The book “From East to West in Late Antiquity: Studies in honor of Jan Willem Drijvers” was published recently by Edipuglia. The volume was edited by Noel Lenski, Roger Rees, and Onno van Nijf. From the publisher: “From East to West in Late Antiquity” is a tribute from his fellow ancient historians and classicists to…
Quantification and the Persepolis Fortification Archive: An Exploratory Workshop
31 May 2024Lapworth Lab, Irvine Building, St Andrews KY16 9AL Hosted by the School of ClassicsOrganised by Rhyne King Introduction With over 15,000 original texts, the Persepolis Fortification Archive is one of the largest surviving governmental archives from the ancient world. The surviving texts date to the 13th to the 28th regnal years of Darius…
Lived Spaces in Late Antiquity
The book “Lived Spaces in Late Antiquity” was published today by Routledge. It was edited by Carlos Machado, Rowan Munnery, and Rebecca Sweetman. From the publisher’s website: This volume considers “lived space” as a scholarly approach to the past, showing how spatial approaches can present innovative views of the world of Late Antiquity, integrating social,…
Vacancy: Senior Teaching Administrator
The School of Classics is looking to recruit a full-time Senior Teaching Administrator to work closely with the Director of Teaching, Examinations Officer, Honours Advisors, Module/Programme Coordinators and Students, the post holder will provide pro-active and professional administrative support to ensure the smooth operation of Undergraduate study across the School. Exceptional organisational, administrative and communication…
Narrative Space and Possible Worlds: Encountering Ancient Narratives from a Cognitive Science Perspective
Conference, 25-26 April 2024, St Andrews University of St Andrews & University of Bonn Collaborative Grant Programme Thursday, 25 April 2024 School I, United College 10.00 Arrival and Welcome 10.15- 11.45 Session 1 11.45-12.15 Q&A and discussion 12.15-2.00 Lunch break School of Art History, 79 North Street 2.00-3.30 Session 2 3.30-4.00 Response by Elizabeth Shively…
Postgraduate Research Showcase
9 May 2024Swallowgate 11, School of Classics, St Andrews Hosted by the Centre for Ancient Environmental Studies Programme 12.00 Welcome and introduction to CAES (Sian Lewis, Jason Konig) 12.15 – 1.00 Spotlight talks 1.00 – 2.00 Lunch 2.00 – 3.15 Spotlight talks 3.15 – 3.30 Coffee break 3.30 – 4.00 CAES research projects overview and…
Jason König recognised by the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Jason König is one of four leading St Andrews academics elected as Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), Scotland’s National Academy, today (Tuesday 9 April). Professor of Greek and co-director of the Centre for Ancient Environmental Studies, Jason works broadly on the Greek literature and culture of the Roman empire (from the late Hellenistic period…
NWCC meeting
The Network for Working-Class Classicists is having its last meeting of the semester next week, 18 April at 4-5pm in room S4, Swallowgate. We are honoured to have Pamela Dobson, the University’s People and Diversity Executive Officer, as our guest. This will be a good opportunity to learn more about Widening Access and other EDI…
Fluid Horizons: Charting Ancient Environmental History and Blue Humanities
Workshop: 7 May 2024, 10am-6pm, London Contact: valerie.james@sas.ac.uk, 020 7862 8716 Organisers Introduction There has been an expansion of work recently on the sea and rivers across the whole range of ancient environmental studies, from literary to archaeological approaches, but there have still been very few attempts to discuss the challenges and prospects for that…
Classics and our Homes
by Eleni Giamarellou Bourmpouli Our Goals The event “Classics and our Homes” did not emerge in a vacuum, but it was born as an idea within community. Specifically, it started with our local group of St Andrews Classics PhDs who come from many different parts of the world. Our offices would often buzz with questions…
Classical Reception and Pedagogy
A Scottish Perspective on Teaching the Reception of Classical Material Culture Workshop: Thursday 2 May 2024, St Andrews. The workshop is the first event in a planned series on ‘Classical Reception and Pedagogy’. It focuses on the ways that the reception of classical material culture is currently taught at universities. The workshop brings together experts…
The Next Generation of Classical Reception Studies
Workshop for Early Career and PG Researchers Introduction The St Andrews Centre for the Receptions of Antiquity (SACRA) and the Classical Reception Studies Network (CRSN) would like to invite Postgraduate Researchers and Early Career Academics based in the UK and working in the field of classical reception studies to a workshop in the University of…
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