Dr Robert Pirrie WS gave a paper in early April at a Symposium of senior academic historians held at King’s College London in memory of Professor Arthur Burns, one of the two professors who supervised Robert’s PhD. Robert’s paper was entitled Community, Church and King in Scotland, 1746-1830 in which he presented evidence of how church forms of worship, particular occasions of special national worship (thanksgiving days, fasts, special prayers), encouraged communities to see themselves as both Scottish Presbyterian and British. The Symposium was held to co-ordinate contributions to a volume of essays to be published by Boydell & Brewer in honour of Professor Burns. Robert is contributing a chapter to the book.
