"A unique federal fiscal and legal institution from early Hellenistic Achaia" (Ruben Post) Download #OpenAccess chapter: 🔗 doi.org/10.7788/9783... #AncientGreekLaw

"A gymnasion assemblage lost at sea? The statues from the Antikythera shipwreck reconsidered" (Brian Martens) Read #OpenAccess article: 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S006...

Ancient Peace Studies Network: inaugural workshop 📆 20 to 22 January 2026 📍 University of St Andrews 🔗https://apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/#:~:text=Inaugural%20workshop To register interest, please contact Prof. Alice König at [email protected]. #PeaceStudies

Scottish Student Archaeology Society #Conference, 21-22 Feb 2026. #CallForPapers: open to #students, #graduates & #EarlyCareerResearchers. Any topic welcome! Send title & abstract to [email protected] Questions? Contact @archsoc_uoa on instagram, or email [email protected] #SSASC26

"Land and Power in the Later Roman World" #Conference 📆 29 June to 1 July 2026 📍 Tübingen View #CallForPapers: research.st-andrews.ac.uk/landloyalty/... #CFP deadline: 11 January 2026

Happy Holidays! We hope you all enjoy the winter break. The School of Classics buildings are closing today, 19 December 2025. The buildings will reopen on Monday 5 January 2026.

Stroll through the meadows of Mount #Kallidromos, in the footsteps of the Persians at the Battle of #Thermopylae: mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/13/k... #Mountains #MountainCulture

"Publishing your research in Classics and Archaeology journals" ICS training session 📆 Wednesday, 21 January 2026, ⏰ 15:00-17:00 💻 Online via Zoom View details and register: ics.sas.ac.uk/study-traini... In conversation with Myles Lavan, Peter Liddel, and Sarah Nooter. Moderated by Emlyn Dodd.

And here it is! After many recommendations that she come on as a guest, @sarahebond.bsky.social stopped by to talk about her book Strike and labor in Roman Antiquity. Apologies for the somewhat esoteric Roanoke talk, but Roanoke is the best for a reason! classicalantiquitypod.com/2025/12/15/s...

Explore a route over the wooded slopes of Mount Kithairon on to the summit ridge, with amazing views south to the Gulf of Corinth, and north over the plains of Boiotia. mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/06/k... #Mountains #MountainCulture

Congratulations to students from Bertha Park High School, who graduated from the #STALOS programme last week. 🎉 stalos.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/08/s... #LearningLatin #Congratulations #Graduation

Booking is now open for the Company of Wolves’ production of 'The Bacchae', 9th and 10th March 2026, Studio Theatre (Edinburgh). 👉 Get tickets: www.capitaltheatres.com/shows/the-ba...

Cynthia Marti discusses the archaeological evidence for a sanctuary on the Agios Antonios peak of Olympus. She describes a route to the summit that requires less technical skill than the one most travellers take. mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/29/o... #MountainCulture #Mountains

Did you study a module with us this semester? Please share your #StudentFeedback in the Module Feedback Questionnaires. ⏰ Deadline: 5 December 2025. Read about MFQs and access the survey system: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/education/ha... #YourVoiceMatters

Read about Penteli, its identity in antiquity, and Pausanias' vision of Greece as a network of marble. Explore a short hike into the foothills to see the ancient quarries. mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/08/p... #MountainCulture #Mountains

Congratulations to all our students who graduated today🎉 We're so happy for you! #ForeverSaints #ClassOf2025 #Graduation #GraduationDay #WinterGraduation

Congratulations to all students graduating today! #ClassOf2025 🎓🎉 Watch 🏺 Classics students live at 2pm👇 ow.ly/seZt50XAv7M #ForeverSaints #EverToExcel

The St Andrews Reception Research Group is seeking proposals for their seminars next semester. Would you like to give a paper focussing on an aspect of classical reception? 👉 Submit your topic here: forms.office.com/pages/respon... Enquiries to [email protected] #cfp

