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

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.

A.G. Leventis Inaugural Lecture: Professor Barbara Graziosi

Professor Graziosi wears glasses and a blue shirt and stands beside a window, her face illuminated by natural ight.

The School is delighted to announce the inaugural lecture of the 2025 Leventis Professor, Barbara Graziosi.

2025 Annual Lecture in the History of Slavery - Professor Christopher Brown

The 2025 Annual Lecture in the History of Slavery will be given by Professor Christopher Brown on 'The Atlantic Slave Trade and the American Revolution'.

Munro Lecture - 'Contemporary archaeology as a tool for knowing difficult, recent pasts'

The next Munro Lecture will be delivered by Professor Laura McAtackney, Department of Archaeology and Deputy Director of the Radical Humanities Laboratory, University College Cork, Ireland.

Inaugural Lecture - Professor Lucy Grig

A group of women in traditional dresses dance in a circle around a bonfire at dusk, with a glowing moon overhead and village festivities in the background.

Professor Lucy Grig - Professor of the History of Late Antiquity - will give her inaugural lecture on 'A slow history of Late Antiquity'.

Commemorating the dead of the Second World War – CWGC round table

A black and white photograph showing a man looking over a cemetery of white crosses in sand

The Official Historian of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Dr George Hay, will be discussing the findings of the CWGC's second report from their non-commemoration programme, this time focusing on the Second World War.

Fennell Forum: 'The American Revolution at 250'

A crowd gathers at the US Capitol building waving American flags.

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, an expert panel discusses the meaning of the American Revolution. This event will be hybrid.

'Acting with head, heart and hand: Margaret, Queen of Scots (d.1093), and Victorian pioneers in women’s education and advancement'

Portraits of Queen Margaret and Christian Guthrie Wright and Louisa Stevenson, founders of Queen Margaret University

Celebrate the 150th anniversary of Queen Margaret University (QMU) with a special event featuring Dr Bill Aird, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History.

2025 Leventis Conference - Telling Bodies

This year’s A. G. Leventis Conference, held under the auspices of the A. G. Leventis Visiting Professorship in Greek, and forming part of Edinburgh’s biennial series of international conferences on Hellenic studies, will take place 13-16 November 2025.