Saturday, 16 October 2010
ICOMOS Conference on Buildings Archaeology
I am presenting at a conference in November, commenting on the processes involved in Buildings Archaeology in the UK. Further information and a programme is available on line here, and the presented paper will be available in a forthcoming ICOMOS publication.
Friday, 16 July 2010
Article on Calton Hill in Edinburgh Life
I have recently contributed to edition 5 of Edinburgh life magazine - A local magazine celebrating all that is Edinburgh - its history, culture and cityscape. Issues should be available in the shops in the Autumn, and after that will be available online at www.edinburghlifemagazine.com.
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Death Commemoration and Memory: An Exploration of Representation, Concept and Change
A two-day conference is planned in Edinburgh for Thursday 24th and Friday 25th June 2010.
This is to provide a platform for interdisciplinary discussion on the themes of Death, Commemoration and Memory and to create new networks between researchers with similar interests throughout the academic community, from a variety of disciplines and academic institutions.
Further information can be found at:
www.dcm.ace.ed.ac.uk/contact.html
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Friday, 20 November 2009
Robert Adam's Bridewell on Calton Hill
A great website explaining the proposals and social background to Robert Adam's designs for the Bridewell on Calton Hill, which was demolished to make way for Thomas Tait's Scottish Office in the 1930s.
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
Interesting research paper on the National Monument
I had my attention recently drawn to an interesting research paper by a Dr Mark Fehlmann entitled " A building from which Derived"All that is good": Observations on the Intended Reconstuction of the Parthenon on Calton Hill. Its well worth a read if you are interested in the Hill and its monuments.....
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