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School of Classics, University of St Andrews.
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"2026 Intensive Introductory
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in the Palaeosciences for Pre-Modernists " 📆 19-23 January 2026 📍 Princeton University ⏰ Apply by 15 November 🔗 View details:
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2026 Intensive Introductory Workshop in the Palaeosciences for Pre-Modernists
Applications are now open for the 7th Annual CCHRI Workshop!
https://climatechangeandhistory.princeton.edu/events/2026-intensive-introductory-workshop-palaeosciences-pre-modernists
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“The Social Texture of the Desert” (Shannon McMillian) Postgraduate
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, 📆12 November ⏰5:15pm 📍Room SO3, Swallowgate Please send enquiries to
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Rebecca Sweetman's new
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"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.
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Explore a sunset route up Mount Hymettos, and what role the mountain plays in Greek literature and mythology.
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#mountains
#MountainCulture
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"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:
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Open to all Arts & Humanities PhD researchers registered at Scottish institutions
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Thinking Generationally: Authors and Readers
A SGSAH Literature Discipline+ Catalyst Doctoral Training Event
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thinking-generationally-authors-and-readers-tickets-1855959959199
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#Seminar
: "Classics and cyber security " Genevieve Liveley (Bristol) 🗓️ 7 November, 4:15pm 💻 Teams (email
[email protected]
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#AllWelcome
All seminars:
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#Seminar
: "Dining like a Caesar, feasting like a tyrant…" Gwynaeth McIntyre (Otago) 🗓️ 5 November, 2.15pm 📍 hybrid: Rm SO3, Swallowgate/Teams (email
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#AllWelcome
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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:
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Seminars – St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies
https://saims.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/seminars-2/
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"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
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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.
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“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
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Setting out from Stemnitsa, head up into the secluded forests of Menalo for a glimpse of the territory of Pan and Artemis:
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#Mountains
#MountainCulture
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Professor Alice König was delighted to receive confirmation recently that the Ancient Peace Studies Network (APSN) has been welcomed as a Full Member of the newly-founded Scottish Peace Platform (SPP).
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#PeaceStudies
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Ancient Peace Studies Network joins the Scottish Peace Platform
Professor Alice König was delighted to receive confirmation recently that the Ancient Peace Studies Network (APSN) has been welcomed as a Full Member of the newly-founded Scottish Peace Platform (S…
https://standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/ancient-peace-studies-network-joins-the-scottish-peace-platform/
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Students from the School of Classics have just returned from exploring the monuments and topography of Greece on a module led by Dr Brian Martens.
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"German for students of Classical studies", 2026 summer program hosted by the department of Classics at the University of Cologne. Open to PhD, MA and BA students. 📆 8 June to 17 July 2026 👉 View details and register:
ifa.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/internationa...
⏰ Apply by 31 Jan 2026
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GSCS Program
The Classics Department at the University of Cologne is launching the 'German for Students of Classical Studies' program for its tenth run in 2026. The course will take place between June 08 and July…
https://ifa.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/internationales/gscs-program
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ISHR seminar: 📆30 October, 17:30. 📍Old Class Library, 65-71 South Street. ‘Battle Spirits and Evil Omens: Writing about Civil War with Lucan in Fourteenth-Century Ireland’ Brigid Ehrmantraut, (St Andrews)
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Brigid Ehrmantraut (St Andrews), ‘Battle Spirits and Evil Omens: Writing about Civil War with Lucan in Fourteenth-Century Ireland’ plus Book Launch – Institute of Scottish Historical Research
Institute of Scottish Historical Research
https://ishr.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/brigid-ehrmantraut-st-andrews-battle-spirits-and-evil-omens-writing-about-civil-war-with-lucan-in-fourteenth-century-ireland-plus-book-launch/
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“Gravespotting: Classical Reception in Dundee’s Graves” Erin Limmack (St Andrews) STARR
#Seminar
, 📆 30 October,⏰6pm In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email
[email protected]
for link)
#AllWelcome
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“Have you tried switching it off and on again? Stoicism and the death of the Cosmos ” (Stefano Parrinello) Postgraduate
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, 📆29 October ⏰5:15pm 📍Room SO3, Swallowgate Enquiries:
[email protected]
All postgraduate seminars:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/classics/res...
