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Official account of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology
at the University of Edinburgh. Study with us! linktr.ee/hcaatedinburgh
at the University of Edinburgh. Study with us! linktr.ee/hcaatedinburgh
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Join us for the 2026 Fennell Lecture by Prof. Greg Grandin from Yale, discussing 'Zombie Monroe: How America First's nationalism shifts towards Latin America.' Secure your free tickets at edin.ac/4qyeI0t.
#History #AmericanHistory #Monroedoctrine #SouthAmerica #Edinburgh #Yale #Fennell
#History #AmericanHistory #Monroedoctrine #SouthAmerica #Edinburgh #Yale #Fennell
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📆 BIAA-UoE EDINBURGH EVENT
Hybrid Talk
"Long-term Urban Change at Aphrodisias: New Results from the Place of Palms and Governor’s House"
🗣 Prof Ben Russell (School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh)
Hybrid Talk
"Long-term Urban Change at Aphrodisias: New Results from the Place of Palms and Governor’s House"
🗣 Prof Ben Russell (School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh)
February 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
📆 BIAA-UoE EDINBURGH EVENT
Hybrid Talk
"Long-term Urban Change at Aphrodisias: New Results from the Place of Palms and Governor’s House"
🗣 Prof Ben Russell (School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh)
Hybrid Talk
"Long-term Urban Change at Aphrodisias: New Results from the Place of Palms and Governor’s House"
🗣 Prof Ben Russell (School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh)
The deadline for submissions to the AHGN Graduate Conference 'Asia in the Global Context', which takes place in May, is 27 February. Full Cfp and link to submit at edin.ac/4082SPJ
#History #Asia #Edinburgh #CFP #Globalhistory @ahgn.bsky.social
#History #Asia #Edinburgh #CFP #Globalhistory @ahgn.bsky.social
Cfp: AHGN Graduate Conference - Asia in the global context | School of History, Classics & Archaeology | History Classics and Archaeology
This is a call for papers for the 2026 AHGN Graduate Conference, which will take place at the University of Edinburgh in May 2026.
edin.ac
February 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
The deadline for submissions to the AHGN Graduate Conference 'Asia in the Global Context', which takes place in May, is 27 February. Full Cfp and link to submit at edin.ac/4082SPJ
#History #Asia #Edinburgh #CFP #Globalhistory @ahgn.bsky.social
#History #Asia #Edinburgh #CFP #Globalhistory @ahgn.bsky.social
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📣 Published #OpenAccess in AJBA @bioanth.org 📣 “The Use of Micro-CT Analysis of the Second Metacarpal to Assess Cortical Bone Loss in Archeological Human Skeletal Remains” by Luisa Less, @drbutty.bsky.social & Dr SL Newman onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🩻 @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social 1/3
February 12, 2026 at 10:47 AM
📣 Published #OpenAccess in AJBA @bioanth.org 📣 “The Use of Micro-CT Analysis of the Second Metacarpal to Assess Cortical Bone Loss in Archeological Human Skeletal Remains” by Luisa Less, @drbutty.bsky.social & Dr SL Newman onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🩻 @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social 1/3
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‼️Published @royalsociety.org Open Science‼️ "From rugged isles to managed pastures: morphological changes in Soay sheep (Ovis aries) metacarpal bones following anthropogenic translocation" @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social 🐑🐏 doi.org/10.1098/rsos... @soaysheep.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 10:07 AM
‼️Published @royalsociety.org Open Science‼️ "From rugged isles to managed pastures: morphological changes in Soay sheep (Ovis aries) metacarpal bones following anthropogenic translocation" @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social 🐑🐏 doi.org/10.1098/rsos... @soaysheep.bsky.social
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🎉 Call for Papers | 2026 Asian Histories Graduate Conference
The Asian Histories Graduate Network invites graduate scholars to submit an abstract for our 2026 conference. We look forward to hearing all your research on the 28th May!
Please use the following link to apply: lnkd.in/eeZsdZeN
The Asian Histories Graduate Network invites graduate scholars to submit an abstract for our 2026 conference. We look forward to hearing all your research on the 28th May!
Please use the following link to apply: lnkd.in/eeZsdZeN
February 9, 2026 at 11:53 AM
🎉 Call for Papers | 2026 Asian Histories Graduate Conference
The Asian Histories Graduate Network invites graduate scholars to submit an abstract for our 2026 conference. We look forward to hearing all your research on the 28th May!
Please use the following link to apply: lnkd.in/eeZsdZeN
The Asian Histories Graduate Network invites graduate scholars to submit an abstract for our 2026 conference. We look forward to hearing all your research on the 28th May!
