To mark the European Day of Languages (26 September), here are just some of the recent books of HCA researchers published in a language that is not English. Find out more, edin.ac/4pIGNTz #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #EuropeanDayofLanguages

The leading international journal ‘Gender & History’ (@genderandhistory.bsky.social) has moved to the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, edin.ac/46z9jy5 #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Gender

This Friday! The 2025 Denys Hays Lecture will be given by Professor Philippe Buc on 'Buddhadharma, rajahdarma, regnum, sacerdotium: Some Comparisons between Medieval Japan and Western Medieval Europe'. Find out more, edin.ac/3ImcpO5 #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Japan

A wonderful keynote at the @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social 'Roman History in Carolingian Europe' conference, by Lars Mortensen.

Are you an archaeologist working on quarries or rock-cut structures? Please submit a paper proposal at this upcoming conference (Edinburgh, UK, 14-15 May 2026) hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-even... @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social

If you have tickets for Professor Wendy Ugolini's inaugural lecture this Thursday, but are unable to attend, please cancel them through Eventbrite. The waitlist is full! Eventbrite: edin.ac/3Tz5DX5 #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #WWII

The Renaissance changed how people saw and understood the body. Cultural and art historian @jillburke.bsky.social @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social explores fashion and everyday life in Renaissance Italy, reflecting on the surprising history of bras in medieval times: www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4582

🛡️ Jill Burke (@jillburke.bsky.social), professor of Renaissance visual and material cultures, reflects on the extraordinary life of Caterina Sforza—warrior, alchemist, and Renaissance icon. #History #PLPEXPeditions @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @profilebooks.bsky.social

This week, it was exciting to host @acerbialberto.com at @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social to launch our @leverhulme.ac.uk-funded *Weaponised Pasts* research project, through three days of teamwork, followed by a kick-off event at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social

Looks like I'm cited on @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/s...

Seminar series in Sino-Hellenic Studies by Lisa Raphals: Comparative Perspectives on Greece and China —Wednesdays Sept. 17 through Nov. 26 9am EST @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social & online www.sino-hellenic.com/events/semin...

👨‍🏫 🧭 We’ll be kicking off the new academic year with the return of the Denys Hay lecture to @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, as we welcome @philippebuc.bsky.social from @unileiden.bsky.social to deliver a talk on his recent comparative historical research looking at both medieval Europe and Japan.

Free conference - 'Roman History in Carolingian Europe', 22-24 Sept in Edinburgh. Find out more and register: edin.ac/4noqMQB #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Romanhistory #Edinburgh

Love hurts. And can even kill according to Vasari! Find out more with our very own Professor Jill Burke, Professor of Renaissance Visual and Material Cultures.

Alumnus alert!

Hillforts? Yeah, got one or two out the back of the office. Nothing fancy, just Edinburgh. Have a look at edin.ac/4gjKyuj #Hillfortswednesday #Edinburgh #History #Edinburghuniversity

'Houses, death and identity in Late Neolithic Sardinia', Dr Guillaume Robin (PI). #Archaeology #Tombtuesday #Edinburgh #Sardinia #Edinburghuniversity

We made Dr Calum Maciver, Senior Lecturer in Classics, choose! #History #Classics #Archaeology #Edinburgh #ClassicLitMonday

With our very own Professor Richard Rodger, Professor Emeritus of Economic and Social History. #History #Edinburgh #EdinburghUniversity

Happy publication day to Chris Harding!

In our Classics Teaching Collection, we're lucky enough to have a cast of the very sad but rather lovely Funerary Stele of Hegeso (detail below). Find out more, edin.ac/46oPrOr #TombstoneTuesday #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh

'ChatGPT’s interpretation of contested memoryscapes favours the voice of current governments, capitalism and the far-right'. Our new article, led by Tania Gonzáles Cantera, is out. It is an outcome of Tania's visit to the #HeritageMindsLab @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social last yr doi.org/10.1080/1352...

When is a tractor not a tractor? Ask Dr Tanja Romankiewicz, Senior Lecturer in Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology. We did, as part of our #AskanAcademic series. #FindsFriday #Edinburgh #History #Classics #Archaeology #Edinburgh #EdinburghUniversity

Introducing Dr. Olivia Wyatt! I’m overjoyed to share that I successfully defended my thesis last Friday, and that I have started a new position as Teaching and Research Fellow in Black British History at the University of Edinburgh. I’m incredibly grateful to my supervisors and examiners

As Inaugural Lecture titles go, Professor Wendy Ugolini wins with 'How I solved a wartime murder'. Find out more (in-person only), edin.ac/3TwEEva #History #WWII #Friday #Edinburgh #HCA #EdinburghUniversity #Crime

Lovely to see this write up of our project in the Smithsonian Magazine. #EarlyModern 📜 🗃️ @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r...

