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.
News | Posted July 29, 2015
You can now catch a review of a travel guide book on “Sacred Scotland” written by our Fellow Marianna Lines and reviewed by Adam Welfare FSA Scot in our resources section. Other book reviews can be found by searching the Resources section for Book Reviews.
News | Posted July 23, 2015
We are delighted to be sponsoring ten student bursaries for early career researchers at the European Association of Archaeologists meeting in Glasgow 2-5 September. Here Will Wyeth, one of our bursary awardees, talks about his current research and what the Society support means to him. “In October 2013 I embarked on a PhD looking at Scotland’s early stone castles. The …
News | Posted July 22, 2015
Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society (founded 1862) Merkland Kirkmahoe Dumfries DG1 1SY The Truckell Prize In 2009, the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society established The Truckell Prize, commemorating the late A.E. Truckell and his outstanding contribution to local studies in Dumfries and Galloway. The prize was open to undergraduate or postgraduate students from the …
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The lectures at ARP 2015 our national conference examining recent and ongoing archaeological projects in collaboration with Archaeology Scotland are now available to view from our Resources section. The day conference was held in the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PQ, on Saturday 30 May 2015. The programme included sessions reflecting the best practice and new research …
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James V and Sir David Lyndsay Day Conference sponsored by the Heraldry Society of Scotland 19th September 2015 (9.00 coffee and registration) St Augustine’s Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL Kate Anderson, Senior Curator SNPG Court Portraiture Prof Michael Bath Furnishings Charles Burnett, Ross Herald Extraordinary The Arms and the Honours of Scotland Prof Ian Campbell, Edinburgh University Architectural …
News | Posted July 15, 2015
William S. Rodner, editor of Scotia: Interdisciplinary Journal of Scottish Studies, from the Department of History in the College of Arts and Letters at Old Dominion University, reviews this “thoughtful and often provocative” collection of essays which “attest to the current vitality of Raeburn studies” edited by Professor Viccy Coltman and Dr Stephen Lloyd. Click here for the review. Further book reviews and more can …
News | Posted June 25, 2015
Dr Jacqui Mulville, Cardiff University, explored how archaeologists tell the story of the past, communicating discoveries and presenting itself to the public on Sunday 26 April at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. If you couldn’t be there in person you can now watch the lecture online. Dr Mulville’s research focuses on the field of bioarchaeology (broadly defined as once living materials). She has …
