School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh

'Gaming trend shares insights into Viking ruler' - How research within the School is exploring the life of Harold Hardrada, 'the last Viking ruler', in a fifth-century cistern. Read more, https://edin.ac/4vchMm4

Do you know the School has a blog? Find the hidden gems, get insights into studying and seek out under the radar best bits about being a student and about the city of Edinburgh. https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/shca/

If you happen to be looking for something to do in Edinburgh this weekend then it may be worth considering a trip to Cymera Festival - Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Writing.

Not only do they have a dedicated Games Space this year, but ABS will be showcasing and playtesting “Blasphemers in the Borderlands” - which they have been co-creating with the History & Gemes Lab - as well as running sessions of their own adventure “Seasons of the Sun - Hunt the Gowk”.

The Games Space is free to enter and tickets to game sessions are free/pay what you can so, if you happen to be free and in the area, do have a look and see if anything catches your eye.


Link to the Cymera Games Space webpage in comments for more information.

That's a wrap! Another year's training mock excavation for our MSc Human Osteoarchaeology students is complete! ☠️ (NB all skeletons are plastic casts). Thanks to Easter Bush Estates for hosting us!

Tomorrow! Justin Arbuthnott Lecture 2026 - 'Ireland's Pope: Cardinal Paul Cullen and the making of Irish Catholicism'. Tickets (free): https://edin.ac/3Rmwjwv

Work by our students is featured in the exhibition, but now it's your chance!

Join 'Lomography in Leith' this Thursday at 11am in our Wee Museum at Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre for a creative session accompanied as always by excellent chat, tea and tasty biscuits! All welcome!

Curated by HCA students, “We have always been here. And we always will be” is currently in the Informatics Forum for Pride Month. Read more about the project on the HCA blog, https://edin.ac/43hrhoX

📢🇬🇧 Tomorrow we will have the pleasure of hosting Cordelia Beattie (University of Edinburgh) at the University of Genoa for a seminar entitled:

"Married Women’s Wills in Late Medieval Britain and Ireland: A Comparative Approach"

The seminar will take place within the framework of the PhD programme in History, History of Art and Archaeology.

All welcome!

📍 University of Genoa
Via Balbi 2, Aula 7
🕒 15:00

Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84069234057?pwd=uVBcMpo1wvPSO1FnJtvTi107PRCx0m.1

Passcode: 303126

📢 🇮🇹 Domani avremo il piacere di ospitare Cordelia Beattie (University of Edinburgh) all’Università di Genova per un seminario dal titolo:

"Married Women’s Wills in Late Medieval Britain and Ireland: A Comparative Approach"

Il seminario si inserisce nell’ambito delle attività del Dottorato in Storia, Storia dell’arte e Dottorato in Storia, Storia dell'Arte e Archeologia.

Tutte e tutti sono cordialmente invitati a partecipare!

📍 Università di Genova
Via Balbi 2, Aula 7
🕒 Ore 15.00

Work by students in HCA is part of the exhibition 'Lomography in Leith' in The Wee Museum of Memory in Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre. Open until the end of June, free to visit: https://edin.ac/42TiRCP