St Andrews Classics

Explore a route up to the archaeological site known as the ‘Pyre of Herakles’ on the southern slopes of Mount Oiti (Oita in antiquity), on a beautifully constructed and well signposted path.

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#Mountains #MountainCulture

In the second episode of the @futuremountain.bsky.social podcast, Jonathan Pitches and Jason König interview Simone Kenyon about her work as a practice researcher, performer, artist and producer.

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#MountainLandscapes #MountainCulture

STARR seminars: Spring 2026 The St Andrews Reception Research group will meet weekly for a series of work-in-progress seminars. Each seminar will focus on an aspect of classical reception. Everyone is welcome to attend. When:…

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“Queerly Something's Changed: Reimaginings of Dionysus Through Modern Psycho-Social and Queer Theory”
Lynaea Pace (St Andrews)

STARR #Seminar, 📆 29 January,⏰6pm
In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate
Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email starrgroup@st-andrews.ac.uk for link)

#AllWelcome

Jill Franklin Fellowship in Romanesque Architectural History – British Archaeological Association The fellowship has been established in memory of Jill Franklin (1945-2023), a scholar best known for her work on the architecture of the Augustinian canons, principally of the 11th and 12th…

The BAA's Jill Franklin Fellowship offers an opportunity to spend a month in Rome pursuing research into Romanesque architecture and allied arts.

View full details including eligibility and how to apply: 🔗 thebaa.org/scholarships...
⏰ Application deadline: 31 January 2026

2026 Romanesque Conference: Toulouse – Transmission, Reception and Imitation in Romanesque art and architecture – British Archaeological Association DATE(S) / TIME

"Transmission, Reception and Imitation in Romanesque art and architecture"

#conference
📆 13-17 April 2026
📍 Toulouse
🔗 View details and register: thebaa.org/events/2026-...

Hosted by the British Archaeological Association.

Limited number of scholarships for students are available.

#Seminar: "Did the Nabataeans treat their dead like dung?…"
Lucy Wadeson (St Andrews)

🗓️ 28 January, 2:15pm
📍Room SO3, Swallowgate
💻 Teams (email selby-sympa@st-andrews.ac.uk, and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in subject)

#AllWelcome
🔗 View schedule: bit.ly/cl2526s2 .

Ochs Scholarship – British Archaeological Association The Ochs Scholarship was established in 1994 from a bequest by Maud Lillian Ochs, and is awarded annually by the British Archaeological Association for research projects which fall within the…

The BAA Ochs scholarship offers late stage funding to postgraduate students writing up their theses.
🔗 View details and apply: thebaa.org/scholarships...
⏰ Application deadline: 1 February 2026

#PhD #PostgraduateStudy

The Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures podcast launched recently. Check out their first episode, "Xenophobic Mountains" with Alexandra Cotofana: 🔗 msmf.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/17/x...

#MountainLandscapes @futuremountain.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

In fond remembrance of our dear friend and colleague Professor Adrian Gratwick, who left us in October 2025. He is greatly missed.

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🔗Read about Adrian: cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2026/0...
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'Teaching Philosophy and Antiquity in Prisons' (University of Durham) - The Classical Association Edith Hall and Arlene Holmes-Henderson are delighted to share further details of the 'Teaching Philosophy and Antiquity in Prisons' international conference at Durham University on 5th-6th March…

"Teaching Philosophy and Antiquity in Prisons"

#conference
📆 5 to 6 March
Hybrid event: 📍University of Durham /💻 online (email arlene.v.holmes-henderson@durham.ac.uk by 2 March to request link)
🔗 View details: classicalassociation.org/events/teach...

Law as a catalyst and remedy for civic violence in early Rome : two... In Book 2 of the Roman Antiquities, the Greek historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus praises the remarkable attitude of the early Romans towards civic violence: [the Romans] never in the course of si...

"Law as a catalyst and remedy for civic violence in early Rome: two examples from Dionysius of Halicarnassus"
(Stefano Carlo Sala)

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THE TRAVELS OF EDWARD FALKENER: A VICTORIAN ARCHITECT IN OTTOMAN ANATOLIA | The Antiquaries Journal | Cambridge Core THE TRAVELS OF EDWARD FALKENER: A VICTORIAN ARCHITECT IN OTTOMAN ANATOLIA

"The travels of Edward Falkener: a Victorian architect in Ottoman Anatolia "
(Sebastian Marshall)

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"Byzantine Archaeology, History and History of Art"
Postgraduate training course in Greece, hosted by the British School at Athens

📆 Course dates: 24 June to 5 July 2026
⏰ Application deadline: 8 March 2026
🔗 View details and register: www.bsa.ac.uk/courses/byza...

