About me
Stephen completed his undergraduate and Masters degrees at Stirling before going on to complete his PhD at Northumbria University in Newcastle in 2014. He was worked in the early modern period but has since largely settled in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In addition to previous spells working at Stirling, he has taught at Northumbria University, Newcastle University, Durham University, and at the Centre for History at the University of the Highlands and Islands.
Stephen is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Stephen has conducted research across Britain and the US and has published on Anglo-American relations and politics. His 2018 book with Edinburgh University Press - The Pilgrims Society and Public Diplomacy, 1895-1945 - focuses on propaganda, cultural diplomacy, and networking between British and American elites in the first half of the twentieth century. Stephen also has developing research interests in the historical cultural and political connections between Scotland and the US and is currently working on the transatlantic histories and historiographies of Glasgow and New York. He has published on these topics - and others - including with the Journal of Transatlantic Studies and History Scotland. Stephen was the 2013 winner of the Transatlantic Studies Association's Donald Cameron Watt Prize.
Teaching
Stephen coordinates the following modules:
HISU9B6: From Glasgow to New York - A Modern History of the World's Greatest Cities.
HISU9X5: History Dissertation Preparation for Combined Degrees.
HISU9X8: History Dissertation in History for Combined Degrees.
In addition to dissertation supervision, Stephen also has teaching responsibilities on HISU9S3: Reputations in History, HISU921: The Making of Modern Britain, and HISU9X4: Back to the Future - Putting History and Heritage to Work.
He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy