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
May 07 2020 -

Online Learning Open Days information session - MSc in Ancient Worlds (Archaeology and Classics)

Join Dr Joanne Rowland (archaeology) and Dr Lucy Grig (Classics) for a live and interactive session on the online MSc in Ancient Worlds (Archaeology and Classics).

Further information
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May 06 2020 -

Online Learning Open Days information session - MSc History

Join Dr David Kaufman for a live and interactive session on the online MSc in History.

Further information
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Apr 30 2020 -

Call for papers: 'The Janus dilemma'

This conference will explore how economic, social, political and cultural crises sparked changes in the temporality between the past and the future.

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Apr 22 2020 -

CANCELLED - The Northern Scholars Lectures: Dr Eric Cullhed

'Aesthetic properties in Greek and Roman thought’ - a free public lecture by visiting Northern Scholar dr Eric Cullhed.

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Apr 02 2020 -

CANCELLED - Munro Lecture - Professor Anna Tsing: 'Feral atlas and the more-than-human Anthropocene'

Professor Professor Anna Tsing will deliver the Munro Lecture, 'Feral atlas and the more-than-human Anthropocene'.

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Mar 29 2020 -

CANCELLED - Call for Papers: Central Mediterranean Prehistory Seminar

The annual UK Central Mediterranean Prehistory Seminar will take place at the University of Edinburgh in May 2020.

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Mar 25 2020 -

CANCELLED - Charles Gordon Mackay Lecture: Dr Julian Gallego

The 2020 Charles Gordon Mackay Lecture will be delivered by Dr Julian Gallego, Universidad de Buenos Aires.

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Mar 24 2020 -

CANCELLED - 'Athens on stage? Tragedy and politics, theatre and democracy': A workshop with Julian Gallego

In addition to the 2020 Charles Gordon Mackay Lecture, Dr Julian Gallego will deliver a workshop.

Further information
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Mar 19 2020 -

Archaeology - Postgraduate Online Information Sessions

Dr Kath McSweeney will be leading this session on Postgraduate Taught programmes in Archaeology, an excellent opportunity to find out more and ask questions.

Further information
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Mar 19 2020 -

Classics - Postgraduate Online Information Sessions

Join Dr Kim Czajkowski for this session on Postgraduate Taught programmes in Classics, an excellent opportunity for you to learn more about your chosen programme and ask questions you may have.

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Mar 18 2020 -

Research Programmes - Postgraduate Online Information Sessions

Join Postgraduate Recruitment & Engagement Officer Dr Meha Priyadarshini in a live and interactive online session about our PGR programmes.

Further information
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Mar 17 2020 -

History - Postgraduate Online Information Sessions

Our Postgraduate Online Information Sessions are an excellent way for you to learn more about your chosen programme and ask questions you may have about postgraduate study. Join Professor Diana Paton for this session on Postgraduate Taught programmes in History.

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Mar 16 2020 -

Student Q&A - Postgraduate Online Information Sessions

Find out what it's really like to be a postgraduate student with the School of History, Classics and Archaeology with Marina Lant.

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Mar 15 2020 -

Call for Papers: IberoArchUK 2020

The School will host the third edition of the IberoArchUK workshop in June 2020. Submissions are requested by 15 March.

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Mar 05 2020 -

Postponed - The Fennell Lecture 2020

Professor Monica H Green will deliver the 2020 Fennell Lecture on 5 March, 2020.

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Feb 19 2020 -

Information about the forthcoming industrial action

School of History, Classics and Archaeology students are invited to an information session around the forthcoming industrial action.

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Feb 14 2020 -

'Dividing the realm in order to govern: The Dili Yan’ge tradition and its uses in Tang and Song China'

A research meeting as part of the Paixue Project will take place on 14 February with Professor Ruth Mostern (University of Pittsburgh).

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Feb 07 2020 -

Call for Papers: 'Child slavery in the Roman empire'. An international conference, 16-18 June

This conference brings together scholars working on slavery and childhood to explore the role and extent of child slavery in the Roman Empire.

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Feb 06 2020 -

Arbuthnott Lecture 2019-20 - 'The Border: The legacy of a century of Anglo-Irish politics'

The 2019-20 Arbuthnott Lecture will be delivered by Professor Diarmaid Ferriter MRIA (University College Dublin). This event was postponed from 28 November, 2019.

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Jan 31 2020 -

Call for Papers: '1940'. An International Conference on the Second World War

Second World Studies at Edinburgh will be hosting its first international conference in June 2020 to mark the eightieth anniversary of the second year of the conflict. It invites all scholars with an interest in the Second World War to submit an abstract which engages in some way with the events and/or memory of 1940.

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