A series of public lectures from international scholars in the fields of archaeology and anthropology. Dr Robert MunroDr Robert Munro (1835-1920) was an Edinburgh graduate and a distinguished medical practitioner. A keen archaeologist, he retired from practice in 1885 to devote himself to archaeology and, with Lord Abercromby, founded the tradition of international prehistoric archaeology in Edinburgh. He established the Munro Trust in 1910, at the University of Edinburgh, bringing distinguished international scholars to the University to deliver lectures in the fields of anthropology and archaeology. Forthcoming Munro Lectures Munro Lecture - 'Contemporary archaeology as a tool for knowing difficult, recent pasts' 23 October 2025 17:15 - 18:30The next Munro Lecture will be delivered by Professor Laura McAtackney, Department of Archaeology and Deputy Director of the Radical Humanities Laboratory, University College Cork, Ireland. Previous Munro Lectures this year... Munro Lecture - 'Climate change, groundwater depletion and the decline of Great Zimbabwe' 25 April 2024 17:00 - 19:00This year's Munro Lecture will be delivered by Professor Innocent Pikirayi, Department of Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies at the University of Pretoria. Archive Details of previous lectures, including lecture abstracts where available, can be found here in our archive section. Contact Contact details for further information on the Munro Lectures. Related linksMunro Lectureship CommitteeMunro Lectureship Committee intranet This article was published on 2024-08-28
