Activities per year
Personal profile
Biography
As Senior Archivist, Jan's main responsibilities include managing the archives which involves accessions, preservation, arranging, listing and developing access to the collections. She supervises the archive's volunteers and trainees and working closly with colleagues, develops the Archive's outreach and public engagement programme. Jan also teaches undergraduate and postgraduate workshops and classes across the sciences, humanities and the arts.
Education/Academic qualification
Unknown, Diploma in Archives & Records Management
Award Date: 19 Dec 2006
Doctor of Philosophy, The Maidservant and the Female Labour Market in late Victorian and Edwardian Dundee
Award Date: 9 Jul 1998
Master of Arts, MA (Hons) Modern History
Award Date: 14 Jul 1994
Prizes
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Stephen Fry Public Engagement Awards, Commendation
Mains, Susan (Recipient), Merchant, Jan (Recipient) & Kingsley, Christine (Recipient), 13 Jan 2023
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Kirkton Young at Heart - Photographs discussion 1
Jan Merchant (Presenter) & Shabnam Wasim (Organiser)
21 Feb 2023Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar
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Kirkton Young at Heart - Photographs discussion 2
Jan Merchant (Presenter) & Shabnam Wasim (Organiser)
14 Mar 2023Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar
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The Big Back Garden: From Our Park to Yours
Susan Mains (Organiser), Jan Merchant (Organiser) & Christine Kingsley (Organiser)
1 Mar 2022 → 1 Mar 2023Activity: Other activity types › Funding - grants and income which support research related activities
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The Big Back Garden
Susan Mains (Recipient), Jan Merchant (Recipient) & Christine Kingsley (Recipient)
Mar 2022 → Mar 2023Activity: Other activity types › Funding - grants and income which support research related activities
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Health Outreach Programme: Boomerang collaboration
Shabnam Wasim (Member), Jan Merchant (Member), Edward Small (Member) & Sharon Kelly (Member)
2021 → …Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar
Press/Media
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Memories of Dundee’s Baxter Park showcased in exhibition
12/07/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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School pupils invite public to explore Dundee’s ‘big back garden’
29/09/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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How well do you know Baxter Park?
Susan Mains, Jan Merchant & Christine Kingsley
28/09/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research