JACT Latin Summer School: 19 July to 1 August 2026. Open to anyone at any level, from complete beginners up to post A-Level standard and everyone in between. View details and register: latincamp.co.uk

"The Imagined Desert: Post-Classical Visions of Egypt" Shannon McMillan (St Andrews) STARR #Seminar, 📆 4 December,⏰6pm In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email [email protected] for link) #allwelcome

Are you an early career researcher in the humanities, arts, or social sciences? Check out the opportunities offered by the British Academy's Early Career Researcher Network: 🔗https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/early-career-researcher-network

"Gone Digital: How Has Digitalization Changed Archaeology?" Dr. Jeremy Huggett (Glasgow) #Lecture 📆 3 December 2025 ⏰ 7pm EET 📍 In person: Norwegian Institute at Athens 💻 Online: Zoom View details and register www.uib.no/en/nia/18042...

📢Interdisciplinary Studies in Ancient Western Greece and Beyond, 11–12.12.25 👉international conference of #UniMainz and #TUDa dedicated to Prof. Franziska Lang where? Campus Mitte, #TUDa, Main Building (S01/03), Wilhelm-Köhler-Saal www.archaeologie.architektur.tu-darmstadt.de/conference/c...

🎭✨ Join us for 'Engaging Audiences: Policy, Practice & Beyond' on Wed 10th December — a deep dive into creative, cross-sector approaches to audience engagement in #PhD research and beyond! 🎟️ 💻 Only online tickets left — sign up here: events.bookitbee.com/the-scottish... #SGSAH #KEHub #HybridEvent

Jason König continues to explore Parnitha, following a route to the Cave of Pan. He discusses Nikagoras and Edward Dodwell, both notable visitors to the cave. mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/22/p...

Did you study a module with us this semester? Please tell us about your experience in the Module Feedback Questionnaires. MFQs are open to receive #StudentFeedback until 5 December 2025. Read about MFQs and access the survey system: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/education/ha... #YourVoiceMatters

#Seminar: "Reforming Justinian’s empire: The praetorian prefect John the Cappadocian" Giordana Franceschini (Tübingen) 🗓️ 28 November, 4:15pm 📍Room SO3, Swallowgate 💻 Teams (email [email protected], and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in subject) #AllWelcome

St Leonard's College World Leading Doctoral Scholarships (student-led). Open to new EU, or international doctoral students. Submission deadline: 21 January 2026. View details stleonardscollege.st-andrews.ac.uk/funding/worl...

"Classical Reception in Smosh's Comedy" Aneirin Pendragon (St Andrews) STARR #Seminar, 📆 27 November,⏰6pm In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email [email protected] for link) #AllWelcome

Ancient Peace Studies Network: inaugural workshop 📆 20 to 26 January 2026 📍 University of St Andrews 🔗 View details: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/a... To register interest, please contact Prof. Alice König at [email protected].

"Every time you walk on one of these paths you are contributing to keeping it open and in use, and that’s an act of heritage preservation in itself" Jason König discusses Mount Parnes in antiquity, and a route to the Koromilia peak. mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/15/p...

Congratulations to Florence Rogers who successfully defended her PhD thesis "The Mists of Ancient History: Representations of Fog in Latin Literature". standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/c... #PhD #PhDThesis #LatinLiterature

#Seminar: "Rome at its Core: A new history of early Rome and its republic" Andrea Brock (St Andrews) 🗓️ 21 November, 4:15pm 📍Room SO3, Swallowgate 💻 Teams (email [email protected], and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in subject) #AllWelcome #ClassicsBluesky

“Relief in the Round: Terracotta Classicism and the Homeric Friezes of Ickworth House” Sebastian Marshall (St Andrews) STARR #Seminar, 📆 20 November,⏰6pm In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email [email protected] for link) #AllWelcome

Deadline approaching! Submit your PhD applications for 2026 entry by 15 November 2025. View details including funding opportunities: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/p... #PhD #PhDApplication #Scholarships #Funding

Congratulations to Alison Hadfield who has successfully defended her #PhD thesis “In Touch with the Past: A Sensory Approach to Objects, Memory and Wellbeing”. standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/c...

