Graeme Morton (historian)
Graeme Morton is a Scottish academic historian who has occupied the Chair of Modern History at the University of Dundee since 2013. Career. Morton completed a master of arts degree (MA) in economic and social history and sociology in 1989, and a doctorate of philosophy (PhD) at the University of Edinburgh in 1993; his doctoral thesis was entitled "Unionist-nationalism: the historical construction of Scottish national identity, Edinburgh, 1830–1860". He lectured at Edinburgh from 1992 until 2004, when he was appointed to the inaugural Scottish Studies Foundation Chair at the University of Guelph; while in this post , he was Director of the university's Centre for Scottish Studies. In 2013, he returned to Scotland as Professor of Modern History at the University of Dundee; he remains an Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Guelph. Research. Morton's research interests include Scottish national identity and nationalism (including the significance of William Wallace), as well as the urban history of Scotland, and civil society and associational activity. His published works include: