Rdxfbgrtj

Rhind Lectures are a series of lectures on archaeological topics. They have been hosted by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland since 1874. The content of the lectures is usually published in journals or expanded into new works by their authors.

The name commemorates Alexander Henry Rhind, whose bequest to the society funded this lectureship. Rhind directed that his estate be used for this purpose, once the interests of living parties was extinguished, which took place 11 years after his death in 1863.^[1] The speaker and subject is selected years in advance, allowing the speaker to give a detailed exposition of a topic in their area of expertise.

The Rhind Lectures have continued into the 21st century, and since 2009 the society has published a video file that is freely available to the public.^[2]

Lecturers

The total number of lectures in the series in 2012 was 133. The following is a list of all lecturers to 2012, with the title of their lectures where known.^[3]

1 1874/76 The past in the Present
Arthur Mitchell, MD, LLD

2 1876/78 The past in the Present
Arthur Mitchell, MD., LLD

3 1879 Scotland in Early Christian Times
Joseph Anderson^[4]

4 1880 Scotland in Early Christian Times
Joseph Anderson

5 1881 Scotland in Pagan Times: The Iron Age
Joseph Anderson

6 1882 Scotland in Pagan Times: The Bronze and Stone Ages
Joseph Anderson

7 1883 The Roman Occupation of Britain
Rev J Collingwood Bruce, LLD FSA

8 1884 Ogham inscriptions in Ireland and Scotland
Sir Samuel Ferguson, QC., LLD., President of the Royal Irish Academy

9 1885 Early Christian symbolism in Great Britain and Ireland
J Romilly Allen, CE

10 1886 Register of Privy Council of Scotland
David Masson, MA LLD., Professor of Rhetoric & English Literature, University of Edinburgh

11 1887 Greek Antiquities
Alexander Stuart Murray, LLD., Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, London

12 1888 The Lake Dwellings of Europe
Robert Munro, MA MD., Author of Ancient Scottish Lake Dwellings

13 1889 Early Ethnology of the British Isles
John Rhys, MA, Professor of Celtic at Oxford

14 1890 Archaeological Aspects of Scottish Zoology
Professor J Duns, DD., New College, Edinburgh

15 1891 The Anthropological History of Europe
John Beddoe, MD LLD FRS, Vice-President of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

16 1892 The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland
Joseph Anderson, LLD., Assistant Secretary and Keeper of the Scottish National Museum of Antiquities, Edinburgh

17 1893 The Place-names of Scotland
Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet^[5]

18 1894 Early fortifications in Scotland
David Christison, MD

19 1895 The Origins of Celtic Art
Arthur Evans, MA., Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

20 1896 Industrial arts of Scandinavia in pagan times
Dr Hans Hildebrand, Royal Antiquary of Sweden

21 1897 The Evidence for a Roman Occupation of North Britain
James MacDonald, LLD

22 1898 Heraldry
James Balfour Paul, Lyon King-of-Arms

23 1899 Architecture in Scotland
Thomas Ross

24 1900 The Edwards in Scotland, 1296-1377
Joseph Bain, FSA Scot^[6]

25 1901 The Constitution, Organisation, and Law of the Mediaeval Church in Scotland
Bishop Dowden

26 1902 Castellated architecture of Scotland
Thomas Ross

27 1903 Scotland in the Time of Queen Mary
P Hume Brown, MA LLD., Fraser Professor of Ancient (Scottish) History and Palaeography in the University of Edinburgh

28 1904 Roman Scotland
George Macdonald, MA

29 1905 Roman Britain
Dr F Haverfield, MA LLD

30 1906 The Archaeology of the Cuneiform Inscriptions
Professor Archibald Sayce

31 1907 Roman Britain
Dr F Haverfield, MA LLD

32 1908 The Roman Station at Newstead
Mr James Curle

33 1909 The Occupation and use of the land in Scotland in Early Times
Dr David Murray^[7]

