Events Archive

The remaining seminars for Semester 1 will take place in the Conference Room, David Hume Tower:

23/11/2004 - The Annals of Lorsch and Charlemagne's imperial coronation - Dr Roger Collins

30/11/2004 - The Sexualities of Edward II - Prof. Mark Ormrod

07/12/2004 - Who is Margery Kempe? - Dr Ruth Evans

Programme details can be found by following this link: Denys Hays Seminars

For further details on these seminars please contact Dr Emilia Jamroziak, Scottish History, 17 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9LN, tel no. 0131 651 3239
E.Jamroziak@ed.ac.uk

The following research seminars will take place in Room 4.01, David Hume Tower and will begin at 1:00pm:

24/11/2004 - Three linear barriers and one beheaded skeleton - Eberhard Sauer

01/12/2004 - The Evangelist and the Revisers: Matthew 27-28 - Gordon Howie

For further details on these seminars please contact Dr Ulrike Roth, Classics, David Hume Tower, Edinburgh, EH8 9JX, tel no. 0131 650 3586
U.Roth@ed.ac.uk

Professor Terry Penner's inaugural lecture "The Forms and the Form of the Good: how they function within the ethical project of the Republic" will be held on Thursday 20th January followed by a reception.

The lecture will commence at 5:15pm in Lecture Hall B, George Square Lectures Theatres with the reception to follow in the Conference Room, David Hume Tower.

For further information and to RSVP please contact Jill Shaw, Classics, University of Edinburgh, David Hume Tower, Edinburgh, EH8 9JX, tel no. 0131 650 3582, Jill.Shaw@ed.ac.uk

The annual Fennell Lecture will be given by Professor Kevin Kenny of Boston College, USA, on the subject of "Race, Violence, and Anti-Irish Sentiment in Nineteenth-Century America".  The lecture will be held on Thursday 24th February and will commence at 5:00pm in Lecture Hall C, David Hume Tower.

For further information please contact Dr Alan Day, History, Univeristy of Edinburgh, William Robertson Building, 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JY, tel no. 0131 650 3771, Alan.Day@ed.ac.uk

The idea behind the title for the conference is to pursue an honorable twentieth century tradition of exploring in tandem substantive questions of ethical theory and the light thrown on them by Plato's thought on the good in the Republic as well as attempting to resolve rather extreme differences of opinion amongst comtempories as to what Plato actually had in mind in his account of the  Good and the Form of the Good in the Republic

Full programme details including Registration forms can be found at: Leventis Conference

All enquiries may be addressed to:

Ms Jill Shaw
Classics
School of History and Classics
University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
Edinburgh
EH8 9JX

Tel: 0131 650 3582
Jill.Shaw@ed.ac.uk

This international conference will mark the retirement of Professor Michael Angold.

The conference will look at the ways in which various ethnic identities came to prominence while others failed to survive in a number of Eastern and Western societies in the middle ages and beyond.

Full programme details and registration forms can be found at: Ethnonemesis  
The conference is organized by Dr Tom Brown (T.S. Brown@ed.ac. uk ) on behalf of the School of History and Classics. Enquiries should be addressed to him at the School of History and Classics, University of Edinburgh, William Robertson, Building, 50 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JY.  

Sponsorship: We are pleased to acknowledge the sponsorship of the Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies Programme of the University of Edinburgh and of the Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna.

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War the Centre for Second World War Studies, University of Edinburgh in conjunction with The Scottish Centre for War Studies at University of Glasgow will be holding a conference on Saturday 4th June.

The conference is entitled "Scottish Writers and the Second World War".  The conference is open to all and admission is free.

Full programme details can be found at: Scottish Writers & the Second World War

General enquiries may be addressed to Mrs Pauline Maclean, Centre for Second World War Studies, University of Edinburgh, 24 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 PLN, Tel No. 0131 651 1254, email: P.McLean@ed.ac.uk

'Preserving Scotland' is the theme of the RICHES 2004-5 seminar series, and will examine how Scotland's cultural, historical and ethnographical heritage is being preserved in the new millennium. We are delighted to welcome experts from a variety of disciplines, academic units and repositories, who will discuss not only broad themes relating to preservation and archival work, but also specific projects in various subject areas. The series also recognises the welcome trend towards close co-operation between Institutions of Higher Education and the various archives, repositories and museums which are often vital contributors to the work of those institutions.

