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KCL Classics Department.
Get your tickets here for our fantastic students Greek Play 'The Clouds'! Performances 3-5 March 2026 at Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston Street, London, SE1 3RA.
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This Thursday (9 Feb)! 2026 Runciman lecture: 'Small Things, Big Stories: Approaching Byzantine Society through Prayer Book Manuscripts.'
From prayers for silk worms to family events, Professor Claudia Rapp focuses on rural life in the Christian middle ages.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/small...
We have more gladiator news! KCL's Dr John Pearce has been catching up with Professor Kathleen Coleman and Misha Glenny on In Our Time to discuss the infinitely popular subject of gladiators and their arenas across the Roman empire.
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Headshot of Zo. She stands sideways on, her face turned to the camera. Her hairstyle is a dark brown, layered bob, and she wears steel rimmed glasses, with a K-style make-up. The name 'Ocypete' is in neon orange at the bottom.
Introducing: Ocypete, played by Zo NΔstase. Zo is a second year KCL Classics student who is part a powerful retelling of Aristophanes' Clouds directed by Giulia Balsamo.
Performances at Greenwood Theatre 3rd-5th March 2026. Have you got your tickets yet?
estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-...
We have more gladiator news! KCL's Dr John Pearce has been catching up with Professor Kathleen Coleman and Misha Glenny on In Our Time to discuss the infinitely popular subject of gladiators and their arenas across the Roman empire.
πΊ #ClassicsBluesky
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Thursday, Feb 5 from 6 pm to 8:30 pm GMT
π Great Hall, Strand Campus, King's College London
ποΈ Free ticket - book to ensure your place!
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This Thursday (9 Feb)! 2026 Runciman lecture: 'Small Things, Big Stories: Approaching Byzantine Society through Prayer Book Manuscripts.'
From prayers for silk worms to family events, Professor Claudia Rapp focuses on rural life in the Christian middle ages.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/small...
Introducing: Socrates! Andave studies English with Film Studies at King's and loved working in last years production of Elektra so much he's come back for The Clouds!
www.instagram.com/p/DTh9n3IiC5V
3-5 March 2026, Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston Street, SE1 3RA. estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-...
Get your tickets here for our fantastic students Greek Play 'The Clouds'! Performances 3-5 March 2026 at Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston Street, London, SE1 3RA.
24.01.2026 19:15 β π 1 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Introducing: The Philosopher. Alice is a first year Film Studies student who will be performing in the 2026 KCL Greek Play 'The Clouds'!
www.instagram.com/p/DToYahVCNIP
Performances 3-5 March 2026 at Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston Street, London, SE1 3RA. estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-...
Huge thanks to Bromley High school and to everyone who took part!
23.01.2026 14:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Students explored the ancient artistic techniques, created their own designs, and learned about the art and history behind Roman decorative traditionsβfrom Pompeii to Rutland, with stories inspired by the Trojan War. The results were fantastic, as you can see!
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Three students sit at a school table spread with newspaper. The girls look down, absorbed in the task of creating mosaics from tiles scattered on the paper.
A wooden table-top with small mosaicked shapes resting on it. They are all different - a star, a flower, a heart, a cat, hexagons and circles. The tiles form vibrant patterns in mainly blues, yellows, white, red and green.
Three students stand in a classroom holding their finished mosaic pieces up to show the camera and smiling.
Brilliant work by students of Bromley High school, who participated in a two-day mosaic workshop led by KCL's Elena Svettini Remme.
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βοΈ Jonny Morton from @tulaneu.bsky.social reassesses the idea of the integumentum & high medieval literary theory more broadly by considering medieval theories of cognition and practices of pedagogy in this talk for the Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies on 3 February β¬οΈ
21.01.2026 14:01 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Exciting! Rehearsals are underway for the KCL Greek Play. 3rd β 5th March 2026.
www.instagram.com/reels/DTizqU...
Get your tickets at estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-...
