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.

 

Event listing

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Nov 13 2024 -

Inaugural Lecture - Professor Jon Henderson: 'Oceans without History?'

Please join us for the inaugural lecture of Professor Jon Henderson, Professor of Coastal and Marine Archaeology.

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Nov 13 2024 -

Ocean Heritage and Marine Archaeology: Waves of Change

This event aims to explore current trends in marine heritage research and interdisciplinary approaches to understanding historical human interactions with the marine environment.

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Nov 07 2024 -

‘The Remarkable Deliverances of Alice Thornton’

Based on work by the Alice Thornton’s Books Project, Alice Thornton (1626-1707) comes back to life for one night only.

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Nov 01 2024 -

Inaugural Symposium: Modern Greek Studies at Edinburgh

The event will feature a round table discussion of the current challenges and the future perspectives of Modern Greek Studies in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.

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Oct 22 2024 -

History and Games Lab Games Night/Jam

This event is open to students, staff, alumni and their friends. Play our games, bring your own, or discuss and playtest projects.

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Oct 18 2024 -

Black History Month: Dr Rochelle Rowe, 'The Black Woman Modernist Muse in Jacob Epstein's Art, 1915-1959'

Part of Black History Month at the City Art Centre in partnership with the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights.

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Oct 17 2024 -

Munro Lecture - Dr Elizabeth Chin: 'Ethnography, making, and recursive practice'

The next Munro Lecture will be given by Dr Elizabeth Chin on 17 October in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.

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Oct 17 2024 -

2024 Annual Lecture in the History of Slavery - Professor Benedetta Rossi

The next Annual Lecture in the History of Slavery will be given by Professor Benedetta Rossi on 'The problem of African slavery in the age of abolition'.

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Oct 04 2024 -

Alice Thornton and her Digital Edition - Portobello Book Festival

Join the team behind Alice Thornton's Books to discuss Alice Thornton's incredible life and how to make 17th century writing digitally available.

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Oct 03 2024 -

Black History Month: 'Co-curating with care: Exhibiting Caribbean experiences of Edinburgh - the Respect! Project'

The School's 2024 Black History Month event takes place on 3 October.

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Oct 02 2024 -

Inaugural Lecture - Professor Ben Russell: 'Roman sculptors at work'

Please join us for the inaugural lecture of Professor Ben Russell, Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire.

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Sep 24 2024 -

History and Games Lab: Games Night/Jam

This event is open to students, staff, alumni and their friends. Play our games, bring your own, or discuss and playtest projects.

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Aug 23 2024 -

Call of Cthulhu – Live in the Library

Horror! Madness! Secrets! It's Call of Cthulhu, played live on stage at the National Library of Scotland.

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Aug 19 2024 -

Edinburgh 900: 'The kingdom's greatest town: The emergence of late Medieval Edinburgh as Scotland's capital'

Join Professor Steve Boardman, Professor of Medieval Scottish History, for this lecture as part of the celebrations to mark 900 years of the city of Edinburgh.

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Aug 13 2024 -

Edinburgh 900: 'City of David?'

Join Dr Emily Joan Ward, Lecturer in Medieval Scottish History, for this lecture as part of the celebrations to mark 900 years of the city of Edinburgh.

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Jul 17 2024 -

AI, history and historians: A panel discussion

An online discussion and questions, organised and introduced by Dr Adam Budd, the Royal Historical Society's Secretary for Education.

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Jun 20 2024 -

2024 Economic and Social History Graduate Conference (Hybrid)

The second annual Graduate Conference in Economic and Social History will take place on 20 June, in Edinburgh.

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Jun 15 2024 -

The Prehistoric Society Europa Conference 2024

This hybrid conference - 'Inhabiting temperate Europe in the 4th–1st millennia BC' - honours the achievements of Professor Ian Ralston, Emeritus Abercromby Professor of Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh.

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Jun 08 2024 -

17th-century picnic with Alice Thornton's Books

Enjoy a book picnic: with talks on writer, Alice Thornton (1626 -1707), by Kate Foster (author of 'The Maiden' and 'The King's Witches' and guided walks.

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May 23 2024 -

Fennell Lecture: Professor Sherene Seikaly - 'The matter of time: Race, catastrophe, and Palestine' (ONLINE)

Following the lessons of a ghostly ancestor, named Naim Cotran, this talk begins in Sudan in 1916 and ends in Lebanon in 1951. This option is for online access.

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