Join us for the CLAS Annual #lecture! "Mary of Egypt: Gender, sanctity and landscape" Speaker: Leslie Brubaker (Birmingham) 🗓️ 14 November ⏰ 4.15pm 📍 Hybrid: Room SO3 Swallowgate, or Teams (email [email protected], and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in the subject) #AllWelcome

Dr Sian Lewis will give a talk to the Scottish Hellenic Society of Edinburgh tomorrow, 11 November, entitled "Animals of the 'polis': regional bestiaries in the Greek Mediterranean". View SHSE programme: scottishhellenicsociety.wordpress.com/programme-20...

⌛ Deadline approaching for the new BSA course on 'The Art and Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece'. ⏰ Apply by October 31, 2025 📩 For questions, email assistant.director [at] bsa.ac.uk Read more at: www.bsa.ac.uk/courses/the-...

"2026 Intensive Introductory #Workshop in the Palaeosciences for Pre-Modernists " 📆 19-23 January 2026 📍 Princeton University ⏰ Apply by 15 November 🔗 View details: climatechangeandhistory.princeton.edu/events/2026-...

“The Social Texture of the Desert” (Shannon McMillian) Postgraduate #seminar, 📆12 November ⏰5:15pm 📍Room SO3, Swallowgate Please send enquiries to [email protected] and [email protected]

Rebecca Sweetman's new #book "The Archaeology of the Cyclades in the Roman and Late Antique Periods: Globalization, Christianization and Resilience" has been published by Cambridge University Press. 🔗 bit.ly/cyclades25 The volume is available in hardback and as an ebook.

Explore a sunset route up Mount Hymettos, and what role the mountain plays in Greek literature and mythology. mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/01/h... #mountains #MountainCulture

"Thinking Generationally: Authors and Readers" A SGSAH Literature Discipline+ Catalyst Doctoral Training Event 📆24 November, 11:00-16:00 📍Irvine Building 301, St Andrews 👉Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thinking-g... Open to all Arts & Humanities PhD researchers registered at Scottish institutions

#Seminar: "Classics and cyber security " Genevieve Liveley (Bristol) 🗓️ 7 November, 4:15pm 💻 Teams (email [email protected], and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in subject) #AllWelcome All seminars: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/c...

#Seminar: "Dining like a Caesar, feasting like a tyrant…" Gwynaeth McIntyre (Otago) 🗓️ 5 November, 2.15pm 📍 hybrid: Rm SO3, Swallowgate/Teams (email [email protected], and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in subject) #AllWelcome

SAIMS seminar: "‘East’ and ‘West’ in the Middle Ages" Speaker: Robert Bartlett (St Andrews) 📆 Monday 3 November, ⏰ 5:15pm 📍 Parliament Hall, St Andrews View all SAIMS seminars: saims.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/seminars-2/

"Fleets and Naval Forces of the Late Roman Mediterranean (3rd–6th Centuries)" by Alex Elliott, one of our #alumni, was published recently by Franz Steiner Verlag as part of the Historia - Einzelschriften monograph series. 🔗 www.steiner-verlag.de/Fleets-and-N... #ClassicsBluesky #Book #NavalHistory

While in Greece, a group of students in Dr Martens’ module visited the temporary exhibition they curated for the Corinth Archaeological Museum. ‘A Potted History of Corinth’ explores trade and cross-cultural interactions in the city across time, from the Late Bronze Age to the Byzantine period.

“The Imagined Desert: Post-Classical Visions of Egypt ” Shannon McMillan (St Andrews) STARR #Seminar, 📆 6 November,⏰6pm In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email [email protected] for link) #AllWelcome