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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Nov 25 2016 -

What Does President Trump Mean? A discussion

A discussion with experts in American political, cultural and social history hosted by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.

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Nov 17 2016 -

Munro Lecture - Xscape: Concepts and Practices for a Fundamental Landscape Archaeology

A series of public lectures from international scholars in the fields of archaeology and anthropology. This first Munro Lecture of the new series is delivered by Professor Dr Felipe Criado-Boado. Free to attend and non-ticketed. (Published 8 Nov 2016)

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Nov 16 2016 -

Postgraduate Open Day 2016

If you’re considering postgraduate study with the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, then the Postgraduate Open Day is a fantastic opportunity for you to learn more. (Published 4 Nov 2016)

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Nov 10 2016 -

Ancient Art History and Social History: a Conference in Honour of Dr Glenys M. Davies

The School is delighted to be hosting a conference in honour of Dr Glenys Davies on the occasion of her retirement.

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Nov 04 2016 -

William Montgomery Watt Lecture - Anti-Charisma in al-Andalus

The second W M Watt lecture in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies - Charisma and Anti-Charisma in al-Andalus will be given by Professor Maribel Fierro, Research Professor at the Centre of Human and Social Sciences at the Higher Council for Scientific Research in Spain.

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Oct 08 2016 -

Thinking with Things: The History of Distributed Cognition Project

The History of Distributed Cognition Project explores tools that supplement our minds and bodies in this free event of lectures and performance.

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Oct 07 2016 -

British Crime Historians Symposium

The fifth British Crime Historians Symposium will take place at the University of Edinburgh from 7-9 October 2016.

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Oct 04 2016 -

Gaming With History: First Annual Walter Scott Roundtable on the Middle Ages and Popular Culture

Meet game developers and gamers and find out how the games industry makes use of history, what role it plays in shaping historical knowledge and how it can be interacted with.

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Sep 30 2016 -

CSMC History Phd Work in Progress Seminar Series: Friday 30 September

The Centre for the Study of Modern Conflict Postgraduate Seminar Series aims to help history postgrads who might be nervous about presenting research in front of an audience.

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Sep 17 2016 -

Conference - Syria: From Severus to Saladin (The School of History, Classics and Archaeology, in association with Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies)

The School, in association with the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, is holding a day conference From Severus to Saladin - open to staff, students and members of the public. (Published 22nd August 2016)

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Aug 22 2016 -

Panel debate - Scottish history: British or European?

Scottish history: British or European?

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Aug 22 2016 -

Edinburgh Festival Panel Event - Lead by our students; Scottish History, British or European 22nd August

Join our students and some key School lecturers at a free historic panel event to discuss Scotland and the Eu referendum. The presentations are for you! (Published 1 August 2016)

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Aug 12 2016 -

Edinburgh Festival Brown Bag lecture series 12-19 August 2016

Join us at our Edinburgh Fringe Festival Brown Bag series. If you have a passion for history, a thirst for knowledge, are perhaps a closet historian, or are simply looking for an interesting topic to discuss at the dinner table, these free historic presentations are for you! (Published 11 July 2016)

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Jun 16 2016 -

Immigrants to Scotland: 1945 to the Present

Join us for the seventh seminar in the Economic and Social Research Council funded 'Scotland's Diasporas in Comparative International Perspective' seminar series in Glasgow on 16 June 2016.

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Jun 09 2016 -

Structuring and visualizing data workshop

Do you work with data, and do you want to learn how to visualize complex systems? Presented by Silke Vanbeselaere, University of Leuven.

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Jun 09 2016 -

Artisans and craft production in 19th century Scotland

Join us for this one-day conference on Thursday June 9 to explore artisans and craftwork in 19th century Scotland.

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Jun 09 2016 -

Anglo-Saxons conference 2016

Anglo-Saxons 2016 is a two-day conference taking place on 9-10 June 2016, hosted by the University of Edinburgh.

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Jun 08 2016 -

Fairly-traded textiles in late 19th century Ireland and Scotland

Professor Janice Helland, Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario) will deliver a free, public lecture on Wednesday 9 June 2016 as part of the Leverhulme-funded Artisans and the Craft Economy in Scotland project conference.

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Jun 07 2016 -

The 1916 Rising in Historical Perspective

Joe Lee, Professor of History and Director of Glucksman Ireland House, New York University, will deliver a fascinating talk on the Easter Rising of 1916 on the 7th June 2016.

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May 26 2016 -

Transnational history training workshop

Join us for this one-day workshop on Thursday 26 May 2016 that will bring together doctoral students from a number of countries for an intensive training event in transnational history.

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