Upcoming
Panel, VCH Stories, Institute of Historical Research, 12 October 2022
In Conversation: Strange Relics (with Katy Soar), Coles Book Club (Bicester) 27 October 2022.
In Conversation: Strange Relics (with Katy Soar), Coles Book Club (Bicester) 27 October 2022.
Past
"Archaeology and the Supernatural: In Conversation - Strange Relics" City of Westminster Libraries & Archives (Online), 21 September 2022. (the recorded talk is on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qZje5Cc2-g&feature=youtu.be)
"Blue Papers and Beyond: Women and the Society of Antiquaries of London"
Institute of Historical Research Women's History Seminars, 4 Mar 2022
"Beginning Beyond Notability: excavating the archives for women in archaeology, history and heritage in Britain 1870-1950"
Current Archaeology Live! Feb 2022
"Assessing an Archive Assemblage" (Online Lecture)
Society of Antiquaries Christmas Miscellany, 16 Dec 2021
"Histories of Archaeological Collecting in the Caribbean" (Online Lecture)
Stenton Workshop, University of Reading, 19 Nov 2021
"Women Writing Popular Archaeology in an Age of Empire" (Online Lecture)
LSE Library, 6 May 2021 (6.30 pm)
"Excavating Garstang: Constructing the 'Egypt in Reading' exhibition at the Ure Museum" (Online Lecture)
Egypt Exploration Society, 7 July 2020 (11 am) and 14 July 2020 (5 pm)
"A Flock of Fellows: Introducing some of the early women FSAs."
100 Years of Female Antiquaries, Society of Antiquaries of London, 9 March 2020
"Dig It! A Talk on Publishing Archaeology for Children"
Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology, University of Reading, 15 September 2019
"Contexts and Connections: Exploring Petra in 1929"
Joint Council For British Research in the Levant/Palestine Exploration Fund Lecture, The British Museum, 10 January 2019
Suffrage Stand Up
Upper Room, George IV Pub on LSE Campus, 14 December 2018
The Archaeological Origins of Britain in Palestine (Being Human Festival)
Palestine Exploration Fund, 23 November 2018
Haunted Histories
The Union Theatre, 12 November 2018
Scripting Reality
UCL Institute of Advanced Studies, 20 March 2018
Conflict Cafe: Women's Work 100
Imperial War Museum London, 8 March 2018
"The Allure of the Occult with Amelia Edwards and Margaret Murray" for Curses! Late Night Special
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, 17 November 2017
"History of Archaeology: Stories from the Archives and Beyond"
Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy, 7 November 2017
"Introduction: Letters from Baghdad"
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 20 September 2017
History Hit Live
Chalke Valley History Festival, 30 June 2017
It's All Academic Festival: Speaker's Corner
Wilkins Building, University College London, 10 June 2017
"'Supply[ing] a Third Dimension': Architects (Re)Constructing Archaeology 1900s-1960s"
Architectural Association, 25 April 2017
"Filming Antiquity and the History of Archaeology"
Chisenhale Gallery, 18 April 2017
Adventures into the Unknown (a late event)
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 1 December 2016
Spooky Tales for Halloween (with John J. Johnston)
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 29 October 2016
"Filming Antiquity: Moving Images of 1930s excavations" (with Michael McCluskey)
Society of Antiquaries of London, 23 September 2016
Conversazione III: Fragments
Royal Institute of British Architects, 21 July 2016
World Archaeology Festival
UCL Institute of Archaeology, 11 June 2016.
