Kat Hill

Dr Hill is a historian with particular interests in cultural histories of movement, environment, place and belonging. This has ranged from thinking about religious radicalism in the early modern world to global Mennonite migrations from the sixteenth to twenty-first centuries. Her current work is an interdisciplinary examination of the history and culture of bothies and mountain shelters in conversation with current debates about environmentalism, rewilding, land use and sustainability. Her work has been supported by grants and awards from the British Academy, the AHRC and the Leverhulme, including a Leverhulme Leadership Award. Her publications include the prize-winning book Baptism, Brotherhood and Belief (OUP 2015) and articles in numerous journals including Past and Present and German History. Recently she published a piece in Arcadia entitled ‘Golden Grains: Environmental Implications of Mennonite Migration to Kansas in the Late Nineteenth Century’ and has just completed forthcoming book called Bothy: In Search of Simple Shelter on the history and contemporary culture of mountain bothies (out spring 2024 with William Collins). She is also a Community Engagement officer for Highlands Rewilding.