LSUE's Dr. Taylor Participates In American Revolution Event at British Embassy

Photo - Dr. Michael Ray Taylor (center) speaks during the discussion session during an engagement at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C.

 

EUNICE, La. – LSU Eunice faculty member Dr. Michael Ray Taylor was a guest speaker recently in a lecture and discussion session exploring Scotland’s connections to the American Revolution at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. 

The lecture, hosted by Scottish Government USA, entitled “Aberdeen and the American Revolution: Lives and Afterlives” featured Professor Michael Broan, Chair in Irish and Scottish Enlightenment History at the University of Aberdeen.  Dr. Taylor joined Professor Brown for a panel discussion and audience question-and-answer session.

Dr. Taylor recently completed his doctorate in history at the University of Aberdeen, who was co-host of this speaking engagement.

Some of the distinguished guests for the October 28 engagement included Scottish Government Minister-Counsellor to the United States John Devine.

Dr. Taylor has been part of the LSU Eunice faculty for more than two years, teaching multiple historical survey courses while conducting research on the intellectual history of colonial America and the British Isles.  He has published several articles with University Edinburgh Press, Aberdeen University Press, Routledge, and Eighteenth Century Scotland.