Summer School in Homer 2026: An introduction to all aspects of Homeric epic 📆 27-31 July 2026 👉️ View details and apply: bit.ly/4orA6VX (Apply by 20 July) Hosted by UCL. #HybridEvent

Interested in a postgraduate degree at the University of St Andrews? Join our online open week to learn more! 📆 Monday 15 June to Friday 19 June 2026 🔗 View details and sign up: bit.ly/4vqqA7v The School of Classics information session takes place on 15 June at 11am (UK time) #OnlineEvent

Sapiens ubique civis XIII (2026) - PhD Student and Young Scholar #Conference on Classics and the Reception of Antiquity 📆 September 2–4, 2026 ⏰️ #CallForPapers: submit abstracts of up to 300 words by 7 June 2026. 👉️ View details: bit.ly/4erfqZB .

"Poverty Dynamics in the Long Late Antiquity, AD 300-800" #Conference 📆 22 to 23 July 2026 📍 In-person: Room S4, Swallowgate, School of Classics, University of St Andrews 💻️ Online: MS Teams 🔗 View programme and register: bit.ly/4uRIBvq

"Land and Power in the Later Roman World " #Conference 📆 29 June to 1 July 2026 📍 Tübingen 🔗 View details: bit.ly/4tsST40 Please send enquiries to Dr Giordana Franceschini, [email protected] #AllWelcome

"The travels of Edward Falkener: a Victorian architect in Ottoman Anatolia" (Sebastian Marshall) 🔗 Read #OpenAccess article: bit.ly/4nPaAcU #Travel

"Violence and social competition in late antique Egypt: women as victims and adjudicators" (Anna Kelley) 🔗 View #OpenAccess article: bit.ly/43kFQqy #LateAntiquity

We're looking forward to #today's #workshop! "New Work on Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’" 📍 School of Classics, St Andrews 🔗 View programme: bit.ly/4tm0WiQ

Laura Bassi Scholarship, Summer 2026. Provides editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study. Open to every discipline. ⏰ Apply by 12 July 2026 🔗 View details and apply: bit.ly/3OinHp2 #funding

"The origins of the Tiber Island in Rome" (Andrea L. Brock, et al) 🔗 Read #OpenAccess article: bit.ly/49AGBQ3 #ClassicsBluesky #Rome

Santander International Exchange Grants support doctoral students in building international networks and raising their academic profile. Next application deadline: 15 July 2026 View details and apply: 🔗 bit.ly/4f2GSyE #Funding

"A critical note on Servius' 'Commentary' on Verg. Aen. 6.1–2. " (Philip Boserup-Lemire) View #OpenAccess article: bit.ly/49clB1Q .

"The Adult Gaze: Looking Again at Children and Young People in Peace and Conflict" (Alice König, et al), International Political Sociology, Volume 20, Issue 3. 🔗https://bit.ly/4nJcgEo #Article

Ripe for reinvention, Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis’s timely project @staclassics.bsky.social offers a novel perspective on the story of the Elgin Marbles, demonstrating the affective power of classical artefacts within quotidian life.

Calling all St Andrews Classics #students! Wondering what to do after graduation? Wondering how to do it? Join us for a series of #online meetings where alumni discuss their careers after graduation. 📆 25 May: Education 📆 26 May: Heritage & Publishing 📆 01 June: Finance & Business 📆 02 June: Law

#Lecture #today at 17:30 (UK time) 📍 University of Edinburgh (Old College, Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre) "Terminus Britanniae: Tacitus’ Scotland" With speakers: Professor Renato Oniga, Professor Emanuela Borgia, and Dr Consuelo Martino. View details: bit.ly/43iQKwV

Listen to the latest #MountainsOfGreece podcast: in this episode Julian Hoffman joins Jason König to discuss his book "Lifelines", and his latest project on the Aoos river. bit.ly/4tMmjKC

Announcing our eleventh annual Classics Summer School for ages 7 to 11! Themed on star myths and ancient astronomy, learn Latin or Greek alongside games and activities. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/yh644pry

