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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Dec 01 2022 -

Cfp: 2nd Online Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival

The second Online Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival will take place 9-12 March 2023. The deadline for submissions is 1 December 2022.

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Nov 28 2022 -

Professor Julian Goodare - Reality checking for historians

How do historians study people? Join Emeritus Professor of History Julian Goodare to find out.

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Nov 14 2022 -

'Puir Bliddy Swaddies: Scottish Poets of World War II'

The Second World War Network (Scotland) invites you to an evening celebrating Scottish war poetry.

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Nov 08 2022 -

Dr Ng’wanza Kamata: ‘Julius Nyerere and the crisis of expectations after Tanganyika’s Independence’

In commemoration of Julius Nyerere, Dr Ng’wanza Kamata will deliver the lecture ‘Julius Nyerere and the crisis of expectations after Tanganyika’s Independence’.

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Oct 26 2022 -

MSc History (Online) information session

Join our information session to learn more about our MSc in History (online learning).

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Oct 26 2022 -

MSc Ancient Worlds information session

Join our information session to learn more about our MSc in Ancient Worlds (online learning).

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Oct 13 2022 -

Munro Lecture - Dr Paige West

Dr Paige West reflects on 10 years of 'doing anthropology differently' in collaboration with a non-governmental organization in Papua New Guinea.

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Oct 13 2022 -

Black History Month - Hakim Adi

The School of History, Classics and Archaeology is delighted to host Professor Hakim Adi for the Scottish launch of his new book as part of Black History Month.

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Oct 06 2022 -

CANCELLED Munro Lecture - Prof Dr David Fontijn: 'The Bronze Age "destructive economy"’

CANCELLED - Unfortunately, this event has had to be cancelled at this time.

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Oct 05 2022 -

Professor Richard Overy: "Chronologies: Blood and ruins. The Great Imperial War 1931-1945'

Join Professor Richard Overy to mark the publication of what is being called his 'magnum opus'.

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Sep 29 2022 -

SWW Network (Scotland) Postgraduate Research Virtual Coffee Mornings

The Second World War Studies Network (Scotland) will host a series of virtual coffee mornings, and invite postgraduate researchers in the field of Second World War studies to join us for monthly informal hours of conversation and connection.

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Sep 16 2022 -

Definition and redefinition of Celtic identities in the Ancient World: An interdisciplinary approach

This international conference is jointly organised by the University of Florence and the University of Edinburgh and is designed to bring together scholars of the Classical world and/or of the Celts across a range of specialties.

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Sep 10 2022 -

Identity, State and Society in Modern Spain

This international history conference will take place 10-11 September, 2022 both online and in-person in Canterbury.                   

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Sep 09 2022 -

Conference - 'Ecologies of Healing in the Premodern World (600-1350 CE)'

This Wellcome Trust funded conference will be held in September 2022, organised by Dr Petros Bouras-Vallianatos and Dr Zubin Mistry.

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Aug 22 2022 -

Cfp: Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate Society

The Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate Society (LAMPS) invites postgraduate students to present their research at its weekly Monday seminars.

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Aug 09 2022 -

Mind travelling - Dr Miranda Anderson

Join Dr Miranda Anderson, Honorary Fellow, for this event as part of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Curious Festival 2022.

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Jul 31 2022 -

Cfp: Theoretical Archaeology Group conference

The Theoretical Archaeology Group conference TAG 43- 'Revolutions', will take place - for the first time - at the University of Edinburgh 15-17 December, 2022. The call for papers is open until the 31 July 2022.

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Jun 30 2022 -

Cfp - Spanish History Conference: Identity, State and Society in Modern Spain

Following two years of successful online talks the organisers of the Modern Spanish History Doctoral Seminars propose a conference to take place in Canterbury, 10-11 September 2022.

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Jun 25 2022 -

Eighth Annual Conference of the Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate Society

The theme of this conference is 'Working from Home: Labour and worship in the domestic sphere'.

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Jun 16 2022 -

Second World War Network (Scotland) Virtual Coffee Morning

The Second World War Network (Scotland) invites postgraduate researchers in the field of Second World War studies to join them for an informal hour of conversation and connection.

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