Professor Emeritus Sir Tom Devine, historian of Scotland, in conversation with Dr Anna Groundwater.

Tom Devine has written or edited around 45 books and over 100 academic articles on Scottish history and related subjects in the period since c.1600.

He has held professorial chairs at Strathclyde (where he was also Deputy Principal), Aberdeen and Edinburgh, where he is currently Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography Emeritus, the oldest and most prestigious professorship in the field.

Throughout his career he has won many prizes and honours, including the only historian knighted ‘for services to the study of Scottish history' and the sole university humanities scholar awarded the Royal Medal, Scotland’s top academic accolade, which was inaugurated in 2000 by HM Queen Elizabeth II.

Several of Tom Devine’s books have become international best sellers as he has long tried to combine thorough historical research on key issues with reader accessibility. He also contributes regularly to the media both at home and abroad on historical, political and ethical topics.

This interview will be conducted by Dr Anna Groundwater, Principal Curator, Renaissance and Early Modern History, the National Museum of Scotland and author of Scotland Connected: A Timeline For Scottish History.

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