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
Aug 19 2024 -

Edinburgh 900: 'The kingdom's greatest town: The emergence of late Medieval Edinburgh as Scotland's capital'

Join Professor Steve Boardman, Professor of Medieval Scottish History, for this lecture as part of the celebrations to mark 900 years of the city of Edinburgh.

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Aug 13 2024 -

Edinburgh 900: 'City of David?'

Join Dr Emily Joan Ward, Lecturer in Medieval Scottish History, for this lecture as part of the celebrations to mark 900 years of the city of Edinburgh.

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Jul 17 2024 -

AI, history and historians: A panel discussion

An online discussion and questions, organised and introduced by Dr Adam Budd, the Royal Historical Society's Secretary for Education.

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Jun 20 2024 -

2024 Economic and Social History Graduate Conference (Hybrid)

The second annual Graduate Conference in Economic and Social History will take place on 20 June, in Edinburgh.

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Jun 15 2024 -

The Prehistoric Society Europa Conference 2024

This hybrid conference - 'Inhabiting temperate Europe in the 4th–1st millennia BC' - honours the achievements of Professor Ian Ralston, Emeritus Abercromby Professor of Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh.

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Jun 08 2024 -

17th-century picnic with Alice Thornton's Books

Enjoy a book picnic: with talks on writer, Alice Thornton (1626 -1707), by Kate Foster (author of 'The Maiden' and 'The King's Witches' and guided walks.

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May 23 2024 -

Fennell Lecture: Professor Sherene Seikaly - 'The matter of time: Race, catastrophe, and Palestine' (ONLINE)

Following the lessons of a ghostly ancestor, named Naim Cotran, this talk begins in Sudan in 1916 and ends in Lebanon in 1951. This option is for online access.

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May 23 2024 -

Fennell Lecture: Professor Sherene Seikaly - 'The matter of time: Race, catastrophe, and Palestine' (IN-PERSON)

Following the lessons of a ghostly ancestor, named Naim Cotran, this talk begins in Sudan in 1916 and ends in Lebanon in 1951.

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May 17 2024 -

'Of walls and aqueducts': Celebrating Professor Jim Crow

A hybrid half-day workshop celebrating Professor Jim Crow, FSA organised by the Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies (CLAIBS) in collaboration with Archaeology and Classics at the University of Edinburgh.

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May 17 2024 -

‘Fife’s forgotten chronicler. Andrew of Wyntoun and his Original Chronicle’

Who was Andrew of Wyntoun, and why does he matter? A panel of historians discuss the legacy of the much neglected Fife-based chronicler.

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May 17 2024 -

Archaeology teaching workshop

This one-day archaeology teaching workshop aims to discuss innovative methods for teaching and tutoring.

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May 16 2024 -

Art in war. Painting and exhibiting culture in Second World War Britain

Hosted by National Galleries Scotland and the Second World War Network (Scotland), this event explores painting and exhibiting culture in the Second World War.

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May 15 2024 -

Cfp: 2024 Economic and Social History Graduate Conference  

We are pleased to announce that the call for papers for the Second Annual Graduate Conference in Economic and Social History is open for submission.

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May 13 2024 -

'Peeping under the palimpsest: Reclaiming the urban topography of Byzantine Constantinople'

This joint Austrian Association for Byzantine Studies-Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies (OEBG-SPBS) Lecture considers the sub-surface archaeology of Constantinople with Professor Jim Crow, Emeritus Professor of Roman and Byzantine Archaeology. Hybrid.

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Apr 25 2024 -

Munro Lecture - 'Climate change, groundwater depletion and the decline of Great Zimbabwe'

This year's Munro Lecture will be delivered by Professor Innocent Pikirayi, Department of Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies at the University of Pretoria.

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Apr 25 2024 -

Joe's Odyssey

Joe Goodkin's 'Odyssey' is a 35-minute original musical composition for solo acoustic guitar and voice.

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Apr 18 2024 -

Overwhelmed: Spectacles and visuality in Early and Late Imperial Poetry

A conference organised by Beatrice Bersani, Clara Lazzoni, Aaron Pelttari, and Vicente Flores Militello.

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Apr 15 2024 -

Festival of Cultural Heritage Research - Opening Session

The School of History, Classics and Archaeology is delighted to participate in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences' Festival of Cultural Heritage Research.

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Apr 03 2024 -

Inaugural Lecture: Professor David Silkenat

The School is delighted to announce the inaugural lecture of Professor David Silkenat, Professor of History - “Two detectives against the Klan: Or, the American fight against white supremacy during reconstruction and after”.

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Mar 27 2024 -

Book event: Dr Christopher Harding - The Light of Asia

Join Dr Christopher Harding at Topping & Company Bookshop, Edinburgh, for a discussion of his latest work on Asian History, 'The Light of Asia: A History of Western Fascination with the East'.

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