We invite you to join us for our 2026 Dublin Day School, on the theme of The Elements, and hosted this year at University College Dublin on Saturday April 11th from 1 - 4.30 pm. The event will be hybrid with the option to attend in person or via Zoom.

The Elements are universal subjects of interest from ancient writers to scientific archaeological analyses today. Presentations at this event will engage with this from a range of perspectives over five papers.

Programme

13h: Welcome

13.15: Brendan O'Neill (UCD Archaeology)
Forged in Fire: experimenting with hot technologies

13-45: Sasha Smith (UCD Classics)
Leave no stone unturned: The search for Sir George Cockburn's Antiquities

14.15: Barry Molloy (UCD Archaeology)
It's Element-ary Dr Watson: Investigating human mobility in Neolithic Crete using stable isotopes

14-45: Coffee Break

15.15: Samantha Martin (UCD Architecture)
Gimme Shelter: Architecture and the Elements in Athens

15.45: William Megarry (QUB Archaeology)
Staying Safe from the Elements: Climate Change, Culture and Curating a Future for our Past

16.15: Discussion

16.30: Reception, kindly sponsored by Odaios Foods, to follow

Location: The Barry Raftery Seminar Room, Ardmore Annex, UCD School of Archaeology, University College Dublin.

For in-person attendance, please book your place here with Eventbrite

To attend online, join on Zoom: https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/63761802630?pwd=zTylGcgZqdvm6ZAXAC6ZX0pxUxn2pI.1&jst=2