ArchSoc Archaeology seminars

The ArchSoc Archaeology seminars provide an opportunity for discussion of current research developments on a range of archaeological themes from diverse chronological and geographical areas. The seminars are open to all.

Seminar description

You are cordially invited to our Archaeological Seminar Series of 2025/26, in collaboration with our student Archaeology Society (ArchSoc). The ArchSoc Archaeology seminars provide an opportunity for discussion of current research developments on a range of archaeological themes from diverse chronological and geographical areas. The seminars are open to all.

Seminars will take place in person every Thursday from 4:15pm, in the Sydney Smith lecture room Doorway 1, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, EH8 9AG unless stated otherwise below,followed by a post-seminar reception afterwards in the McMillan Room (accessed via Doorway 4). Please note – the Munro lectures will be in a different location and may have a different start time (tbc).

Semester 1 2025/26

Thu 18 SepDiane Bolger (University of Edinburgh)Gender, fragmentation and social transformation in prehistoric CyprusArchSoc Seminar
Thu 2 OctMiguel Angel Moreno (University of Edinburgh)       Atapuerca archaeological sites (Burgos, Spain), from Palaeolithic to 2025Joint seminar with One Health Archaeology Research Group
Thu 9 OctDavid Farrell-Banks (University of Edinburgh)  Nostalgia and Sportswashing: The Role of the Past in the Saudi Takeover of Newcastle United 
Thu 16 OctVarious (University of Edinburgh)Fieldwork Updates 
Thu 23 OctJohn Bintliff (University of Edinburgh)Hyettos: The Origins, Florescence and Afterlife of a Small City in Central Greece  
Thu 30 OctBeatrijs de Groot (University of Edinburgh)       Of rocks and hard places: from geopractices to extractivism in late prehistoric EuropeArchSoc Seminar
Thu 6 NovIain Banks (University of Glasgow)TBCArchSoc Seminar
Thu 13 NovVanessa Reid (University of Edinburgh)Residues of Life: Microanalysis of Activity & Climate Change at Roman Vindolanda 
Thu 20 NovFabio Saccoccio (University of Nottingham)    The Cenomani in Northern Italy: from Celtic invaders to Roman citizens (late 1st millennium BC) 
Thu 27 NovRicardo Fernandes (Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology)              Isotopic Snapshots: A 15,000-Year Journey Through the Human StoryMunro Lecture (lecture location and start time tbc)

Further Information

To join the ArchSoc Archaeology Seminar mailing list, University of Edinburgh staff can join the mlist at the link below, or please email Claire.Brown-2@ed.ac.uk.

If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact the coordinators Dr Arturo Rey da Silva or Dr Chiara Bonacchi. You can also follow Edinburgh Archaeology and ArchSoc on Instagram (see below).

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