Please use the following link to apply: lnkd.in/eeZsdZeN
Join us for the 2026 Fennell Lecture by Prof. Greg Grandin from Yale, discussing 'Zombie Monroe: How America First's nationalism shifts towards Latin America.' Secure your free tickets at edin.ac/4qyeI0t.
#History #AmericanHistory #Monroedoctrine #SouthAmerica #Edinburgh #Yale #Fennell
#History #AmericanHistory #Monroedoctrine #SouthAmerica #Edinburgh #Yale #Fennell
February 10, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Join us for the 2026 Fennell Lecture by Prof. Greg Grandin from Yale, discussing 'Zombie Monroe: How America First's nationalism shifts towards Latin America.' Secure your free tickets at edin.ac/4qyeI0t.
#History #AmericanHistory #Monroedoctrine #SouthAmerica #Edinburgh #Yale #Fennell
#History #AmericanHistory #Monroedoctrine #SouthAmerica #Edinburgh #Yale #Fennell
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📣 New #OpenAccess Dataset 📣 led by @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social's Vera Haponava (PhD candidate), Prof Catriona Pickard & Ricardo Fernandes "The North-Eastern Europe and Northern Asia isotopic dataset of bioarchaeological samples (NEENA)" 🔗 rdcu.be/e2kNw 🧪 18700+ measurements! #IsoMemo #Pandora #NEENA
February 10, 2026 at 2:54 PM
📣 New #OpenAccess Dataset 📣 led by @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social's Vera Haponava (PhD candidate), Prof Catriona Pickard & Ricardo Fernandes "The North-Eastern Europe and Northern Asia isotopic dataset of bioarchaeological samples (NEENA)" 🔗 rdcu.be/e2kNw 🧪 18700+ measurements! #IsoMemo #Pandora #NEENA
Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month with Dr Sam Rutherford (@echomikeromeo.bsky.social) and learn more about the last 150 years of trans history in Scotland. More info and tickets (free): edin.ac/4tecKoD
#Lgbtq #Lgbtqhistorymont #Transhistory #Scottishistory #History #Edinburgh #WorldDayOfSocialJustice
#Lgbtq #Lgbtqhistorymont #Transhistory #Scottishistory #History #Edinburgh #WorldDayOfSocialJustice
February 6, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month with Dr Sam Rutherford (@echomikeromeo.bsky.social) and learn more about the last 150 years of trans history in Scotland. More info and tickets (free): edin.ac/4tecKoD
#Lgbtq #Lgbtqhistorymont #Transhistory #Scottishistory #History #Edinburgh #WorldDayOfSocialJustice
#Lgbtq #Lgbtqhistorymont #Transhistory #Scottishistory #History #Edinburgh #WorldDayOfSocialJustice
Interested in adolescence, media, advertising, gender and culture? The School has trial access to the Jackie Archive, 1964-1993, a seminal British weekly magazine for teenage girls. HCA Librarian blog, edin.ac/4bpezZt
#Jackie #PopCulture #MediaStudies #BritishHistory #CulturalStudies #History
#Jackie #PopCulture #MediaStudies #BritishHistory #CulturalStudies #History
On trial: Jackie Archive, 1964-1993 – HCA Librarian
Blogging on library news, resources, services and skills for staff & students in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology
edin.ac
February 5, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Interested in adolescence, media, advertising, gender and culture? The School has trial access to the Jackie Archive, 1964-1993, a seminal British weekly magazine for teenage girls. HCA Librarian blog, edin.ac/4bpezZt
#Jackie #PopCulture #MediaStudies #BritishHistory #CulturalStudies #History
#Jackie #PopCulture #MediaStudies #BritishHistory #CulturalStudies #History
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🦴 This week's ArchSoc/One Health Archaeology Research Group seminar will be by Simon Mays (Historic England) 'Osteoporosis past and present: Age-related deterioration in the nano-platelets of bone hydroxyapatite'. 🕰️📍 Thurs 5th February, Meadows LT, 16:15pm - all welcome! @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
🦴 This week's ArchSoc/One Health Archaeology Research Group seminar will be by Simon Mays (Historic England) 'Osteoporosis past and present: Age-related deterioration in the nano-platelets of bone hydroxyapatite'. 🕰️📍 Thurs 5th February, Meadows LT, 16:15pm - all welcome! @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social
Books and journals and resources, oh my! Discover all things library-related on the HCA Librarian blog by Caroline Stirling, Academic Support Librarian for the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.Unearth advice, resources, and more: blogs.ed.ac.uk/hcalibrarian/
#HCA #AcademicSupport
#HCA #AcademicSupport
HCA Librarian – Blogging on library news, resources, services and skills for staff & students in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Blogging on library news, resources, services and skills for staff & students in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology
blogs.ed.ac.uk
January 30, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Books and journals and resources, oh my! Discover all things library-related on the HCA Librarian blog by Caroline Stirling, Academic Support Librarian for the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.Unearth advice, resources, and more: blogs.ed.ac.uk/hcalibrarian/
#HCA #AcademicSupport
#HCA #AcademicSupport
It's International Lego Day. Here's a Lego colosseum held in a secret School of History, Classics and Archaeology location.
