News | Posted October 24, 2016
Thanks to the dedicated Dig It! TV team of volunteers spending hours researching, writing, presenting, directing, filming and editing each video Dig It! TV was shortlisted for the ‘Sharing and Celebrating’ category, along with the fantastic Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust and The Friends of Kinneil, in this year’s Scottish Heritage Angel Awards. The award ceremony took place last week (October 18) and Dig …
News | Posted December 17, 2015
Read the latest update on Udal from Mark Hall FSA Scot. The latest phase of post-excavation research on the smallest site (RUX6) of the Udal, North Uist has just recommenced, funded by Historic Environment Scotland and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. The main aim of the analysis and research is to produce a comprehensive account of the site for publication in …
News | Posted December 3, 2015
We are delighted to say that one hundred and sixty nine new Fellows were elected at the 2015 Anniversary Meeting on Monday 30th November! Here is our President Dr David Caldwell with some of our new Fellows. Following the formal proceedings Fellows old and new had the opportunity meet and share enthusiasm and expertise.
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 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 …
