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.

 

Event listing

Event date
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.

Further information
Further information
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.

Further information
Further information
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.

Further information
Further information
May 17 2024 -

Archaeology teaching workshop

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

Further information
Further information
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.

Further information
Further information
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.

Further information
Further information
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.

Further information
Further information
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.

Further information
Further information
Apr 25 2024 -

Joe's Odyssey

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

Further information
Further information
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.

Further information
Further information
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.

Further information
Further information
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”.

Further information
Further information
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'.

Further information
Further information
Mar 14 2024 -

Class in Classics Report 2024 - Launch Event

This launch event will be a chance to share the Class in Classics Report 2024’s findings.

Further information
Further information
Mar 07 2024 -

Alice Loxton: 'Uproar! Scandal, Satire and Printmakers in Georgian London'

Join HCA History alumna Alice Loxton as she discusses her vivid, pacey and endlessly engaging, new history of Georgian Britain through the eyes of the artists who immortalised it.

Further information
Further information
Mar 07 2024 -

IWD 2024: Screening of the Trojan Women

Join Trojan Women Project Project Managers and participants for a screening of 'Trojans UK 22'.

Further information
Further information
Feb 28 2024 -

LGBTQ+ History Month: Professor Laura Doan

The School's 2024 LGBTQ+ History Month event will be a lecture by Professor Laura Doan - 'Designs on nature: Reinventing the unnatural'.

Further information
Further information
Feb 22 2024 -

Conference - 'Shifting paradigms: Women, rhetoric, and power, c. 700–c. 1300 CE'

This conference aims to recalibrate how we study women in western Europe, the Islamic worlds, and Byzantium across the Middle Ages, revealing the manifold ways women shaped and were shaped by overlapping discourses of power.

Further information
Further information
Feb 14 2024 -

LGBTQ+ History Month - Film screening: 'Framing Agnes'

This award-winning documentary brings to life a series of discussions between trans clients and Dr Harold Garfinkel at UCLA in the 1950s and 1960s.

Further information
Further information
Jan 29 2024 -

Book launch - 'States of Ignorance: Governing Irregular Migrants in Western Europe'

'States of Ignorance' explores an aspect of contemporary society that most states choose to keep obscure: the presence and governance of irregular migrants. Join us for the launch of this brand new book

Further information
Further information

This article was published on