34 1910 Art of the Period of the Teutonic Migrations
Professor Gerard Baldwin Brown^[8]

35 1911 The Records of Scotland
J Maitland Thomson, LLD

36 1912 The Early Chronicles relating to Scotland
Rt Hon Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., President of the Society^[9]

37 1913 Some aspects of Scottish Feudalism
Dr George Neilson

38 1913 The Development of writing and printing in Western Europe
Dr W K Dickson

39 1914 The Liturgy and Ceremonial of The Mediaeval Church in Scotland
Mr F C Eeles^[10]

40 1915 Medals of the Renaissance
Mr George Francis Hill, Keeper of Coins & Medals, British Museum^[6]

41 1916 Celtic Place-Names in Scotland
Professor W J Watson, LLD^[6]

42 1917 Arms and Armour
Mr Charles J. ffoulkes, Curator of the Royal Armouries, Tower of London^[6]

43 1918 The Prehistoric Monuments of Scotland
Mr A O Curle

44 1919 House Furnishing and Domestic Life in Scotland 1488-1688
Mr John Warrack^[11]

45 1920 Painting in the Roman Empire (from the last century of the Republic to about 800 AD)
Mrs Arthur (Eugénie) Strong, British School at Rome^[6]

46 1921 Egyptian Science
Professor W M Flinders Petrie^[6]

47 1922 Monastic Building in Britain
Mr C R Peers

48 1923 The Civilisation of Greece in the Bronze Age
Dr H R Hall

49 1924 Early Races of Scotland
Professor Thomas H Bryce

50 1925 The Mediaeval Castle in Scotland
Mr W M Mackenzie, Secretary RCAHMS

51 1926 Italian Sculpture of the Renaissance
Mr Eric Maclagan, Director, V & A Museum

52 1927 Roman Britain
Sir George Macdonald, KCB FBA LLD

53 1928 The Ancient Connections between Scotland and Norway
Professor A W Brøgger^[6]

54 1929 The History of the Brooch
Mr Reginald A Smith, BA FSA

55 1930 The Hittites
Professor Garstang

56 1931 Monastic Life and its influence on the Civilisation of Scotland
Mr George Gordon Coulton, Litt D DLitt LLD FBA

57 1932 The Megalithic Culture of Northern Europe
Dr C A Nordman, Helsingfors

58 1933 English Illumination from AD 700 to the end of the Fifteenth Century
Mr Eric G Millar, DLitt

59 1934 Augustan Civilisation in Western Europe
Mr Ian A Richmond

60 1935 Early Anglo Saxon Art and Archaeology
Mr E T Leeds, Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum

61 1936 The Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula
Professor P Bosch Gimpera

62 1937 Mediaeval Edinburgh
Dr C A Malcolm

63 1938 Excavations at Ras Shamra
Monsieur Claude Shaeffer

64 1939 Early Art of Scandinavia
Professor Haakon Shetelig

1940 Postponed (delivered in April 1942)

65 1941 The Province of Mar
Dr W Douglas Simpson

66 1942 Jurisdictions of Mediaeval Scotland
Dr W C Dickinson

67 1943 The Topography of Roman Scotland
Mr O G S Crawford, FSA

68 1944 The Development of Tribal Society in Scotland
Professor V G Childe, DLitt DSc FBA V-PSA

69 1945 The Scottish Burghs
Dr W Mackay Mackenzie

70 1946 Spring Scandinavian Art of the Post-Christian Pagan Period
Professor Haakon Shetelig

71 1946 Oct Castles and Cannon: A Study of Early Artillery Fortifications in England
Mr Bryan H St John O’Neil

1947 No lecture

72 1948 Early Christian Monuments in the Near East
Professor W M Calder, LLD

73 1949 First: The Mediaeval Stone Carver in Scotland
(Two series of lectures delivered) Mr James S Richardson, LLD

