by emmabridges | Sep 15, 2020 | Conferences
Earlier this summer the ICS hosted a two-day online workshop, ‘Towards a more inclusive Classics’, organised by Prof. Barbara Goff (Reading) and Dr. Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis (St. Andrews). The organisers have since written reports about the event on their...
by emmabridges | Jun 28, 2019 | Conferences
Dr. Maria Fragoulaki (Cardiff), Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies (2018-19), reports on a day on Thucydides’ modern reception hosted by the ICS earlier this year. What do an analysis of the ‘chain of participles’ in Thucydides’ History of the...
by emmabridges | May 17, 2019 | Conferences
Postdoctoral Research Fellows Dr. Ilaria Bultrighini and Dr. Camilla Norman report on a recent conference hosted by the Institute of Classical Studies. The conference ‘Sanctuaries and Experience: Knowledge, Practice and Space in the Ancient World’ was held at Senate...
by emmabridges | May 1, 2019 | Conferences
Dr. Ivan Matijašić (Newcastle University) reports on a recent workshop held in Newcastle and supported by an ICS conference grant. Portrait bust of Homer. Roman copy of a Hellenistic original. (BM 1825). The workshop Homer and Herodotus: A Reappraisal was held at...
by emmabridges | Feb 26, 2019 | Conferences
Dr. Emily Pillinger and Dr. Miranda Stanyon (both of King’s College London) report on a recent conference supported by the ICS. The conference ‘Amplifying Antiquity: Music as Classical Reception’ was held on the Strand Campus of King’s College London at the end...
by emmabridges | Oct 5, 2018 | Conferences
Dr. Leen Van Broeck reports on a recent conference held in Senate House and supported by the Institute of Classical Studies. Hot on the heels of the Making Monsters book launch on 6 September, another event took place at the ICS which sought to engage creatively with...