Bristol IGRCT
@igrct.bsky.social
The Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition @BristolUni.bsky.social. Promoting research into Greco-Roman culture, from antiquity to the present day.
igrct.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
igrct.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
On Thursday we welcome Dr Mario Telò (Berkeley) for the third installment of the Director's Reception Series. Dr Telò will be speaking on "Stiff Tangents: Laura (1944)/Hippolytus."
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⏰November 13th, 5-6:30 PM GMT.
📍Online (Zoom link available on signup).
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰November 13th, 5-6:30 PM GMT.
📍Online (Zoom link available on signup).
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
On Thursday we welcome Dr Mario Telò (Berkeley) for the third installment of the Director's Reception Series. Dr Telò will be speaking on "Stiff Tangents: Laura (1944)/Hippolytus."
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰November 13th, 5-6:30 PM GMT.
📍Online (Zoom link available on signup).
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰November 13th, 5-6:30 PM GMT.
📍Online (Zoom link available on signup).
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🗣️ TONIGHT: Join Jonathan Stamp, former consultant on the award-winning HBO series Rome, for a public lecture on Bringing Ancient Rome to Life
The FREE event organised by @igrct.bsky.social takes place in the Wills Memorial Building, 5-6.30pm, tickets 👉 brnw.ch/21wXs5g
@clahbristol.bsky.social
The FREE event organised by @igrct.bsky.social takes place in the Wills Memorial Building, 5-6.30pm, tickets 👉 brnw.ch/21wXs5g
@clahbristol.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🗣️ TONIGHT: Join Jonathan Stamp, former consultant on the award-winning HBO series Rome, for a public lecture on Bringing Ancient Rome to Life
The FREE event organised by @igrct.bsky.social takes place in the Wills Memorial Building, 5-6.30pm, tickets 👉 brnw.ch/21wXs5g
@clahbristol.bsky.social
The FREE event organised by @igrct.bsky.social takes place in the Wills Memorial Building, 5-6.30pm, tickets 👉 brnw.ch/21wXs5g
@clahbristol.bsky.social
We are happy to announce that this event has sold out! See you all at 5PM.
📢 EVENT REMINDER 📢
Join us on Thursday 18th to hear Jonathan Stamp talk about his experiences as a historical consultant on HBO's ROME!
🎟️ buytickets.at/theinstitute...
⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ
Join us on Thursday 18th to hear Jonathan Stamp talk about his experiences as a historical consultant on HBO's ROME!
🎟️ buytickets.at/theinstitute...
⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
We are happy to announce that this event has sold out! See you all at 5PM.
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Nov. 13th, 5PM GMT (noon EST) Michelle Zerba on ‘Occult Classicism and the Performance of Secrecy: the Eleusinian Mysteries and Aleister Crowley’s Rites of Eleusis’ classicalassociation.org/events/igrct... @igrct.bsky.social Oblique Classicisms/ Hidden Histories’ (online) lecture series
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Nov. 13th, 5PM GMT (noon EST) Michelle Zerba on ‘Occult Classicism and the Performance of Secrecy: the Eleusinian Mysteries and Aleister Crowley’s Rites of Eleusis’ classicalassociation.org/events/igrct... @igrct.bsky.social Oblique Classicisms/ Hidden Histories’ (online) lecture series
📢 EVENT REMINDER 📢
Join us on Thursday 18th to hear Jonathan Stamp talk about his experiences as a historical consultant on HBO's ROME!
🎟️ buytickets.at/theinstitute...
⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ
Join us on Thursday 18th to hear Jonathan Stamp talk about his experiences as a historical consultant on HBO's ROME!
🎟️ buytickets.at/theinstitute...
⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
📢 EVENT REMINDER 📢
Join us on Thursday 18th to hear Jonathan Stamp talk about his experiences as a historical consultant on HBO's ROME!
🎟️ buytickets.at/theinstitute...
⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ
Join us on Thursday 18th to hear Jonathan Stamp talk about his experiences as a historical consultant on HBO's ROME!
🎟️ buytickets.at/theinstitute...
⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ
Last Thursday we were delighted to support the launch of the new South West and Wales regional network for the Hellenic Society. Organised by Dr Frances Pickworth, the event featured presentations from scholars and students in the area and a round-table discussion about the aims of the network.
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Last Thursday we were delighted to support the launch of the new South West and Wales regional network for the Hellenic Society. Organised by Dr Frances Pickworth, the event featured presentations from scholars and students in the area and a round-table discussion about the aims of the network.
