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 is an early modern historian and specialist on the British Civil Wars (1638-1655). Andrew’s research focuses on the Scottish Royalist movement, as both a political entity and military force. More broadly, Andrew is interested in the wider political, religious and military history of Northern Europe. Andrew has disseminated his research widely in peer-reviewed books, journals and edited collections, including his co-authored monograph with Dr Edward Furgol, ‘His Majesty’s Loyal Subjects’: The Scottish Royalist Armies of the British Civil Wars, 1639-1655 (2025). In addition, Andrew has written articles, given interviews and recorded lectures on his research for BBC Scotland, Historic and Environment Scotland, Sky History and the Scottish Association of the Teachers of History (SATH).
Andrew is the Programme Leader for Early Modern European Studies (MLitt) and is Acting Head of Postgraduate Research at INS.
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)
- Member of The Renaissance and Early Modern Research Alliance (REMRA) (2021-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 Scotland and Northern Europe. 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
Academic Responsibilities:
Programme Leader for Early Modern European Studies (MLitt)
Dr Lind is the programme leader for the Early Modern European Studies (EMES) MLitt. This means that, aside from teaching on the programme, Andrew is the primary point of contact for current and prospective students. If you are interested in the EMES programme, or would like to find out more, feel free to email Andrew directly. Additional information is available on the INS page, and enrolment details can be found on the central UHI website.
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
• Early Modern Studies: Debates and Practice
• Faith, Fury and Fraternity: The Making of Modern Europe, 1500-1800
• The Wars of the Covenant: Scotland and the British Civil Wars, 1638-1655
• Discovering the Past: Introduction to Interdisciplinary Research Methods
• Scotland’s Story II: Medieval to Modern
• EMES Dissertation
Publications
Publications
Monographs
With Edward M. Furgol, ‘His Majesty’s Loyal Subjects’: The Scottish Royalist Armies of the British Civil Wars, 1639-1655 (Brill, 2025).
Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters
Andrew Lind and Andrew Jennings, ‘Living on the Edge? - Shetland and the HerInDep Project: An Initial Survey’, International Journal of Heritage Studies (2025), 1-19.
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, ‘The National Covenant, 1638’, ‘Covenanter Brass Cannon’, ‘Montrose’s Powder Horn’, ‘The Maiden Guillotine’, and ‘The Jenny Geddes Memorial’ in Andrew Hopper (ed), The Civil Wars in 100 Objects (Alcester, 2025).
Andrew Lind, ‘Fyvie Castle and the British Civil Wars (1639–55)’, National Trust for Scotland (2024).
Andrew Lind, ‘The Scottish Royalist Armies of the British Civil Wars, 1639-1655’, Venture Faire 29 (2024), 4-7.
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 (2023), The Restless Republic: Britain without a Crown (London, 2022), xv + 476 pp. ISBN 978-0-00-828205-9. Studia Celtica Fennica.
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.
TV Appearances
2021 – Historical consultant and invited speaker on Sky History’s ‘River Hunters’ TV documentary – Season 2, Episode 3: Scotland and the Civil War (Inverlochy).
2020 – Invited speaker on BBC Scotland’s ‘Blood of the Clans’ TV documentary – Episode 1: The Year of Victories.
Radio/Podcast Appearances
2025 - ‘Scotland and the British Civil Wars’ for History Extra [forthcoming].
2025 - ‘James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, during the British and Irish Civil Wars’ for the World Turned Upside Down series [forthcoming].
2025 – ‘How significant were developments in Scotland and Ireland in the years from 1637 to the outbreak of civil war in England in 1642?’ for the World Turned Upside Down series [forthcoming].
2023 – ‘Orkney and the Carbisdale Campaign, 1649-1650’, interview on BBC Radio Scotland’s Time Travels.
2021 – ‘Scottish Royalism during the British Civil Wars’, interview on the Pax Britannica Podcast.
Research Projects:
2024-2027 - Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland [co-I], Royal Society of Edinburgh, in collaboration with the National Library of Scotland and the Land Research Group.
2023-2025 - A Pirate’s Life: John Gow, Heritage and a Bottle of Rum [PI], Innovation Voucher (Scottish Funding Council), in collaboration with the J. Gow Distillery.
2023-2026 - Heritage in Depopulated European Areas (HerInDep) [co-I], Arts and Humanities Research Council, in collaboration with Charles University (Czechia) and Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania).
Postgraduate Research Students:
Lynn Campbell [PhD] - ‘Orkney through the lens of the kirk, 1700-1750: a social history’
Padraig O’ Dalaigh [PhD] - ‘The tradition of unbaptised infants’ burial grounds (cillíní/killeens) in South-West Cork’
Nathan MacLennan [PhD] - ‘Royalist ideology and identity in Cromwellian Scotland 1652 –1660'
Lyn Anderson [PhD] - ‘Health services in Shetland 1908-1948: exploring the nature of provision by Shetlands local authorities’
John Leith [MRes} - ‘The Leith Brothers: 1790-1869'
Selected Talks & Conferences
Selected Talks & Conferences
May 2025 - ‘An ‘Armie of Voluntyres’: The Scottish Royalist Armies under Montrose’, invited speaker at the 1st Marquis of Montrose Society’s AGM.
April 2025 - ‘The Battle of Carbisdale’, Culrain & District Community Hall, Caithness.
April 2024 – ‘Living on the Edge: HerInDep Shetland’ (w/ Dr Andrew Jennings) – International St Magnus Conference, Lerwick.
November 2022 – ‘Royalists, Rebels & Clubmen: Orkney and the Carbisdale Campaign, 1649-50’ – Orkney Heritage Society, Kirkwall.
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.