"Peace Literacy, Peace Politics and Scotland’s Future" Alice König discusses the world-building nature of conflict storytelling, and the consequences for 'peace literacy', which in turn impacts our ability to build and maintain peace: bit.ly/3RaYn5Z #PeaceMaking #Peace

"Poverty Dynamics in the Long Late Antiquity, AD 300-800" #Conference 📆 22 to 23 July 2026 📍 In-person: Room S4, Swallowgate, School of Classics, University of St Andrews 💻️ Online: MS Teams 🔗 View programme and register: bit.ly/4uRIBvq

Explore a route to the summit of Mikri Tourla, through the extraordinary high-altitude meadows of Mount Parnonas: bit.ly/49yjuFx #MountainLandscapes #MountainsOfGreece

"Land and Power in the Later Roman World " #Conference 📆 29 June to 1 July 2026 📍 Tübingen 🔗 View details: bit.ly/4tsST40 Please send enquiries to Dr Giordana Franceschini, [email protected] #AllWelcome

"Classics Symposia" Postgraduate work-in-progress #conference, 📆 14-15 May, (10:30-16:30) In person:📍Lumsden Seminar Room 1, Old Burgh School, #StAndrews 🔗 View programme: bit.ly/42Xc0bs Please send enquiries to [email protected] #ClassicsBluesky

"New Work on Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’" #Workshop 📆 29 May 2026 📍 School of Classics, University of St Andrews 🔗 View programme: bit.ly/4tm0WiQ To register, email [email protected], and include any accessibility (e.g. stair free access) and/or dietary requirements. Book by 17 May. #AllWelcome

"Peace, war and conflict in the ancient world" #Workshop 📆 18 May 2026 📍 Room S11, Swallowgate, St Andrews 🔗 View updated programme: bit.ly/40oykcX Enquiries? Email [email protected].

In February, Prof Roger Rees visited Glenrothes High School to talk about Christianity and the Roman state to a class of 14 pupils taking Classical Studies. Their teacher, Josephine Webster, studied Ancient and Mediaeval History at St Andrews. She has nurtured a great group of budding classicists!

Registration now open for SGSAH Summer School 2026 🚀 18–19 June (online) + 24–25 June (Glasgow) For arts & humanities PhDs in Scotland, including our Doctoral Research Showcase (open to all) Explore the programme & book soon—spaces limited! padlet.com/sgsah/sgsah-...

We're inviting applications for two Associate Lecturers (education focused) in Ancient History and Archaeology, starting on 1 September 2026. One post will be for two years, and the other for one year. 🔗 View info and apply: bit.ly/4sZ5AUx Closing date: #tomorrow, 8 May.

Meet a travelling athlete, struck down by the thunderbolt of Zeus, and see Mount Kyllini as you haven't seen it before: 🔗 bit.ly/4tjI6cf #MountainsOfGreece #Epigram

Starting this morning: "Collaborations With Antiquity: Medieval and Early Modern" 2 day #workshop with papers from Sophie Schoess, Claudia Rossignoli, Valerie Grünzel, Philip Hardie, Luke Houghton, Emma Herdman, Stephen Hinds, Sophie Lemburg, Syrithe Pugh, and Emma Buckley,

"Weavers, Merchants and the Taxman: The Changing Socio-economic Contexts of Textile Circulation in the Late Antique Mediterranean" (Anna C. Kelley) Read #OpenAccess article: bit.ly/4tSREMw #Textiles #LateAntiquity

"Care and Indifference in Ancient Philosophy" #conference starts today at 2pm. With papers by Flora Nelson, František Špinka, Cristiana Sessini, Simonas Baliukonis, Shaul Tor, Matteo Ferrari, Fani Goutsiou, Frisbee Sheffield, David Lepidi, & Janset Cetinkaya bit.ly/4brcpYP

The podcast series, "Οι Άλλοι: Antiquity and The Greek Left in the Twentieth Century" was launched recently, coinciding with the 10 year anniversary of the Brave New Classics project. In the first episode, Anna Coopey and guest Zinovia Lialiouti discuss "The Communist Greek Left": bit.ly/4t7gczW

