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 valeriejames | Feb 9, 2021 | Public engagement
Dr. Liz Gloyn reports on her on-going partnership with visual artist Howard Hardiman to retell Greek myth in BSL. One thing that classicists know is the power of myth. So many of our students and the general public first encounter and come to love the classics through...
by emmabridges | Jan 14, 2019 | Events, Public engagement, Research
On Saturday 12th January 2019 the ICS’s second public engagement workshop for classicists took place in Manchester. Hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University, and supported by our colleague Dr. April Pudsey of ManMet’s Department of History, the workshop followed...
by emmabridges | Dec 11, 2018 | Events, Public engagement
As part of 2018’s Being Human Festival, in November 2018 academics from the ICS arranged a series of events around the theme of ‘Weaving Women’s Stories’. Led by the School of Advanced Study, Being Human is the UK’s only national festival of the humanities, featuring...
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...