All with an interest in Scottish Studies, archival matters and other related issues are very welcome to attend the meetings, which will take place in the Conference Room , School of Scottish Studies, 27 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD, at 16:00 unless individually stated on the programme below.
All inquiries relating to the RICHES Seminar series, or other RICHES projects including the MSc./ Diploma in Scottish Studies, may be directed to:

Dr. Andrew G. Newby
Department of Celtic and Scottish Studies, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD
0131 651 1731
andrew.newby@ed.ac.uk

For more information on seminars being held during the academic year 2004-05, follow the links below: Semester 1; Semester 2 

The Denys Hay Seminar programme will commence on Tuesday 11th January concluding with the Denys Hay Lecture on Tuesday 3rd May.  Details on the Denys Hay Lecture can be found in the Lectures section of this website.

Further information on the seminars to be held this Semester can be found by following this link: Semester 2

For further details on these seminars please contact Dr Emilia Jamroziak, History, 18 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9LN, tel no. 0131 651 3239, E.Jamroziak@ed.ac.uk

This conference will examine the manner in which defeat in its military form has been understood and remembered by individuals and societies in the era of  modern industrialised warfare.

Full programme details including registration forms can be found at: Defeat and Memory
The conference is being convened by Dr Jenny Macleod on behalf of the School of History & Classics (Jenny.Macleod@ed.ac.uk)

General enquiries may be addressed to Mrs Pauline Maclean, Centre for Second World War Studies, University of Edinburgh, 24 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9LN  P.Maclean@ed.ac.uk

Sponsorship: We are pleased to acknowledge the support of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, the German History Society and the British Academy.

The Horatio Brown Memorial Lecture will be given this year by Dr David Laven of Reading University on "Byron & Venice".  The lecture will be followed by a reception in the Kirkpatrick Library, William Robertson Building. 

The lecture will take place on Friday 29th April from 5:30pm - 6:30pm in Lecture Hall C, David Hume Tower, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9LN

For general enquiries please contact Ms Seona MacIntosh, History, Room 103 William Robertson Building, 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JY, Tel No.. 0131 650 3782, email: Seona.Macintosh@ed.ac.uk

A Valedictory Lecture will be given by Mr Owen Dudley Edwards on Wednesday 20th April at 5pm.
The venue is Lecture Theatre C, David Hume Lecture Theatre, George Square.

After the lecture, there will be a reception in the Raeburn Room, Old College. If you are planning to attend this reception, please inform Maria Blanco-Alvarez (0131 650 37 88).

Professor Henry Rousso, the Director of Institut d'Histoire du Temps Present, Paris will be giving a lecture entitled "Judging Vichy 1944 - 1998" on Wednesday 27th April.  The lecture will be followed by a reception in the Kirkpatrick Library, William Robertson Building. 

The lecture will commence at 4:30pm in Room 110, William Robertson Building, University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JY.

For general enquiries please contact Mrs Pauline Maclean, Centre for Second World War Studies, 24 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9LN, Tel No. 0131 651 1254, email: P.Maclean@ed.ac.uk

The annual Denys Hay Lecture will be given by Dr Paul Binski of Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge, on the subject of "Gothic and Renaissance: art, ethics and expression in the thirteenth century".

The Lecture will commence at 5:00pm in Lecture Theatre C, David Hume Tower.

For further information please contact Dr Emilia Jamroziak, Scottish History, University of Edinbrugh, 17 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9LN, tel no.. 0131 651 3239, email:E.Jamroziak@ed.ac.uk

The Ted Hughes and the Classics conference will take place from 25 - 27 November 2005 in Faculty Room South, David Hume Tower, Edinburgh University.  To book your place at this conference you will need to complete a Registration Form

Full programme details can be found at: Ted Hughes and the Classics

If you have any queries regarding this conference please contact either Dr Roger Rees, Tel.No. 0131 650 3588, email: R.D.Rees@ed.ac.uk or Mrs Jill Shaw, Classics, University of Edinburgh, David Hume Tower, Edinburgh, EH8 9JX, Tel. No. 0131 650 3582, email: Jill.Shaw@ed.ac.uk