"Marble Statuettes of the Roman Period", a new Agora blue volume by Brian Martens was published by the ASCSA this summer. 🔗Read more about the #book and Brian's research: www.ascsa.edu.gr/news/newsDet... #ClassicsBluesky

"A journey to hell..." Speaker: Milena Melfi (Oxford) #Seminar 🗓️ 26 September ⏰ 4.15pm (UK time) 📍 hybrid: room SO3, Swallowgate/Teams (email [email protected], and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in the subject) 🔗Seminar schedule: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/c...

Join us for the STARR #seminar next Thursday: "Reading Poetry as if it Mattered: Classical Reception in Ancient Philosophy" Speaker: Stefano Parrinello (St Andrews) 📆 25 November,⏰6pm BST In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email [email protected] for link) #AllWelcome

The School of Classics welcomes applications for the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship scheme 2026. Send preliminary applications to [email protected] by 3 November 2025 at 5pm. 🔗 View details and apply: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/l... #Funding #ClassicsBluesky

#Tomorrow, 18 September, Dr Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis will present on Wilson’s travels in Greece and Mesopotamia, at the #workshop 'Robert Wilson: Amateur, Antiquarian, Imperialist’ www.abdn.ac.uk/riiss/news-e... .

Dr Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis is using the journal transcribed by Kasia in her research. She's giving a talk to the Scottish Hellenic Society of Edinburgh on 7 October: ‘From Banff to Basra: Robert Wilson in the footsteps of Alexander the Great in the 1820s’ tinyurl.com/banff2basra

Kasia Middleton describes her experience of transcribing the travel diaries of Robert Wilson, a Scottish physician and Grand Tourist of the nineteenth century, and what she took from the experience, both professionally and personally: sacra.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/16/r... #ClassicalReception

"Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future" #Conference 📆22 to 24 October 📍the British School at Athens and 💻online 🔗View programme and register: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/mount... #ClassicsBluesky

Join us for our first research #seminar this semester: "Cassandra and the agency of hope..." Emily Pillinger and Rowan Gard 🗓️ 19 September 2025 ⏰ 4.15pm (UK time) 📍 hybrid: room SO3, Swallowgate/Teams (email [email protected], and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in the subject)

Talitha Kearey will be giving a paper entitled "Suetonius’s Scholars and the Lives of Books" at the ‘The Living Bookshelf: The Ancient Library in Text’ conference taking place tomorrow and Sunday at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. classicalassociation.org/events/corpu... #ClassicsBluesky

Join us for the first STARR #seminar of the semester! "Points of Puncture - Donald Kagan on Spartan foreign policy in the Peloponnesian War" Speaker: Aaron Pocock (Glasgow). 📆 18 November,⏰6pm BST. In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email [email protected] for the link)

Save the dates! Our research #seminar series starts on Friday 19 September, with a workshop hosted by Emily Pillinger and Rowan Gard (KCL). 🔗 View the seminar schedule: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/c... #ClassicsBluesky

Appel à contribution – La réception de la Grèce ancienne en Europe par le dialogue entre textes et images dans et hors du livre (XIVe-XVIe s.) / The reception of ancient Greece in Europe through the dialogue between texts et images inside and outside the book (14th-16th c.) rmblf.be/2025/09/11/a...

Professor Roger Rees welcomes everyone to St Andrews for the 2025-2026 academic year: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/w...

"The House of the Satrap: The Making of the Ancient Persian Empire" by Rhyne King, was published by University of California Press. www.ucpress.edu/books/the-ho...

Welcome to St Andrews! We're so looking forward to meeting all our new and returning students over the next few days. Come and see us at the Academic Fayre starting now in Upper and Lower College Hall!

Studying with us this semester? View info on: Orientation Week, Advising, Reading Lists and courses. 🔗 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/classics/stu... #IncomingStudents #StAndrews

We welcome enquiries about applications to the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme. Interested? Contact a potential mentor in the School, then send a 1 or 2-page proposal and academic CV to [email protected] by 17 September 2025 standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/b...

The University of St Andrews has been named Scottish University of the Year in the Daily Mail University Guide. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🙌 Read more ⬇️ ow.ly/KhY150WFXo1 #EverToExcel

"Parmenides: New Perspectives", edited by Alex Long and Barbara Sattler, was published by Oxford University Press in July 2025. global.oup.com/academic/pro... #Book #ClassicsBluesky #AncientPhilosophy

"Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future" #Conference 📆22 to 24 October 2025 📍the British School at Athens and 💻online. 🔗View details: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/mount... #ClassicsBluesky

Jason König discusses Mount Chelmos (or Aroania), and describes the most accessible route to the summit starting from Kalavryta. mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/07/12/c... #mountains #hikingroute

Jason König discusses Mount Kyllini (or Ziria), the second highest mountain in the Peloponnese after Taygetos, and a route to the summit via the Cave of Hermes: mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/07/05/k... .

With #CA2025 drawing to a close, we'd like to thank all participants for making the conference such a success!

