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
Mar 21 2019 -

Fennell Lecture 2019 - Professor Joanne Freeman

The 2019 Fennell Lecture will be given by Professor Joanne Freeman entitled, 'The field of blood: Violence in the US Congress and the road to Civil War' on 21 March, 2019.

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Mar 16 2019 -

Sir Tom Devine – Aye Write!

Professor Sir Tom Devine, Professor Emeritus of History, will give this year's Tannahill Lecture at Aye Write! on 16th March.

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Mar 16 2019 -

Dr Anna Groundwater - 'Scotland Connected' at Aye Write!

Dr Anna Groundwater, Teaching Fellow in Historical Skills and Methods, talks about her book 'Scotland Connected' at Glasgow's literary festival Aye Write!

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Mar 13 2019 -

Dr Aaron Allen - 'Women, marriage and work in 17th century Edinburgh'

Dr Aaron Allen will be speaking at the Old Edinburgh Club on 13 March, 2019.

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Mar 13 2019 -

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 here in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.

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Mar 12 2019 -

The Holocaust: A Survivor's Testimony with Tomi Komoly

The Edinburgh University History Society and Edinburgh University Jewish Society invite you to hear the individual and striking testimony of Tomi Komoly born in Budapest, Hungary 1936.

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Mar 12 2019 -

Honour in Classical Greece ERC project Workshop

The Honour in Classical Greece ERC project announces a workshop featuring Dr William Mack and Dr Rodrigo Illarraga on 12 March, 2019.

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Mar 07 2019 -

‘The best a man can be’? Understanding the toxic masculinity debate'

The School of History, Classics and Archaeology presents an International Women’s Day event led by Dr Nicola Bishop, Senior Lecturer in English at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Mar 07 2019 -

Workshop with Dr Matthew Simonton

Dr Matthew Simonton will take part in a workshop on 7 March, 2019.

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Mar 06 2019 -

The Northern Scholars Lectures: Andrew Newby

'Remembering the Great Finnish Famine of the 1860s: Comparative reflections from Ireland and the Scottish Highlands'. A free public lecture by visiting Northern Scholar Dr Andrew Newby (Tampere Institute for Advanced Social Research, Finland).

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Mar 05 2019 -

Scottish Hellenic Society Lecture - Dr Matthew Simonton

Dr Matthew Simonton will deliver the lecture ‘The Demagogues of Ancient Greece: Populism and Popular Culture in Antiquity’ as part of the Scottish Hellenic Society series on 5 March, 2019.

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Mar 01 2019 -

'Sociability and the science of man in the Scottish Enlightenment: Themes from the work of Nicholas Phillipson (1937-2018)'

A symposium in memory of Nicholas Phillipson (1937 - 2018).

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Feb 28 2019 -

Emotionally demanding histories group - Steering group meeting

The initial meeting of this new group will take place on 28 February, 2019.

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Feb 27 2019 -

Film Screening and Discussion Group: 'If...'

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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Feb 26 2019 -

ERC Honour in Classical Greece Project workshop with Professor Stephen Lambert

Professor Stephen Lambert will take part in a workshop within the context of the ERC Honour in Classical Greece Project on 26 February, 2019.

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Feb 25 2019 -

Charles Gordon Mackay Lecture - Professor Stephen Lambert

This particular lecture will be given by Professor Stephen Lambert on 25 February, 2019.

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Feb 19 2019 -

Gaming Classics: Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Think 'Assassin's Creed' is just a video game? Find out how accurate it is, and perhaps learn a little something at this Festival of Creative Learning event.

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Feb 18 2019 -

'Scotland and Catalonia. Nations without States'

Professor J. H. Elliott, Regius Professor Emeritus will discuss 'Scotland and Catalonia. Nations without States'

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Feb 07 2019 -

‘Mohandas Gandhi: Experiments in civil disobedience’

We are delighted to announce a launch event for Dr Talat Ahmed’s new book, ‘Mohandas Gandhi: Experiments in Civil Disobedience’ on Thursday 7 February.

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Feb 01 2019 -

CFP - 15th International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Congress on 'The Enlightenment'

The deadline for submissions to the the 15th International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Congress at the University of Edinburgh in July 2019 is 1 February 2019.

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