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Towards a More Inclusive Classics

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...

Decompartmentalising Thucydides

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...

Homer and Herodotus: friends or foes?

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...

Amplifying Antiquity: Music as Classical Reception

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...