Fall 2025 OLLI Digital Catalog 

Early Modern Scotland (G514)

G – History

This course surveys Scottish history from the Protestant Reformation in the 1560s to the death of Scotland’s most beloved author, Walter Scott. Through primary source readings and discussion, we will learn how Scotland emerged from its reputation as England’s backwater neighbor to stand at the forefront of Enlightenment thought. Please join this exploration through Scotland’s unique historical landscape—lochs and glens included—to discover how Scotland’s capital became the “Athens of the North.”

This course is taught by a University of Delaware graduate student through the new UD OLLI Scholars program.

This offering meets for a total of 5 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Pamela Ahern

PAMELA AHERN — Pamela is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Delaware and is trained in history, anthropology and museum studies. She is currently working on her dissertation titled “The Marian Moment in Scottish Historiography, 1754-93” which investigates representations of Mary Queen of Scots in the Scottish Enlightenment.

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