School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester
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The SAAH Wednesday Seminar Team would like to invite everyone to our talk this Wednesday 21st May. Our speaker will be Dr Heather Keeble presenting ‘How to Get Ahead in Archaeology: Using Book Reviews to Build Communities and Careers in Nineteenth-Century British Archaeology’.
May 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The SAAH Wednesday Seminar Team would like to invite everyone to our talk this Wednesday 21st May. Our speaker will be Dr Heather Keeble presenting ‘How to Get Ahead in Archaeology: Using Book Reviews to Build Communities and Careers in Nineteenth-Century British Archaeology’.
📚SAAH's BODY-POLITICS project have just published the first interdisciplinary study on pregnancy in the Viking Age.
Check it out here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Check it out here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
May 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
📚SAAH's BODY-POLITICS project have just published the first interdisciplinary study on pregnancy in the Viking Age.
Check it out here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Check it out here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
📢Join us for our seminar on Wed 14th May at 5pm when Gabrielle Russo will be presenting: '"He brought justice to al-Shām after a stretch of corruption”: Local Leadership and Revitalisation in al-Buhturī’s (d.897) Poems for Khumārawayh (d.896)’. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e8...
May 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
📢Join us for our seminar on Wed 14th May at 5pm when Gabrielle Russo will be presenting: '"He brought justice to al-Shām after a stretch of corruption”: Local Leadership and Revitalisation in al-Buhturī’s (d.897) Poems for Khumārawayh (d.896)’. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e8...
👩🎓Ever wondered what you can do with a degree in Ancient History?
🎥Check out this YouTube video from one of our graduates Claire Jackson which explores how her degree helped her discover a passion for sharing history in innovative and accessible ways.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD8t...
🎥Check out this YouTube video from one of our graduates Claire Jackson which explores how her degree helped her discover a passion for sharing history in innovative and accessible ways.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD8t...
From Ancient History to digital audience development: Claire's career journey
YouTube video by Uni of Leicester
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May 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
👩🎓Ever wondered what you can do with a degree in Ancient History?
🎥Check out this YouTube video from one of our graduates Claire Jackson which explores how her degree helped her discover a passion for sharing history in innovative and accessible ways.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD8t...
🎥Check out this YouTube video from one of our graduates Claire Jackson which explores how her degree helped her discover a passion for sharing history in innovative and accessible ways.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD8t...
👨🎓Join us for our research seminar at 4pm today, given by Dr Andriy Danylenko of Pace University, New York on 'The Slavic Slaves in al-Andalus & Ifrīqīyah: A Case of Linguistic Hybridization in the Late First Millennium'.
💻To join online: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e8...
💻To join online: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e8...
April 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
👨🎓Join us for our research seminar at 4pm today, given by Dr Andriy Danylenko of Pace University, New York on 'The Slavic Slaves in al-Andalus & Ifrīqīyah: A Case of Linguistic Hybridization in the Late First Millennium'.
💻To join online: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e8...
💻To join online: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e8...
📢We’re delighted to announce the Term 3 programme for the hybrid Wednesday Research Seminars at 5pm each week.
👇 We'll post the Teams link here before each seminar.
👇 We'll post the Teams link here before each seminar.
April 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
📢We’re delighted to announce the Term 3 programme for the hybrid Wednesday Research Seminars at 5pm each week.
👇 We'll post the Teams link here before each seminar.
👇 We'll post the Teams link here before each seminar.
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*PUBLIC LECTURE*
On 30 April, Prof Andriy Danylenko (Pace University, NY) will be giving a public lecture on 'The Slavic Slaves in al-Andalus & Ifrīqīyah: A Case of Linguistic Hybridization in the Late First Millennium', hosted by the DoSSE project & the University of Leicester.
Details below ⬇️
On 30 April, Prof Andriy Danylenko (Pace University, NY) will be giving a public lecture on 'The Slavic Slaves in al-Andalus & Ifrīqīyah: A Case of Linguistic Hybridization in the Late First Millennium', hosted by the DoSSE project & the University of Leicester.
Details below ⬇️
April 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
*PUBLIC LECTURE*
On 30 April, Prof Andriy Danylenko (Pace University, NY) will be giving a public lecture on 'The Slavic Slaves in al-Andalus & Ifrīqīyah: A Case of Linguistic Hybridization in the Late First Millennium', hosted by the DoSSE project & the University of Leicester.