Reading Christie's Akhnaten
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, 10 February 2016
"Excavating the City: Reginald Campbell Thompson's Moving Images of Mosul" (with Michael McCluskey)
Royal Asiatic Society, 26 January 2016
"Introduction: Murder in Mesopotamia"
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 3 December 2015
"Petrie on Television" (with Debbie Challis)
UCL Institute of Archaeology, 5 November 2015
Flying to the Past
Croydon Airport, 26 September 2015
World Archaeology Festival: Passport to the Past ("Scenes of the Past" Activity Leader)
UCL Institute of Archaeology, 13 June 2015
"Capturing Light" (with Michael McCluskey)
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 30 April 2015
Worlds Collide: Fin de Siècle Fantasy Egypt (1890s 3D Postcards Activity Leader)
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 28 November 2014
Miss Bazett's Vision
Society for Psychical Research Lecture Series, London, 10 July 2014
World Archaeology Festival: Passport to the Past ("Scenes of the Past" Activity Leader)
UCL Institute of Archaeology, 14 June 2014
International Women's Day Wiki Edit-a-thon
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 8 March 2014
Ideas Slam
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 7 November 2013
"In the Field: Relations and Relationships in the History of Archaeology"
Field Notes History of Archaeology and Anthropology Seminar Series
CRASSH, University of Cambridge, 16 May 2013
"Spirited Ladies: Women and Psychical Research in the early 20th Century"
SPR Study Day No. 65: Historical Aspects of Psychical Research and its Links with Established Sciences
Society for Psychical Research, 27 April 2013.
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? - Digging The Past: Archaeology on Television
British Film Institute (BFI)/Petrie Museum/UCL Institute of Archaeology Event (with Dr Joe Flatman)
BFI Southbank, 19 January 2013
"Spirited Investigations: Psychical Research and Archaeology from Petra to Surrey"
University of the Third Age - Hampstead Branch Lecture Series, 14 January 2013
"Exploring, Training, Conserving: The Role of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem in Mandate Palestine"
UCL Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies/Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society Lecture Series
University College London, 14 November 2012
"Harvesting the Past: Tourism and Archaeology from Khartoum to Petra in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries"
Council for British Research in the Levant Lecture Series
University College London, 23 October 2012
"Psychical Research and Archaeology"
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology Lecture Series
University College London, 19 January 2012
"The Romance of the Past: Soldiers and Archaeology in British Mandate Palestine and Transjordan 1917-1936"
National Army Museum Lunchtime Lecture Series
Chelsea, London, 5 January 2012
"Sites and Seances: Archaeology and Psychical Research"
History of Archaeology Seminar hosted by the Archaeological Field Club of Cambridge
University of Cambridge, 26 October 2011
"The Petra Effect: Archaeology and Psychical Research in George Horsfield and Agnes Conway's 1929 Excavations"
Palestine Exploration Fund Iain Browning Memorial Lecture
The British Museum, London, 6 October 2011
"The London Season: Flinders Petrie, John Garstang and the Annual Exhibition"
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology Autumn Lecture Series
University College London, 18 November 2010
"Blue Papers and Beyond: Women and the Society of Antiquaries of London"
Institute of Historical Research Women's History Seminars, 4 Mar 2022
"Beginning Beyond Notability: excavating the archives for women in archaeology, history and heritage in Britain 1870-1950"
Current Archaeology Live! Feb 2022
"Assessing an Archive Assemblage" (Online Lecture)
Society of Antiquaries Christmas Miscellany, 16 Dec 2021
"Histories of Archaeological Collecting in the Caribbean" (Online Lecture)
Stenton Workshop, University of Reading, 19 Nov 2021
"Women Writing Popular Archaeology in an Age of Empire" (Online Lecture)
LSE Library, 6 May 2021 (6.30 pm)
"Excavating Garstang: Constructing the 'Egypt in Reading' exhibition at the Ure Museum" (Online Lecture)
Egypt Exploration Society, 7 July 2020 (11 am) and 14 July 2020 (5 pm)
"A Flock of Fellows: Introducing some of the early women FSAs."
