Postgraduate Virtual Open Week, 16-20 March, 2020

If you're considering postgraduate study in History, Classics or Archaeology you can join Graduate Officers and a current postgraduate student in interactive sessions to find out more.

As part of the University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Virtual Open Week you can find out about studying History, Classics and Archaeology whether through taught or research programmes. Each session comprises a presentation on the programmes and a live and interactive question and answer opportunity. There will be a specific session with the School of History, Classics and Archaeology's Senior Student Ambassador, who is a current postgraduate student within the School.

See below for the School's individual sessions and information on how to register for them.

Upcoming events

Event date
Oct 07 2026 -

Inaugural Lecture - Professor Emile Chabal

Professor Chabal's inaugural lecture will be, 'Age of identity: Democracy and difference in contemporary Europe'.

Event History Inaugural Lecture Staff Further information
Jun 04 2026 -

Justin Arbuthnott Lecture 2026 - 'Ireland's Pope: Cardinal Paul Cullen and the making of Irish Catholicism'

This year's Arbuthnott Lecture will be given by Professor Colin Barr (University of Notre Dame).

Arbuthnott Lecture History Lecture Our community Further information
Jun 03 2026 -

Conference: 'Divine anthropomorphism in ancient cultures'

This conference investigates divine anthropomorphism as a cultural, religious and literary phenomenon.

Classics Conference Research Further information
May 28 2026 -

AHGN Graduate Conference - 'Asia in the global context'

The Asian Histories Graduate Network (AHGN) conference will explore Asia within the global framework and examine how historical narratives are shifting to place Asia at the centre.

Conference History Postgraduate Students Further information
May 26 2026 -

'Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat'

This screening is in collaboration with Filmhouse and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. It will have a short introduction and be followed by a Q&A with historians of Cold War and cultural diplomacy.

History Further information
May 26 2026 -

Inaugural Gaukroger Lecture - Professor Sorana Corneanu

The Inaugural Gaukroger Lecture will be on 'The art of thinking: Towards a new practice turn in the intellectual history of early modern logic'. Hybrid.

Event History Lecture Further information
May 20 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'.

Event History Inaugural Lecture Staff Further information
May 18 2026 -

International Graduate Conference - 'Institutional identities in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages'

The 7th International Graduate Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies, will take place 18-19 May, 2026.

Classics Conference History Postgraduate Research Students Further information
May 14 2026 -

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.

Archaeology Conference Further information
May 12 2026 -

'Crossing Currents': History PGR Conference 2026

This hybrid conference will feature current postgraduate researchers in History at the University of Edinburgh.

Conference History Postgraduate Students Further information
May 11 2026 -

International migration and intercultural communication: A cross-disciplinary student congress

A student-led interdisciplinary congress on international migration and intercultural communication.

Conference Event History Students Further information
May 07 2026 -

Munro Lecture - 'Bangladesh and the (Im)Possibility of Climate Justice'

Professor Naveeda Khan will present the next Munro Lecture 'Bangladesh and the (Im)Possibility of Climate Justice'

Archaeology Lecture Munro Lecture Research Further information
May 06 2026 -

Were the Ancient Egyptians just like us?

Join Dr Zsuzsanna Vegh, Tutor in Ancient Egyptian Language, to find out more.

Archaeology History Lecture Research Further information
Apr 01 2026 -

Cfp: International migration and intercultural communication: A cross-disciplinary student congress

A student-led interdisciplinary congress on international migration and intercultural communication.

Call for papers Conference Event History Students Further information
Mar 26 2026 -

John Bannerman Lecture 2026 - Professor Fiona Edmonds

'Dál Riata and Northumbria, c. 700‒1000: Connections and comparisons'. Hybrid.

Bannerman Lecture Event History Lecture School of History, Classics & Archaeology Further information
Mar 20 2026 -

Cfp - 'Institutional identities in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages'

Edinburgh's Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies (CLAIBS) is pleased to announce the call for papers for the 7th International Graduate Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies, which will take place 18-19 May, 2026.

Call for papers Classics Conference History Postgraduate Research Students Further information
Mar 19 2026 -

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.

Equality, diversity and inclusion Event History International Women's Day Lecture School of History, Classics & Archaeology Further information
Mar 12 2026 -

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'.

Archaeology Event Lecture Munro Lecture Further information
Mar 11 2026 -

Charles Gordon Mackay Lecture - Professor Angelos Chaniotis: 'Cavafy as a historian of the Post-Classical World'

Professor Chaniotis is the 2026 Charles Gordon Mackay Lecturer in Greek.

Classics Event Lecture Leventis Further information
Mar 09 2026 -

'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.

Archaeology Classics Event Staff Further information

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