My name is Brenna Barks and I am a fashion and art historian, and material culturist, focusing on Scotland, predominantly the “long” eighteenth century. I graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2010, with an MSc in History, Theory and Display. I hope to begin my PhD in January 2026, looking at Jacobite women and their clothing, and the depiction of both in popular culture from 1745 to today.

I blog various trips and elements of my research, and a list of my publications are available on my Publications page. Please see my contact page to reach me.