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
Jan 24 2020 -

Classics Book Sale

Book sale! Stock up now!

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Jan 21 2020 -

Exploring Macedonia - Student fieldtrip event

In August and September of 2019 students explored the multiple pasts of Macedonia on an 11-day fieldtrip through the sites of the historic region. Join them at this free event to find out their conclusions.

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Jan 15 2020 -

Call for Papers: 11th Biennial Fields of Conflict Conference

Submissions are invited for papers or posters on all aspects of conflict archaeology from all periods for the 11th Biennial Fields of Conflict Conference to be held in Edinburgh in September 2020.

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Dec 12 2019 -

'Classicising learning, performance, and power: Eurasian perspectives from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period'

The second in a series of three conferences aims to explore how public performances of classicising learning (however defined in each culture) influenced and served imperial or state power in premodern political systems across Eurasia and North Africa.

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Dec 09 2019 -

Conflict Archaeology Research Group Seminar

Introducing New Research on the Materialities of Conflict

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Dec 06 2019 -

Professor David Tandy: 'Slavery, honour and ideology in Homer'

Professor David Tandy (Leeds) explores the dynamics of slavery and honour in Homer, and how the realities of production in early Greece interlocked with ideas about honour and social interaction.

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Dec 05 2019 -

Powerful Stuff: Colonial Objects in a Decolonising World

This symposium, which marks the first anniversary of the founding of the Edinburgh Centre for Global History, brings together academics and museum professionals to think through issues surrounding calls for the return of colonial-era acquisitions in museums.

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Nov 29 2019 -

Winter Graduations

The winter graduations will take place on Friday 20 November.

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Nov 28 2019 -

Interpreting Hume through the Pyrrhonian and Academic Sceptical Traditions: A Thanksgiving Reading

A Thanksgiving lecture in celebration of Peter Fosl's newly published book with Edinburgh University Press, 'Hume's Scepticism: Pyrrhonian and Academic'.

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Nov 25 2019 -

Professor Simon Heffer: 'Asquith, Lloyd George and the coup of 1916’

Professor Simon Heffer will give a lecture as part of the programme for the Political History Research Group on 'Asquith, Lloyd George and the coup of 1916’.

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Nov 24 2019 -

Previously... Explore the New Town

PhD candidate within the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Alastair Learmont, leads a walking tour of the New Town of Edinburgh. Part of Previously - Scotland's History Festival.

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Nov 22 2019 -

Previously... The Whiskey Rebellion

Professor Frank Cogliano and Dr David Silkenat discuss the history of US-French relations. Part of Previously - Scotland's History Festival.

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Nov 22 2019 -

Previously... To make and save money: Sugar and slavery in 18th century Jamaica

PhD candidate within the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Alastair Learmont, examines the complex motivations of two Scottish slave owners. Part of Previously - Scotland's History Festival.

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Nov 22 2019 -

3rd Annual Edinburgh International Graduate Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies

The 3rd Annual Edinburgh International Graduate Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies will take place 22-23 November, 2019.

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Nov 21 2019 -

Munro Lecture - Dr Adam Reed: 'Heart and head: An anthropological approach to the dynamism of moral life'

The next Munro Lecture will be delivered by Dr Adam Reed on 21 November, 2019. This event is free and open to all.

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Nov 21 2019 -

WriteFest: Getting published

‘Getting Published’ is a WriteFest event for postgraduate students in history, classics, and archaeology-related subjects to help you understand the process of getting your work into print.

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Nov 21 2019 -

A.G. Leventis Conference 2019

The next Leventis Conference - 'Re-reading the Republic' - will take place at the University of Edinburgh, 21-24 November, 2019.

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Nov 20 2019 -

Inaugural Lecture - Professor Niels Gaul

'Byzantium and Scotland' - The Inaugural Lecture for the A. G. Leventis Chair in Byzantine Studies will be given by Professor Niels Gaul.

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Nov 20 2019 -

Online Postgraduate Information Session

Join us on 20 November for this live and interactive online session for all prospective postgraduate students interested in joining us in September.

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Nov 20 2019 -

Book Week Scotland - Book Sale

Buy a book, change a life. The School of History, Classics and Archaeology will be hosting a book sale for Book Week Scotland on 20 November.

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