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #InternationalLegoDay
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #InternationalLegoDay
January 28, 2026 at 12:29 PM
It's International Lego Day. Here's a Lego colosseum held in a secret School of History, Classics and Archaeology location.
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #InternationalLegoDay
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #InternationalLegoDay
Congratulations to Dr Anja Slawisch, Senior Lecturer in Greek Archaeology in the School!
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Britishschoolatathens
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Britishschoolatathens
💫 We're delighted to announce that next year's fellows will be:
🔴Dr Estelle Strazdins - Early Career Fellow
🔵Dr Anja Slawisch - Visiting Fellow
Congratulations, both!
#britishschoolatathens #Fellowships
🔴Dr Estelle Strazdins - Early Career Fellow
🔵Dr Anja Slawisch - Visiting Fellow
Congratulations, both!
#britishschoolatathens #Fellowships
January 27, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Congratulations to Dr Anja Slawisch, Senior Lecturer in Greek Archaeology in the School!
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Britishschoolatathens
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Britishschoolatathens
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🚨 Still time to apply to our post-doc - Deadline 3rd February 📜
You will be working with Zachary Horne, @acerbialberto.com, @chiara-bonacchi.bsky.social, @johnmartindale.bsky.social
on the @leverhulme.ac.uk -funded project Weaponised Pasts.
You will be working with Zachary Horne, @acerbialberto.com, @chiara-bonacchi.bsky.social, @johnmartindale.bsky.social
on the @leverhulme.ac.uk -funded project Weaponised Pasts.
January 27, 2026 at 10:53 AM
🚨 Still time to apply to our post-doc - Deadline 3rd February 📜
You will be working with Zachary Horne, @acerbialberto.com, @chiara-bonacchi.bsky.social, @johnmartindale.bsky.social
on the @leverhulme.ac.uk -funded project Weaponised Pasts.
You will be working with Zachary Horne, @acerbialberto.com, @chiara-bonacchi.bsky.social, @johnmartindale.bsky.social
on the @leverhulme.ac.uk -funded project Weaponised Pasts.
Dr Stephan Malinowski, Professor of Modern European History within the School, was a contributor to the BBC series 'Rise of the Nazis. You can watch it now on BBC iPlayer at edin.ac/4qQEkqw
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Holocaust Memorial Day
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Holocaust Memorial Day
Rise of the Nazis - Series 1: 1. Politics
Delving into the corridors of power where Germany’s top political mastermind sees an opportunity to use the popularity of the Nazis for his own ends.
edin.ac
January 27, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Dr Stephan Malinowski, Professor of Modern European History within the School, was a contributor to the BBC series 'Rise of the Nazis. You can watch it now on BBC iPlayer at edin.ac/4qQEkqw
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Holocaust Memorial Day
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Holocaust Memorial Day
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This Thurs 29 Jan the ArchSoc Archaeology research seminar is by Anna van der Weij PhD candidate @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social "Constructing the Limes: Burial Culture in Roman Period Netherlands" 🇳🇱 🕰️ 4:15pm in the Meadows LT @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social All welcome! #EdinArch #Roman #archaeology
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This Thurs 29 Jan the ArchSoc Archaeology research seminar is by Anna van der Weij PhD candidate @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social "Constructing the Limes: Burial Culture in Roman Period Netherlands" 🇳🇱 🕰️ 4:15pm in the Meadows LT @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social All welcome! #EdinArch #Roman #archaeology
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A 'lost' portrait of Robert Burns by Sir Henry Raeburn has been uncovered, and is now on display at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh.
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/raeburn...
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/raeburn...
Raeburn's lost portrait of Robert Burns uncovered | IASH
www.iash.ed.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 11:35 AM
A 'lost' portrait of Robert Burns by Sir Henry Raeburn has been uncovered, and is now on display at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh.
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/raeburn...
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/raeburn...
