Dr Andrew Lind, MA (Hons), MLitt, PhD, FSAScot
Lecturer of Northern Studies
Institute for Northern Studies
Scott's House
Grainshore Road
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1FL
- andrew.lind@uhi.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1856 569 309
Biography
Dr Andrew Lind undertook his undergraduate, masters and PhD research at the University of Glasgow, before joining INS in 2021. His thesis explored and examined the various manifestations of Scottish Royalism during the British Civil Wars (c.1638-1651), offering a radical reinterpretation of the ideological appeal and strength of the Royalist cause in Scotland. Andrew has disseminated his research widely in peer-reviewed journals and edited collections, including papers in the Journal of Northern Renaissance, Chris Langley’s (ed) The National Covenant in Scotland, 1638-1689 (Woodbridge, 2020) and Matthew Ward and Matthew Heffernan’s (eds) Loyalty to the Monarchs of Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain, c.1400-1688 (Basingstoke, 2020). In addition to his academic outputs, Andrew has contributed to a number of knowledge exchange and public impact projects, including work with the Scottish Association of the Teachers of History (SATH), as well as television appearances on BBC Scotland’s ‘Blood of the Clans’ (2020) and Sky History’s ‘River Hunters’ (2021).
Andrew is currently co-writing ‘His Majesty’s Loyal Subjects’: The Scottish Royalist Armies of the British Civil Wars, 1639-1654 with Dr Edward Furgol (Montgomery College, Maryland), which will be published by Helion & Company in 2024. Additionally, he is working on a monograph, based upon his ongoing research into Scottish Royalism.
Professional Memberships:
- Early Career Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (2023-present)
- Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (2022-present)
- Trustee of the Orkney Heritage Society (2022-present)
- Fellow of the Renaissance Society of America (2021-present)
- Honorary Council Member of the 1st Marquis of Montrose Society (2020-present)
Research Interests
A historian of early modern Europe, Andrew is a specialist on the British Civil Wars and has research interests in the broader political, religious and military history of early modern Britain, Ireland and Northern Europe. He has a particular interest in the changing relationship between the Highlands and Islands and the developing Scottish state during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In addition, Andrew has worked on several projects which have examined the ways in which history and heritage inform modern identities and understandings of the past.
Andrew welcomes any opportunities for collaboration with colleagues interested in the same areas.
Academic Responsibilities
Academic Responsibilities
Acting Head of PGR Studies
Dr Lind currently oversees all postgraduate research students within the Institute for Northern Studies. If you are thinking about applying to do an MRes or PhD with INS, feel free to contact Andrew to discuss it.
Research Seminars
Dr Lind is the organiser and chair of the Institute for Northern Studies’ Public Seminar Series. If you would like to present your research at the seminar series, please feel free to contact Andrew directly.
MLitt Modules
- INS MLitt Dissertation Module
- Discovering the Past: Introduction to Interdisciplinary Research Methods
- Scotland’s Story I: Mesolithic to Medieval [w/ Dr Oisín Plumb]
- Scotland’s Story II: Medieval to Modern
- Visualising the Vikings: The Vikings in Popular Culture
- Research Degree Supervision
Publications
Publications
Monographs
With Edward M. Furgol, ‘His Majesty’s Loyal Subjects’: The Scottish Royalist Armies of the British Civil Wars, 1639-1654 (Helion & Company, 2024).
Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters
Andrew Lind, ‘Battle in the Burgh: Glasgow during the British Civil Wars, c.1638-1651’, Journal of Northern Renaissance 12 (2021).
Andrew Lind, ‘Royalism, Resistance and the Scottish Clergy, c.1638–41’, in Chris Langley (ed.), The National Covenant in Scotland, 1638-1689 (Woodbridge, 2020), 125-144.
Paul Goatman and Andrew Lind, ‘Glasgow and the National Covenant in 1638: Revolution, Royalism and Civic Reform’ in Chris Langley (ed.), The National Covenant in Scotland, 1638-1689 (Woodbridge, 2020), 39-52.
Andrew Lind, ‘’You may take my head from my shoulders, but not my heart from my soveraigne’: Understanding Royalist Allegiance during the British Civil Wars, c.1638-1651’, in Matthew Ward and Matthew Hefferan (eds.), Loyalty to the Monarchs of Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain, c.1400-1688 (Basingstoke, 2020), 211-230.
Other Publications
Andrew Lind ‘Orkney’s Forgotten War: The Royalist Occupation, 1649-1650’, The Orcadian (14 July 2022).
Andrew Lind, ‘A Gaelic Civil War? – Iain Lom and the Civil War in the Highlands and Islands’, Venture Faire 22 (2017), 3-7.
Book Reviews
Andrew Lind (2021), Miscellany of the Scottish History Society XVI (Woodbridge, 2020), iii + 403 pp. ISBN978-0-906245-45-3. Studia Celtica Fennica.
Andrew Lind (2017), Murdo Fraser, The Rivals: Montrose and Argyll and the Struggle for Scotland (Edinburgh, 2015), vii + 280pp. ISBN 978-1-78027-306-8. Scottish Society for Northern Studies 48, 82-85.
Andrew Lind (2016), Sharon Adams and Julian Goodare (eds), Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions (Woodbridge, 2014), xiv + 253 pp. ISBN 978-1-84383-939-2. Scottish Archives 21, 133-135.
Selected Talks & Conferences
Selected Talks & Conferences
January 2023 – ‘Orkney and the Carbisdale Campaign, 1649-1650’, interview on BBC Radio Scotland’s Time Travels.
May 2022 – ‘'By the Power of the Sword' - Orkney and the Carbisdale Campaign, 1649-1650’, UHI Centre for History, Inverness.
March 2022 – ‘Abjured – Royalism and Episcopacy in Scotland during the British Civil Wars, c.1638-1651’, On the Margins and in the Middle: Negotiating the Local, the Regional, the National, and the International in Early Modern Europe, c.1400-c.1650, The Renaissance Society of America, Dublin.
July 2021 – ‘Where Power Lies: Contesting Authority in Scotland during the British Civil Wars’, keynote paper at the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies’ Postgraduate Conference, ‘Conflict, Rebellion & Popular Protest’, University of Glasgow.
May 2021 – ‘‘Bad and Evill Patriotts’ – Royalism in Scotland during the British Civil Wars, c.1638-1651’, invited speaker at the 1st Marquis of Montrose Society’s AGM.
January 2018 - ‘‘You may take my head from my shoulders, but not my heart from my soveraigne’: Understanding Royalist Allegiance during the British Civil Wars, c.1638-1651’, Loyalty to the British Monarchs, c.1400-1688, University of Nottingham.
October 2017 - ‘Battle in the Burgh: Conflict within the community of Glasgow during the British Civil Wars (c.1638-1651)’, The Communities and Margins of Early Modern Scotland, University of Glasgow.
January 2017 - ‘Banishing the Last Stereotype: Scottish Royalism and the British Civil Wars, 1639-1651’, The Future of Early Modern Scottish Studies, University of St Andrews.