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26/08/2026

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21/08/2026

New publication alert! 'The Age of Hobsbawm: The Life of a Revolutionary Historian' by Professor Emile Chabal, Professor of Contemporary History.

Eric Hobsbawm's age of contradictions His vision of emancipation was flawed Eric Hobsbawm at the Hay festival in 2009. (David Levenson/Getty) Eric Hobsbawm at the Hay festival in 2009. (David Levenson/Getty) CambridgeEric HobsbawmHistoryLabourMarxism Prefer us on Google John Merrick Aug 15 2026 - 12...

19/08/2026

Welcome! If you're joining us - or starting a new year of studies - don't forget to complete your Top Tasks and check the dedicated HCA Student Hub for everything you need to know, https://hca.ed.ac.uk/

19/08/2026

The School is delighted to announce that Dr Joanne Rowland (Senior Lecturer in Archaeology) will be Visiting Simpson Professor at the AUC The American University in Cairo https://edin.ac/45BsXJT

17/08/2026

Our very own Frank Cogliano - Professor of American History - was a guest on In Our Time, talking about the Spanish-American War 1898. Listen now on BBC iPlayer, https://edin.ac/4xb8fgg

17/08/2026

We've got an announcement ‼️ The official Edinburgh Welcome Week events calendar has just launched!

This app has all the information you need to know about activities happening across our University, our city and online 🎫 Plus, you can use it to create your own Welcome Week schedule and interact with other students attending the events!

If you are a new student coming this September, or know someone starting their university journey, what are you waiting for?! 👀

Looking for a link to download the app? Check out the link in our comments 👇

12/08/2026

Ready for the eclipse? Ethelwyn is! Stay safe and DON'T LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN!

12/08/2026

Are you looking forward to seeing the today?

On 29 March 1652 Alice Thornton saw a solar eclipse which cast complete darkness over much of northern England where she lived: 'I could not refrain [from] going out into the garden and look on the eclipse in water; discovering the power of God so great to a miracle, who did withdraw his light from our sun so totally that the sky was dark, and stars appeared, and a cold storm for a time did possess the earth.' (Book 2, 136-7)

Be like Alice and don't look at the sun directly during the eclipse!

For more on the 1652 eclipse see this post by Joanne Edge:
https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2022-10-25-black-monday-solar-eclipse-1652/

10/08/2026

'Suffer the Witch: Writing about Witchcraft' - book your place at this free event on Wed 19 Aug with Professor Julian Goodare (Emeritus Professor of History) and Dr Louise Yeoman, broadcaster and historian, https://edin.ac/4xwc6nP

Join us to remember the accused witches of Scotland as we discuss the history of the witch trials and how to represent them in fiction.