Dr Esther Mijers
Areas of interest
Broadly speaking, my main interests are in seventeenth century Britain and the wider world. I am especially interested in Scottish history, the Republic of Letters and the early Enlightenment and the wider European and British Atlantic. My current research focuses on William Carstares and the roots of Scottish moderatism. I also have an on-going interest in the participation of non-English, European and non-national groups in the north-American Atlantic and the Caribbean.
Teaching
Part One (Approaches to History): The Dutch Revolt (c.1570-1590)
Part Two Period: Shaping the Stuart World, 1603-1714
Part Three Topic: The Three Kingdoms in the Williamite Period
Special Subject: People and Idea in the Early Enlightenment. Britain and the Republic of Letters, 1650-1750
MA: The Anglo-Dutch World in the Later Seventeenth Century; Theories of Empire
Research centres and groups
Series editor Politics and Culture in Europe, 1650-1750
Reviews Editor Dutch Crossing. A Journal of Low Countries Studies
I am a member of the EMRC and co-ordinator of the The Williamite Universe and series editor of its accompanying book series.
Research projects
William Carstares. A Political and Intellectual Biography
This project will research the career of the Rev. William Carstares, one of King William III's most important advisors on Scottish ecclesiastical and political affairs, and write his long overdue biography, taking into account the Scottish, Dutch, and English aspects of his career.
Europeanising the 'British' Atlantic
This project aims to address the concept of the 'British' Atlantic in the seventeenth century. It is concerned with (1) the Europeanisation of the Atlantic, in particular the role played by (i) British, or Scottish, as opposed to English; (ii) European; (iii) non-national groups, and (2) the importance of the Caribbean and Central America as an area of European competititon regarding ideas and practices of empire.
Publications
- Mijers, E. (2013) Between empires and cultures: Scots in New Netherland and New York. Journal of Scottish Historical Studies , 33 (2). pp. 165-195. ISSN: 1748-538X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3366/jshs.2013.0076
- Mijers, E. (2012) ‘News from the Republick of Letters’: Scottish students, Charles Mackie and the United Provinces, 1650-1750. Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions , 161. Brill , Leiden. ISBN: 9789004210684
- Mijers, E. and Murdoch, S. (2012) Migrant destinations, 1500-1750. In: Devine, T. and Wormald, J. , (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Modern Scottish History . Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 320-338. ISBN: 9780199563692
- Mijers, E. (2012) Scotland's fabulous past: Charles Mackie and George Buchanan. In: Mason, R. and Erskine, C. , (eds.) George Buchanan: Political Thought in Early Modern Britain and Europe . Ashgate , Farnham. pp. 249-268. ISBN: 9780754662389
- Mijers, E. (2011) Intellectual exchanges and Scottish authors abroad: the Scottish–Dutch trade. In: Brown, S. and McDougall, W. , (eds.) The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 2: Enlightenment and Expansion 1707–1800. , 2. Edinburgh University Press , Edinburgh. pp. 203-209. ISBN: 9780748619122
- Mijers, E. (2011) The Netherlands, William Carstares, and the reform of Edinburgh University, 1690-1715. In: Feingold, M. , (eds.) History of Universities. Volume XXV/2. Oxford University Press , UK. pp. 111-142. ISBN: 9780199694044
- Mijers, E. , eds. (2010) Editorial of special issue. In: Mijers, E. , (eds.) Dutch Crossing: A Journal of Low Countries Studies , 34 (1). pp. 3-4. ISSN: 1759-7854 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1179/030965610X12634710163024
- van Gelder, M. and Mijers, E. , eds. (2009) Internationale Handelsnetwerken en Culturele Contacten in de Vroegmoderne Nederlanden. Publicaties van de Vlaams-Nederlandse Vereniging voor Nieuwe Geschiedenis Shaker Publishing , Aachen, Germany. pp 108. ISBN: 9789042303744
- Mijers, E. and Onnekink, D. (2007) Introduction. In: Mijers, E. and Onnekink, D. , (eds.) Redefining William III: the impact of the King-Stadholder in international context. Ashgate , UK. pp. 1-14. ISBN: 9780754650287
- Mijers, E. and Onnekink, D. , eds. (2007) Redefining William III: the impact of the King-Stadholder in its international context. Politics & culture in Europe 1650-1750 Ashgate , Aldershot. pp 332. ISBN: 9780754650287
- Mijers, E. (2006) A natural partnership? Scotland and Zeeland in the early seventeenth century. In: Macinnes, A. and Williamson, . , (eds.) Shaping the Stuart world, 1603-1714 : the Atlantic connection. Brill , Leiden, The Netherlands. pp. 233-260. ISBN: 9789004147119
- Mijers, E. (2006) Review of De Herontdekking van het Nederlandse Atlanticum. Transparant , 17 (2). pp. 25-28.
- Mijers, E. (2005) Scottish students in the Netherlands 1680-1730. In: Grosjean, A. and Murdoch, S. , (eds.) Scottish communities abroad in the early modern period. Brill , Leiden. pp. 301-331. ISBN: 9004143068
- Mijers, E. (2005) 'For the cause of religion and [academic] liberty': connected political and academic networks in late 17th-century Utrecht. Dutch Crossing: A Journal of Low Countries Studies , 29 (1). pp. 69-78. ISSN: 1759-7854
- Mijers, E. (2005) The Scottish-Dutch context to the Blaeu Atlas: an overview. Scottish Geographical Journal , 121 (3). pp. 311-320. ISSN: 1751-665X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00369220518737241 (special issue 'Look at Scotland and enjoy a feast for the eyes’)
- Mijers, E. and Stiubhart, D. , eds. (2005) Williamite Scotland. Dutch Crossing , 29. Maney Publishing (1-2). ISBN: 1759-7854
- Mijers, E. (2005) Irish students in the Netherlands, 1650-1750. Archivium Hibernicum , 59 pp. 66-78. ISSN: 0044-8745
- Mijers, E. (2003) Uit Noodzaak, Wetenschappelijke Interesse en Curiositeit. Schotse Theologie Studenten in de Nederlandse Republiek.. Transparant , 14 (2). pp. 12-18.
- Mijers, E. (2003) Minerva, Mars and Mercury. Scotto-Dutch intellectual exchange 1680-1730. Dutch Crossing: A Journal of Low Countries Studies , 26 (2). pp. 197-211. ISSN: 1759-7854