Jack Abernethy

Jack Abernethy is a Research Fellow at the School of History at the University of St Andrews and an Associate Member of the Faculty of History at the University of Oxford. He is also the Book Reviews Editor for The Mariner's Mirror and a member of its editorial board. His academic journey includes completing a PhD on Scottish military involvement in the Dutch Revolt (2024), an MSt on the Scots-Dutch Brigade (2020), and an MA in Scottish History (2019).

• PhD, University of St Andrews (2024)
• MSt, University of St Andrews (2020)
• MA, University of St Andrews (2019)

Jack specializes in early modern land and naval warfare, piracy/privateering, and British migration to Northern Europe. His work contextualizes Scottish military engagement within broader European diplomatic and fiscal-military systems, with significant contributions to databases like the Scotland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe Database (SSNE) and editorial work for nautical research journals.

His research output includes 15 publications, with recent articles and book reviews focusing on the Eighty Years' War, maritime art, and naval conflicts. These works highlight intersections between military history, cultural studies, and European diplomacy.

• Alan Robertson Memorial Prize (2018)
• British Commission for Maritime History Undergraduate Prize (2018)
• Deans' List, University of St Andrews (2018, 2019)
• First Prize: Pike and Shot Society's Bill Braham Memorial Essay Contest (2020)

Jack contributes to academic networks through managing the SSNE database's Low Countries entries and social media, collaborating on the European Fiscal-Military System, 1530-1870 project at Oxford, and participating in conferences and media engagements on Scottish-Dutch military connections.