Articles by: Simon Wigley

Faculty member gives tercentenary lecture at Adam Smith’s house

Sandrine Bergès from the Department of Philosophy recently gave the Fringe Tercentenary Lecture at the final permanent home of the Scottish Enlightenment thinker, Adam Smith. Professor Bergès’s lecture formed part of the celebrations of the 300th anniversary of Adam Smith’s birth and the annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival. + GOOGLE CALENDAR+ ICAL EXPORT

Department of Archaeology to direct excavations at Parnassos

Department of Archaeology has been granted approval to conduct excavations at the Byzantine site of Parnassos in Cappadocia. Luca Zavagno from the Departments of Archaeology and History will direct the project, in partnership with the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. Professor Dominique Tezgör, Chair of the Department of Archaeology, also played a vital role in securing this important project for the […]

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Faculty member contributes to BBC’s In Our Time radio series

  Dr Ilgi Gerçek, from the Department of Archaeology, recently contributed to the episode on the Hittites for BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time radio series. Find out more about the episode here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012q5n + GOOGLE CALENDAR+ ICAL EXPORT