Research areas
I completed my PhD in October 2024, with a thesis entitled 'Scottish Military Involvement in the Dutch Revolt, c.1570-1609.' My research focused on Scotland's military relationship with the emerging Dutch Republic and placed Scottish involvement within wider European diplomacy and warfare. I am more generally interested in early modern warfare on land and at sea, piracy and privateering, British migration to Northern Europe and I am active within these fields.
In addition to my PhD research, I have been an administrator and editor on the University of 58吃瓜' Scotland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe Database听(SSNE)听since 2018, where I have created or updated nearly 500 biographies. In addition to managing the SSNE's Low Countries entries, I created and manage the听SSNE's social media accounts. I am the current book reviews editor for听, the international quarterly journal of the Society for Nautical Research (ISSN: 0035-3359) and a member of the journal's editorial board. I am also currently involved as a research assistant on project at the University of Oxford, where I am an associate member of the Faculty of History.听
My teaching duties have included:
ME1006: The Kingdom of the Scots, c.900-1707 (tutor and lecturer)
MO1007: The Early Modern Western World, c.1450-c.1770 (tutor)
MO2008: Scotland, Britain and Empire, 1500-2000 (tutor and lecturer)
HI5203: Key Issues in Economic and Social History (tutor)
If you would like to contact me regarding book reviews in The Mariner's Mirror, please email reviewseditor@snr.org.uk.听
Selected publications
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Abernethy, J., 2 Dec 2025, In: Mariner's Mirror. 111, 4, p. 484-485
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Book/Film/Article review
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Abernethy, J., 12 Jun 2025, De Tachtigjarige Oorlog in Europse ogen: de internationale geschiedenis van een nationaal verhaal. Fagel, R. P. & Rodri虂guez Pe虂rez, Y. (eds.). Amsterdam: Boom uitgevers, p. 75-90
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
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Abernethy, J., 2 May 2025, In: Mariner's Mirror. 111, 2, p. 230-231
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Book/Film/Article review
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Abernethy, J., Dec 2024, In: Scottish Historical Review. 103, 3, p. 533-535
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Book/Film/Article review
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Abernethy, J., 25 Oct 2024, In: Mariner's Mirror. 110, 4, p. 487-488
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Book/Film/Article review
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Abernethy, J., 1 Jul 2023, In: Journal of Military History. 87, 3, p. 803-805 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Book/Film/Article review
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Abernethy, J. S., 1 Feb 2023, In: Mariner's Mirror. 109, 1, p. 19-37 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Abernethy, J., 2023, In: Northern Studies. 54, p. 94-96 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Book/Film/Article review
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Open access
Abernethy, J., 29 Nov 2023, In: British Journal for Military History. 9, 3, p. 136-138 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Book/Film/Article review
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Abernethy, J. S., 1 Aug 2022, In: Scottish Historical Review. 101, 2, p. 349-351
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Book/Film/Article review
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