One Health Archaeology seminars

The events take place throughout Semester 1 and Semester 2 of each academic year. Please contact the Research Group Convenors (see below) to be added to our mailing list for updates on our event schedule and upcoming seminars.

Time and location

The events take place throughout Semester 1 and Semester 2 of each academic year. Please contact the Research Group Convenors (see below) to be added to our mailing list for updates on our event schedule and upcoming seminars. 

Semester 2 2025/26

DateSpeakerTitle
2 Oct 2022Dr Miguel Ángel Moreno (University of Edinburgh)The Atapuera Archaeological Sites (Burgos, Spain) from the Palaeolithic to 2025 – ArchSoc Seminar
27 Nov 2025Ricardo Fernandes (Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology)Isotopic Snapshots: A 15,000-Year Journey Through the Human Story - Munro Lecture
15 Jan 2026Sian Halcrow (University of Otago)TBC – ArchSoc Seminar
22 Jan 2026Jess Thompson (National Museum of Scotland)TBC – ArchSoc Seminar
5 Feb 2026Simon Mays (University of  Southampton)TBC – ArchSoc Seminar 

Semester 1 2025/26

DateSpeakerTitle
3 April 2025Dr Marianne Hem Eriksen (University of Leicester)‘Body-politics: Untold stories of broken bodies from Iron and Viking-age Scandinavia
25 Mar 2025Dr Patrick Roberts (Max Planck Institute)‘Exploring long-term human interactions with the Earth system and their insights into planetary health’
20 Mar 2025Prof Jacqui Mulville (Cardiff University)‘Craftwork: Heritage, craft& communities’
30 Jan 2025Dr Antonio Rodríguez (Institute of Archaeology-Mérida, The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC-Junta de Extremadura))‘Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain): Unveiling The Cradle Of European Prehistory And Human Evolution’
17 Oct 2024Dr Trish Biers (University of Cambridge)‘Body Parts And Shopping Carts: Investigating The Trade Of Human Remains From Past To Present’
10 Oct 2024Dr Miguel Ángel Moreno (University of Edinburgh)‘Death, Violence And Disease In The High Mountains: A Bronze Age Collective Burial Case Study From Eastern Pyrenees’
21 Mar 2024Dr Joe Walser (National Museum of Iceland)‘Rare Disease In Iceland From Past To Present: An Osteoarchaeological Perspective’
3 Apr 2023Dr Alice Rose (University of Durham)'Exploring food, culture and identity in early modern Ireland (c. AD 1550-1650): A multi-isotope approach'
27 Mar 2023Dr Nicholas Overton (University of Manchester)'Archaeology, conservation and rewilding; The past, present and future of multispecies ecosystems'
28 Nov 2022Dr Claire Hodson (University of Reading)'Addressing the challenges of exploring health and wellbeing in past societies via non-adult pathology'
7 Nov 2022Dr Taylor Hermes (Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig)'Isotopic approaches to evaluate herding resilience in Bronze Age Central Asia'
17 Oct 2022Dr Sam Leggett (University of Edinburgh)'North & south: Variations in diet and mobility in Viking age Norway'

Further information

More on the One Health Archaeology Research Group can be found on its webpage.

Its conveners are Linda Fibiger and Sophie Newman.

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