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If you’re in/around London next week & want to hear me speak about lots of fun early medieval isotopes + aDNA come along on Tuesday! ⚛️🧬☠️
*HNY!* A gentle reminder for our first seminar of 2026 next Tuesday 27 January at 18:15 in Room 209 @uclarchaeology.bsky.social. We will welcome @samleggs22.bsky.social (Edinburgh) for her talk on isotopes and aDNA in early medieval England. In person, free, open to all. We hope to see you there!
January 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM
If you’re in/around London next week & want to hear me speak about lots of fun early medieval isotopes + aDNA come along on Tuesday! ⚛️🧬☠️
Reminder - Emile Chabal's Inaugural Lecture, scheduled for tomorrow, will now take place on 7 October 2026. Please accept our apologies if you are unable to attend this new date. If this is the case, we would appreciate it if you could cancel your tickets so that others can attend, edin.ac/457Aroi
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Reminder - Emile Chabal's Inaugural Lecture, scheduled for tomorrow, will now take place on 7 October 2026. Please accept our apologies if you are unable to attend this new date. If this is the case, we would appreciate it if you could cancel your tickets so that others can attend, edin.ac/457Aroi
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Still one week to apply! Come work with us!
🚨 We're hiring 🚨
Still a week left to apply for the advertised post-doc position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk-funded project Weaponised Pasts! We are looking for an early career researcher with experience in experimental design, programming and statistical analysis.
Still a week left to apply for the advertised post-doc position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk-funded project Weaponised Pasts! We are looking for an early career researcher with experience in experimental design, programming and statistical analysis.
January 19, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Still one week to apply! Come work with us!
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📢 ✌️ We're kicking off our event programme for this semester off with two CMRS sessions!
🎨 📜 First join us tomorrow as our own @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social discusses depictions of Judas in medieval art and literature.
📅 ➡️ Then later this week ...
🎨 📜 First join us tomorrow as our own @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social discusses depictions of Judas in medieval art and literature.
📅 ➡️ Then later this week ...
January 19, 2026 at 9:50 AM
📢 ✌️ We're kicking off our event programme for this semester off with two CMRS sessions!
🎨 📜 First join us tomorrow as our own @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social discusses depictions of Judas in medieval art and literature.
📅 ➡️ Then later this week ...
🎨 📜 First join us tomorrow as our own @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social discusses depictions of Judas in medieval art and literature.
📅 ➡️ Then later this week ...
Emeritus Professor Judith Green from the School joined Patrick Geoghegan on Talking History to discuss the impact of the Norman Conquest on England and Ireland. Tune in: edin.ac/3LMpUbq
#NormanConquest #Podcast #Edinburgh #History
#NormanConquest #Podcast #Edinburgh #History
January 16, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Emeritus Professor Judith Green from the School joined Patrick Geoghegan on Talking History to discuss the impact of the Norman Conquest on England and Ireland. Tune in: edin.ac/3LMpUbq
#NormanConquest #Podcast #Edinburgh #History
#NormanConquest #Podcast #Edinburgh #History
Emile Chabal's Inaugural Lecture is rescheduled to Wednesday, 7 October 2026. All other details stay unchanged. Our apologies if this date isn't convenient. You can cancel your tickets at the following link if you can't attend, to allow others to join, edin.ac/457Aroi (Eventbrite)
January 15, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Emile Chabal's Inaugural Lecture is rescheduled to Wednesday, 7 October 2026. All other details stay unchanged. Our apologies if this date isn't convenient. You can cancel your tickets at the following link if you can't attend, to allow others to join, edin.ac/457Aroi (Eventbrite)
Dr Sarah Naramore, Lecturer in 19th-century US History, was a guest recently on Ben Franklin's World (@bfworld.bsky.social) to discuss the life and work of Benjamin Rush, a founding father of American medicine. Listen: edin.ac/3LznQn8
#History #AmericanHistory #BenFranklin #BenjaminRush #Edinburgh
#History #AmericanHistory #BenFranklin #BenjaminRush #Edinburgh
January 14, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Dr Sarah Naramore, Lecturer in 19th-century US History, was a guest recently on Ben Franklin's World (@bfworld.bsky.social) to discuss the life and work of Benjamin Rush, a founding father of American medicine. Listen: edin.ac/3LznQn8
#History #AmericanHistory #BenFranklin #BenjaminRush #Edinburgh
#History #AmericanHistory #BenFranklin #BenjaminRush #Edinburgh
Tomorrow marks the kick-off for this semester's research seminars! Discover more details on our site: edin.ac/4epxDoM
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh
January 13, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Tomorrow marks the kick-off for this semester's research seminars! Discover more details on our site: edin.ac/4epxDoM
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh