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October 2023

October Lecture: ‘The life and death of Atlantic Rock Art’

October 12 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Augustine United Church,
41 George IV Bridge,
Edinburgh, EH1 1EL United Kingdom
Badger rock, a densely decorated boulder located in an open landscape (Ilkley Moor, Yorkshire) - Joana Valdez-Tullet

This will be a hybrid event hosted by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland which will take place both in Augustine United Church and online. Immediately after the lecture there will be a drinks reception. Please keep an eye on the Society website, e-newsletters and your email inbox for the latest news and further information on Society events. This event is free and open to everyone. Lecture will be presented by Dr Joana Valdez-Tullett BA MA PhD FSAScot Atlantic Rock Art, known for…

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November 2023

November Lecture: ‘Changing his tune: Robert Bruce, Ireland, and the papacy’

November 9 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Augustine United Church,
41 George IV Bridge,
Edinburgh, EH1 1EL United Kingdom
The statue of Robert Bruce at Bannockburn © Fiona Watson

This will be a hybrid event hosted by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland which will take place both in Augustine United Church and online. Immediately after the lecture there will be a drinks reception. Please keep an eye on the Society website, e-newsletters and your email inbox for the latest news and further information on Society events. This event is free and open to everyone. Lecture will be presented by Dr Fiona Watson Robert Bruce had been on a mission for over a…

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December 2023

December Lecture: ‘On their terms: black women subverting the plantation economy in the Caribbean’

December 14 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Augustine United Church,
41 George IV Bridge,
Edinburgh, EH1 1EL United Kingdom
Dr Peggy Brunache, lecturer at the University of Glasgow on the History of Atlantic slavery. She is photographed here  in Glasgow City Centre. 


Photo Credit: Kirsty Anderson

This will be a hybrid event hosted by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland which will take place both in Augustine United Church and online. Immediately after the lecture there will be a drinks reception. This event is free and open to everyone. Lecture will be presented by Dr Peggy Brunache This paper draws on a Black feminist lens to read against the silencing violence of the slavery archives and reveal a dynamic (if sometimes controversial) and creolizing process of identity formation of free…

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January 2024

January Lecture: ‘The ethnological foundation of the Scottish Enlightenment’

11th January 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Augustine United Church,
41 George IV Bridge,
Edinburgh, EH1 1EL United Kingdom
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This will be a hybrid event hosted by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland which will take place both in Augustine United Church and online. Immediately after the lecture there will be a drinks reception. This event is free and open to everyone. Lecture will be presented by Professor Tommy J Curry The philosophical debates during the Enlightenment concerning the origin and purpose of racial difference provided the rationale for formalizing the study of racial groups in the United Kingdom in the early…

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February 2024

February Lecture: ‘Mesolithic catastrophe: the impact of the Storegga Slide tsunami on the Mesolithic population of Britain’

8th February 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Augustine United Church,
41 George IV Bridge,
Edinburgh, EH1 1EL United Kingdom
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Joint with the Prehistoric Society. This will be a hybrid event hosted by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland which will take place both in Augustine United Church and online. Immediately after the lecture there will be a drinks reception. This event is free and open to everyone. Lecture will be presented by Dr Clive Waddington FSA MCIfA FSAScot Around 6,175 cal BC Britain was irrevocably impacted upon by what is probably the largest marine megaslaide tsunami so far recovered on the planet. This…

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March 2024

March Lecture: ‘”Take the wife with you to see the lady footballers”: The development of women’s football in Scotland, 1880-1939′

7th March 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Augustine United Church,
41 George IV Bridge,
Edinburgh, EH1 1EL United Kingdom
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This will be a hybrid event hosted by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland which will take place both in Augustine United Church and online. Immediately after the lecture there will be a drinks reception. This event is free and open to everyone. Lecture will be presented by Professor Fiona Skillen MA MPhil PhD FRHistS SFHEA The 5th of December 2021 marked the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Football Association’s ‘ban’ on women’s football in England. Yet, 100 years on we…

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