"Economic and Social Development in the Iron Age Cyclades, 1000–480 BCE" by one of our #alumni, Dr Douglas C. Forsyth, has been published by De Gruyter. 🔗 bit.ly/4w66qkw It is available in hardback and as an ebook. #ClassicsBluesky

Jason König interviews Socrates Koursoumis about his archaeological work in the mountains of Greece, especially on Mount #Taygetos: bit.ly/49jLooz #MountainsOfGreece

"Collaborations With Antiquity: Medieval and Early Modern" SACRA #workshop 📆 6-7 May 2026 In person:📍Room S4, Swallowgate,School of Classics, St Andrews. #AllWelcome Event is free. Booking essential. To attend: email [email protected] by 29 April. 🔗 View programme: bit.ly/3OFafw4

"Weird Antiquity: Petronius to 'Peplum' " Tyler Mercer (St Andrews) STARR #Seminar, 📆 30 April,⏰6pm In person:📍Rm S11, Swallowgate Online:💻Teams (email [email protected] for link) 🔗 View abstract: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/s...

"Myth and Poetry in Dracontius’ 'De raptu Helenae' (Rom. 8) " Benjamin Goldlust (Université Marie et Louis Pasteur) CLAS #Seminar 📆 29 April,⏰4pm Online: 💻 MS Teams. (to get link email [email protected] and [email protected]) #AllWelcome

Calling all St Andrews Classicists! The St Andrews Network for Working Class Classicists is conducting a survey in collaboration with the School of Classics Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion Committee. 🔗 bit.ly/3OKmPKm  Please fill this in if you haven’t already! #WorkingClassClassics

Did you study a module with us this semester? Please share your #StudentFeedback in the Module Questionnaires. ⏰ Deadline: 1 May 2026. Read about MFQs and access the survey system: bit.ly/4948Hma #YourVoiceMatters #StudentVoice

Join our virtual undergraduate visiting day today to learn about: 🎓 Schools and programmes, meet academic staff 🫶 Student life 🏠 Accommodation 📝Application process and what happens after you apply 💷 Fees, funding and scholarships Starts 11am👇 https://ow.ly/OsGv50YNOAP #EverToExcel

"What’s Going On In Nero’s Mind: Tracing Mahmoud Darwish’s Reception of Nero " Olivia Clyne (St Andrews) STARR #Seminar, 📆 23 April,⏰6pm In person:📍Rm S11, Swallowgate Online:💻Teams (email [email protected] for link) 🔗 View abstract: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/s... .

Associate #Lectureships in Ancient History and Archaeology: Second information session starts #today at 4.15pm UK time: bit.ly/42hT0UF

Associate #Lectureships in Ancient History and Archaeology: First information session starts #today at 8am UK time: bit.ly/3QvNFqb

"Catullus, Ennius, and the End of Rome" Jesse Hill (Edinburgh) Classics #seminar 🗓️ 24 April 4:15pm 📍Room SO3, Swallowgate 💻 Teams (email [email protected], and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in subject) #AllWelcome 🔗 View schedule: bit.ly/4kJl9MQ .

ICS Conference Grants: Open to applications Deadline 5 May Small grants - up to £500 - are available to support conferences and workshops throughout the UK. Full details: ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/grant...

Associate #lectureships: Join us #tomorrow for information sessions at 8am and 4.15pm UK time. Get meeting links: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

"The Audiences of Quintus of Smyrna’s 'Posthomerica' " Vincent Tomasso (Trinity College Connecticut) CLAS #Seminar 📆 22 April,⏰4pm Online: 💻 MS Teams. (to get link email [email protected] and [email protected]) #AllWelcome

"Memory and historiography of the crises of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (300-900)" #Workshop next week: 📆 23 April 2026, 📍 Lyon. Carlos Machado (University of St Andrews) will be speaking on "The memory of the past in the reaction to environmental crisis" bit.ly/3OqNFas

In the lastest podcast, Jason König interviews Molly Greene about her research on the history of the Pindus mountains in Ottoman Greece, from 1400-1821. bit.ly/4mwVHLD #MountainsOfGreece #MountainHistory