald was a prolific historian, whose insightful and impassioned publications on early modern power and society left an indelible impact on the field of Scottish history. Organised by the Scottish Historical Review Trust, this new lecture series will commemorate Dr Wormald's influential work and enduring legacy.
PROFESSOR ELIZABETH EWAN (University of Guelph, Ontario) will deliver the third annual Jenny Wormald lecture: 'Feuding in the Streets? Gender, Crime, and Conflict in Scottish Towns, c. 1500-1600'
About the speaker: Elizabeth Ewan is University Professor Emerita at the University of Guelph and Visiting Professor at the University of the Highlands and Islands. Following a PhD in Scottish History at Edinburgh University, she taught at the University of Western Ontario, University of Victoria, British Columbia and the Centre for Scottish Studies, University of Guelph. In 2006, she was awarded a University Research Chair in History and Scottish Studies. Her research focuses on gender, urban history and crime in late medieval and early modern Scotland. Publications include Townlife in Fourteenth-Century Scotland (1990), plus numerous co-edited works: Women in Scotland c.1100-c.1750 (1999); The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women (2006; 2018); Finding the Family in Medieval and Early Modern Scotland (2008); Children and Youth in Premodern Scotland (2015); Nine Centuries of Man: Manhood and Masculinities in Scottish History (2017).
University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre - Accessibility: https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/arc/accessibility/
