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
Nov 02 2018 -

New directions in Second World War Studies - Call for papers

First of a programme of events exploring the ways in which we discuss and commemorate the lived experience of the Second World War. Call for papers deadline, 2 November 2018.

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Oct 12 2018 -

Festival of Politics - Sir Tom Devine and Prof. Stana Nenadic

As part of the Festival of Politics, join Sir Tom Devine and Professor Stana Nenadic on new perspectives on the Highland Clearances. (Published 10 September, 2018)

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Oct 05 2018 -

Screening the Troubles - A City Solitary (1963) and Derry (1969)

The Irish History Research group will co-host a screening with the Filmhouse CInema. (Published 28 September, 2018)

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Oct 05 2018 -

STUC Black History Month Lecture - Dr Talat Ahmed

The 2018 STUC Black History Month Lecture will be given by Dr Talat Ahmed. (Published 25 September, 2018)

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Sep 25 2018 -

Inaugural Lecture - Professor Gavin Kelly

Professor Kelly will deliver his inaugural lecture 'Late Roman History and Latin Philology' on 25 September, 2018. (Published 20 August, 2018)

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Sep 24 2018 -

Bliain na Gaeilge 2018 Lecture - The Irish language and World War One

Join us to explore the fascinating history of the Irish language with Professor Brian Ó Conchubhair. (Published 29 August, 2018)

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Sep 06 2018 -

Çatalhöyük: The Bioarchaeology of an Early Farming Society in Transition

Join leading osteoarchaeologist and biological anthropologist Professor Clark Spencer Larsen for this free talk. (Published 21 August, 2018)

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Sep 05 2018 -

Professor Richard Wilkinson - 'Inequality, Superiority and Inferiority'

The Honour in Classical Greece ERC project welcomes Professor Richard Wilkinson as its third public lecturer

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Aug 24 2018 -

Scotland: the timescape with Andrew Conway and Anna Groundwater

Join Dr Anna Groundwater and Andrew Conway at ScotlandsFest 2018. (Published 9 August, 2018)

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Aug 22 2018 -

Dead images: 'Searching for the person within'

A lunchtime 'in conversation' event with Dr Linda Fibiger and Anna Szoke on 'Searching for the person within - anthropological and bioarchaeological reflections on skeletal identities'. Part of the 'Dead images' exhibition. (Published 19 June, 2018)

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Aug 13 2018 -

Sri Lanka: Understanding the Past, Finding its Future

Documentary filmmaker Jude Ratnam discusses the complexities of Sri Lanka’s civil war with Talat Ahmed and Kanchana Ruwanpura from the University of Edinburgh. (Published 9 August, 2018)

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Aug 06 2018 -

Epistolography in Later Latin Literature seminar

Dr. Jennifer Ebbeler (Texas) will give a seminar on Epistolography in Later Latin Literature. (Published 2 August, 2018)

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Jul 05 2018 -

Dead images: 'From touch to taboo: The ethics of handling human remains'

A lunchtime 'in conversation' event with Dr Linda Fibiger and Anna Szoke. Part of the 'Dead images' exhibition. (Published 19 June, 2018)

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Jun 28 2018 -

Honour in Classical Greece Lecture - Professor Axel Honneth

Professor Axel Honneth will deliver the Honour in Classical Greece project lecture 'Recognition in Modern Europe'. (Published 28 May, 2018)

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Jun 28 2018 -

Dead Images: Facing the history, ethics and politics of European skull collections

'Dead Images' is an exhibition exploring the contentious legacy of collections of human skulls, assembled during the 19th and early 20th centuries and still held in public institutions in Europe. (Published 25 June, 2018)

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Jun 19 2018 -

Sex and gender identities in the first millennia: Scottish evidence and its wider context

This day seminar offers an exploration of sex and gender identities in pre - and proto-historic societies in a range of papers interspersed with discussion to inform a richer understanding of the past. (Published 3 May, 2018)

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Jun 19 2018 -

CFP 'Sex and gender identities in the first millennia: Scottish evidence and its wider context'

A day seminar of the First Millennia Studies Group will take place on Tuesday 19 June 2018 in the Meadows Lecture Theatre, William Robertson Wing. (Published 12 March, 2018)

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Jun 18 2018 -

Polyphonic murders: A holographic biography of trauma - Exhibition

The Edinburgh Unit for Forensic Anthropology at University of Edinburgh presents 'Polyphonic Murders' as part of the Leith Festival. (Published 4 June, 2018).

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Jun 18 2018 -

Workshop - Cultural Heritage and Community Engagement Research Group

The inaugural meeting of the School of History, Classics & Archaeology's Cultural Heritage and Community Engagement Research Group. Free. (Published 7 June, 2018)

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Jun 17 2018 -

Polyphonic murders: A holographic biography of trauma

The Edinburgh Unit for Forensic Anthropology at University of Edinburgh presents 'Polyphonic Murders' events as part of the Leith Festival. (Published 4 June, 2018).

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