100 Years of Female Antiquaries, Society of Antiquaries of London, 9 March 2020
"Dig It! A Talk on Publishing Archaeology for Children"
Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology, University of Reading, 15 September 2019
"Contexts and Connections: Exploring Petra in 1929"
Joint Council For British Research in the Levant/Palestine Exploration Fund Lecture, The British Museum, 10 January 2019
Suffrage Stand Up
Upper Room, George IV Pub on LSE Campus, 14 December 2018
The Archaeological Origins of Britain in Palestine (Being Human Festival)
Palestine Exploration Fund, 23 November 2018
Haunted Histories
The Union Theatre, 12 November 2018
Scripting Reality
UCL Institute of Advanced Studies, 20 March 2018
Conflict Cafe: Women's Work 100
Imperial War Museum London, 8 March 2018
"The Allure of the Occult with Amelia Edwards and Margaret Murray" for Curses! Late Night Special
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, 17 November 2017
"History of Archaeology: Stories from the Archives and Beyond"
Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy, 7 November 2017
"Introduction: Letters from Baghdad"
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 20 September 2017
History Hit Live
Chalke Valley History Festival, 30 June 2017
It's All Academic Festival: Speaker's Corner
Wilkins Building, University College London, 10 June 2017
"'Supply[ing] a Third Dimension': Architects (Re)Constructing Archaeology 1900s-1960s"
Architectural Association, 25 April 2017
"Filming Antiquity and the History of Archaeology"
Chisenhale Gallery, 18 April 2017
Adventures into the Unknown (a late event)
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 1 December 2016
Spooky Tales for Halloween (with John J. Johnston)
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 29 October 2016
"Filming Antiquity: Moving Images of 1930s excavations" (with Michael McCluskey)
Society of Antiquaries of London, 23 September 2016
Conversazione III: Fragments
Royal Institute of British Architects, 21 July 2016
World Archaeology Festival
UCL Institute of Archaeology, 11 June 2016.
Reading Christie's Akhnaten
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, 10 February 2016
"Excavating the City: Reginald Campbell Thompson's Moving Images of Mosul" (with Michael McCluskey)
Royal Asiatic Society, 26 January 2016
"Introduction: Murder in Mesopotamia"
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 3 December 2015
"Petrie on Television" (with Debbie Challis)
UCL Institute of Archaeology, 5 November 2015
Flying to the Past
Croydon Airport, 26 September 2015
World Archaeology Festival: Passport to the Past ("Scenes of the Past" Activity Leader)
UCL Institute of Archaeology, 13 June 2015
"Capturing Light" (with Michael McCluskey)
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 30 April 2015
Worlds Collide: Fin de Siècle Fantasy Egypt (1890s 3D Postcards Activity Leader)
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 28 November 2014
Miss Bazett's Vision
Society for Psychical Research Lecture Series, London, 10 July 2014
World Archaeology Festival: Passport to the Past ("Scenes of the Past" Activity Leader)
UCL Institute of Archaeology, 14 June 2014
International Women's Day Wiki Edit-a-thon
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 8 March 2014
Ideas Slam
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 7 November 2013
"In the Field: Relations and Relationships in the History of Archaeology"
Field Notes History of Archaeology and Anthropology Seminar Series
CRASSH, University of Cambridge, 16 May 2013
"Spirited Ladies: Women and Psychical Research in the early 20th Century"
SPR Study Day No. 65: Historical Aspects of Psychical Research and its Links with Established Sciences
Society for Psychical Research, 27 April 2013.
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? - Digging The Past: Archaeology on Television
British Film Institute (BFI)/Petrie Museum/UCL Institute of Archaeology Event (with Dr Joe Flatman)
BFI Southbank, 19 January 2013
"Spirited Investigations: Psychical Research and Archaeology from Petra to Surrey"
University of the Third Age - Hampstead Branch Lecture Series, 14 January 2013
"Exploring, Training, Conserving: The Role of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem in Mandate Palestine"
UCL Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies/Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society Lecture Series
University College London, 14 November 2012
"Harvesting the Past: Tourism and Archaeology from Khartoum to Petra in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries"
Council for British Research in the Levant Lecture Series
University College London, 23 October 2012
"Psychical Research and Archaeology"
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology Lecture Series
University College London, 19 January 2012
"The Romance of the Past: Soldiers and Archaeology in British Mandate Palestine and Transjordan 1917-1936"
National Army Museum Lunchtime Lecture Series
Chelsea, London, 5 January 2012
"Sites and Seances: Archaeology and Psychical Research"
History of Archaeology Seminar hosted by the Archaeological Field Club of Cambridge
University of Cambridge, 26 October 2011
"The Petra Effect: Archaeology and Psychical Research in George Horsfield and Agnes Conway's 1929 Excavations"
Palestine Exploration Fund Iain Browning Memorial Lecture
The British Museum, London, 6 October 2011
"The London Season: Flinders Petrie, John Garstang and the Annual Exhibition"
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology Autumn Lecture Series
University College London, 18 November 2010