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"Cultures of violence and female resistance: receptions of ancient Greek myths from the 14th to the 21st century, in Europe and beyond"
#Conference
, 10-12 June 2026, University of Caen Normandie. 👉View
#CallForPapers
:
agrelita.hypotheses.org/9587
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Cultures de la violence et résistances féminines : les réceptions des mythes grecs antiques du XIVe au XXIe siècle, en Europe et au-delà
Colloque international – ERC AGRELITA Les 10-12 juin 2026 à l’Université de Caen Normandie Appel à communications (Please find an English version of this call below) Le projet ERC AGRELITA organise à…
https://agrelita.hypotheses.org/9587
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Maria Christodoulou discusses hellebore, its uses, and how it's associated with Helikon (Paliovouna), Aghia Anna, and Antikyra.
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#Mountains
#MountainCulture
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The 'Mountains of Greece'
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starts later today! 🔗View the programme (pdf):
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add a skeleton here at some point
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2025 BAA postgraduate
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📆 Thursday 27 Nov 2025, 12:20-17:30 💻 Online via Zoom View programme and register:
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2025 BAA postgraduate conference – British Archaeological Association
DATE(S) / TIME
https://thebaa.org/events/2025-baa-postgraduate-conference/
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"Red Antiquity": Henry Stead discusses the contributions of 3 three Scottish Socialist Labour Party radicals to early 20th century Scottish socialism.
scottishleftreview.scot/red-antiquity/
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"Slavery as a feature of Roman book culture" Speaker: Joseph Howley (Columbia)
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🗓️ 17 October ⏰4.15pm 📍 hybrid: room SO3, Swallowgate/Teams (email
[email protected]
, and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in the subject) 🔗All seminars:
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“I, Civilis: ‘Roman Identity’ in Tacitus’ Batavian Revolt” (Connor Hickey) Postgraduate
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, 📆15 October ⏰5pm. 📍Room SO3, Swallowgate Enquiries:
[email protected]
. All postgraduate seminars:
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#Tacitus
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We're inviting applications for our doctoral programme for 2026-2027 entry! View details including funding opportunities:
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#ClassicsBluesky
#Phd
#Funding
#DoctoralProgramme
#Scholarship
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“Othering the Mother: How Modern Adaptations of the Oresteia Build New Rifts in the House of Atreus”, Sophia Jacome (Edinburgh)
#Seminar
, 📆 16 October,⏰6pm In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email
[email protected]
for link)
#AllWelcome
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"Chromatic reverberations: the prismatic ecology of Nonnus’ Dionysiaca" Anna Athanasopoulou (Ghent University) CLAS
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📆Wednesday 15 October ⏰4pm 📍Hybrid: Room S4 Swallowgate/Teams 👉For meeting link, email
[email protected]
#AllWelcome
#lateantiquity
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"The Statues from the
#Antikythera
Shipwreck, 125 Years Later" Brian Martens offers a new interpretation of the origin and destination of this massive haul of ancient art. 👉https://tinyurl.com/antikythera-shipwreck
#Archaeology
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In this latest post, Jason König discusses Mytikas, the highest summit of Olympus. He looks at some of the ways in which the gods of Olympus descend from the summit in the 'Iliad' – some more painful than others!
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#MountainCulture
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⭐ Free PhD training event ⭐ ➡️ Coding Literacy for Historians in the Age of AI 📅 17-18 Oct 📍 St Andrews 👥 For PhD students at Scottish HEIs 🔗 Details & registration:
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Roger Rees will be giving a talk at the Godolphin and Latymer Ancient World Breakfast Club on Friday 10 October: "Awkwardnesses and ineptitudes: Ted Hughes in correspondence for Shakespeare’s Ovid" About the G&L Ancient World Breakfast Club:
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Ancient World Breakfast Club - Godolphin and Latymer
The Ancient World Breakfast Club was established as a weekly lecture series to promote the study of the ancient world among members of the wider community.
