Jack Abernethy

I completed my PhD in October 2024, with a thesis entitled 'Scottish Military Involvement in the Dutch Revolt, c.1570-1609.' My research focused on Scotland's military relationship with the emerging Dutch Republic and placed Scottish involvement within wider European diplomacy and warfare. I am more generally interested in early modern warfare on land and at sea, piracy and privateering, British migration to Northern Europe and I am active within these fields.

In addition to my PhD research, I have been an administrator and editor on the University of St Andrews' Scotland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe Database (SSNE) since 2018, where I have created or updated nearly 500 biographies. In addition to managing the SSNE's Low Countries entries, I created and manage the SSNE's social media accounts. I am the current book reviews editor for The Mariner's Mirror, the international quarterly journal of the Society for Nautical Research (ISSN: 0035-3359) and a member of the journal's editorial board. I am also currently involved as a research assistant on The European Fiscal-Military System, 1530-1870 project at the University of Oxford, where I am an associate member of the Faculty of History. 

My teaching duties have included:

ME1006: The Kingdom of the Scots, c.900-1707 (tutor and lecturer)

MO1007: The Early Modern Western World, c.1450-c.1770 (tutor)

MO2008: Scotland, Britain and Empire, 1500-2000 (tutor and lecturer)

HI5203: Key Issues in Economic and Social History (tutor)

If you would like to contact me regarding book reviews in The Mariner's Mirror, please email [email protected].