Bloomsbury Summer School
Fascinated by ancient civilisations?
We offer anyone with any level of knowledge, inspiring short courses on ancient Egypt and other areas of the ancient world.
2026 Course timetable
Monday 6 to Friday 10 July
SAIS: ARCHAEOLOGY OF A LOST -- BUT FAMOUS -- ROYAL CITY (in person and online)
Course Director: Prof. Penny Wilson (Durham University)
To be held in person at UCL Institute of Archaeology (31 - 34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY UK) and livestreamed online.
Monday 6 July
10:30* – 11:00
Students gather in the BSS Common Room / login to Zoom
11:00 – 11:30
BSS Director’s Welcome Address
11:30 – 13:00
1. Title TBC
Welcome Lunch in BSS Common Room (14:00 Short optional tour of UCL with the Director)**
14:30 – 15:45
2. Title TBC
16:15 – 17:30
3. Title TBC
17:45
Non-BSS event: Get together with fellow students for a drink in the Woolf and Whistle Bar on the ground floor of the Tavistock Hotel**
Tuesday 7 July
10:00 – 11:15
4. Title TBC
11:45 – 13:00
5. Title TBC
14:15 – 15:30
6. Title TBC
16:00 – 17:15
7. Title TBC
17:15 – 18:30
BSS Social on Common Room balcony**
Wednesday 8 July
10:00 – 11:15
8. Title TBC
11:45 – 13:00
9. Title TBC
14:15 – 15:30
10. Title TBC
16:00 – 17:15
11. Title TBC
17:30
Non-BSS event: Get together with fellow students for dinner at Poppadom Indian Kitchen in the Tavistock Hotel
Thursday 9 July
10:00 – 11:15
12. Title TBC
11:45 – 13:00
13. Title TBC
14:15 – 15:30
14. Title TBC
16:00 – 17:15
15. Title TBC
Friday 10 July
10:00 – 11:15
16. Title TBC
11:45 – 13:00
17. Title TBC
14:00 – 15:15
18. Title TBC
15:45 – 17:15
19. Title TBC
17:15 – 19:00
End-of-Course Drinks and Online Social (you are welcome to invite guests)
*All times are London UK time; **In-person participants only.
NB: Timetables, once published, are unlikely to change, but remain provisional until the first day of the course.