The final session of #CA2025 begins at 11:30am. Explore panels and abstracts: ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/programme/se...

Good morning! Day 3 of #CA2025 begins with Session 6 at 9am. Explore panels and abstracts: ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/programme/se...

Prof Stephen Halliwell will give the CA presidential address at 5pm. The evening continues with the conference dinner, followed by a ceilidh and whisky tasting. ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/programme . #CA2025

#CA2025 Session 5 starts at 2:30pm. Explore panels and abstracts: ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/programme/se...

#CA2025 continues with Session 4 starting at 11:30am. Explore panels and abstracts: ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/programme/se...

There've been a few minor changes to the #CA2025 program. Check ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/programme/ and individual sessions for the most up to date information!

Good morning! Day 2 of #CA2025 begins with Session 3 starting at 9am. Explore panels and abstracts: ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/programme/se...

After a short break, Prof Lucy Grig will give a #lecture in the Buchanan lecture theatre at 5:30pm. At 6:15pm, Dr Emily Hauser will be in conversation with Katrina Kelly at the author Q&A. Day 1 of #CA2025 then concludes with a welcome reception in the Younger Hall.

One of the highlights of any conference is the chance to meet our authors in person! Here's acquisitions editor Carlo Vessella catching up with Stefano Briguglio, co-editor with Federica Bessone of "Gender and Language(s) in Antiquity", coming out in Trends in Classics this fall. #CA2025

#CA2025 Session 2 begins at 3pm. Explore panels and abstracts: ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/programme/se...

Prof Judith Mossman, Prof Roger Rees, and Dr Alex Imrie welcoming delegates to #CA2025 this morning. [Image credit: Sam Dixon]

The Session 1 panels are starting at 12noon. View papers and abstracts: ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/programme/se... #CA2025

We're excited to welcome delegates to #StAndrews for #CA2025 on such a fabulous morning! The day starts with registration and a welcome address at the Younger Hall. ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/programme

Calling all #PhD students! Santander International Exchange Grants are available for 1-3 month visits to the University of Bonn. The funds will support you as you build international networks and raise your academic profile. 🔗 View details: www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-... 👉 Apply by 15 July.

"Gaming the Battle of Alesia: a lesson in ethics" Kate Nolting discusses what she learnt about Applied Classics by designing a role-playing game based on ancient warfare to teach lessons about ethics and political ideologies in modern classrooms. modernclassics.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/06/06/g...

Congratulations to all our students graduating this summer 🎉 We're so happy for you! . . . #ForeverSaints #ClassOf2025 #Graduation #GraduationDay

The new "Mountains of Greece" site explores the literary and archaeological heritage of the mountains of Greece. It shares hiking routes and reflections on the role of mountain landscapes of Greece in the 21st century. Read about Mount Taygetos: mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/06/27/t...

#Today starting at 10am: "St Andrews Interdisciplinary Postgraduate #Workshop in Late Antique and Early Medieval Studies." Speakers are Deanna Cunningham, Shannon McMillan, Freja Stamper, Niels Arends, Alex Lombardo, and Ian Bonze. Rebecca Sweetman will give the keynote.

Congratulations to everyone graduating this week! 🎉🙌 Watch our #students graduate live on Wednesday morning: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/graduation/w... View ceremony schedule: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/graduation/g... #graduation #ForeverSaints #StAndrews

Tomorrow I'll be presenting a paper in the First St Andrews Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Workshop in Late Antique and Early Medieval Studies at the @staclassics.bsky.social I'm looking forward to this great initiative!

I was happy to speak at the Granada-St Andrews International Meeting ‘Sharing Perspectives on Late Antiquity’ at the University of St Andrews yesterday (@staclassics.bsky.social); I spoke about some aspects of the relationship between monasteries and crisis in late Roman and Visigothic Iberia

"Sharing Perspectives on Late Antiquity" Granada-St Andrews International Meeting 📅27 June, 10am – 12:30pm 📌Room S3 – Swallowgate, St Andrews 💻Microsoft Teams 🔗Get meeting link: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/s... Enquiries to [email protected] #ClassicsBluesky #ThisWeek #Friday

"Dialogues between Ancient and Modern Women" Lilliana Mitchell discusses her journey as an Applied Classicist and the podcast "Mythogyny", which she designed to bring ancient and modern women into informative, supportive dialogue with each other. modernclassics.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/05/27/d...

"STALOS from a tutor’s perspective" Annabel Crawshaw-Brown discusses tutoring as part of the St Andrews Latin Outreach Scheme. stalos.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/06/20/s... #TeachingLatin #ClassicsBluesky

PGT Dissertation Writing Retreat (29 – 30 July 2025): Ready to write up? Join an in-person programme for Master’s students. Experience a peer-supported environment. Overcome writer’s block. Make real progress on your draft! View info and book: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/pdms/index.p... Book by 7 July.

Classical Association Conference, 11-13 July 2025, @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Daily agenda and abstracts are now available: www.eventsforce.net/standrews/23... Enquiries to: [email protected] ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk #CA2025 #ClassicalAssociation #Conference