Details below ⬇️
On 30 April, Prof Andriy Danylenko (Pace University, NY) will be giving a public lecture on 'The Slavic Slaves in al-Andalus & Ifrīqīyah: A Case of Linguistic Hybridization in the Late First Millennium', hosted by the DoSSE project & the University of Leicester.
Details below ⬇️
📻Tune in to hear our very own Dr Kathryn Tempest discuss the Gracchi and the fall of the Roman Republic on #BBC #Radio4 programme 'In Our Time' tomorrow morning: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Gracchi
Why two brothers became linked to the fall of the Roman Republic and rise of the emperors.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
📻Tune in to hear our very own Dr Kathryn Tempest discuss the Gracchi and the fall of the Roman Republic on #BBC #Radio4 programme 'In Our Time' tomorrow morning: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
📢NEWSFLASH! We've joined forces with #TimeTeam @timeteam.bsky.social to profile student experience on their first fieldschool excavating a #Roman #villa in #Leicestershire.
🎥Tune in on Saturday at 7pm when the episode will air on Time Team's YouTube channel. (www.youtube.com/c/TimeTeamOf...).
🎥Tune in on Saturday at 7pm when the episode will air on Time Team's YouTube channel. (www.youtube.com/c/TimeTeamOf...).
April 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
📢NEWSFLASH! We've joined forces with #TimeTeam @timeteam.bsky.social to profile student experience on their first fieldschool excavating a #Roman #villa in #Leicestershire.
🎥Tune in on Saturday at 7pm when the episode will air on Time Team's YouTube channel. (www.youtube.com/c/TimeTeamOf...).
🎥Tune in on Saturday at 7pm when the episode will air on Time Team's YouTube channel. (www.youtube.com/c/TimeTeamOf...).
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Thurs 3 April 16:15 in the Meadows LT for our ArchSoc/OneHealth Archaeology seminar is @thehem.bsky.social@archanchistleic.bsky.social ‘Body-politics: Untold stories of broken bodies from Iron & Viking-age Scandinavia’ #medievalsky #Vikings #EdinArch #archaeology 🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇴 @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social ⚔️☠️
March 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thurs 3 April 16:15 in the Meadows LT for our ArchSoc/OneHealth Archaeology seminar is @thehem.bsky.social@archanchistleic.bsky.social ‘Body-politics: Untold stories of broken bodies from Iron & Viking-age Scandinavia’ #medievalsky #Vikings #EdinArch #archaeology 🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇴 @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social ⚔️☠️
👩🎓Last week, our very own Dr Laura Basell gave a keynote lecture about the exciting fieldwork she directs on #Dartmoor Tor enclosures at the ‘Scales of Social, Environmental and Cultural Change in Past Societies’ conference at #Kiel University, Germany. #archaeology #neolithic #tors
March 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
👩🎓Last week, our very own Dr Laura Basell gave a keynote lecture about the exciting fieldwork she directs on #Dartmoor Tor enclosures at the ‘Scales of Social, Environmental and Cultural Change in Past Societies’ conference at #Kiel University, Germany. #archaeology #neolithic #tors
🍰Yesterday was the annual Great Greek Monument Bake Off featuring edibles based on the content of Janie Masséglia's third-year module AH3082 Great Greek Monuments.
🏆Star Baker was Gen, with lemon & poppy seed 'Soul Cakes' inspired by the images of human souls on white ground lekythoi. Great work!
🏆Star Baker was Gen, with lemon & poppy seed 'Soul Cakes' inspired by the images of human souls on white ground lekythoi. Great work!
March 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🍰Yesterday was the annual Great Greek Monument Bake Off featuring edibles based on the content of Janie Masséglia's third-year module AH3082 Great Greek Monuments.
🏆Star Baker was Gen, with lemon & poppy seed 'Soul Cakes' inspired by the images of human souls on white ground lekythoi. Great work!
🏆Star Baker was Gen, with lemon & poppy seed 'Soul Cakes' inspired by the images of human souls on white ground lekythoi. Great work!
👑"...Since then people just know where Leicester is..." 👑
📆This week marks ten years since Richard III's reinterment at #Leicester Cathedral.
📰Read more about the Richard III effect in this #BBC article:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#archaeology #richardiii #universityofleicester
📆This week marks ten years since Richard III's reinterment at #Leicester Cathedral.
