News | Posted November 30, 2015
Elizabeth Darling, Reader in Architectural History at Oxford Brookes University, will be presenting a free lecture on her research into how women contributed to the reform and transformation of urban environments from the 1890s to the 1950s. Elizabeth received a Research Grant to support her work. All Fellows are invited to attend the talk at 6.30pm, 9th December, Serenity Café, 8 Jackson’s …
News | Posted November 20, 2015
In the Autumn 2015 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland newsletter (available at https://www.socantscot.org/fellows/ if you are a Fellow), we mentioned that ScARF was undertaking a survey looking to hear what people thought of the project and maybe even provide some ideas on where work should go next. We are proud to report that the survey received 97 responses – thank …
News | Posted October 22, 2015
Before the invention of writing, the landscape was a book of stories and meanings. Mythographer Stuart McHardy FSA Scot and archaeologist Alison Sheridan FSA Scot explore the rich archaeology of the Ballachulish ‘goddess’ and the surrounding landscape, and debate how those who lived there in centuries past might have imagined and connected with their environment. After the debate, everyone is …
News | Posted October 20, 2015
Hot off the press from Michael Stratigos, University of Aberdeen on underwater research into Castle Island, Loch Kinord. The project was awarded a Society grant and is a great example of how we support current work in the field.
News | Posted September 30, 2015
My Experience at the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) Conference, Glasgow 2015 Jessica Bownes BA(hons), MSc, PhD candidate. I joined the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC), affiliated with the University of Glasgow, as part of their burgeoning cohort of PhD students in January 2014. The focus of my research is to unpick the problem of how human diet and …
News | Posted September 11, 2015
Our 2015-16 Lecture Programme promises a rich range of topics and expert speakers. Dr Amy Blakeway, University of Kent kicks off the season with A War of Words:Propaganda in the wars of the Rough Wooings on the 12th October. Our Edinburgh lectures are moving venue to the Auditorium at the National Museum of Scotland. Lectures are free and open to all. …
News | Posted September 9, 2015
Second call for papers for a cross–‐disciplinary conference on Death and identity in Scotland from the medieval to the modern: beliefs, attitudes and practices Friday 29 January to Sunday 31 January 2016, New College, University of Edinburgh Full information here
News | Posted September 8, 2015
A year ago I moved back to Edinburgh on retiring as a research scientist and looked to get involved in things where I had previously been a passive observer. That sounds easier to say than it is in reality! I have been a Fellow of the Society for over 20 years so it was one of the groups I looked at. It …
News | Posted August 26, 2015
Scotland’s creative potential has been revealed as part of a nation-wide archaeology, art and photography competition. Dig Art! 2015 received hundreds of spectacular entries from across Scotland, from paintings and photographs, to cakes and cartoons. Participants ranged from five years old up all the way up to 70, and they all took their inspiration from thousands of years of history. …
News | Posted July 31, 2015
Prospective Fellows can now apply using our new online Fellowship Application form. We hope this will streamline the process for prospective and supporting Fellows. The system will also reduce administration allowing us to change our deadline from 1st Sept to 1st Oct. Applications submitted before the 1st Oct will be considered at the Anniversary Meeting on the 30th November.
