Classics Department at Royal Holloway

A Myth and Voice Workshop re-imagining the beach at Troy We are always inspired when Dr Efi Spentzou brings her Myth and Voice Workshops to our Classics Centre, and this week’s visit was no exception. Efi visited our GCSE Latinists and A Level Clas…

We loved welcoming Dr Efi Spentzou @rhulclassics.bsky.social Soc this week to our Classics Centre to run an inspiring workshop on the Trojan survivors for some of our Classicists! Find out more here: tinyurl.com/4sey7fja

classicsrhul on Instagram: "Welcome to the Classics Department at Royal Holloway! If you want to find out more about us, visit the link in our bio to come and …" Welcome to the Classics Department at Royal Holloway! If you want to find out more about us, visit the link in our bio to come and see us at our upcoming open day on Saturday 22nd November!

Our latest Instagram reel is here- enjoy and please repost!
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It's #InternationalWomensDay2025 and to mark the occasion we have created a very special post on our Instagram account celebrating inspirational #women, mythical and historical, past and contemporary- #Classics icons.

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Do come along to our Classics Taster Day - or repost and share with young people who would be interested! #Classics
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CLASSICS TASTER DAY AT RHUL: "Normal People: Life and Love in the Ancient World"
The Classics Department invites aspiring Classicists (yrs 10 & upwards) to its Classics Taster Day on Thursday 10 July 2025, 10:30am to 3:30pm.
Please repost/share w/ teachers/pupils Book: shorturl.at/HohU9

The Classics Department Dabis Lecture 2024 The Classics Department at Royal Holloway, University of London invites you to the Dabis Lecture 2024 .

The Classics Department is delighted to invite you to its Dabis Lecture 2025 on 13 March 2025 at 18:00
Prof. Alicia Stallings (Oxford) will speak on “The Diachnonic Classicist: poems, translations, and journalism on living in Greece”.
All are welcome-plz book a free ticket via shorturl.at/3pWfH

We held 2 public-facing events this week:
1) "A conversation with Guy Doza", a Classics alumnus who shared his journey from UG student to successful speechwriter&advisor to corporations&governments!

2)"Projections of Self:Gender & Sexuality in the Ancient World" organised by our Classics Society

Our 3-yr students on the "City of Athens" module went to Athens during "study week" on a "study trip" to see the archaeological monuments (& raise their vitamin D levels under the Attic sun 😀). One of the students created this reel: www.instagram.com/reel/DCZk4r4...

#Classics #Athens #Archaeology

Thank you very much! We are still finding our feet and very much tapping our way around this Blue-platform. Kind colleagues have already shared two of those packs.

Thank you!

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Open Days Explore Royal Holloway at our on campus undergraduate events.

Our second Open Day of the year is coming up on Saturday 23 November! Do encourage any prospective Classics students you may know to come and see us!
Booking link: www.royalholloway.ac.uk/student-life...
Please share/repost! Thank you! #classics #OpenDays #royalholloway

Are there any Classics teachers or students here?
We would like to find out more about the platforms used by different "constituencies"...
Any thoughts would be welcome!

For any folks who are on Instagram, here is a link to our lively account: www.instagram.com/classicsrhul/

We have just joined this blue space and will be posting more frequently here than on "the space formerly known as..." 😉