by valeriejames | Apr 12, 2021 | Public engagement, Uncategorised
Matteo Zaccarini writes about the graphic novel ‘Thirty’ for which he received an ICS Public Engagement grant Revolutions are a bloody business. (Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.32) As a researcher in ancient Greek history and a fan of comics, I’ve always had...
by emmabridges | Sep 19, 2018 | Uncategorised
Dr. Sally Waite (University of Newcastle) and Andrew Parkin (Keeper of Archaeology, Great North Museum) share news of an upcoming exhibition supported by one the Institute of Classical Studies’ small grants for public engagement. Reimagining Ancient Greece, a...
by emmabridges | Jul 30, 2018 | Uncategorised
ICS Research Associate Dr. Caroline Spearing reports on ‘An evening with Barefaced Greek’, an ICS public event which was held in Senate House on Tuesday 12th June 2018. A dark figure leans on a parapet, wrapped up against the cold, his head and shoulders...
by emmabridges | Jul 6, 2018 | Uncategorised
The outgoing co-chairs of the 2017-18 postgraduate work-in-progress seminar reflect on this regular feature of the ICS’s events calendar. Held at Senate House on Friday afternoons, the PGWiP – Postgraduate Work-in-Progress seminar – is a weekly seminar series...
by emmabridges | Jun 22, 2018 | Uncategorised
Prof. Mathilde Skoie (UiO, Norway) has spent this spring as a visiting fellow at UCL, dividing her days between the ICS library, the Warburg and the British Library while tracking down the reception of the Roman villain Catiline. Catiline is (in)famous among students...