{"id":563,"date":"2026-03-07T10:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T10:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/?page_id=563"},"modified":"2026-03-07T10:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T10:36:06","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"HCA Postgraduate Forum: Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Postgraduate Forum (PGF) is a society for postgraduate students of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Newcastle University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/files\/2014\/11\/newcastle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/files\/2014\/11\/newcastle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PGF organises and runs&nbsp;events aimed at postgraduates and early-career researchers throughout each academic year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Seminar Series:<\/strong> A series of talks by postgraduate and early career researchers &#8211; a chance&nbsp;to present your work to a few friendly faces, and a great way to practice public speaking or just get a few ideas moving! They will be on <strong>Wednesday lunchtimes<\/strong> in spring 2026. This year, there are plans for interactive workshops and roundtables too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGF Conference: <\/strong>We hold an&nbsp;annual conference each May. This year&#8217;s theme and instructions on how to apply coming soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>E-Journal, <em>Pons Aelius<\/em>:<\/strong> The PGF publishes an e-journal for early career and postgraduate research in History, Classics, and Archaeology. Visit the <em>Pons Aelius<\/em> pages of the site for more information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are so many opportunities for you to get your research out there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get in touch with the PGF at <strong>shspgf@newcastle.ac.uk<\/strong> and find our socials on our <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/nclhcapgf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/nclhcapgf\">Linktree<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>N.B. This page is an edited version of one from 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Postgraduate Forum (PGF) is a society for postgraduate students of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Newcastle University. The PGF organises and runs&nbsp;events aimed at postgraduates and early-career researchers throughout each academic year: Seminar Series: A series of talks by postgraduate and early career researchers &#8211; a chance&nbsp;to present your work to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HCA Postgraduate Forum: Introduction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":891,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-563","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/891"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1563,"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563\/revisions\/1563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}