In this next ’History at the Heart’ conversation, we will hear from journalist, writer and radio producer, Jen Stout. Jen has had an outstanding career to date which has taken her from Shetland to Germany, Russia and, most recently, wartime Ukraine, the latter being the subject of her new book, published by Birlinn in May 2024. These are all places where collective and cultural memory and history can merge or else collide. In this online conversation and audience Q&A, Jen will discuss her own perspective on these themes, in conversation with Professor David Worthington, head of UHI’s Centre for History. The event will be delivered from the UHI Centre for History offices in Dornoch, but in order to attend by video, ask questions and provide comments, you will need to do so online from home. It will take place from 1-2pm on Wednesday 11 September.

Initial bookings for the event can be made via EventBrite Once the event is ‘sold out’ there, you can book by emailing me: David.Worthington@uhi.ac.uk. We look forward to seeing you there!

Jen Stout is a Scottish freelance journalist who has covered the war in Ukraine for major outlets including BBC radio, London Review of Books, Prospect, and the Sunday Post. Previously she had jobs in TV and radio with the BBC, and was a local newspaper reporter. Jen specialises in long-form and investigative reporting, and is a regular public speaker and host of debates on topics around politics and journalism. She studied Russian and Sociology at the University of Edinburgh. 

Jen’s work in Ukraine has been shortlisted for prizes by Amnesty International, the Foreign Press Association and the Scottish Press Awards, among others. In 2023 she won a Travelling Scholarship from the Society of Authors, and a Rory Peck Trust bursary in 2022. 

Her debut book about covering the war in Ukraine, Night Train to Odesa, will be published on 2nd May 2024 with Polygon.