74 Second: Regional House-Styles: their origins and development: recent studies in South Wales
Sir Cyril Fox, DLitt FSA

75 1950 (Series of seven lectures) Periods of Highland Civilization
Miss I F Grant LLD

76 1951 Discipline of Field Archaeology
Professor R E Mortimer Wheeler

77 1952 Greek Sculpture: The Century after Pheidias
Mr Bernard Ashmole, MC MA BLitt FBA

78 1953 Architecture in Elizabethan England
Mr John Summerson, CBE FSA ARIBA

79 1954 The Laboratory in the service of Art and Archaeology
Dr H J Plenderleith

80 1955 A Survey of American Archaeology
Dr G H S Bushnell

81 1956 Classical inspiration in Medieval Art
Mr W F Oakenshott

1957 No lecture due to the death of Professor S P O’Riordain

82 1958 The Historical Local Institutions of Scotland
Professor G S Pryde of Glasgow

83 1959 The Role of Constantinople in Byzantine Art
Professor D Talbot Rice

84 1960 Roman Imperial Art
Mr J B Ward Perkins, Director of The British School at Rome

85 1961 The Origins of the Late Celtic Art
Professor Haseloff of Würzburg

86 1962 March Mounds of the Middle East: their formation and excavation
Mr Seton Lloyd, CBE

87 Nov The Prehistoric Origins of Europe
Professor Stuart Piggott, BLitt DLitt HUM

88 1964 The Coins of the Ancient Celts
Mr D F Allen, BA FBA FSA

89 1965 March Anglo-Saxon Pottery and the Settlement of England
Mr J N L Myres, MA LLD FSA

90 Oct Cultural Structure and Movement in East Asia from the Neolithic Period to the Unification of China
Mr William Watson, MA

91 1966/67 Scottish Architects and English Architecture in the 18th Century
Dr PJ Murray

92 1967/68 Late Medieval Monumental Sculpture in the West Highlands
Dr K A Steer

93 1968/69 The Roman Frontier in Germany in the Light of New Research
Prof Dr Hans Schonberger

94 1969/70 The Furnishing of Medieval Churches in Scotland
The Rt Rev Monsigneur D McRoberts S.T.L.

95 1970/71 Plough and Field shape from Prehistoric Times to c1500 AD
Prof Axel Steensberg

96 1972/73 Byzantine Mosaic and Wall Paintings
D Winfield

97 1973/74 Aspects of Archaeology in Iran
D B Stronach

98 1974/75 Scottish Silversmiths and Their Work
Stuart Maxwell

99 1975/76 Interior Decoration in Great Britain
G Beard

100 1976/77 Pictish Art and Society
Dr I Henderson

101 1977/78 Pre-Roman Celtic Art
Prof O-H Frey

102 1978/79 The Medieval Cathedrals of Scotland
Dr R Cant

103 1979/80 The Course of Architecture in Ireland
Dr M Craig

104 1980/81 The Industrial Heritage
Prof S G E Lythe

105 1981/82 Pre-Roman and Native Settlement between the Tyne and Forth
Prof G Jobey

106 1982/83 Aspects of the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in the Netherlands and Britain
Prof JD van der Waals

107 1983/84 The Danube Frontier of the Roman Empire
Prof J J Wilkes

1985/86
108 1986/87 Culture, Tradition and Artifact
Dr A Gailey

109 1987/88 The Archaeology of Death in Ancient Egypt
Dr A Rosalie Davie

110 1988/89 An Heroic Age: War and Society in Northern Britain AD 450-850
Prof Leslie Alcock

111 1989/90 The Archaeology of the Slavs
Dr Martin Gojda

112 1990/91 The Revival of Medieval and Early Renaissance Architecture in Scotland 1745-1930
Dr D M Walker

113 1991/92 Altering The Earth: The Origins of Monuments in Britain and Continental Europe
Prof R Bradley

114 1992/93 Scottish Monastic life on the Eve of the Reformation
Dr Mark Dilworth