https://www.godolphinandlatymer.com/partnerships/ancient-world-breakfast-club/
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Dr Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis is giving a talk to the Scottish Hellenic Society of Edinburgh tomorrow, 7 October, entitled "From Banff to Basra: Robert Wilson in the footsteps of Alexander the Great in the 1820s". View abstract:
tinyurl.com/banff2basra
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Our next meeting
The 2025/6 session of the Scottish Hellenic Society of Edinburgh (SHSE) will commence on Tuesday 7 October, 17:10 in the Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School. Alexia Petsalis-Diomi…
https://tinyurl.com/banff2basra
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"The Transformation of the author in the 'Letter of Aristeas'" Max Leventhal (Edinburgh)
#seminar
🗓️ 10 October, ⏰4.15pm 📍 hybrid: room SO3, Swallowgate/Teams (email
[email protected]
, and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in the subject)
#Allwelcome
#ClassicsBluesky
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"Adomnán mac Ronáin, Mu’awiya ibn Abi Sufyan and a Tale of Two Synods?" Alex Woolf (St Andrews)
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📆8 October ⏰4pm 📍Hybrid: Room S4 Swallowgate/Teams 👉For meeting link email
[email protected]
#AllWelcome
Hosted by the Centre for Late Antique Studies, St Andrews
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Join us for the STARR
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next Thursday: “Dr Pentagram Meets Homer in Dublin”, Robin Fodor (St Andrews) 📆 9 October,⏰6pm In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email
[email protected]
for link)
#AllWelcome
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NWCC Social 📆9 October ⏰1-2pm 📍Room S4 - ground floor, Swallowgate (School of Classics, St Andrews) Join the St Andrews NWCC for their first meeting of the academic year! We look forward to seeing faces old and new. Register (free):
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"The Fife Pilgrim Way" Walk the season in this special journey from Craigtoun to St Andrews Cathedral. 📆Wednesday 8 October, ⏰2pm 📍Craigtoun Cafe, Craigtoun Country Park, St Andrews, KY16 8NX. Free event, limited numbers - email
[email protected]
to book a place.
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Professionalising your PhD, 📆8 October, ⏰1-2:30pm, 💻online discussion. 🔗View details and register:
st-andrews.startuptree.co/event/s/oS2g...
Part of Innovation Week, 6 - 10 October 2025.
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"Divine Summits: The Cultural Lives of Mediterranean Mountains"
#Exhibition
, 📆 30 September to 16 November, 📍 Research Studio, Wardlaw Museum, St Andrews
#ClassicsBluesky
#Mountains
#ClassicalReception
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"Buying Ancient Estates: Archaeology and foreign land ownership in nineteenth-century Greece" Sebastian Marshall
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🗓️ 1 October, ⏰ 2.15pm (UK time) 📍 hybrid: room SO3, Swallowgate/Teams (email
[email protected]
, and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in the subject)
#AllWelcome
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Very excited to advertise the full programme and registration details for the Mountains of Greece conference, 22-24 October 2025, in Athens!
mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/13/c...
Register for online attendance:
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Conference programme
Mountains of Greece: Heritage Narratives from the Past for a Sustainable Future, Athens, 22-24 October 2025
https://mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/13/conference-programme/
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Save the dates! The Centre for Late Antique Studies has put together their Autumn
#seminar
series, and identified other events around St Andrews that might be of interest to members. View schedule 🔗
late-antiquity.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/
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Join us for the STARR
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next Thursday: “‘Awkwardnesses and Ineptitudes’: …” (Roger Rees) “Hughes’ Legacy and the New Ovidean Wave” (Lorena Phillips): 📆 2 October,⏰6pm In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email
[email protected]
for link)
#AllWelcome
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reposted by
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Mountains of Greece
about 2 months ago
New post on Mount Artemision--specially recommended for Pausanias fans!
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Artemisio
Scramble up into the territory of Artemis on Mount Artemisio.
https://mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/20/artemisio/
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"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...
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"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:
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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
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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
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#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’
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