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 Research seminars 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. Cfp: AHGN Graduate Conference - Asia in the global context This is a call for papers for the 2026 AHGN Graduate Conference, which will take place at the University of Edinburgh in May 2026. LGBTQ+ History Month: 'Scottish trans pasts, useable and otherwise' Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month with Dr Sam Rutherford and learn more about the last 150 years of trans history in Scotland. Fennell Lecture 2026 - 'Zombie Monroe: America First tribal nationalism turns toward Latin America' The 2026 Fennell Lecture will be given by Professor Greg Grandin, Yale University. 'Long-term urban change at Aphrodisias: New results from the Place of Palms and Governor’s House' This talk presents preliminary results from excavations at the Place of the Palms and the Governor’s House at Aphrodisias, one of the most significant long-term classical excavations in western Türkiye. Munro Lecture - 'Necropolitics in the collection: From colonial legacy to antiracist futures' Professor Sabrina C. Agarwal will present the next Munro Lecture: 'Necropolitics in the collection: From colonial legacy to antiracist futures'. International Women's Day Lecture - 'Unconsciousness raising: Feminist burnout and psychoanalysis, 1968-1980' The 2026 International Women's Day Lecture will be given by Dr Hannah Proctor. John Bannerman Lecture 2026 - Professor Fiona Edmonds 'Dál Riata and Northumbria, c. 700‒1000: Connections and comparisons'. Hybrid. Cfp: International migration and intercultural communication: A cross-disciplinary student congress A student-led interdisciplinary congress on international migration and intercultural communication. International migration and intercultural communication: A cross-disciplinary student congress A student-led interdisciplinary congress on international migration and intercultural communication. 3rd IRAAR Conference 'Quarries and rock-cut sites through the lens of archaeology' The 3rd International ReseArch group on quArries and Rock-cut sites (IRAAR) conference will take place 14-15 May, 2026. Inaugural Lecture - Professor Jill Burke Professor Burke's inaugural lecture will be, 'The flax, the wasp, the goose, and the cat: The more-than-human Renaissance'. Inaugural Lecture - Professor Emile Chabal Professor Chabal's inaugural lecture will be, 'Age of identity: Democracy and difference in contemporary Europe'. Lecture recordings Some of our guest and inaugural lectures are recorded and are available to watch and listen to online. This article was published on 2024-08-01