📰Read more about the Richard III effect in this #BBC article:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#archaeology #richardiii #universityofleicester
Richard III's final path to rest in Leicester 10 years on
The reinterment of the last of the Plantagenets marked a unique moment in British history.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
👑"...Since then people just know where Leicester is..." 👑
📆This week marks ten years since Richard III's reinterment at #Leicester Cathedral.
📰Read more about the Richard III effect in this #BBC article:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#archaeology #richardiii #universityofleicester
📆This week marks ten years since Richard III's reinterment at #Leicester Cathedral.
📰Read more about the Richard III effect in this #BBC article:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#archaeology #richardiii #universityofleicester
👨🎓Our very own Prof. Ben Jervis gave the keynote at a conference called 'Looking at things differently. New Materialist approaches in Archaeology' in Mainz, Germany last week.
❓He explored how the application of innovative theory can destabilise our perceptions of urban life in medieval England.
❓He explored how the application of innovative theory can destabilise our perceptions of urban life in medieval England.
March 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
👨🎓Our very own Prof. Ben Jervis gave the keynote at a conference called 'Looking at things differently. New Materialist approaches in Archaeology' in Mainz, Germany last week.
❓He explored how the application of innovative theory can destabilise our perceptions of urban life in medieval England.
❓He explored how the application of innovative theory can destabilise our perceptions of urban life in medieval England.
📢On 26th March at 5pm Prof. Cyprian Broodbank will deliver our Wednesday seminar on ‘Oued Beht (Morocco): New light on the later prehistoric dynamics of Mediterranean Africa’. Join online with the following link: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e8...
March 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
📢On 26th March at 5pm Prof. Cyprian Broodbank will deliver our Wednesday seminar on ‘Oued Beht (Morocco): New light on the later prehistoric dynamics of Mediterranean Africa’. Join online with the following link: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e8...
📢Check out PhD student Kayt Hawkin's article on the function of a range of vessels traditional identified as Roman infant feeding bottles in the journal 'Childhood in the Past'.
📷Image credit: Colchester & Ipswich Museums
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📷Image credit: Colchester & Ipswich Museums
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March 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
📢Check out PhD student Kayt Hawkin's article on the function of a range of vessels traditional identified as Roman infant feeding bottles in the journal 'Childhood in the Past'.
📷Image credit: Colchester & Ipswich Museums
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📷Image credit: Colchester & Ipswich Museums
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📢This week Prof. Cyprian Broodbank will deliver our Wednesday seminar on ‘Oued Beht (Morocco): New light on the later prehistoric dynamics of Mediterranean Africa’.
🍰There will be cake at 4.30pm & the hybrid seminar will start at 5pm. Check out our Facebook page for the Teams link!
🍰There will be cake at 4.30pm & the hybrid seminar will start at 5pm. Check out our Facebook page for the Teams link!
March 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
📢This week Prof. Cyprian Broodbank will deliver our Wednesday seminar on ‘Oued Beht (Morocco): New light on the later prehistoric dynamics of Mediterranean Africa’.
🍰There will be cake at 4.30pm & the hybrid seminar will start at 5pm. Check out our Facebook page for the Teams link!
🍰There will be cake at 4.30pm & the hybrid seminar will start at 5pm. Check out our Facebook page for the Teams link!
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The Herodotus Helpline is delighted to share details of its spring/summer 2025 edition of talks! All talks are freely open to everybody. Just register at herodotushelpline@gmail.com #Herodotus @classicsforall.bsky.social @archanchistleic.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Herodotus Helpline is delighted to share details of its spring/summer 2025 edition of talks! All talks are freely open to everybody. Just register at herodotushelpline@gmail.com #Herodotus @classicsforall.bsky.social @archanchistleic.bsky.social
🎉🎉🎉Congratulations to SAAH doctoral student Kai Francis who passed his piratical #PhD this month with minor corrections.
👨🎓His thesis explores how real campaigns against #pirates turned into the stuff of rhetoric within the discourse of Rome's emerging imperial power. 🎉🎉🎉
#romanpirates
👨🎓His thesis explores how real campaigns against #pirates turned into the stuff of rhetoric within the discourse of Rome's emerging imperial power. 🎉🎉🎉
#romanpirates
March 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🎉🎉🎉Congratulations to SAAH doctoral student Kai Francis who passed his piratical #PhD this month with minor corrections.
