Did you know we have two trolleys full of books for sale outside the library? New books are added regularly so make sure to check them when you visit! Everyone is welcome to buy our books, not just library members. Come up to the third floor of Senate House to browse the selection😊

Here is a small selection of the new books that appeared on our recent acquisitions shelves last week! 📚

Great blog post by Rosario Rovira Guardiola on women @joliheroics.bsky.social librarians! library.ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Happy #WorldBookDay !

Today is International Greek Language Day! Here is a small selection of books in the library that can help you learn about Greek language, literature and origins!

We’ve still got a few open places for this brilliant hands-on mosaic making training event next week at @ics.bsky.social in London! Come along to have fun making, while thinking about ancient/modern practice and research with leading experts Ruaidhri Ryan and Will Wootton. @sas-news.bsky.social

We are currently taking applications for our next Graduate Trainee Library Assistant🎉 Find out more here: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... and apply by Sunday!

Did you know we acquire 2,500-3,000 new volumes each year? 53 new books will be appearing onto the shelves today—here's a selection!

The library will be closing for Christmas tomorrow evening until Monday the 5th of December! Happy reading over the break📖

Join the ICS & British Museum for a major upcoming conference: The Ancient Mediterranean and the British Museum - Past and Futures 25-27 February Exploring the past impact and future potential of the British Museum’s collections from the ancient Mediterranean world. Register here: shorturl.at/scLoA

It’s #Saturnalia, an ancient Roman festival celebrated from the 17th to the 23rd of December to mark the midwinter. Saturnalia was dedicated to the Italian agricultural god Saturn. It involved feasts, gifts, colourful outfits, and the reversal of societal norms!

Our annual Loeb tree is up! It's topped with a 3D print of a 3rd century BCE terracotta figure housed in the library @palaeofuturist.bsky.social sketchfab.com/3d-models/la...

Learn more about the School of Advanced Study and studying here. (and look out for our brilliant librarians Paul Jackson and Rosario Rovira Guardiola who make a cameo!)

It’s Disability History Month 2025 Disability history is an understudied but growing part of classics scholarship. We’ve put together a brief collection of resources for people interested in studying disability in the ancient world. Check out the thread below! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

It's #HistDay25! Our stall is taking part in the Queer History and Heritage Trail, with a focus on Antinous (111-130 CE). Check out our blog, and pick up a copy of our Antinous reading list from the ICS Library table ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

An intro to essential resources for Classics & Archaeology research Weds 5 Nov, 2-4pm shorturl.at/o1srW Held in collaboration with specialist staff from the Combined Classics Library, providing an intro to essential resources for research in the fields of Classics, Archaeology & Ancient History.

happy national #blackcatday! Check out these books about cats in the ancient world we have in the library🐈‍⬛📖 tinyurl.com/y9t744t7 tinyurl.com/zjv7fekx

Final days to apply: ICS Public Engagement Grants Apply for up to £500 to support Classics-themed public engagement activities, demonstrating aspects of research in Classics in ways that are accessible, enjoyable & understandable for non-specialist audiences Deadline 1 Nov: shorturl.at/BRqqU

🍬It's the last day of Spooky Book Week, and this post is about Classical reception: how the ancient world has been remembered and interpreted in more recent times. It's a growing—and fascinating—subject, looking at everything from art and literature to music and video games.

Spooky Book Week, day four! Today, we're recommending books about monsters and witches. These and many more are in our collection at the Combined Library of the Institute of Classical Studies and the Hellenic and Roman Societies.

Day Three of Spooky Book Week: ghosts and the afterlife👻featuring Hades and Cerberus

We're looking forward to History Day 2025! The library will have a table with some freebies📚

Spooky Book Week, day two!

It’s Spooky Book Week! We’ll be posting five days of spooky-themed books. If any of these tickle your fancy, come down to the ICS library to borrow them! #spookybookweek #bookrecommendation #halloween

In the words of Hannah Montana: you'll always find your way back home🎵🎶 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Read the latest research published in the Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies - including articles on Roman picture galleries; the reuse of antiquities; Tiberius’ words in Suetonius' De vita Caesarum; making gods real through choral dance…and more! academic.oup.com/bics/advance...

