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.

February 2025 will mark a year since the publication of the UK Class In Classics Report 2024. This online panel event, run by the Institute of Classical Studies, will provide an opportunity to assess the impact the report is having in the discipline.

An embroidered map of Scotland

Celebrating the career and legacy of Professor Stana Nenadic (1954-2024), ‘Material Scotland’ is a two-day conference (15-16 May) that will showcase existing, new and emerging strands of research in Scottish material and visual culture and historical contexts.

A golden mosaic showing the figure of Christ, trees and animals

Edinburgh’s Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies (CLAIBS) is pleased to announce the call for papers for the 6th International Graduate Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies.

A: young beardless flute-player wearing a long sleeved chiton and a shord tunic - side B: rhapsode (poet reciting), standing on a bema; inscriptions: on the bema: KALOS EI; text of the poem: HODE POT EN TYRINTHI - production place: Athens - painter: Kleophrades Painter (later) - period / date: late archaic, ca. 490-480 BC - material: pottery (clay) - height: 46,9 cm - findspot: Vulci - museum / inventory number: London, British Museum Cat. Vases E 270 - bibliography: John D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-P

The first lecture of the new UKRI/ERC Class Struggle in Ancient Greek Democracy project, directed by Professor Mirko Canevaro, will be given by Professor Matt Simonton (Arizona State University).

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.

A stone Celtic cross against a blue sky

'LEIGHEAS: Language, education and medical learning in the premodern Gaelic world'.

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.