👨🎓His thesis explores how real campaigns against #pirates turned into the stuff of rhetoric within the discourse of Rome's emerging imperial power. 🎉🎉🎉
#romanpirates
👨🎓His thesis explores how real campaigns against #pirates turned into the stuff of rhetoric within the discourse of Rome's emerging imperial power. 🎉🎉🎉
#romanpirates
📢The #Heritage Hub’s #Celebration of Heritage Event will take place on Sat. 22 March 2025 11am-4pm at Students’ Union (Percy Gee Building), University of #Leicester.
🏛Explore our campus heritage and collections and discover and celebrate the rich history and heritage of our city and region!
🏛Explore our campus heritage and collections and discover and celebrate the rich history and heritage of our city and region!
March 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
📢The #Heritage Hub’s #Celebration of Heritage Event will take place on Sat. 22 March 2025 11am-4pm at Students’ Union (Percy Gee Building), University of #Leicester.
🏛Explore our campus heritage and collections and discover and celebrate the rich history and heritage of our city and region!
🏛Explore our campus heritage and collections and discover and celebrate the rich history and heritage of our city and region!
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📣 Our work with Palestinian colleagues in monitoring heritage damage in #Gaza is mentioned as part of an article out in @theguardian.com:👇🏻
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @arcdurham.bsky.social @archanchistleic.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @arcdurham.bsky.social @archanchistleic.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
📣 Our work with Palestinian colleagues in monitoring heritage damage in #Gaza is mentioned as part of an article out in @theguardian.com:👇🏻
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @arcdurham.bsky.social @archanchistleic.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @arcdurham.bsky.social @archanchistleic.bsky.social
🎉We've just heard that the School have been ranked 40th in the world for Archaeology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject for 2025. Not only that, we've climbed 10 places in the rankings since last year! Well done everyone!🎉
www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
QS World University Rankings for Archaeology 2025
Discover the world's top universities for Archaeology 2025. Explore the QS World University Rankings by Subject in various disciplines.
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March 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🎉We've just heard that the School have been ranked 40th in the world for Archaeology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject for 2025. Not only that, we've climbed 10 places in the rankings since last year! Well done everyone!🎉
www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
🎥For those of you who couldn't make it on the day, we've now uploaded a video to YouTube of the ceremony which renamed the home of Archaeology, Ancient History and Museum Studies as the Kathleen Kenyon Building. Check it out here: youtu.be/MzZRQTno2C0
Kathleen Kenyon Building Naming Ceremony
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March 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🎥For those of you who couldn't make it on the day, we've now uploaded a video to YouTube of the ceremony which renamed the home of Archaeology, Ancient History and Museum Studies as the Kathleen Kenyon Building. Check it out here: youtu.be/MzZRQTno2C0
📢Register now for an exciting workshop on the Global Levant during the Middle Ages to be held at UoL on 27th-28th March. The workshop is organised by Dr Carmen Ting in collaboration with the Council for British Research in the Levant.
💻For more information, visit: www.cbrl.ac.uk/event/global...
💻For more information, visit: www.cbrl.ac.uk/event/global...
March 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
📢Register now for an exciting workshop on the Global Levant during the Middle Ages to be held at UoL on 27th-28th March. The workshop is organised by Dr Carmen Ting in collaboration with the Council for British Research in the Levant.
💻For more information, visit: www.cbrl.ac.uk/event/global...
💻For more information, visit: www.cbrl.ac.uk/event/global...
📢Our speaker at this week's Wednesday seminar will be Dr Gwendoline Maurer presenting ‘Reassessing Kura-Araxes pastoral practices and mobility in the Levant & Caucasus using zooarchaeology, ZooMS & stable isotope analysis’.
📚12th March @ 5pm George Porter LT A or online. See Facebook for the link!
📚12th March @ 5pm George Porter LT A or online. See Facebook for the link!
March 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
📢Our speaker at this week's Wednesday seminar will be Dr Gwendoline Maurer presenting ‘Reassessing Kura-Araxes pastoral practices and mobility in the Levant & Caucasus using zooarchaeology, ZooMS & stable isotope analysis’.
📚12th March @ 5pm George Porter LT A or online. See Facebook for the link!
📚12th March @ 5pm George Porter LT A or online. See Facebook for the link!