Research Projects *INCLUDE*
Details of the School's research projects
Archaeology research projects
Current research project includes.
Another world? East Africa and the global 1960s *INCLUDE*
‘Another World? East Africa and the Global 1960s’ seeks to understand and explain how East Africa’s global connections systematically broke down after independence, opening up a set of new and unpredictable paths forward.
Enslaved Childhoods: Redefining Roman Slavery
This three year project, lead by Dr Ulrike Roth, explores the role of child slavery in the Roman world.
Literacy through Latin *INCLUDE*
A program (working with the Iris Project) which connects volunteers who know Latin with classrooms in Edinburgh Council primary schools.
Artisans and the Craft Economy in Scotland 1780-1914 *INCLUDE*
This three year project, directed by Professor Stana Nenadic, takes a contemporary approach to craft, applied to Scotland, c. 1780-1914
Alice Thornton's Books: Remembrances of a Woman's Life in the Seventeenth Century *INCLUDE*
This three year project, directed by Professor Cordelia Beattie, will produce a digital edition of the four extant manuscripts written by Alice Thornton (1626-1707).
Transimperial Blackness: Slavery & Freedom in Jamaica & New Granada, 1655-1810 *INCLUDE*
'Transimperial Blackness: Slavery & Freedom in Jamaica & New Granada, 1655-1810' is funded by the Leverhulme Trust and will run from 1 September 2020 to 31 August 2023.
A History of Distributed Cognition *INCLUDE*
A 3 year project, funded by the AHRC, exploring historical expressions of the philosophical notion that cognition is distributed across brain, body and world.
Mapping Edinburgh's Social History *INCLUDE*
Mapping Edinburgh’s Social History (MESH) is a path-breaking AHRC funded project that uses data based on addresses and areas to represent historical information. It provides a spatial dimension that enriches and enhances an understanding of the past.
Teaching slavery in Scotland *INCLUDE*
Historians from the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh are working with teachers and historians elsewhere to build a network to develop history teaching in Scotland about Atlantic slavery and Black history.