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

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May 30 2019 -

CeSeR Annual Conference 2019: 'Peace among the Ruins'

2019 marks the hundredth anniversary of the death of Andrew Carnegie and of several epochal events in the history of internationalism. The University of Edinburgh is hosting a conference focusing on some of the themes of Carnegie’s life and the year 1919.

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May 28 2019 -

POSTPONED - Denys Hay Lecture 2019 - John F. Haldon

Please note that this event has been postponed. The 2019 Denys Hay Lecture will be delivered by Professor John Haldon (Princeton) on 28 May, 2019.

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May 27 2019 -

Screening of 'Nae Pasaran!'

Join us for an exclusive screening of this hit documentary about a remarkable act of solidarity.

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May 16 2019 -

First International Conference - Comparative Approaches to the Chinese and Byzantine Imperial Systems

The first in a series of three conferences, this conference brings together Sinologists and Byzantinists with an interest in, and willingness to engage in, cross-cultural work.

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May 15 2019 -

'History Ireland' ‘Hedge School’ - 'Scotland and the global Irish Revolution'

A 'History Ireland' ‘Hedge School’, designed to offer the general public access to the latest research findings from leading scholars, will take place on 15 May, 2019..

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May 10 2019 -

'"The best man whipped and the other one took it”: Violence, honour, and solidarity in US slave communities' - Dr David Doddington

A public lecture by Dr David Doddington, as part of the project 'Slavery and Honour in Ancient Greece'.

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May 01 2019 -

Conectando: Scotland and the Spanish Civil War - Dr Fraser Raeburn

Part of the 'Conectando: Scottish Encounters with Spanish and Portuguese' exhibition at the Main Library Exhibition Gallery.

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Apr 26 2019 -

'Material technologies of empire: tobacco, textiles and race in everyday Scottish life': Professor Beverly Lemire

As part of the research project The Matter of Slavery in Scotland, Professor Beverly Lemire gave the lecture 'Material technologies of empire: tobacco, textiles and race in everyday Scottish life' on 26 April, 2019.

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Apr 26 2019 -

Northern Lights

Northern Lights: A one-day training event for postgraduates of Ancient History enrolled in HEI’s in Scotland and Northern England.

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Apr 25 2019 -

'Reckoning with slavery: kinship and capitalism in the early Black Atlantic': A public lecture by Professor Jennifer Morgan

Professor Jennifer Morgan will deliver the 2019 Lecture in the History of Slavery for the Edinburgh Centre for Global History, 'Reckoning with slavery: kinship and capitalism in the early Black Atlantic' on 25 April, 2019.

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Apr 25 2019 -

Slavery, gender, capitalism in the early modern world: A workshop with Jennifer Morgan

A workshop with Professor Jennifer Morgan on the intertwined themes of slavery, gender and capitalism in the early modern world, will take place on 25 April, 2019.

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Apr 24 2019 -

Postgraduate Online Learning Open Day - History

Our live and interactive online session will enable you to hear from and talk to our programme staff.

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Apr 11 2019 -

First Year PhD in History Conference 2019

The First Year PhD in History Conference will take place in Edinburgh in April, 2019.

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Apr 05 2019 -

CFP Fifth Annual Conference of the Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate Society at the University of Edinburgh

Submissions are sought for the 5th Annual Conference of the Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate Society at the University of Edinburgh by 5 April, 2019.

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Apr 04 2019 -

Munro Lecture - Professor Marisol de la Cadena: 'Nature but not only. Stories from the anthropo-not-seen'

The Munro Lecture 'Nature but not only. Stories from the anthropo-not-seen' given by Professor Marisol de la Cadena:on Thursday 4 April, 2019.

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Apr 04 2019 -

Munro Lecture - Professor Michael Dietler: 'Flows, boundaries, and entanglements'

The Munro Lecture 'Flows, boundaries, and entanglements: Unraveling colonial encounters in Ancient Mediterranean France' by Professor Michael Dietler on 4 April, 2019.

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Mar 29 2019 -

'The spectre that came alive: Reactions to the Bolshevik revolution'

Anna Lively, PhD candidate at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology joins David White and Ian Wood to discuss, 'The Spectre That Came Alive: Reactions to the Bolshevik Revolution' at the Open History Society.

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Mar 29 2019 -

History, Medievalism and the Games Industry

This public workshop will explore the role that history and historians can play in the design of games.

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Mar 27 2019 -

Film Screening and Discussion Group: 'Mad to be Normal'

The Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History is delighted to be hosting two film screenings on the theme of 'Culture, Class and Mental Health in Postwar Britain'.

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Mar 25 2019 -

Guy Ortolano - 'Thatcher's Progress: From Social Democracy to Market Liberalism through an English New Town'

Professor Guy Ortolano follows the then Prime Minister’s progress on a tour through Milton Keynes on 25 September 1979, alighting at successive stops to examine the broader histories of urban planning, modernist architecture, and international consulting.

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