13th Annual Conference of the
British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (BABAO) 2011
(2-4 September)
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The University of Edinburgh is host to the 13th Annual British
Association for for Biological Anthropology and Ostearchaeology
(BABAO) Conference from the 2nd to the 4th of September 2011. This year's sessions include Palaeopathology, Human Evolution/Primatology, Forensic Anthropology and an Open Session.
More information is on the BABAO 2011 conference website.
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Hitler's Scandinavian Legacy (8-10 April 2010)
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The four Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland experienced the effects of the German invasion in April 1940 in very different ways.
See more about this conference at the Hitler's Scandinavian Legacy conference website.
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Performing Colonial Modernity (18 and 19 May 2010)
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This two-day conference seeks to develop a trans-disciplinary research network for postgraduates and early-career researchers at the University with interests in the histories and practices of European colonialism. The organisers are casting a wide net. We aim to bring together specialists working within distinct subject- or area-specialisms who are researching the diverse impacts of European colonialism in different global and local contexts. The conference will be held in the William Robertson Building (50 George Square) on 18 and 19 May 2010. Places are limited, so if you are interested in presenting, please submit your proposal as soon as possible.
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Postgraduate Students & Early-Career Researchers
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Networks, Architecture and City Space in Britain, 1850-2000 - PG Researcher Symposium (27th of November 09)
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6th Leventis Conference 2009
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Postgraduate addresses European conference
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Congratulations to Fares Moussa, second year PhD student in Archaeology. He is currently a Marie Curie Fellow at the École normale supérieure in Paris and this week end will be speaking at final seminar of the programme 'The Social History of the Mediterranean' at the University of Bielefeld.
For programme information see http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/geschichte/forschung/building-on-the-past2.pdf
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Head of School invited to give
keynote address at British Scholar Conference - USA 2010
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Professor Tom Devine is to be the keynote
speaker at the Second British Scholar Conference at the University
of Texas at Austin in March 2010. The British Scholar Society
was established to promote British Studies in the USA and to publish
the new academic journal; British
Scholar. Professor Devine follows Professor Linda Colley
of Princeton who gave the keynote address in 2009.
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Scholarly interest in the lived experience
of eighteenth-century Scotswomen has undergone a remarkable revival
in recent years, most notably amongst a new generation of historians.
This event brings together both emerging and established scholars
from diverse historical perspectives, to share new research on
women’s roles, responsibilities, expectations and experiences
in eighteenth-century Scotland.
For
more information see the symposium website
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Economic & Social History
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How should we respond to new technologies,
a new history curriculum, more Scottish history in the classroom,
and the need for continuing professional development in history
teaching? This conference will address some of these issues with
educators, academic staff, and local historians offering some
ways forward.
Room 108, William Robertson Building, Edinburgh University
7th November 2008
Link
to event poster (PDF)
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Economic & Social History
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Gendering
Imperialism, 8th November 2008
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The annual Women's History Scotland
conference is on the theme of 'Gendering Imperialism' and will
be held at the University of Edinburgh on Saturday, 8th November,
from 10.00 a.m to 6 p.m. Please see the conference
website for more information.
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Experimental
Archaeology Conference, 15th&16th November 2008
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The School of History, Classics and
Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh is pleased to announce
a forthcoming conference on Experimental Archaeology. The conference
will be held over the weekend of 15th-16th November 2008 and will
comprise a day of papers and discussions at the Archaeology building
on Saturday followed, on Sunday, by a trip to the Scottish Crannog
Centre on Loch Tay where delegates will be able to visit an experimental
re-construction of a crannog and take part on various associated
activities. Please see the conference
website for more information.
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Mutiny at the Margins - Savage
Attack 30th June - 1st July
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'Mutiny at the Margins' project, a conference entitled Savage Attack,
will be held on June 30th and July 1st 2008, with the aim of bringing
together historians and anthropologists working on tribal insurgency
in colonial and contemporary India. The conference is being organised
in collaboration with Goldsmiths College, London. For further details
please contact Dr. Crispin
Bates
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'Tragedy
and Archaic Greek Thought', June 13th-15th 2008 |
A conference exploring the
relation between Greek tragedy and Archaic thought, organised by
the School of History, Classics and Archaeology by Prof. Douglas
Cairns and Dr Michael Lurje.
Information about the conference programme,
location and registration is available on the Tragedy
and Archaic Greek Thought website . |
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'The Archaeologies of Byzantium', 41st Spring Symposium
of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies |
The Archaeologies of Byzantium',
41st Spring Symposium of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine
Studies to held in Archaeology, Old High School Infirmary Street,
4th-6th April 2008, members of the School of History, Classics and
Archaeology please contact Prof. Jim Crow directly to register on
jim.crow@ed.ac.uk. See http://www.byzantium.ac.uk/frameset_symp41.htm
for programme details.
On Friday 4th April, at
5.30p.m., there will be a public lecture by Dr Ismail Karamut, Director
of the Istanbul Archaeological Museums, will talk on the Recent
Excavations in the Harbour of Theodosius (Yenikapi) and the discovery
of 27 ancient ships, in Lecture Theatre 270, Old College.
To be followed by a wine
reception in F1, F2b, The Old High School, sponsored by Ashgate
Books to view 'Encounters of Arts and Crafts Architects in Byzantium',
an exhibition based on the The Byzantine Research Fund Archive from
the British School at Athens. The exhibition will be displayed over
the three days of the symposium. For the BSA archive project see:
http://www.bsa.ac.uk/archive/index.htm?brf/main
Posters: Poster
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