Events

The School supports a wide and varied programme of events, from lectures and seminars to film screenings and workshops. They are all - unless otherwise stated - free and open to everyone who wishes to attend.

You can find details of events which have already taken place in our archive.

Events archive

Forthcoming events

See our full calendar of events taking place across the School or view individual seminar schedules by topic.

Events calendar

Our events calendar offers a day-by-day overview of what is happening in the School.

Waves of Change with logos

This event aims to explore current trends in marine heritage research and interdisciplinary approaches to understanding historical human interactions with the marine environment.

HCA Jon Henderson

Please join us for the inaugural lecture of Professor Jon Henderson, Professor of Coastal and Marine Archaeology.

Bringing together experts on policy and communications, gender and party politics, American political history, and grassroots political activism, this roundtable offers a range of perspectives on the 2024 US presidential election.

A view of Okjokull, Iceland

The second Munro Lecture will be given by Professor Þóra Pétursdóttir on 21 November in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.

Neophytos Enkleistos’s Testamentary Typikon

Celebrate the restoration of the University's Neophytos the Recluse's testamentary typikon with this two-day workshop around this unique manuscript and its author.

A group of men lean over a sign saying come out

The School of History, Classics, and Archaeology is pleased to host a lecture by Professor Matthew Cook (Oxford University) for our annual LGBTQ lecture.

Join Dr Angela Bartie, Senior Lecturer in Scottish History, for this lecture as part of the celebrations to mark 900 years of the city of Edinburgh.

Some of our guest and inaugural lectures are recorded and are available to watch and listen to online.