The most downloaded publication for December 2025 is ''Enclaves of inequality: Brasiguaios and the transformation of the Brazil-Paraguay borderlands’' by Jacob Blanc. edin.ac/3N6CuTm Congratulations!

Really excited that our *new paper* is finally out 🔥 This study is the first to quantitatively investigate museum visitors’ perceptions of historical analogies that compare concepts from the deep past to modern political ideas. doi.org/10.1057/s415...

🌟New Year exciting new OA paper🌟 doi.org/10.1080/0076... from myself @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social, @shakenbeck.bsky.social & TC O'Connell @cam-archaeology.bsky.social "Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c ad 400–1100" using #isotopes & #aDNA🧵⬇️ 1/

Peace, joy, and light from and to everyone in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology. #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #EdinburghUniversity

The University closes today (Tuesday 23 December 2025) at 5pm, and reopens at 9am on Monday 5 January 2026. If you need support during this period please see edin.ac/48RLQJJ #History #Classics #Archaeology #Christmas #Xmas #Holidays #Edinburgh #Studentlife

For his PhD, Leone was supervised by a multi-disciplinary team led by Dr Marie Legendre @uoe-llc.bsky.social, along with Dr Yannis Stouraitis @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social and Professor Tim Greenwood @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. “It was one of the best choices I could have made…"

📣 PDRA JOB (2 Years, full-time) based in Psychology, @schoolofppls.bsky.social: We are hiring a Post-doctoral Research Associate, to work on Strand B (experimental) of our @weaponisedpasts.bsky.social project, generously funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk.

Congratulations to @jesswitte.bsky.social for leading our new collaborative paper on 'Generative #AI in Heritage Practice: Improving the Accessibility of Heritage Guidance'! www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/8/...

⏰The final @lamps-edinburgh.bsky.social seminar of the semester is tomorrow! Thijs Kersten will discuss their research on singing as a form of protest in late antiquity. 📌Join the group at 17:10 in the Teviot Lecture Theatre, Doorway 5, Old Medical Building, followed by a social in Potterrow Dome.

Frank Cogliano, Professor of American History at the University of Edinburgh, serves as the Tartan Army's Boston tour guide on BBC Radio Scotland Breakfast. Learn more at 1 hour 45 minutes via edin.ac/4ppbooB. #History #WorldCup2026 #TartanArmy #America

Congratulations Dr Tulsiani!

Today and tomorrow, join us for virtual info sessions for MSc Ancient Worlds (online), register at edin.ac/3X6DisX; MSc History (online), register at edin.ac/47jCKGc. #History #Classics #Archaeology #Ancientworlds #Online #Edinburgh #EdinburghUniversity

Join us on Thursday for the Munro Lecture 'Isotopic snapshots: a 15,000-year journey through the human story' with Dr Ricardo Fernandes (Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology). Register (free), edin.ac/3WU8xHH #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Isotope

🎨 In our final seminar of the semester, Neil McClelland joins us from @uofglasgow.bsky.social to discuss his ongoing doctoral research into the the history of art commissions from across the social strata from late medieval and early modern Naples.

🏙️ ⚖️ Today Andrew Simpson of @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social will join us to discuss one of Scotland’s oldest surviving legal texts, some elements of which are still echoed in modern Scots law.

#Edinburgh! Join Alison Bashford tomorrow, Nov 18 at 7pm, at Blackwell's Edinburgh South Bridge as she and @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social's Richard Oosterhoff discuss her new book, Decoding the Hand: A History of Science, Medicine, and Magic. #HistSTM #HSTM #HistSci #BookTour #Palmistry buff.ly/3WjBiMJ

If you, or someone you know, is considering postgraduate study in History, Classics or Archaeology find out more about opportunities at the University of Edinburgh in our postgraduate virtual open day sessions. More at hca.ed.ac.uk #History #Classics #Archaeology #Postgraduate #HCA #Edinburgh

All set up at the 2025 Leventis Conference! 👋Stop by for book chat and some great discounts on @edinburghup.bsky.social books. Lovely to be at a conference hosted by our pals at @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social 😊

📣 Thurs 27 Nov 2025 17:15 the Munro Lecture will be given by Dr Ricardo Fernandes @maxplanck.de "Isotopic snapshots: a 15,000-year journey through the human story" 🧪 book your FREE ticket here: https://tinyurl.com/3sx4rspn @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social #isotopes #archsci #EdinArch #MunroLecture

Great to see the latest Retrospect Journal publication from @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social students - @boapublishing.bsky.social were delighted to sponsor the journal over the last year, and I contributed something in it too! You can read it online here: retrospectjournal.com/home-fronts/ 🗃️

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