115 1993/94 Oral Narrative in Scotland
Donald A MacDonald

116 1994/95 Enlarging the Past: the contribution of Wetland Archaeology
Professor John and Dr Bryony Coles

117 1995/96 Death and Wealth in Viking Scotland
Professor James Graham-Campbell

118 1996/97 The Food of the Scots Professor Alexander Fenton

119 1997/98 Scottish Royal Palaces: The Architecture of the Royal Residences during the Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Periods
John Dunbar

120 1998/99 The Origins of Insular Monasticism
Professor Charles Thomas

121 1999-2000 Significant Figures: Anderson, Baldwin-Brown, Childe, AO Curle, J Curle, A McBain, L Mann, WF Skene
Dr D J Breeze; Dr DV Clarke; Professor D Meek; Dr JNG Ritchie; Mr WDH Sellar

122 2000-2001 Art as Archaeology, Archaeology as Art: Transformations through material culture
Professor Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, University of Cambridge

123 2001-2002 Peoples Between The Oceans
Professor Barry Cunliffe, University of Oxford

124 2002-2003 Lines from the past: towards an anthropological archaeology of inscription
Professor Tim Ingold, University of Aberdeen

125 2003-2004 Court, Capital and Country: the Emergence of Renaissance Scotland
Professor Michael Lynch, University of Edinburgh

126 2004-2005 Men who turned towards the light: Cult and creativity in the Romans’ world
Professor Greg Woolf, University of St Andrews

127 2006 Rock and Cave Art
Paul Bahn

128 2007 Living in an Age of Stone: Neolithic people and their worlds
Professor Gabriel Cooney, University College Dublin

129 2008 Archaeology and the Sea in Scandinavia and Britain
Professor Ole Crumlin-Pedersen [da], Denmark

130 2009 New Light on the Dawn: a new perspective on the Neolithic Revolution in Southwest Asia Emeritus Professor Trevor Watkins [no], University of Edinburgh

131 2010 Design versus Dogma: Reflections on Field Archaeology
Professor Martin Carver, University of York

132 2011 Material and spiritual engagements; Britain and Ireland in the first age of metal
Dr Stuart Needham

133 2012 On the windy edge of nothing: Vikings in the North Atlantic world - ecological and social journeys
Professor Kevin Edwards, University of Aberdeen

134 2013 ‘magnificent for the beauty and extent of its buildings and worthy of everlasting fame’ – the architecture of the Scottish late medieval Church
Professor Richard Fawcett, University of St Andrews

135 2014 Archaeology and Celtic Myth – an exploration
Professor John Waddell, NUI Galway

136 2015 British Archaeology: its progress and demands
Various contributors including, Professor Audrey Horning, Queen’s University Belfast; Professor Ian Baxter, University Campus Suffolk; Dr Jacqui Mulville, Cardiff University; Margaret Maitland, National Museums Scotland; Dr Rebecca Jones, Historic Environment Scotland; Dr Alan Leslie, Northlight Heritage; Professor Mary Bownes, University of Edinburgh; Professor Keith Dobney, University of Aberdeen; Dr Greger Larson, University of Oxford; Dr Eva-Maria Geigl, CNRS University Paris 7; Professor Ian Barnes, Natural History Museum; and Professor Richard Bradley

137 2016 Antiquaries, archaeologists and the invention of the historic town c.1700-1860 Professor Roey Sweet, University of Leicester, Centre for Urban History

138 2017 Sacred Heritage: medieval monasticism, magic and memory
Professor Roberta Gilchrist, University of Reading

139 2018 Drystone technologies: Neolithic tensions and Iron Age compressions
Dr John Barber, AOC Archaeology Group

References

External links

• Rhind Lectures recorded online since 2009
  


• Rhind Lectures 2010 videocast: Professor Martin Carver on "Design vs Dogma: Reflections on Field Archaeology" The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.