Dr John Young

Senior Lecturer

History

Publications

Scotland and Ulster connections in the seventeenth century : Sir Robert Adair of Kinhilt and the Scottish Parliament under the covenanters
Young John
Journal of Scotch-Irish Studies Vol 3, pp. 16-76 (2013)
The Scottish Parliament 1639-61: A Political and Constitutional Analysis
Young John R
(1996)
Monarchs and parliaments in a Scottish context : the Scottish restoration parliament and the reassertion of the royal prerogative of Charles II as King of Scotland
Young John
Ricordo di Antonio Marongiu Giornata di Studio – Roma, 16 Giugno (2013) (2013)
Escaping massacre : Refugees in Scotland in the aftermath of the 1641 Ulster rebellion
Young John
Age of Atrocity. Violence and political conflict in early modern Ireland (2007) (2007)
Charles I and the 1633 Scottish parliament
Young JR
The history of the Scottish parliament parliament and politics in Scotland 1567-1707 (2005) (2005)
The Scottish response to the siege of Londonderry 1689-90
Young John R, Kelly W
The sieges of Derry (2001) (2001)

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Teaching

I teach courses that are mainly focused on seventeenth century and early eighteenth century Scotland. I am committed to research-led teaching as well as the teaching of Scottish history within a wider international context. I have also taught courses here at Strathclyde on Tudor England and Early Modern Europe and I have contributed to other courses on Modern Scottish History and Modern European History. 

Undergraduate teaching

V1202 Scotland 1603-1707: From the Union of the Crowns to the Union of the Parliaments (second year)

V1304 The American West (with Dr Mark Ellis) (third year)

V1337 The Covenanters and the British Civil Wars c.1637-1651 (third year)

V1424 The Covenanters and the British Civil Wars, c.1637-1651 (fourth year honours module)

V1444 The American West (with Dr Mark Ellis) (fourth year honours module)

V1429 & V1430 The 1707 Act of Union in a British and European Context (fourth year special subject)

Postgraduate

MSc Historical Studies

V1966 Scotland and Ulster in the Early Modern North Atlantic World

I am also the Campus Director at the University of Strathclyde for the Fulbright Scotland Summer Institute that we run with the University of Dundee. The Institute runs from 2013-2015 with the theme of Scotland: Identity, Culture and Innovation.

I am the Internationalisation Co-ordinator for the School of Humanities

Since 2009 I have been a member of the Steering Committee of History UK.

I am a trained QAA Subject Assessor and I have been an External Examiner for undergraduate courses at the universities of St Andrews and Glasgow. I am currently an External Examiner for Scottish History undergraduate courses at the Crichton Campus, University of Glasgow, and for taught Masters courses in History at the University of Dundee.

I have been the External Examiner of PhD theses at the universities of Aberdeen, Cambridge, and Ulster.

Research interests

My research is mainly focused on seventeenth century and early eighteenth century Scotland, including the following research areas:

The Scottish Covenanters

Scotland and Ulster

The Scottish Parliament

History of Political Institutions

The 1707 Act of Union.

I have published on all of these topics. My work has been published in France, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and the USA. My research on the pre-1707 Scottish Parliament has been published in the specialised publications of The French National National Assembly and the Parliaments of Catalonia, Poland and Portugal respectively. I have a leading role in the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (ICHRPI) as the editor of the Commission's journal Parliaments, Estates and Representation published by Taylor and Francis.

Professional activities

The Scottish Privy Council Project, 1692-1708 (Event)
Advisor
10/2022
74th conference of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions
Participant
21/9/2022
Tudor and Stuart Ireland 10th annual conference
Participant
19/8/2022
25th British Legal History Conference
Participant
6/7/2022
Recovering Europe's Parliamentary Culture, 1500-1700.
Participant
22/6/2022
Constitutional Acts of Scotland: 1320-2016. And Beyond?
Participant
12/5/2022

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