Hi all,<\/p>\n
Here is our newsletter for this week! You will notice there is no PGF Seminar this week \ud83d\ude41 but we have compiled a number of other super interesting events for you! Unfortunately, some of the seminars will overlap, so unless you have a Time-Turner (in which case, please give a seminar on that!) you will have to choose wisely.<\/p>\n
GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY MASTERCLASS BY PROFESSOR FRAN\u00c7OIS LISSARRAGUE<\/strong> (EHESS AND CURRENT LEVENTIS VISITING PROFESSOR AT EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY)<\/p>\n Date\/Time:<\/strong> Wednesday 25 October 2017, 13:30-15:00.\u00a0 Venue:<\/strong> Room 2.49, Armstrong Building.<\/p>\n ARCHAEOLOGY RESEARCH SEMINAR: \u2018LIVING WITH MONUMENTS: RECENT RESEARCH ON NEOLITHIC ACTIVITY AT AND AROUND AVEBURY<\/strong>.\u2019 BY PROFESSOR JOSHUA POLLARD (SOUTHAMPTON).<\/p>\n Date\/Time:<\/strong> Wednesday 25 October 2017, 16:00. Venue:<\/strong> Room 2.16, Armstrong Building. http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/hca\/seminars\/item\/recentresearchonneolithicactivityatandaroundavebury.html<\/a><\/p>\n HISTORY RESEARCH SEMINAR: \u2018MARRIAGE, SLAVERY AND ARABIAN IDENTITY IN LATE ANTIQUITY.\u2019<\/strong> BY MAJIED ROBINSON (UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH)<\/p>\n Date\/Time:<\/strong> Wednesday 25 October 2017, 16:00. Venue:<\/strong> Room 1.05, Armstrong Building.<\/p>\n In this talk, Majied Robinson will demonstrate how statistical analysis of gender relations amongst the tribe of Muhammad can be used to create a new narrative of tribal and ethnic belonging in early Islamic history. Among the topics addressed will be the political and economic origins of Mecca, the emergence of the Quraysh as a distinct tribal entity, and Arabian ethnogenesis in the post-conquest period. http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/hca\/seminars\/item\/marriageslaveryandarabianidentityinlateantiquity.html <\/a><\/p>\n CLASSICS AND ANCIENT HISTORY RESEARCH SEMINAR: \u2018BODY AND ARMOUR: HEROIC WARRIORS IN ATTIC VASE PAINTING\u2019<\/strong> BY PROFESSOR FRAN\u00c7OIS LISSARRAGUE (EHESS)<\/p>\n Date\/Time:<\/strong> Wednesday 25 October 2017, 17:00. Venue:<\/strong> Room 2.50, Armstrong Building. http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/hca\/seminars\/item\/bodyandarmourheroicwarriorsinatticvasepainting.html <\/a><\/p>\n ARCHAEOLOGY RESEARCH SEMINAR: \u2018IBERIAN ENTANGLEMENTS: THE USE AND REUSE OF ATHENIAN POTTERY IN ANCIENT SPAIN\u2019<\/strong> BY DR DIANA RODR\u00cdGUEZ PEREZ (OXFORD)<\/p>\n Date\/Time:<\/strong> Thursday 26 October 2017, 16:00. Venue:<\/strong> Room 2.16, Armstrong Building http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/hca\/seminars\/item\/iberianentanglementstheuseandreuseofathenianpotteryin ancientspain.html<\/a><\/p>\n —————————————————————————-<\/p>\n And to finish off the exciting events for this week, if you’re looking for a trip to Durham: ‘THE GREEK COLONELS’ – REFIME, THE TRANSNATIONAL ANTI-TORTURE CAMPAIGN AND THE RISE OF GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS’<\/strong> BY KONSTANTINA MARAGKOU (LSE); SEMINAR<\/p>\n Date\/Time: <\/strong><\/b>Thursday\u00a026 October 2017,\u00a0 5.15pm. Venue: <\/b>History Department, Seminar Room 1.<\/p>\n Enjoy, and we’ll catch you next week!<\/p>\n The PGF Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi all, Here is our newsletter for this week! You will notice there is no PGF Seminar this week \ud83d\ude41 but we have compiled a number of other super interesting events for you! Unfortunately, some of the seminars will overlap, so unless you have a Time-Turner (in which case, please give a seminar on that!) … Continue reading Newsletter 23rd-29th October<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":891,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":922,"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions\/922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Modern European History Group at Durham has the following event:<\/p>\n