Archaeology Research Seminars 2025-26
- Time: Wednesdays 16:00-17:30
- Place: 355 Lecture Theatre, James Watt South Building, Engineering Way, Glasgow, G12 8QQ
The Archaeology Seminar Series at the University of Glasgow showcases current research in archaeology and related disciplines, bringing together speakers from diverse backgrounds to share insights, stimulate debate, and strengthen our research community.
Organised by doctoral researchers in the Department of Archaeology, Maria Elena Bertoli, Isobel Harvey, Savinay Sood and Julia Hopkin, the series provides opportunities for dialogue and exchange among staff, students, and visiting scholars.
Each session is followed by an informal social gathering at Curlers Rest on Byres Road from 17:30 onwards. All are welcome.
Unless otherwise stated, seminars will be delivered in a hybrid format and can also be attended on Zoom (link: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/85666056552?pwd=5qRURjd5gXQaRw5Ks9x9JfHtocwrVD.1 ).
We aim to ensure all people have equal access to events. If you need alternative formats or other reasonable adjustments, please contact the chair of the session (will be circulated in advance) or Julia Hopkin via email (j.hopkin.1@research.gla.ac.uk) so that arrangements, where possible, can be made.
Semester 2, 2026
Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 16.00-17.30 and can also be viewed (on zoom)
14th January
Prof. Cyprian Broodbank and Dr. Toby Wilkinson
The other Mediterranean or a Mediterranean other? Perspectives on late prehistoric society in North Africa from Oued Beht
21st January
Prof. Stephen Driscoll
Dig Where You Stand: Govan Old 2025: a progress report
28th January
Dr. Adrián Oyaneder
Beyond the ‘Royal hunts’: cultural and material traces for the collective capturing of ungulates in the South-Central Andes
Online only – feel free to join us in the usual room or online.
4th February
Dr. Effie Photos-Jones
Transcribing myths into current bio-medical research: the case of Lemnian Earth (terra sigilata) and the beneficial modulation of the gut microbiome
11th February
Dr. Eddie Charles Stewart
'Once our hillsides were ringing': challenging wildness with a repopulating archaeology in upland Scotland
25th February
Dr. Daniel Calderbank
Voices from the Ahwar: (dis)connections with cultural heritage in Iraq's marshlands
4th March
Dr. James O'Driscoll
Under Siege: Burnswark Hill and the Roman Iron Age 'Boom Towns' of Northern Britain
11th March
Dr. George Prew
Faux Heraldry and Faux Research: Reconsidering 'Pseudo'-Heraldic Medieval Harness Pendants and the Recent History of Treasure Trove
18th March
Dr. Alex Antoniou
Worshipping the Roman Emperor: Space, Place, and Meaning
25th March
Prof. Damian Robinson
The changing maritime facade of Alexandria from the Ptolemaic to the Roman period: survey and excavation in the Portus Magnus