by valeriejames | Jan 26, 2021 | Public engagement
Dr Patty Baker writes about her ICS-funded project to recreate a Roman garden with the Trust for Thanet Archaeology at Quex Park In February 2020, I was invited to consult with the Trust for Thanet Archaeology about reconstructing a Roman garden because of my research...
by emmabridges | Jun 29, 2020 | People
Under normal circumstances, the ICS hosts visitors from all over the world, although the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has interrupted this element of our activities. In this post Academic Visitor Nikoline Sauer (Aarhus University) shares her experience of visiting London...
by emmabridges | Apr 2, 2020 | Public engagement
Dr. Patty Baker (University of Kent) shares an update on the progress of her ICS-funded public-facing project exploring Roman floral design. Surviving images from the Greco-Roman world often portray deities, women, men, and emperors wearing crowns made of laurel,...
by emmabridges | Dec 6, 2019 | Public engagement
Dr. Patty Baker (University of Kent) is a recent recipient of one of the ICS’s small grants for public engagement. In this post she reports on a trial event in which she used her research into ancient Roman floral design to open up a conversation about...
by emmabridges | Mar 2, 2018 | Conferences, People, Research
Dr. Franco Luciani (Newcastle University) is Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Fellow on the research project ‘Servi Publici: Everybody’s Slaves’ (SPES). From April to September 2017 he was a Visiting Fellow at the ICS. Franco told us more about the project and the work he...