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Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Saturday, 23 January 2016
ICS and other events this week: 25-30th January 2016
Monday 25 January
17:00 ICS Ancient Literature Seminar
Oratorical Fragments and the History of Roman Republican oratory
Catherine Steel (Glasgow)
17:30 Roman Art Seminar
Roman votive plaques and the Ashwell Treasure
Ralph Jackson (BM)
Tuesday 26 January
18:00 ICS and Friends of the British School at Athens
FBSA Lecture: Colonel Leake and Independent Greece
Prof. Malcolm Wagstaff
The chair will be taken by Prof. Peter Warren
Thursday 28 January
13:00 Rome in Bloomsbury Seminar
Endangered Archaeology: The Past, Present and Future of the Middle East
Emma Cunliffe, Oxford
16:30 ICS Ancient History Seminar
External Relations of the Pontic Greek Cities in the Hellenistic and Roman Times
Victor Cojacaru (Iaşi)
Friday 29 January
16:30 ICS Postgraduate Work in Progress Seminar
Roman perspectives on poverty in later life
Sam Fernes (Manchester)
ICS Events page
17:00 ICS Ancient Literature Seminar
Oratorical Fragments and the History of Roman Republican oratory
Catherine Steel (Glasgow)
17:30 Roman Art Seminar
Roman votive plaques and the Ashwell Treasure
Ralph Jackson (BM)
Tuesday 26 January
18:00 ICS and Friends of the British School at Athens
FBSA Lecture: Colonel Leake and Independent Greece
Prof. Malcolm Wagstaff
The chair will be taken by Prof. Peter Warren
Thursday 28 January
13:00 Rome in Bloomsbury Seminar
Endangered Archaeology: The Past, Present and Future of the Middle East
Emma Cunliffe, Oxford
16:30 ICS Ancient History Seminar
External Relations of the Pontic Greek Cities in the Hellenistic and Roman Times
Victor Cojacaru (Iaşi)
Friday 29 January
16:30 ICS Postgraduate Work in Progress Seminar
Roman perspectives on poverty in later life
Sam Fernes (Manchester)
ICS Events page
Monday, 18 January 2016
ICS Events this week: 18th-23rd January 2016
Monday 18 January
16:30 ICS Ancient Philosophy Seminar
Neoplatonists on Platonic Drama: the pedagogical function of mimēsis and enargia
R.M. van den Berg (Leiden)
17:00 ICS Ancient Literature Seminar
The Politics of Athenian Tragedy
Richard Seaford (Exeter)
Tuesday 19 January
17:30 Accordia Lecture
Hungry humans eating thirsty elephants: human proboscidean interactions in the Italian Lower Palaeolithic
Giovanni Boschian (University of Pisa)
Wednesday 20 January
15:30 ICS Mycenaean Series
Making p(a)laces, marking differences. Exploring the 'prepalatial' origins of the Minoan palaces
Peter Tomkins (Sheffield and Leuven)
Thursday 21 January
16:30 ICS Ancient History Seminar
Herodotus and Archaeology of the Northern Black Sea: Scythian Kings and the Symbolism of the Ancient Iranian Kingship
Askold Ivantchik (Moscow/Bordeaux)
Friday 22 January
16:30 ICS Postgraduate Work in Progress Seminar
The language of sacrifice: Old Comedy's evidence on Greek prayers
Elena Chepel (Reading)
Saturday 23 January
14:30 ICS Virgil Society Lecture
The Shaping of the Virgilian Canon: Joseph Scaliger and the 'Appendix Vergiliana'
Sheldon Brammall
ICS Events page
16:30 ICS Ancient Philosophy Seminar
Neoplatonists on Platonic Drama: the pedagogical function of mimēsis and enargia
R.M. van den Berg (Leiden)
17:00 ICS Ancient Literature Seminar
The Politics of Athenian Tragedy
Richard Seaford (Exeter)
Tuesday 19 January
17:30 Accordia Lecture
Hungry humans eating thirsty elephants: human proboscidean interactions in the Italian Lower Palaeolithic
Giovanni Boschian (University of Pisa)
Wednesday 20 January
15:30 ICS Mycenaean Series
Making p(a)laces, marking differences. Exploring the 'prepalatial' origins of the Minoan palaces
Peter Tomkins (Sheffield and Leuven)
Thursday 21 January
16:30 ICS Ancient History Seminar
Herodotus and Archaeology of the Northern Black Sea: Scythian Kings and the Symbolism of the Ancient Iranian Kingship
Askold Ivantchik (Moscow/Bordeaux)
Friday 22 January
16:30 ICS Postgraduate Work in Progress Seminar
The language of sacrifice: Old Comedy's evidence on Greek prayers
Elena Chepel (Reading)
Saturday 23 January
14:30 ICS Virgil Society Lecture
The Shaping of the Virgilian Canon: Joseph Scaliger and the 'Appendix Vergiliana'
Sheldon Brammall
ICS Events page
Saturday, 9 January 2016
ICS Events this week: 11th-16th January 2016
Monday 11 January
17:30 Roman Art Seminar
'Those singularly beautiful curves': The story of Celtic art
Julia Farley (BM)
Tuesday 12 January
17:00 ICS Classical Archaeology Seminar
Archaeological Illustration: Digital vs. Analogue
Stuart Laidlaw (UCL)
Friday 15 January
14:30 ICS Early Career Seminar
The Unity of Aristotle's Notion of Political Friendship
Myrthe Bartels
ICS Events page
17:30 Roman Art Seminar
'Those singularly beautiful curves': The story of Celtic art
Julia Farley (BM)
Tuesday 12 January
17:00 ICS Classical Archaeology Seminar
Archaeological Illustration: Digital vs. Analogue
Stuart Laidlaw (UCL)
Friday 15 January
14:30 ICS Early Career Seminar
The Unity of Aristotle's Notion of Political Friendship
Myrthe Bartels
ICS Events page
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.
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)
ICS Events Page
Seminar and Lecture Series
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)
ICS Events Page
Seminar and Lecture Series
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