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
Jun 19 2025 -

Edinburgh 900: 'The Festival in the 60s'

Join Dr Angela Bartie, Senior Lecturer in Scottish History, for this lecture as part of the celebrations to mark 900 years of the city of Edinburgh.

Further information
Jun 18 2025 -

'Byzantine authorial manuscripts: Typology, terminology, methodisation'

This workshop takes its cue from two authorial/autograph manuscripts in Edinburgh’s small but fine collection of medieval Greek (Byzantine) manuscripts.

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May 30 2025 -

3rd Online Athens-Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival

The 3rd Online Athens-Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival will take place 30-31 May, 2025.

Classics Festival Further information
May 21 2025 -

Cfp: Workshop on Emotions and Scottish History

This Workshop aims to bring together scholars with interests in or around the intersections of emotions history and Scottish History to share ideas across periods and approaches, to reflect on common themes and methods, and to discuss further possibilities for research and discussion.

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May 15 2025 -

Material Scotland: Stana Nenadic Memorial Conference

Celebrating the career and legacy of Prof Stana Nenadic (1954-2024), ‘Material Scotland’ is a two-day conference showcasing existing, new and emerging strands of research in Scottish material and visual culture and historical contexts.

History Further information
May 09 2025 -

1945/2025 - Reflections on the Second World War

This one-day colloquium marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

History Research Further information
Apr 30 2025 -

Cfp: 'A Viking in the sun 3: Multi-ethnicity in 11th-century armies from the Mediterranean and beyond'

After Iceland and Turkey, the third annual symposium of the Viking in the Sun project will take place in Siracusa, Italy, on 13-16 November 2025.

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Apr 22 2025 -

'Shifting Fortunes in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages' - Programme and Registration

The programme for the 6th International Graduate Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies has been announced. Register now!

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Apr 06 2025 -

Cfp: 3rd Online Athens-Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival

The 3rd Online Athens-Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival will occur 30-31 May. The deadline for submissions is 6 April, 2025.

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Mar 27 2025 -

Munro Lecture: 'Soldiers and kings: Survival and hope in the world of human smuggling'

The next Munro Lecture will be given by Professor Jason De León.

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Mar 20 2025 -

Fennell Lecture 2025 - 'Slaves in Pictures: The visual business of the trade in France, Egypt, Haiti and the Ottoman Empire'

The 2025 Fennell Lecture will be given by Professor Eve Troutt Powell, University of Pennsylvania.

Alumni Fennell Lecture History Lecture Further information
Mar 14 2025 -

IWD 2025: 'Mythica – Finding the real women behind Greek myth: A conversation'

The School's International Women's Day event is with Emily Hauser, author of the upcoming book 'Mythica: A new history of Homer’s world'.

Classics Event International Women's Day Further information
Mar 13 2025 -

John Bannerman Lecture - Professor Deborah Hayden

'Medical practitioners in the Medieval Gaelic world: Myth and history’

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Mar 11 2025 -

'Dogs, ticks, monsters, madmen: The role(s) of the demagogues in the Ancient Greek class struggle'

The first lecture of the new UKRI/ERC Class Struggle in Ancient Greek Democracy project, directed by Professor Mirko Canevaro, will be given by Professor Matt Simonton (Arizona State University).

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Mar 03 2025 -

LGBTQ+ History Month: 'Portable closets: Secrets and lives in queer Britain since gay liberation'

The School of History, Classics, and Archaeology is pleased to host a lecture by Professor Matthew Cook (Oxford University) for our annual LGBTQ lecture.

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Feb 28 2025 -

CFP - 'Shifting Fortunes 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 6th International Graduate Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies, which will take place 22-23rd April, 2025.

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Feb 07 2025 -

CFP - 'Material Scotland'

Celebrating the career and legacy of Professor Stana Nenadic (1954-2024), ‘Material Scotland’ is a two-day conference (15-16 May) that will showcase existing, new and emerging strands of research in Scottish material and visual culture and historical contexts.

Further information
Feb 05 2025 -

UK Class in Classics Report – One Year On

February 2025 will mark a year since the publication of the UK Class In Classics Report 2024. This online panel event, run by the Institute of Classical Studies, will provide an opportunity to assess the impact the report is having in the discipline.

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Feb 04 2025 -

Justin Arbuthnott Lecture 2025: 'Women and work in modern Ireland'

This year's Justin Arbuthnott Lecture will be given by Professor Ciara Breathnach, Professor of Irish Gender History, University College Cork.

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Nov 24 2024 -

Hybrid - 'Neophytos Enkleistos’s Testamentary Typikon: Manuscript, text(s), contexts'

Celebrate the restoration of the University's Neophytos the Recluse's testamentary typikon with this two-day workshop around this unique manuscript and its author.

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