Fantastic list! Especially number 36 😜

October is #blackhistorymonth in the UK. To celebrate this year, we've chosen five books in our collection to recommend. 2/2 #bhm #blackhistorymonth2025 #library #bookrecommendations

October is #blackhistorymonth in the UK. To celebrate this year, we've chosen five books in our collection to recommend. 1/2 #bhm #blackhistorymonth2025 #library #bookrecommendations

Happy academic new year! The Institute of Classical Studies Library wishes all students and staff a great autumn term. Follow us for more updates about the library and our collections📖

We are delighted to publish the 2024-25 Annual Review of the Institute of Classical Studies. Learn more about select highlights of the Institute's year including: Fellows in residence; research projects; special events; library exhibitions; and more! shorturl.at/9Umxu

We're recruiting new chairs for the @ics.bsky.social postgrad work-in-progress seminar! Interested in chairing for the 2025/26 academic year? Email us at [email protected] with your name, institution, year of PhD, and 200 words on why you're interested in the position. Deadline Fri 27 June.

Join our upcoming Archaeology Workshop in collaboration with the Accordia Research Institute: UNESCO World Heritage listings and the heritage of central-west Mediterranean islands Tuesday 27 May, 2-4pm, In person only Full details here: https://bit.ly/4mmctMX

Are you an unfunded scholar who needs to visit the Hellenic and Roman Library for research this summer? We have grants that can help. See: ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/grant... 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky @joliheroics.bsky.social

LAST FEW DAYS! The survey will close on Monday 12th! Thank you to those that have already responded :)

Hello! If you have used our library we would be very grateful if you could help us to improve our services by taking a few moments to complete our annual survey! forms.office.com/e/5udULXXvye The survey can also be found on our website. All replies are anonymous. Thank you again for your help!

Hello! If you have used our library we would be very grateful if you could help us to improve our services by taking a few moments to complete our annual survey! forms.office.com/e/5udULXXvye The survey can also be found on our website. All replies are anonymous. Thank you again for your help!

#ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky 🏺

Dissertation season is starting 😬 so we are repeating our researcher training event: An Intro to Essential Resources for #Classics & #Archaeology Research 🏺 🗓️ 23 April, 2pm (London, BST) 📍 Online via Zoom Share, especially w/ UG & PG students! Info+Register: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/intro...

#AncientHistory seminar 27 March, 4:30pm in Senate House, Room 261 Eugenia Vitello (Oxford): Can We Turn Ancient History Upside-Down? Looking for ’Subaltern’ Groups in Roman Asia through Epigraphic Texts https://bit.ly/4j7u4Xs

In light of all the football related drama last weekend, we present the famous football fictitious entry found in the German edition of Der Neue Pauly encyclopaedia - the sport "Apopudobalia"! Fictitious entries are often entered into long works to detect plagiarism and copyright violations.

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the ICS Library! ☘ Here are a (very green) selection of our books about St. Patrick!

One of the joys of working at @ics.bsky.social is finding out about what we have in @joliheroics.bsky.social. Yesterday our librarians showed me A E Housman's personal, annotated copy of Lewis & Short, the travel diary and photos of an as-yet-unidentified woman traveller to Athens in 1902, and

Ready to take up your #NewYear commitment to learning #Classics? We run regular Ancient Literature, Ancient History, Ancient Philosophy, Mycenaean and a PGWiP (@pgwip.bsky.social) series alongside special seminars, workshops and lectures that are free and open to all.

Merry Christmas from us at the ICS library! Just a reminder that the deadline for postal loan requests this year will be tomorrow (Thursday) lunchtime! 🎄🎅❄

@joliheroics.bsky.social Getting more festive by the day.

Now open for booking: Summer School in 3D Imaging and Modelling for Cultural Heritage (July 1–5, 2024, @ics.bsky.social, London). Co-taught by the wonderful Vera Moitinho de Almeida. ics.sas.ac.uk/events/3d-im...

Don't miss out on our new blog post on Shakespeare and his relation to the ICS! 'Δοκοῦντα σοὶ λὲγοις ἂν, οὐδὲ χρὴ μακράν' (Henry VI Part One, Act 3 Scene 3) bit.ly/40BATYf @ics.bsky.social

The Institute of Classical Studies turned 70 yesterday! We at the library will be celebrating all week. 🎉

To mark this occasion, John Barron's 1999 article on the institute's history has been made free for a month and can be read here: academic.oup.com/bics/article...