ArchSoc Archaeology seminars
The ArchSoc Archaeology seminars provide an opportunity for discussion of current research developments on a range of archaeological themes from diverse chronological and geographical areas. The seminars are open to all.
Seminar description
You are cordially invited to our Archaeological Seminar Series of 2023/24, in collaboration with our Archaeology Society. Seminars in Semester 2 will take place in person every Thursday from 4pm, in the Anatomy Lecture Theatre (Room 425) in Doorway 3, Old Medical School.
Semester 2 2023/24
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Notes |
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Thu, 25 Jan |
Michael Legge (University of York) | CREMATED, CURATED, OR CAST ASIDE: EXPLORING THE COMPLEX MORTUARY PRACTICES OF IRON AGE BRITAIN | |
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Thu 1 Feb |
Peggy Brunache (University of Glasgow) | HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND SOCIAL ACTIVISM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA | |
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Thu 8 Feb |
Adrian Maldonado (National Museums Scotland) | HUMANS OF WHITHORN: MOBILISING MUSEUM ARCHIVES FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY | |
| Thur 15 Feb | John Giblin (National Museums Scotland) |
REMATRIATING THE HOUSE OF NI-ISJHOOL MEMORIAL POLE: FROM NATIONAL MUSEUMS SCOTLAND TO THE NISGA'A (NATIONAL) MUSEUM |
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Thu 22 Feb |
NO SEMINAR - - Flexible Learning Week | ||
| Thu 29 Feb | Kenny Brophy (University of Glasgow) |
THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND MATERIAL LEGACY OF THE 1988 GLASGOW GARDEN FESTIVAL |
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| Thu 7 Mar |
Katharina Becker (University of Cork) |
NEW PASTURES: LIVESTOCK AND LIFEWAYS OF THE IRISH IRON AGE | |
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Thu 14 Mar |
Beatriz Marín Aguilera (University of Liverpool) | COLONIALITY, PRACTICES OF UNKNOWING, AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL DILEMMAS | |
| Thu 21 Mar | Joe Walser (National Museum of Iceland) |
RARE DISEASE IN ICELAND FROM PAST TO PRESENT: AN OSTEOARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE |
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| Thu 28 Mar | Akshyeta Suryanarayan (University of Cambridge) |
MEAT, MILK AND 'INVISIBLE' ORGANIC PRODUCTS IN EARLY BRONZE AGE POTTERY FROM THE INDUS CIVILISATION AND SOUTH-EAST ARABIA |
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| Thu 4 Apr | Rebecca Ellis-Haken (University of York) |
THE MARLBOROUGH BUCKET - BRITAIN'S MOST FIGURATIVELY DECORATED LATE IRON AGE VESSEL IN CONTEXT |
Semester 1 2023/24
| Date | Speaker | Title | Notes |
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| Thu 21 Sep |
Various speakers, University of Edinburgh |
RECENT DEPARTMENTAL FIELDWORK IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, AND THE WORLD |
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| Thu 28 Sep |
CANCELLED Trish Biers, University of Cambridge |
BODY PARTS AND SHOPPING CARTS: INVESTIGATING THE TRADE OF HUMAN REMAINS FROM PAST TO PRESENT |
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| Thu 5 Oct |
Richard Osgood, Defence Infrastructure Organisation, UK Government |
BROKEN POTS, MENDING LIVES: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF OPERATION NIGHTINGALE |
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| Thu 12 Oct |
Munro Lecture Professor Sylvia Yanagisako |
'FAMILY, PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE ALOHA STATE: SEA LEVEL RISE, BEACH LOSS AND FAMILY LEGACIES IN HAWAI’I' |
More information |
| Thu 19 Oct |
Martin Odler, University of Newcastle |
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN METALS |
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| Thu 26 Oct |
Katie O’Connell, AOC Archaeology |
A PREHISTORIC WETLAND SETTLEMENT IN HYNDFORD |
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| Thu 2 Nov - NO SEMINAR |
Manuel Fernández-Götz, University of Edinburgh |
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EARLY CITIES: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES FROM GORDON CHILDE TO THE PRESENT |
**See Inaugural Lecture on Wednesday 1 November ** |
| Thu 9 Nov |
David Farrell-Banks, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge |
THE POWER OF EMOTION IN POLITICAL USES OF HERITAGE |
This seminar is convened together with the Heritage Research Group |
| Thu 16 Nov |
Eva Mol, University of York |
'ANCIENT MYTHS, NEW MATERIALISMS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN' | |
| Thu 23 Nov |
Andrew Lamb, University of Edinburgh |
THE BEARDED LADY OF BELTON: A UNIQUE IRON AGE ANTHROPOID SWORD AND COMMENTS ON MARTIAL FEMALES IN IRON AGE EUROPE |
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| Thu 30 Nov - NO SEMINAR | **NO SEMINAR - See Anniversary Meeting, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland** |
Further Information
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