News & Events

2024

A taste of Rome – Discovery of a 2000-year-old fig reveals Ireland’s ancient international food trade

 Events at UCD 

9th November - UCD Open Day click (opens in a new window)here for more details 

14th November - UCD College of Arts and Humanities Open Evening 5.45pm in the Trapdoor, click here for more information 

19th November - UCD College of Social Sciences and Law Open Evening 5.30-7.30pm, click here for more information

27th November - UCD EU Webinar Series (Social Sciences), click here for more information  

A new guidance document “(opens in a new window)Researching and Protecting the Archaeological Heritage of the Easter Rising, War of Independence and Civil War” was recently launched with the support of the National Monuments Service, funded by the Irish Research Council (Coalesce strand 1L INSTAR+) and University College Dublin’s Decade of Centenaries award scheme.

• Heritage Week 2024 Events 
• August 22nd - -A lecture on the archaeological discoveries along St Kevin's Pilgrim Road in the Wicklow Mountains by Professor Aidan O'Sullivan, School of Archaeology UCD. hosted by Wicklow Mountains National Park (opens in a new window)see event details here 
• August 22nd - New analysis of the Fourknocks passage tomb - a presentation by Dr Jessica Smyth (School of Archaeology, University College Dublin) and Dr Jonny Geber (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh). (opens in a new window)see event details here 
• July 30th - Vacancy: 
  Research Scientist (Archaeobotany):   applications are invited for a 15-month position as part of the project “First Harvests:  untangling climate, chronology and cereal cultivation in Later Neolithic Ireland 3600-2500 BC ” (PI: Associate Professor Jessica Smyth) 
  Go to UCD Vacancies and enter 'Academic' and 'Archaeology' in search fields  (opens in a new window)http://ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/ . Closing date: Thursday 15th August 2024, 12 noon.
  
• July 3rd - (opens in a new window)New Book! Ideal Homes: Domestic Materiality and Past Identities -Edited by Rena Maguire
• July 2nd -New! World Heritage Scholarships- (opens in a new window)https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/34534-new-scholarships-to-offer-increased-support-for-unesco-world-heritage/
• June 28th - "Funding boost for UCD partnership on pioneering research into 'invisible' work of medieval women"  
• June - Congratulations to UCD School of Archaeology colleagues G Cooney, B O’Neill, & M. Revell, & co-authors B Gilhooly (NMI) & R Knutson for their new Open Access paper in World Archaeology: "(opens in a new window)A special source: making porphyritic andesite axeheads at the Eagle’s Nest, Lambay, Ireland in the Early Neolithic.  
•  March 7th - "UCD School of Archaeology staff have collaborated with UCD and Maynooth colleagues in the creation of a children's comic "Back to the Future with Beo and Raja: A tale from the Early Bioeconomy: A time travel adventure set in UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture"The comic was launched on Thursday 7th March 2024, by Peter Burke, TD, Minister of State with responsibility for EU Affairs & Defence.
   The comic can be downloaded for free at (opens in a new window)Back to the Future with Beo and Raja
• March 4th - Upcoming RSAI talk "Becoming equestrian: new insights into the human-horse relationship from archaeology and ancient DNA', Helen Roe Theatre, Society House, 63 Merrion Square. (opens in a new window)RSAI talk 4th March 2024  zoom link (opens in a new window)Zoom link 4th March RSAI talk
• Crop Revive Article  Feature in the Farmers Journal - (opens in a new window)Crop Revive Article 1st February
• Crop Revive Article Feature in the Irish Times (opens in a new window)Irish Times Article on Crop Revive 1st February

For pre-2024 news items for the UCD School of Archaeology, please click on the links below.