"Ted Hughes's 'Tales from Ovid': translation as a poetic dialogue with the Roman poet "
(Lorena Phillips)

Download #OpenAccess article: 🔗 research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/324005...

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"New visions of Ancient Peace"
Inaugural #workshop hosted by the Ancient Peace Studies Network

📆 20 to 22 January 2026
📍 University of St Andrews
🔗 View programme and abstracts: apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/22/n...

#PeaceStudies

Project MUSE - Pets as Humans and Humans as Pets in Imperial Rome This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Without cookies your experience may not be seamless.

"Pets as humans and humans as pets in imperial Rome"
(Sian Lewis)

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ICS Training 2025-26 Comprehensive training opportunities for classical researchers, including regular labs, fellowships, workshops on digital approaches and publishing strategies

"Publishing your research in Classics and Archaeology journals"

ICS training session
📆 Wednesday, 21 January 2026, ⏰ 15:00-17:00
💻 Online via Zoom

View details and register: ics.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...

In conversation with Myles Lavan, Peter Liddel, and Sarah Nooter.
Moderated by Emlyn Dodd.

Performing Peace Calling all creatives! Are you an actor, producer, playwright, choreographer or composer? Whether amateur or professional, student or teacher, please join us to explore the power of peace storytell…

Fancy a free drama workshop? apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/08/p... On 22nd Jan 2-4.30pm @uniofstandrews.bsky.social we are running an interactive drama workshop with theatre-makers NMT Automatics to explore the power of peace storytelling on stage. Email vispeace@st-andrews.ac.uk to sign up!

"Pausanias' haptic geography: bodies and landscapes in the Periegesis "
(Jason König)

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#travelogues #AncientLandscapes

Congratulations to Emma Buckley and Alice König upon their recent promotions to Professor! 🎉
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Parapēgmata and poleis: astrometeorological calendars in the Hellenistic city | The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Cambridge Core Parapēgmata and poleis: astrometeorological calendars in the Hellenistic city

"'Parapēgmata' and 'poleis': astrometeorological calendars in the Hellenistic city"
(Ruben Post)

Read #OpenAccess article: 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S007...

#AncientEnvironment

Pagan Idols and Christian Anxieties in Medieval Troy Narratives | Uppsala Scholarly Books A. Sophie Schoess is Lecturer in Classics at the University of St Andrews. Her research interests include late antique epic poetry, Greek and Latin intertextuality, the relationship between image and…

"Pagan idols and Christian anxieties in medieval Troy narratives"
(A. Sophie Schoess)

In "Enchanted Reception: Religion and the Supernatural in Medieval Troy Narratives: Vol. Studia Graeca Upsaliensia 24"

Download #OpenAccess chapter: 🔗 doi.org/10.33063/fv2...

Numidia and Rome ABSTRACT. This article explores issues and possibilities in the study of Numidia and Rome. It considers the history of scholarship, new methodologies, and

"Numidia and Rome"
(Thomas Biggs)

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#AncientHistory

"Chameleonic Paideia: immigrant experience and the 'Acceptable Other' in Heliodorus' 'Aethiopica"
(Anna Coopey)

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#Heliodorus

The Antigone Prize for Classical Philology A NEW PRIZE For new scholarship.

The Antigone Prize for Classical Philology is a new annual competition open to all worldwide. Entrants are invited to provide the best edition, translation and commentary of a modern literary work composed in Ancient Greek or Latin.

Details and how to enter 🔗

"Beyond Pentelikon: imported white marbles in Athenian sculptural workshops of the Roman period"
(Y Maniatis, B Martens, D Tambakopoulos)

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#archaeometry #archaeology #ArtHistory

"Between prosopography and historiography: the intervention in the senate on the dies postriduani (389 BC) "
(Stefano Carlo Sala)

Download #OpenAccess conference contribution🔗 doi.org/10.62336/uni...
#prosopography #historiography

A unique federal fiscal and legal institution from Early Hellenistic Achaia | Einheit und Vielfalt im Recht / Legal Unity and Pluralism

"A unique federal fiscal and legal institution from early Hellenistic Achaia"
(Ruben Post)

Download #OpenAccess chapter: 🔗 doi.org/10.7788/9783...

#AncientGreekLaw

"A gymnasion assemblage lost at sea? The statues from the Antikythera shipwreck reconsidered"
(Brian Martens)

Read #OpenAccess article: 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S006...