Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate Society seminars

The Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate Society seminar series offers postgraduate students from Edinburgh and beyond and open forum to present their research, be it complete papers or works-in-progress, to an interdisciplinary audience of peers working with the fields of late antique and medieval studies. We encourage the attendance of anyone who is interested in these fields, irrespective of level of study or membership of the University.

Time and location

Seminars are held at 5-6pm in the Teviot Lecture Theatre, Doorway 5, Old Medical School Building. Workshops are held on the specified date at 3-4:30pm in the Centre for Research Collections, 6th floor, University Library.

Mailing list

If you would like to receive information on LAMPS activities, please send an email to lampsedinburgh@gmail.com

Event schedule

Semester 1, 2025/26

DateSpeakerTitleNotes
Tue 30 SepGeorgi Obatnin (University of Edinburgh)Coins and Consequences: The Impact of Monetised Taxation on Medieval Egyptian Society 
Tue 7 OctJacob Morely (University of Edinburgh)Lombards in the Papal Communication Network: A Quantitative Approach to Regional Recruitment, 1198–1254CMRS Seminar (co-badged by LAMPS), Venue TBC
Thu 9 OctCallum Hendleman and Lucas Butler (University of Edinburgh)Introduction to Greek Medieval Manuscript Culture15:00 – 16:30, Workshop, Centre for Research Collections, Main Library
Tue 21 OctElodie Pascal (University of Edinburgh)Hidden Within: Materiality, Merits and Memory in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture 
Tue 28 OctCourtney Beale (University of Edinburgh)Domestic Monsters: National and Family Identity Destabilized in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus 
Tue 4 NovRik Janssen (University of Edinburgh)Revisioning the History of Ottoman Archery 
Thu 6 NovDr Bryony Coombs (University of Edinburgh)Embodied Knowledge: Experiential Knowledge: Experiential Learning and Manuscript Studies15:00 – 16:30, Workshop, Centre for Research Collections, Main Library 
Tue 18 NovMohammed AlqarawiCharles Doughty’s Travels in Arabia Deserta: Medievalism that Orientalises the English Literature 
Wed 26 NovNeil McClelland (University of Glasgow)Art, Inequality, and the Black Death in NaplesEdinburgh-Glasgow Medieval Seminar Exchange, 17:15, Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, Old Medical School
Tue 2 DecDionysia Toulatou (University of Athens)Three Emperors, One Crown: The Story of the Late Medieval East-West Alliance (1390 – 1437) 
Tue 9 DecThijs Kersten (Radboud University Nijmegen)“Civem nostrum volumnes”: Episcopal Acclamations as a Site of Contention in Late Antique North Africa 

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