The Centre hosts a seminar series which takes place throughout the academic year and is open to staff, students and the general public Semester 1 2025/26 Please check below for times, dates and venues. Please note that speakers without affiliations indicated are the University of Edinburgh.DateSpeakerTopicTime and VenueFri 26 SepPhilippe Buc (Leiden University)Buddhadharma, rajahdarma, regnum, sacerdotium: Some Comparisons between Medieval Japan and Western Medieval Europe (Denys Hay Lecture)5:15pm, Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Doorway 4Tue 7 OctJacob MorleyLombards in the Papal Communication Network: A Quantitative Approach to Regional Recruitment, 1198–1254 (co-badged with LAMPS)5:15pm, Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, Old CollegeFri 10 OctElise WatsonWomen’s labour and Renaissance Women as Transnational Publishers (Renaissance Discussion Group)1-2pm, Room 3.52, Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI)Mon 13 OctAnthi Andronikou (University of Glasgow)The Peregrinations of a Crusade King in Italian Material Culture, 1362–1368 (Byzantine Studies Seminar)5:10pm, LG.09, 40 George SquareTue 14 OctJohn Arnold (University of Cambridge)The Social Dynamics between Priests and Laity in southern France, c. 1100-13005:15pm, LG.11, 40 George SquareThu 23 OctAlex Woolf (University of St Andrews)From Irish Province to English Fief: The Making of the Scottish Kingdom (co-badged with the Scottish History Seminar)5:15pm, Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Doorway 4Tue 28 OctCMRS Reading GroupA discussion of Lyndal Roper, 'Emotions and the German Peasants' War of 1524-6' available here5:15pm, G.10, Old Medical School, Doorway 4Thu 6 NovNicole CummingAnimals, the Environment and the ‘Protestant’ Worldview in Seventeenth-Century Scotland, c.1600-1660 (co-badged with the Scottish History Seminar)5:15pm, Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Doorway 4Fri 7 NovLuke HoughtonPublio Francesco Modesti's Venetias (The Venetiad) (1521) (Renaissance Discussion Group)1-2pm, Room 3.52, Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI)Tue 11 NovAlejandro Pombo Rial (University of Salamanca)Local Priests and Family Monasteries in Early Medieval North-Western Spain5:15, 5:15pm, LG.11, 40 George SquareThu 20 NovAndrew Simpson (University of Aberdeen)The Earliest Surviving Version of the Leges et Consuetudines Quatuor Burgorum: Fresh Perspectives (co-badged with the Scottish History Seminar)5:15pm, Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Doorway 4Wed 26 NovNeil McClelland (University of Glasgow)Art, Inequality, and the Black Death in Naples (Edinburgh–Glasgow Medieval Seminar Exchange) (co-badged with LAMPS)5:15, Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Doorway 4Tue 2 DecCMRS Reading GroupTo be circulated by email nearer the dateTBCFri 5 DecTBCTBC (Renaissance Discussion Group)1-2pm, Room 3.52, Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) Further information Please contact the convenors if you have any questions. Dr Mike Carr's staff profile Dr Kate Ash-Irisarri's staff profile Follow the School of History, Classics and Archaeology Instagram Bluesky Facebook Find out what else is onThe School of History, Classics and Archaeology offers an exciting programme of seminars across many subjects areas. Visit the research seminars website to find out what else is happening. Research seminars and events calendar This article was published on 2024-08-01