Monday 14 December 2015

PhD Study at the Institute of Classical Studies


The ICS is now accepting applications for doctoral study under the supervision of Prof. Greg Woolf and Dr Gabriel Bodard.

Both part-time and full time study is available, in a range of topics in classics and ancient history.
 
To make an application, please contact the Manager of the Institute.

More details here

Wednesday 9 December 2015

Library opening hours over the Christmas period

Evening opening (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays until 8pm) will end on 17th December and begin again on 12th January.
 
The last Saturday opening will be 19th December, and the first in the new year will be 9th January.
 
The library will close on Wednesday 23rd December (late afternoon) and open again on Monday 4th January.


Saturnalia by Antoine Callet

Monday 7 December 2015

ICS Events this week: 7th - 12th December 2015

Monday 7 December
16:30 ICS Ancient Philosophy Seminar
Aristotle and the poets on the ethics of wealth
Kleanthis Mantzouranis (St Andrews)

17:00 ICS Ancient Literature Seminar
Does opsis do justice to the Visual in tragedy?
Oliver Taplin (Oxford)

Tuesday 8 December
18:00 Women Writing the Classics
Classics in Contemporary Women's Prose
Elizabeth Cook and Salley Vickers, chaired by Efi Spentzou (RHUL)

Thursday 10 December
16:30 ICS Ancient History Seminar
Monarchies and Republics in Etruria: Myths, Objects, and Political Theory
Corinna Riva (UCL)

Friday 11 December
16:30 ICS Postgraduate Work in Progress Seminar
τὸ ἴδιον: Literary contexts for hellenistic definitions of poetry
Spencer Klavan (Oxford)
 
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