Margaret Macdonald vividly remembers the excitement of studying in the young department of Mediaeval History in the 1960s… and explains why, after a career in school teaching, she decided to come back to do a PhD.…
Lynne Peabody graduated with a MA in Modern History in 2006. Working in the sustainability and social change sector for more than two decades, she currently leads the EY Foundation.
Amanda DeGiorgis graduated with a PhD in Medieval History in 2008. She is currently a classified reference librarian at the Los Alamos National Lab, where she works with records cataloguing the history of the Manhattan…
Seona Robertson graduated with a MA Honours degree in Mediaeval History in 1972. After post-graduate research in Florence and creating a film archive, Robertson has devoted her career to television in the UK and…
Elaine Fulton graduated with a MA in Modern History in 1997, an MLitt in 1998, and a PhD in History in 2003. She has spent more than two decades as an educator at the University of Birmingham. Elaine Fulton spent “an…
Elspeth King (1949-2025) graduated with a MA in Mediaeval History in 1971. Working at museums in Glasgow, Dunfermline, and Stirling, King was central to redefining the preservation of public heritage and social history…
Alex Walmsley graduated with a MA Honours degree in Modern History with International Relations in 1993, and then stayed to complete a PhD in Modern History in 1998. She has enjoyed a long career in the defence sector…
Patricia Allan lectured on American history in the Department of Modern History from 1971 to 1973 (while completing her PhD at Glasgow). She subsequently worked in the Law Faculty at the University of Glasgow. She…
Julia Smith first came to St Andrews as a temporary lecturer in 1982-83, and returned as Reader in Mediaeval History in 1995 to 2005. She has also held posts at Sheffield, Manchester, Glasgow and Oxford, as well as in…
Vanessa Harding knew nothing about St Andrews until she arrived on the sleeper at the start of term in autumn 1970. ‘It looked like a nice place to be, and I knew people who were there. It’s the kind of decision you…