Archaeology Research Seminars 2025-26

  • Time: Wednesdays 16:00-17:30
  • Place: Room 250, Main Building, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, 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, Arianna Magyaricsová, Gala Morris and Meike van Lit, 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 online (further details to be confirmed). 

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Semester 1, 2025-26

Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 16.00-17.30.

24 September 2025 

Derek Alexander, Dr Gareth Beale, Dr Michael Given, Dr Lizzie Robertson, Dr Nicole Smith, Dr Edward Stewart  
Earth colours, watery landscapes, and the house with many hearths: Glencoe 2025 

1 October 2025 
Dr Kelechi Ugwuanyi 
Nature conservation, traditional ecological knowledge, and more-than-human ontologies in Africa 

8 October 2025 
Professor Alison Beach 
Reimagining Disability in Premodern Europe 

15 October 2025 
Dr Orla Craig 
A Lonesome Spot? Unpacking the Landscape Context of the Galloway Hoard 

22 October 2025 
Professor Stephen Driscoll 
Govan Old, Dig Where You Stand, 2025: A year of discovery 

Also on 22 October 2025, at 17.30
Professor Michael Given's inaugural lecture: Rock and river, soil and forest, herd and home: Landscape and conviviality in Scotland and Cyprus
In the Yudowitz lecture Theatre, Wolfson Medical School Building (Room 253: Yudowitz)
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5 November 2025 
Dr Guillaume Robin 
Excavations at Punta Ferulosu: a Copper Age settlement in Sardinia, Italy 

12 November 2025 
Prof Richard Oram 
The Cultured and the Wild: Environmental History and the Reconceptualisation of Historic Land-use in Scotland 

19 & 20 November 2025 
Professor Stephen Driscoll 
Dalrymple lecture series 2025 – Archaeology and Glasgow 850  

Wednesday 26 November 2025 
Professor Nicki Whitehouse, Dr Kenny Brophy 
Filling in gaps and expanding horizons: Drumadoon 2026 updates 

3 December 2025 
Dr Helen Wickstead 
Inside the Secret Museum: Magic, sex, and secrecy in the British Museum’s Secretum, 1866–1896 
(Adult Content Advisory: This presentation includes images of sexual antiquities and is not suitable for children. This lecture is in-person only.) 

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