You liked our hillforts so much, here are some walls! 'Earthen Empire: Earth and turf building in the Roman North-West' brought together colleagues from Classics, Archaeology and Engineering at the University. Read more, edin.ac/41Q9SSy #History #Classics #Archaeology #WallsonWednesday #Edinburgh

Congratulations to alumni Dr Stavroula Valtadorou who was recently elected a Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. (Harvard University) for the 2025–2026 academic year. Read more, edin.ac/45DUidZ #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #EdinburghUniversity #Alumni

Amazon UK is apparently 'price pulsing' my book. This means some days it is £90, but today it is £31!!! Grab this bargain whilst you can 😁

Medieval remains and the Blackfriars Monastery's foundations were uncovered near the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute construction site, near the School in 2020. Discover more: edin.ac/4lzsPQO #History #Classics #Archaeology #Medievalmonday #MonasteryMonday #ExtraordinaryEdinburgh

Did you know that we house the Vere Gordon Childe Collection? A man who was an inspiration to Dr Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr. edin.ac/3JAep1z #Findsfriday #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Edinburghuniversity #Indianajones #Friday

You want hillforts? We got hillforts! The AHRC-funded project 'An atlas of the hillforts of Britain and Ireland' was an HCA project with the University of Oxford, edin.ac/411eXYa #HillfortsWednesday #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Edinburghuniversity

Talking ‘Finding Scotland’s Place in World History’ #EdBookFest celebrating new edition of 📚 Connecting Scotland's History 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📍Venue T, Edinburgh Futures Institute, 18 August ⏰ 11am 🎟 bit.ly/3J0amPx #EIBF #EdBookFest #scottishhistory #Scotland #history #timeline

The School is home to the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, bringing together one of the largest communities of medieval and renaissance specialists in the world. Find out more at, edin.ac/3Jbke9i #MedievalMonday #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #EdinburghUniversity

Catch Professor Jill Burke from HCA on the BBC podcast "You're Dead To Me" talking Renaissance beauty and make-up. Tune in now on BBC Sounds, edin.ac/4ft8bjP #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Edinburghuniversity #Beauty #Makeup

🥳 @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social PhD student Jess Nutt won Best Speaker for her paper 'Sagas and Swords: Early #Medieval #Wales and Evidence of #Viking Conflict' @ Society for Medieval Archaeology Student Colloquium @exeter.ac.uk last week! 🏆 📷 C. Mason #EdinArch #archaeology @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social

📣 NEW #OpenAccess #OpenScience 📄 🦷 article from PhD student Vera Haponava, Dr Linda Fibiger, Prof Catriona Pickard (@hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social) & Ian (UoE Geosciences) detailing best practice in destructive analysis incl how to 🎦 @edopenresearch.bsky.social #archsci #isotopes #EdinArch #osteology

📣 New publication 📣 Dr Andrew Lamb "The later Iron Age inhumation burials of south-west Britain and Armorica and their potential relationship" https://tinyurl.com/3yfesrjv 📷 Kernow Skies CC-BY-SA #Cornwall #Kernow #EdinArch #Brittany #Archaeology #Prehistory #IronAge  @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social

Great to see our project written up in today's Guardian. Follow the link inside to our digital edition - more than one thousand pages of Thornton's writings transcribed and modernised. @kingsdigitallab.bsky.social @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social #EarlyModern 📜 🗃️

Please note that the HCA Reception will be closed 9am-1pm on Fri 1 Aug and Thu 7 Aug, and all day on Fri 8 Aug. If you do not have a staff/student card please enter via the Chrystal Macmillan Building on George Square. #History #Classics #Archaeology #Edinburgh #EdinburghUniversity #EdFringe

Due to Edinburgh Fringe activity around the School building, access through Doorway 4 will be on swipe and pin. #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #EdinburghUniversity #EdFringe

We asked a couple of online graduates from the School of History, Classics and Archaeology about their experience graduating in person in Edinburgh. Spoiler: they felt very big emotions! 😍🎓 #EdinburghGrad #UoEOnline @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social

Reality vs realism? How realistic is Christopher Nolan's new “mythic action epic” of The Odyssey? Dr Nicolette Pavlides, Lecturer in Greek Art and Archaeology talks to STV, edin.ac/4769y5A #Classics #Theodyssey #Homer #Archaeology #Edinburgh

Why would online learning be the best option for someone considering postgraduate study at Edinburgh? 💻📚 Find out what these graduates from the School of History, Classics and Archaeology had to say. #EdinburghGrad #UoEOnline @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social

Amazing discovery on campus! A dig began yesterday on an area next to McEwan Hall (image 1) and, after removing the turf (image 2), a structure came into view (image 3). We're not sure what it is just yet, but our money is on ritualistic. #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #EdFringe

This year's @royalsoced.bsky.social Curious Festival of Knowledge features 'Taken, studied, displayed: Readdressing the University of Edinburgh’s African skull collections' with Phd student Ash Charlton. Tickets (free): edin.ac/4lJwTif #history #Classics #archaeology #edinburgh #festival

Sabú, you rock! Quite literally! Congratulations on your graduation and the gig. #History #Classics #Archaeology #Ancientworlds #Edinburgh #Online

Pyramids in Scotland?! Just ask Professor Ewen Cameron (Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography), edin.ac/3GMHsll #History #Classics #Archaeology #ScottishHistory #Royalfamily #HCA #Edinburgh #Edinburghuniversity

Dr Miguel Ángel Moreno-Ibáñez, Teaching Fellow in Human Osteoarchaeology, investigates a 4000-year-old murder case in the Catalan Pyrenees. Read more at edin.ac/4nIdwqZ #History #Classics #Archaeology #Osteoarchaeology #Edinburgh #HCA #EdinburghUniversity

📌 📅 Though #IMC2025 may be drawing to a close, our students will be busy organising and moderating three sessions across the day! ⬇️ Find out more about them by clicking the link below! bit.ly/UoE-IMC-Thu