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
Feb 23 2021 -

MSc in Ancient Worlds (online) - Online information session

Join staff from the MSc Ancient Worlds (online) course and the Graduate Office on Tuesday 23rd February 2021 from 4:00 to 5:00 pm GMT.

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Feb 09 2021 -

LGBT+ History Month - Dr Molly Merryman, 'Queer Voices from the Pandemic'

While there are multiple LGBT+ communities in the UK, something that unites them is resilience in the face of crisis. Queer Britain, the national LGBTQ+ museum, has launched "Queer Pandemic," a remote-video oral history project.

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Feb 05 2021 -

1st Online Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival

The first Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival will take place 5-7 February 2021.

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Jan 20 2021 -

Fennell Forum - From Trump to Biden, what's next for US politics?

The virtual forum brought together some of the leading historians in the field of American history for a discussion of the recent US presidential election and its consequences.

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Jan 08 2021 -

Virtual Workshop: ‘Rethinking the Politics and Practices of Print in Comparative Colonial Perspective’

A virtual workshop at the Edinburgh Centre for Global History, University of Edinburgh.

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Jan 07 2021 -

Online teaching and learning: Questions and reflections

As we begin semester 2, this is an opportunity to discuss experiences and to look forward.

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Dec 13 2020 -

Call for submissions: 1st Online Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival

The first Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival will take place 5-7 February 2020.

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Dec 10 2020 -

Conference - Scottish Local Democracy: Historical and Current

The University of Edinburgh Political History Group are organising a multidisciplinary and cross-institutional conference on the historical development, current state and future prospects of local democracy in Scotland.

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Nov 20 2020 -

Conference Programme: 'Britain, the League of Nations and the New International Order’

The University of Edinburgh, in association with the National Library of Scotland, will be hosting a free online Conference 20-21 November, 2020.

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Nov 20 2020 -

Call for Papers: 'Britain, the League of Nations and the New International Order'

The University of Edinburgh, in association with the National Library of Scotland, will be hosting a free online Conference 20-21 November, 2020. Submissions are invited by 20 August, 2020.

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Nov 19 2020 -

Catastrophes and Memory (500-1500 CE): 4th Annual Edinburgh International Graduate Byzantine Conference

The conference focuses on disasters (natural, man-made or “supernatural”) that shape historical memory and our understanding of the past, concentrating on the problematic relations between catastrophes and memory in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine societies.

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Nov 16 2020 -

Discoveries and secrets: Egyptian archaeology

Join Dr Joanne Rowland and staff from the National Museum of Scotland as they discuss Scottish contributions to archaeology. Part of Being Human Festival.

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Nov 13 2020 -

Postgraduate Virtual Open Day - Ancient Worlds(Online)

If you are considering postgraduate study in Archaeology and Classics online, join our live and interactive online session for more information.

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Nov 12 2020 -

Postgraduate Virtual Open Day - Introduction to PhD and MScR programmes

If you are considering research postgraduate study in History, Classics or Archaeology join our live and interactive online session for more information.

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Nov 11 2020 -

POSTPONED - Inaugural Lecture - Professor Julian Goodare

Professor Julian Goodare's Inaugural Lecture will be given on 11 November, 2020.

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Nov 11 2020 -

Postgraduate Virtual Open Day - History (Taught)

If you are considering postgraduate study in History, join our live and interactive online session for more information.

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Nov 10 2020 -

Postgraduate Virtual Open Day - Classics (Taught)

If you are considering postgraduate study in Classics, join our live and interactive online session for more information.

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Nov 10 2020 -

Postgraduate Virtual Open Day - History (Online)

If you are considering postgraduate study in History online, join our live and interactive online session for more information.

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Nov 09 2020 -

Postgraduate Virtual Open Day - Archaeology (Taught)

If you are considering postgraduate study in Archaeology, join our live and interactive online session for more information.

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Oct 20 2020 -

Black History Month - John Siblon

The School of History, Classics and Archaeology will host John Siblon speaking on ‘"Disposable lives; ungrievable deaths": The commemoration of African colonial troops after the First World War' as part of Black History Month.

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