Tom Turpie

Dr. Tom Turpie is a Lecturer in History at the University of Stirling, specializing in late medieval and early Renaissance Scottish history with focuses on religious and urban history. His research explores how pre-modern Scottish society navigated environmental, religious, and political upheavals, particularly through saints' cults, burgh structures, and responses to plague and climate change.

• Education: BA (Hons) History (University of Stirling, 2005), MSc in Medieval History (University of Edinburgh, 2007), PhD in History (University of Edinburgh, 2011)

Research Interests:

• Cult of saints and religious practice beyond elites
• Medieval and early modern burghs and their international connections
• Impact of climate change, disease, and warfare on pre-modern communities
• Community/public history methodologies

Key Awards: Recognized for teaching excellence in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (multiple RATE Awards 2024-2016), recipient of the Jeremiah Dalziel Prize (2011) and Magnus Magnusson Essay Prize (2011).

Contributions include the Inverkeithing Community Burgh Survey (Highly Commended Marsh Award 2021) and co-authored publications on Scotland's medieval parish churches and saints' cults. Engages in public history through projects like the Fife Pilgrim Way and burgh surveys, emphasizing heritage's role in community wellbeing.