Today! Celebrate the 150th anniversary of Queen Margaret University (QMU) with a special event featuring Dr Bill Aird, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History. Tickets (free), edin.ac/46Z4mz9 #History #Womenshistory #Edinburgh #Education See less

Welcome to everyone attending the 2025 A. G. Leventis Conference - 'Telling Bodies: A Conference on Corporeal Classical Reception'! Find details of related events, including the launch of the A.G. Leventis Centre for Greek Studies, at edin.ac/427jxo9 #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Leventis

❗Seminar Thurs 13 Nov "Residues of Life: Microanalysis of Activity & Climate Change at #Roman #Vindolanda" Vanessa Reid @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk📍 Sydney Smith lecture room (Doorway 1) 🕰️ 4.15pm All Welcome! #EdinArch #Archaeology #geoarch #IronAge @vindolandatrust.bsky.social

Our Eventbrite channel has changed! To make sure you receive information on the latest HCA events please follow us at edin.ac/42C7fED #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Events #Edinburgh #Edinburghuniversity

This weeks sees the 2025 A. G. Leventis Conference - 'Telling Bodies: A Conference on Corporeal Classical Reception'. Find confirmed speakers and details of related events - including the launch of the A.G. Leventis Centre for Greek Studies - at edin.ac/427jxo9 #Classics #HCA #Leventis #Edinburgh

And you can find full details of all seminars and events in the School on our website at edin.ac/4e5MjZy #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #EdinburghUniversity

Day of the Toga was a roaring success, raising money for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland! Professor Niels Gaul - A. G. Leventis Professor of Byzantine Studies and Head of Classics - looked particularly dapper. Read more, edin.ac/4qM5grD #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Charity #CHAS #Edinburgh

A real Murderers' Row of talent discussing the upcoming 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence at the Fennell Forum @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social: Allan Little, Lige Gould, Annette Gordon-Reed, Meg Roberts , and Patrick Griffin.

One week to go until the 2025 A. G. Leventis Conference - 'Telling Bodies: A Conference on Corporeal Classical Reception'. Find confirmed speakers and details of related events - including the launch of the A.G. Leventis Centre for Greek Studies - at edin.ac/427jxo9 #Classics #HCA #Leventis

⚔️ 📜 The 'Venetias' is an epic poem describing a period of conflict between Venice and the Holy Roman Empire. @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social 's own Luke Houghton will join tomorrow's group, drawing on his knowledge of Neo-Latin literature to discuss some of the distinct features of this work.

Today! Last few tickets for the Fennell Forum. Hybrid. Register now (free): edin.ac/3K4sDM1 #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #America

Tomorrow! The 2025 Fennell Forum examines 'The American Revolution at 250'. with expert panel Professor Eliga Gould, Professor Annette Gordon-Reed, Dr Meg E. Roberts, and Professor Patrick Griffin. Free and hybrid. edin.ac/3K4sDM1 #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #America

Our BYOD Festival is tomorrow! Bring a messy dataset (or work on our sample) and get hands-on support to clean and prepare it for analysis in R or Python. 📆 Wed 5 Nov 🔗https://edin.ac/3VTOhFK Beginner-friendly.

🐏 👨‍👨 @nicolemaceira.bsky.social will join us this week to discuss contrasting depictions of animals and humans in post-Reformation thought, and their importance in the development of the Reformed faith in Scotland.

Thanks to Drs George Hay @cwgc.bsky.social & Talat Ahmed @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social for speaking to the CWGC #SWW report, 'Remembering the Dead of the British Empire' at our round table event.

Find confirmed speakers and the programme for the 2025 A. G. Leventis Conference - 'Telling Bodies: A Conference on Corporeal Classical Reception' - including the launch of the A.G. Leventis Centre for Greek Studies. More edin.ac/427jxo9 #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Leventis

🎃 ☠️ Our MSc Human Osteoarchaeology students have been #felting up a storm making vertebrae recently! A fun #mindful way of learning skeletal #anatomy led by Dr Linda Fibiger 🧶 #halloween #osteology #osteo #archaeology #EdinArch #Edinburgh #bones #EdinburghUni #craft @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social

Kirklington Hall, where Alice Wandesford Thornton was born in 1626, has a ghost 👻 associated with it known as the Grey Lady. It is also said that if the enormous old trunk, which once contained all the Wandesford family papers, was moved from the Hall then disaster will follow. Spooky! #Halloween 🗃️

A delightful morning taking @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social students around the National Museum of Scotland, including this, the earliest Scottish tartan (!)

Celebrate the 150th anniversary of Queen Margaret University (QMU) with a special event featuring Dr Bill Aird, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History. Tickets (free), edin.ac/46Z4mz9 #History #Womenshistory #Edinburgh @qmuniversity.bsky.social

One week until the Fennell Forum, 'The American Revolution at 250'. Join an expert panel, free and hybrid, edin.ac/3K4sDM1 #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Americanhistory #America #EdinburghUniversity

‼️reminder‼️this seminar is on today in the Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre (Doorway 1) in the Old Medical School. We hope to see you all there! 🏺 @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social

Tomorrow! Join Professor Enda Delaney - Professor of Modern History - to find out more about his new book, 'Making Ireland Modern'. More information and ticket options: edin.ac/470Smgs #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #IrishHistory

Tomorrow! Commemorating the dead of the Second World War – Commonwealth War Graves Commission round table. More information and tickets (free): edin.ac/4pOlSyx #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #SWW #WWII #War #CWGC

Please note that tomorrow's inaugural lecture by Professor Lucy Grig on the History of Late Antiquity, is now sold out. #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Inaugurallecture

