Archaeology Seminars 2016-17

Thursdays, at 6 pm, Meadows Lecture Theatre, School of History, Classics and Archaeology.
Sessions will be followed by an informal gathering in a local pub.

For questions/info please contact this year’s organisers, Catherine Shupe, Graeme Erskine, Dr Manuel Fernández-Götz  and Dr Guillaume Robin

Archaeology Seminars 2016-17

Thursdays, at 6 pm, Meadows Lecture Theatre, School of History, Classics and Archaeology.
Sessions will be followed by an informal gathering in a local pub.

For questions/info please contact this year’s organisers, Catherine Shupe, Graeme Erskine, Dr Manuel Fernández-Götz  and Dr Guillaume Robin

Archaeology Seminars 2016-17

Thursdays, at 6 pm, Meadows Lecture Theatre, School of History, Classics and Archaeology.
Sessions will be followed by an informal gathering in a local pub.

For questions/info please contact this year’s organisers, Catherine Shupe, Graeme Erskine, Dr Manuel Fernández-Götz  and Dr Guillaume Robin

Celtic and Scottish Studies Research Seminars                  

Fridays 1.10-2.30 pm

Room G.05, 50 George Square

2 December      

Dr Catherine Swift (University of Limerick): Early Irish migrations to Scotland - Difficulties, Debates and DNA

Celtic and Scottish Studies Research Seminars                  

Fridays 1.10-2.30 pm

Room G.05, 50 George Square

25 November   

Bob Pegg: Confessions of a Reformed Folk Singer

Celtic and Scottish Studies Research Seminars                  

Fridays 1.10-2.30 pm

Room G.05, 50 George Square

18 November   

Dr Natasha Sumner (University of Harvard): Fionn mac Cumhaill in Gaelic Folklore

Celtic and Scottish Studies Research Seminars                  

Fridays 1.10-2.30 pm

Room G.05, 50 George Square

11 November   

Sue King – Evenings of Wonder – Circus Stories from the Isle of Man in the Nineteenth Century

Celtic and Scottish Studies Research Seminars                  

Fridays 1.10-2.30 pm

Room G.05, 50 George Square

4 November      

He Qianwei (University of Edinburgh): 爱尔兰 & Seiria, from ‘the Island of Love’ to ‘the Land of Silk’: issues in translating Kuno Meyer's Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry into Chinese

Celtic and Scottish Studies Research Seminars                  

Fridays 1.10-2.30 pm

Room G.05, 50 George Square

28 October         

Bill Innes: The Humour of the Bard!: Dòmhnall Ruadh Mac an t-Saoir’s great satirical masterpiece “MacPhàil is MacThòmais”

Celtic and Scottish Studies Research Seminars                  

Fridays 1.10-2.30 pm

21 October         

Dr Hugh Dan Maclennan and Dr Maggie Mackay (University of Edinburgh): The Patersons of Beauly: centenary reflections on rifles, romance, shinty and World War 1