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
Apr 06 2022 -

Dr Donncha O'Rourke: W.B. Stanford Memorial Lecture series

Dr Donncha O'Rourke, Senior Lecturer in Classics, will deliver the 2022 W.B. Stanford Memorial Lecture series at Trinity College Dublin.

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Apr 04 2022 -

Leverhulme Trust lecture, 'An Age of Civil Wars: Europe, 1912-49'

The 2022 Leverhulme Trust lecture was delivered by Professor Robert Gerwarth (UCD) on 'An Age of Civil Wars: Europe, 1912-49'.

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Mar 31 2022 -

PAIXUE - Dr Mara Nicosia

Join Dr Mara Nicosia (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ghent University) for this online event, 'The Hellenistic Enkyklios Paideia (‘Circular Education’) in the Syriac World: The Role of Rhetoric in Shaping the ‘Classic’'.

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Mar 18 2022 -

PAIXUE - Professor Derek Krueger

Join Professor Derek Krueger (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) for this online event, 'Symeon the New Theologian’s ecstatic experience and the monastic culture of reference in Byzantium'.

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Mar 10 2022 -

HCA Staff and Student Pub Quiz

Join us for a student staff social event where we'll pit subject area against subject area.

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Mar 08 2022 -

International Women’s Day 2022 - 'Dying to Divorce'

To mark International Women's Day 2022 the School of History, Classics and Archaeology will host a screening of 'Dying to Divorce'.

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Mar 03 2022 -

A Sculptor and the Iconoclasts - A lecture by Professor Alexander Stoddart

Join us at the University of Edinburgh on Thursday 3rd March to hear from Professor Alexander Stoddart.

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Mar 03 2022 -

Russia-Ukraine panel

Please join us for a panel discussion on the present crisis between Russia and Ukraine.

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Feb 17 2022 -

SWW Network (Scotland) Postgraduate Research Virtual Coffee Mornings

The Second World War Studies Network (Scotland) will host a series of virtual coffee mornings, and invite postgraduate researchers in the field of Second World War studies to join us for monthly informal hours of conversation and connection.

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Feb 09 2022 -

LGBT History Month: 'From the 1969 Stonewall Riots to Lesbian & Gays Support the Miners Group'

To mark LGBT History Month the School will host speakers Professor Marc Stein and Nicola Field on 'From the 1969 Stonewall Riots to Lesbian & Gays Support the Miners Group: A history of revolt, defiance and solidarity'.

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Feb 05 2022 -

Call for Papers: HOTCUS 2022 Annual Conference

Historians of the Twentieth Century United States (HOTCUS) is delighted to invite paper and panel proposals for its 2022 annual conference to be held at the University of Edinburgh. Deadline midnight, UK time, on February 5, 2022.

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Jan 28 2022 -

POSTPONED - The McFarlane Global Scotland Conference: 'Scottish Historians and Transatlantic Slavery'

Please note that this event has been postponed. All ticket holders have been emailed.

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Dec 15 2021 -

Sharing views about the past during the pandemic: From archaeoprimatology to conflict archaeology

Part of the Global Young Academy Young Scientist Ambassador Programme (GYA YSAP) Virtual Mission 2021.

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Dec 08 2021 -

Network for Working-Class Classicists: Launch

The Network for Working-Class Classicists supports people who identify as working class and who are studying, working or interested in Classics broadly conceived.

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Nov 29 2021 -

Visions of Hellas: Greece in the Mind’s Eye, c.1700–c.1850

Part of the programme of events that complemented the University of Edinburgh's exhibition 'Edina/Athena: The Greek Revolution and the Athens of the North, 1821–2021'.

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Nov 25 2021 -

Second World War Conversations - The Global Serviceman

This discussion on the experiences of servicemen from Canada, Italy and the UK will feature papers from Professor Geoff Hayes, Dr Alex Henry and Dr Joel Morley, and will be facilitated by Dr Wendy Ugolini.

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Nov 18 2021 -

2021 Leventis Conference - ‘The Greek Revolution of 1821: Contexts, Scottish Connections, the Classical Tradition’

The 12th biennial Leventis Conference will take place 18–21 November 2021.

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Nov 17 2021 -

Concert - 'Scots folk meet Greek folk': Music for Greece’s bicentenary

A concert of traditional and classical Scottish and Greek music with poetry readings.

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Nov 10 2021 -

Second World War Conversations - The Italian factor: The Mediterranean turning point

This discussion on the Italian government and Italian Armed Forces will feature papers from Dr Karine Varley, Dr Richard Hammond and Dr Marco Aterrano, and will be facilitated by Professor Tobias Kelly.

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Nov 09 2021 -

The Fennell Forum: History and the Climate Crisis

The second event in the Fennell Forum series took place during COP26 and explored the relationship between the study of history and climate change.

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