News and events - 2016

The School of History, Classics and Archaeology is delighted to congratulate Professor Bloxham on his success in winning a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship. (Published 19 Dec, 2016)

A rare 17th Century map, restored by the National Library of Scotland, is revealing the close links between Scotland and Europe. (Published 28 Nov, 2016)

A group of Modern Irish History doctoral students met with Irish Minister for Diaspora and International Development and the Consul General recently to discuss their research . (Published 11 Nov 2016)

It is with great sadness that the School learned of the passings, recently, of two former colleagues - Anthony Goodman and Angus Mackay. (Published 10 Nov 2016)

A play drawing on the research of Dr Wendy Ugolini, Senior Lecturer in the School of History, Classics & Archaeology, transfers to Milan following a Scottish tour. (Published 2 Nov 2016)

The School of History, Classics and Archaeology is delighted to announce the winners of Scholarships for Academic Excellence and Robertson International Scholarships. (Published 31 Oct 2016)

The battle for the White House is the subject of a free course from the School of Classics, History and Archaeology. (Published 19 October 2016)

Professor Alvin Jackson has been speaking about the future shape of the United Kingdom in the aftermath of Brexit as part of Mount Stewart Conversations Festival, held in County Down, Northern Ireland.

Former HCA PhD student Camilo Erlichman has won the British International History Group Thesis Prize for 2016.

Join the History of Medicine Group, a collaborative seminar series hosted by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh.

The Global and Transnational Research Group seminars take place throughout the academic year and are open to all, within and outside the University.

The Gender History seminar series runs regularly throughout the academic year. Seminars are open to all.

The Economic and Social History research seminars take place throughout the academic year and are open to all.

The School offers a Scottish History seminar series throughout the year to which all are welcome.

The Modern Irish History research seminars take place throughout the academic year and are open to all.

The School offers an American History seminar and workshop series, as well as round table events and a reading group.

Following on from his four-part BBC Radio 4 series ‘The Borders of Sanity’, which explored the impact and culture of mental health and illness around the world, Dr Christopher Harding will chair a discussion panel on the subject on BBC World Service on 8 September.

Online Exhibition: Artisans And Craft-Production In Nineteenth-Century Scotland available to view. It is themed in five sections; Handmade and Design, Vernacular and Place, Portraits, Workshops, and Trades and Communities. (Published 1st August 2016)

Dr Hunter has been awarded the prestigious Gladstone Prize for 2016. (Published 12 July 2016)

The President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, addressed an event hosted by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh to consider the life and legacy of Scottish-born revolutionary leader, writer and socialist, James Connolly (1868-1916). (Published 30 June 2016)

Staff from the School of History, Classics and Archaeology have joined with colleagues at National Museums Scotland to mark the end of a successful 4-year research project. (Published 22 June 2016)

Roseanna Doughty, a 2nd Year PhD student in History, has won the 2016 Justin Arbuthnott Award. (Published 15 June 2016)

Dr Chris Harding is working with the BBC on a global series looking at how culture shapes people’s experiences of mental illness and mental health. (Published 30th May 2016)

Join us for this one-day workshop on 26 May 2016 focussing on the methodological, historiographical, and conceptual challenges of research and writing transnational history.

A History research initiative is to help mark the centenary of the First World War’s biggest naval battle. (Published 24 May 2016)

Reader in European History, Dr Stephen Bowd, has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme fellowship.

Join Professor Geoff Eley for a seminar paper on 'Europe in the world, 1914-1940: race, colony, empire on Monday 16 May 2016.

Professor Janice Helland, Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario) will deliver a free, public lecture on Wednesday 9 June 2016 as part of the Leverhulme-funded Artisans and the Craft Economy in Scotland project conference.

Winners of the Jeremiah Dalziel Prize in British History and Simon Fennel Award have been announced. (Published 13 April 2016)

The School's Political History Research Group will host an elections workshop on Monday 18 April 2016.