Further details on the attached, for any interested.
#Classics #Antiquity
19.01.2025 20:54 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Projector screen reading "H.M. Classics Academy, Belfast Summer School, Class of 2024" and a box containing scrolls tied with red ribbon
A group of people in a casual seating area smiling at the camera, one us holding a coffee cup up to the camera in a "cheers" gesture
A cream coloured tote bag bearing the words "Latin and Greek are not dead ... they are immortal" next to a box containing scrolls tied with red ribbon
A group of people smiling at the camera. Most are standing and one is kneeling at the front. They are male and female, ranging in age from 10 - 80
It's the 10th Belfast Summer School and registration is open! Come to Belfast from 21st-25th July, or take a class online from 30th June-11th July. Classes in Latin, Classical Greek and ancient epic.
Special guests tbc in Belfast. Join us?
helenmcveigh.co.uk/belfastsummerschool
#Ancientbluesky 🏺📚
19.01.2025 20:14 — 👍 33 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
Painting by Claude Vignon, Croesus Receiving Tribute from Lydian
Dealing with Failure in the Ancient World
Many congrats to my friend Dr Leah O'Hearn, who just won a NUI research award. All to support new work on ancient responses to failure.
Conference in August 2025, call for papers deadline = 1st April.
Contact Leah for more details: Leah.OHearn@mu.ie
19.01.2025 20:43 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Time ticking down ClassicsNow 2025 – Dublin, 31st Jan to 1st Feb. www.classicsnow.ie#2025Highlights
Many highlights, as always, in a festival that kicks off with a discussion between Yiannis Gabriel and @edithmayhall.bsky.social
#Classics #Classical #Antiquity #Reception
19.01.2025 19:50 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Ferdia Lennon wins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for ‘delightful’ novel
As part of the award, the author will have a gloucestershire old spots pig named after his debut book which is set in ancient Sicily
Congratulations Ferdia Lennon, winner of the
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction for his debut novel Glorious Exploits, “a delightful mash of contemporary Irish comedy & classical Athenian tragedy”. Looking forward to meeting Ferdia at WCLF2025
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
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