2022

Do you sometimes think your phone has replaced your brain? Find out if that's possible with Dr Miranda Anderson at the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas, part of the Fringe Festival on 7 August.

Do you sometimes think your phone has replaced your brain? Find out if that's possible with Dr Miranda Anderson at the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas, part of the Fringe Festival, on 4 August.

This workshop will bring together postgraduate and early-career researchers from across the UK and the EU to share their research in the field of modern Spanish history and establish vital future networks.

The First Millennia Studies Group announces a day seminar to take place on 11 July at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.

This graduate conference will take place on Friday 7 July, in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh.

The Joint Conference of the Second World War Network (Scotland) and the Second World War Research Group will take place 9-10 June, 2023 at the University of Edinburgh.

The Varieties of Urbanism, Settlement Dynamics and Climate Change Workshop will take place at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology from 2 to 3 June, 2023.

Professor Roland Fletcher will deliver the Munro Lecture, 'Past futures: Why the past really matters', on 30 May, 2023.

This Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies Conference will take place at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology on 25 and 26 May, 2023.

Professor Clark Spencer Larsen will deliver this Munro lecture on 18 May, 2023.

Applications are invited for the University of Edinburgh’s First Annual Graduate Student Conference on Economic and Social History, to be held on 7 July, 2023. The deadline for submissions is 14 May, 2023.

This national event will discuss how we might promote collaborations amongst scholars working on global history topics in Scottish universities.

The Second World War Studies Network (Scotland) will host a series of virtual coffee mornings, and invite postgraduate researchers in the field of Second World War studies to join us for monthly informal hours of conversation and connection.

The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures (CGIF) explores the complexities of Indigenous life, ingenuity and identity in order to imagine futures in which Indigenous people are thriving.

The 2023 Lecture in the History of Slavery was delivered by Professor Brenda Stevenson.

In this public lecture, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Official Historian, George Hay, will explore the 'Empire of the dead – the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Scotland, and the birth of modern commemoration'. With the Second World War Studies Network (Scotland).

Professor Deborah A. Thomas will deliver the next Munro Lecture on 6th April, 2023.

The next Fennell Lecture will be delivered by Professor Julia Laite on 'Like the Ruins of a World: Britain’s ‘oldest colony’ and the making and remaking of place'.

The second Online Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival will take place 9-12 March 2023.

The School is delighted to announce the inaugural lecture of Professor Mirko Canevaro, Professor of Greek History.

The School's 2023 International Women's Day events will be on 'Women film-makers and histories of women's activism'.

We invite proposals for a workshop with Professor Brenda Stevenson on Slavery and Family. The workshop will provide a supportive space for PhD students, and those who have recently submitted their PhDs, to present and receive feedback on chapters or detailed dissertation research proposals relating to any aspect of the theme of Slavery and Family.

The event focuses on Roman letters from Cicero to Sidonius, and on the relationship of author, addressee, and audience. Each speaker will introduce either an individual letter or a small dossier of related letters for discussion.

The Joint Conference of the Second World War Network (Scotland) and the Second World War Research Group will take place in June, 2023. The The deadline for proposal submissions is 17 February, 2023.

The School's 2023 LGBTQ+ History Month Lecture will be given by Professor Zoë Playdon on 17 February.

Come along and find out about a variety of archaeological fieldwork opportunities from the university, archaeological companies, and others.

The European Association of Archaeologists 2023 Annual Meeting will take place in Belfast, and the call for papers is open until 13 February 2023.

Join Dr Andrew Lawrence as he outlines the main political trends and historiographical frameworks which shape Swiss archaeology.

Proposals for papers for the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies’ Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Conference, to be held in Edinburgh in July 2023, are invited.

The conference is a collaborative venture between the University of Leiden and the University of Edinburgh, held in person in Leiden and on Zoom.

The Theoretical Archaeology Group conference TAG 43- 'Revolutions', will take place - for the first time - at the University of Edinburgh in December, 2022.

The second Online Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival will take place 9-12 March 2023. The deadline for submissions is 1 December 2022.

The School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh is proud to host the third event in the Fennell Forum series, generously supported by alumnus Simon Fennell. 

How do historians study people? Join Emeritus Professor of History Julian Goodare to find out.

The Second World War Network (Scotland) invites you to an evening celebrating Scottish war poetry.

The Second World War Studies Network (Scotland) will host a series of virtual coffee mornings, and invite postgraduate researchers in the field of Second World War studies to join us for monthly informal hours of conversation and connection.

In commemoration of Julius Nyerere, Dr Ng’wanza Kamata will deliver the lecture ‘Julius Nyerere and the crisis of expectations after Tanganyika’s Independence’.

Join our information session to learn more about our MSc in History (online learning).

Join our information session to learn more about our MSc in Ancient Worlds (online learning).

Dr Paige West reflects on 10 years of 'doing anthropology differently' in collaboration with a non-governmental organization in Papua New Guinea.

The School of History, Classics and Archaeology is delighted to host Professor Hakim Adi for the Scottish launch of his new book as part of Black History Month.

CANCELLED - Unfortunately, this event has had to be cancelled at this time.

Join Professor Richard Overy to mark the publication of what is being called his 'magnum opus'.