Postgraduate community

The School of History, Classics and Archaeology is home to a large community of postgraduate historians undertaking both taught and research degrees.

There are a number of postgraduate-led seminars and reading groups and social events.

Current postgraduate-led seminars in History include: 

Postgraduate students are actively involved in our research groups and research centres. Some sit within the discipline of History, others bring together researchers across the School.

Current research groups include:

There are also three research centres in the School:

To find out more about our research groups, centres and seminars, see the School Research website.

Societies

The History Society is a large and active group. It hosts internationally renowned lecturers, provides study advice and publishes the student-run award-winning journal Retrospect. Social events include film and quiz nights, themed pub crawls, trips to historical sites across Edinburgh and Scotland, a Winter Ball and even a football team, ‘You’re History FC’.

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