Our seminar this Thurs 30th Oct 16:15 in the SSLT is "Of rocks and hard places: from geopractices to extractivism in late prehistoric Europe" by Dr Beatrijs de Groot @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social #Neolithic #pottery #Anthropocene #geology #lithics #prehistory #archaeology #EdinArch #Edinburgh 🏺🪨⛰️

One week to go until a book event with Professor Enda Delaney - Professor of Modern History - for his new book, 'Making Ireland Modern'. More information and ticket options: edin.ac/470Smgs #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #IrishHistory

One week until the official Historian of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Dr George Hay, discusses 'Commemorating the dead of the Second World War – CWGC round table. Tickets (free): edin.ac/4pOlSyx #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #SWW #WWII #War #CWGC

One week to go! Professor Lucy Grig - Professor of the History of Late Antiquity - gives her inaugural lecture on 'A slow history of Late Antiquity'. Tickets (free): edin.ac/4p2Ot2R #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh

Plan ahead with the HCA events calendar! Find out about seminars and lectures across our three subject areas, most open to everyone. More info: edin.ac/4e5MjZy #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #EdinburghUniversity

Today! 2025 Annual Lecture in the History of Slavery - Professor Christopher Brown: 'The Atlantic Slave Trade and the American Revolution'. More info, edin.ac/45VL3Hv #History #Classics #Archaeology #Slavery #Edinburgh #BlackHistoryMonth

View from teaching room @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social #AutumnLeaves

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, join Professor Annette Gordon-Reed; Professor Eliga Gould; Professor Patrick Griffin, and Dr Meg E. Roberts, for the Fennell Forum to discuss the meaning of the American Revolution. Hybrid, tickets free: edin.ac/3K4sDM1 #History

The Society recently ran the first year of the President's Undergraduate Essay Prize. The quality of the submissions was incredibly high - huge congratulations to Alexandra Doménech for her success! We hope to see many more excellent essays submitted by undergraduate students in the years to come!

The inaugural @fwwsoc.bsky.social' President's Undergraduate Essay Prize has been won by 2nd-year History (MA Hons) student Alexandra Doménech, for her essay 'Flirting with the Front: The Marraines de Guerre and the Unofficial Intimacies of the Great War'. Read more, edin.ac/3J1XtoB #History #WWI

"France is not doing so badly!": French paradoxes analyzed by HCA's Emile Chabal, Professor of Contemporary History. Read: edin.ac/46ZlJiZ #History #Frenchhistory #France

Join Professor Enda Delaney - Professor of Modern History - as he talks about his new book, 'Making Ireland Modern'. Ticket options, edin.ac/4o5uhf7 #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #IrishHistory

Enjoyed showing @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social students the Edinburgh Martial, a Carolingian manuscript: thanks @natlibscot.bsky.social!

📣Seminar TODAY 16:15 in Sydney Smith LT ⚽ "Nostalgia and Sportswashing: The Role of the Past in the Saudi Takeover of Newcastle United" by David Farrell-Banks @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social  📷 D. Farrell-Banks; Newcastle Fans TV CC BY-SA 4.0 #EdinArch #heritage #Newcastle #NewcastleFC #football #sport

The Official Historian of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Dr George Hay, will be discussing the findings of the CWGC's second report from their non-commemoration programme, this time focusing on the Second World War. Tickets (free): edin.ac/4pOlSyx #History #Edinburgh #SWW #WWII #War #CWGC

Featuring @whiskeyrebelpod.bsky.social @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @frankcogliano.bsky.social

Professor Lucy Grig - Professor of the History of Late Antiquity - gives her inaugural lecture on Wednesday 29 October on 'A slow history of Late Antiquity'. Tickets (free): edin.ac/4p2Ot2R #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh

Congratulations to our Director of Research, Professor Enda Delaney, on the upcoming launch of his new book! Join Prof Delaney on Thurs 30 Oct, 7pm as he discusses his provocative and original reinterpretation of modern Irish history, Making Ireland Modern 👉 https://ow.ly/fIkg50X8rjc HCAatEdinburgh

One week until the 2025 Annual Lecture in the History of Slavery - Professor Christopher Brown: 'The Atlantic Slave Trade and the American Revolution'. No ticket required. More info: edin.ac/45VL3Hv #History #Classics #Archaeology #Slavery #Edinburgh

🕍📜 Join us at tomorrow's seminar as PhD student Jacob Morley shares findings from his research on the medieval papacy. 📚 💬 Then on Friday the first session of our new Renaissance Discussion Group will look at work from our own Elise Watson, exploring the role of women in publishing.

Our very own Professor Frank Cogliano has been shortlisted for the 2025 George Washington Prize! And it all started with a student's question... You can watch full interview panel with the finalists at edin.ac/42qHGpX #History #Classics #Archaeology #Edinburgh #America #AmericanHistory

3 Oct. 1700 #OTD Alice Thornton’s daughter, Alice Comber, gave bond of £2000 to prove the will of her late husband, Thomas Comber. In his will he left Alice Thornton £10 for mourning dress and specified that the annuity he had paid her since 1692 should continue. #EarlyModern 🗃️

Welcome to Weaponised Pasts! The website for our investigation into heritage-based hostility is now live at weaponisedpasts.org. Find out more about the project there.

Reminder ‼️ This is in TODAY (2nd October) at 4:15pm. To find the room see 📍 🗺️ 🔗 www.accessable.co.uk/the-universi... @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social

The 2025 Annual Lecture in the History of Slavery will be given on 15 October by Professor Christopher Brown on 'The Atlantic Slave Trade and the American Revolution'. Tickets (free), edin.ac/4nHBpya #History #Classics #Archaeology #Slavery #Edinburgh