By c.1100 slavery, which had once been a fundamental structure of the Roman empire, had been displaced across much of Europe by a distinct subjugated status known as serfdom - […]
The course examines major aspects of politics and society in the United States during the 1960s. As a unifying theme, it investigates the nature of political liberalism in the United […]
The course is an introduction to the histories of ancient Sparta and Crete. Through examining evidence from Sparta and Crete during the classical period, this course aims to go beyond […]
This course introduces students to the study of medieval men and masculinities. The course focuses on a series of primary sources from the tenth to the twelfth centuries including Scandinavian […]
This course explores the past history of global connections and disconnections from c. 1450 to the present day. The course builds on the foundations established in the first year history […]
This course introduces students to key themes and debates in early modern history (c. 1500-1800), using selected case studies from Britain, Europe and the wider world. Particular attention will be […]
Zubin Mistry has been a Lecturer in Early Medieval History in 2017 and is one of the Co-ordinators of the Histories of Gender and Sexuality research group in the School […]
Harriet (she/her) taught Economic and Social History, and Scottish History at the School of History, Classics & Archaeology, before moving to Edinburgh Law School after completing a Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellowship.
This course examines how and why ideals and practices of marriage in later Roman and post-Roman societies shifted between c.400 and c.1000. Focussing on a range of primary sources, students […]
Louise Jackson is Professor of Modern Social History in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. Her research is concerned with histories of women and […]
My research centres on archaic Greek poetry, epic and didactic in particular. I am interested in the modes of reading which ancient poetry invites, and try in my research to […]
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