Prof. van Steen's work has benefited the 4,000 Greek-born adoptees (and their descendants) who were sent to the USA in the 1950s-60s. Her work has achieved widespread awareness and the restoration of birth citizenship for the first 12 adoptees -something really worth celebrating.
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Huge congratulations to Prof. Gonda van Steen whose research into the identity and agency of Greek-born adoptees has been recognised by the Kingβs Engaged Research Awards.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/winners...
We are always interested in news about Roman London. So much archaeology and it's on (or under) our doorsteps.
22.01.2026 18:17 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Exciting! Rehearsals are underway for the KCL Greek Play. 3rd β 5th March 2026.
www.instagram.com/reels/DTizqU...
Get your tickets at estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-...
A buff-coloured panther is sculpted side-ways on, her front paws resting on a head of a bearded man. She looks at the camera and shows her teeth.
Roman vehicle fitting shaped like a panther with her paws on a severed head has been declared treasure under the new significance-based criteria of the Treasure Act 1996, after research by KCL's Dr John Pearce.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
π¨This year, the @rijksmuseum.bsky.social smuseum in Amsterdam has opened a new exhibition on Ovid's Metamorphoses, featuring an array of paintings inspired by the ancient Roman poet.
Comment your favourite artistic reimagining of Ovid's Metamorphoses below! π
#classicsforall #rijksmuseum
Really looking forward to this! Iβll be giving the pre-performance talk on Tues. 3rd, book your tickets asap to hear me think out loud about why Clouds makes me so uncomfortable despite having some really very excellent and funny jokes (incl. what is maybe the funniest in all of Aristophanes imho)
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A poster advertising the play. The style is cartoon-like. Fringed red curtains pull back to reveal blue clouds swirling and retreating from 'The Clouds' in chunky yellow capital text. Below, a wrinkled, aged hand reaches up from the bottom of the poster, its grey shadow falling over the globe it stretches to grasp.
Preparing for the new term - don't forget you can follow the progress of KCL's Greek Play on Instagram!
The Clouds by Aristophanes is adapted and directed by Giulia L Balsamo and will be performed from 3-5 March 2026 at the Greenwood Theatre, London SE1.
www.instagram.com/kingsgreekplay
Ooh we like the sound of this! Definitely sign up.
#ClassicsBluesky
ποΈ 22 January- Find out new information about the dentity of Philoxeniteβs founder as well as its urban layout and art.
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How does one actually go about getting their research published in a journal? Which journal is the best fit for your research? Join the ICS' upcoming Researcher Training Event:
Publishing your research in Classics and Archaeology journals
Weds 21 Jan, 3-5pm
Online via zoom
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A poster advertising the play. The style is cartoon-like. Fringed red curtains pull back to reveal blue clouds swirling and retreating from 'The Clouds' in chunky yellow capital text. Below, a wrinkled, aged hand reaches up from the bottom of the poster, its grey shadow falling over the globe it stretches to grasp.
Preparing for the new term - don't forget you can follow the progress of KCL's Greek Play on Instagram!
The Clouds by Aristophanes is adapted and directed by Giulia L Balsamo and will be performed from 3-5 March 2026 at the Greenwood Theatre, London SE1.
www.instagram.com/kingsgreekplay
Cover of a book with a woman in purple standing in front of a TV camera, looking up. It is a shot from the show HBO Rome. The cover says: Audio-Visual Roman Women: Gender, History and Sceen Media. Facing it is the first page of a chapter: "Chapter 16: An Expedition Into Agency: The Portrayal of Roman Women in Expeditions: Rome"
Publication Day! Very pleased to see 'Audio-visual Roman Women: Gender, History and Screen Media' come out today, complete with my chapter on the agency of the female protagonist in Expeditions Rome.
Open access here: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-de...
Ordering Classics books for our beautiful Maughan Library and KCL visiting research fellow Dr Claire Millington's 'Military Households of Roman Auxiliary Commanders' is definitely on our new books list!
www.barpublishing.com/book/militar...
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