📢 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
We are thrilled to announce that our 2025/26 Donors’ Celebration will be a lecture delivered by Jonathan Stamp, former consultant for the HBO series ROME.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ
We are thrilled to announce that our 2025/26 Donors’ Celebration will be a lecture delivered by Jonathan Stamp, former consultant for the HBO series ROME.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ
October 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
📢 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
We are thrilled to announce that our 2025/26 Donors’ Celebration will be a lecture delivered by Jonathan Stamp, former consultant for the HBO series ROME.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ
We are thrilled to announce that our 2025/26 Donors’ Celebration will be a lecture delivered by Jonathan Stamp, former consultant for the HBO series ROME.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ
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We hope that everyone is having a wonderful reading week! Here's a sneak peek at some of the CMS Research Seminars we can look forward to in the second half of the semester!
#medievalsky #skystorians
#medievalsky #skystorians
October 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We hope that everyone is having a wonderful reading week! Here's a sneak peek at some of the CMS Research Seminars we can look forward to in the second half of the semester!
#medievalsky #skystorians
#medievalsky #skystorians
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We are SO excited to announce that applications are now open for this year's Medieval Studies Summer School! 🎉 Please do pass this information on to anyone you think might be interested!
We'll be sharing some highlights of last year's programme over the next few weeks!
#medievalsky #skystorians
We'll be sharing some highlights of last year's programme over the next few weeks!
#medievalsky #skystorians
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
We are SO excited to announce that applications are now open for this year's Medieval Studies Summer School! 🎉 Please do pass this information on to anyone you think might be interested!
We'll be sharing some highlights of last year's programme over the next few weeks!
#medievalsky #skystorians
We'll be sharing some highlights of last year's programme over the next few weeks!
#medievalsky #skystorians
📢 CALL FOR BIDS OPEN 📢
Deadline: October 27th
The IGRCT is accepting applications for travel bursaries from UoB students and for event proposals from UoB staff and PGRs. Please see our website for more information: igrct.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/funding/.
Deadline: October 27th
The IGRCT is accepting applications for travel bursaries from UoB students and for event proposals from UoB staff and PGRs. Please see our website for more information: igrct.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/funding/.
October 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
📣 UPCOMING EVENT! 📣
The Hellenic society is launching a new South West and Wales regional network!
🎟️ Sign up: forms.office.com/e/tbYuWrWwNP
⏰October 30th, 2-6PM
📍Humanities Research Space, University of Bristol 1st floor, 7 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1TB
The Hellenic society is launching a new South West and Wales regional network!
🎟️ Sign up: forms.office.com/e/tbYuWrWwNP
⏰October 30th, 2-6PM
📍Humanities Research Space, University of Bristol 1st floor, 7 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1TB
October 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
📣 UPCOMING EVENT! 📣
The Hellenic society is launching a new South West and Wales regional network!
🎟️ Sign up: forms.office.com/e/tbYuWrWwNP
⏰October 30th, 2-6PM
📍Humanities Research Space, University of Bristol 1st floor, 7 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1TB
The Hellenic society is launching a new South West and Wales regional network!
🎟️ Sign up: forms.office.com/e/tbYuWrWwNP
⏰October 30th, 2-6PM
📍Humanities Research Space, University of Bristol 1st floor, 7 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1TB
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This Thursday we have a very special CMS Seminar, which will be a crossover with the GW4 collaborative project 'Medieval Studies: Mobilising Digitial Humanities'. Very excitingly, it will also be online!
Contact [email protected] to register for online attendance!
Contact [email protected] to register for online attendance!
October 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This Thursday we have a very special CMS Seminar, which will be a crossover with the GW4 collaborative project 'Medieval Studies: Mobilising Digitial Humanities'. Very excitingly, it will also be online!
Contact [email protected] to register for online attendance!
Contact [email protected] to register for online attendance!
On Saturday the 4th, we were thrilled to invite Nicky Sugar and Alexander Taylor from University of Bristol Special Collections to deliver our annual Symonds lecture in collaboration with OutStories Bristol!
October 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
On Saturday the 4th, we were thrilled to invite Nicky Sugar and Alexander Taylor from University of Bristol Special Collections to deliver our annual Symonds lecture in collaboration with OutStories Bristol!
Reposted by Bristol IGRCT
Exciting news! 📣 The CMS' own Dr Sig Sønnesyn (@sigsonnesyn.bsky.social) is giving a lecture tomorrow (Tuesday) on 'Meaning, Intelligibility, and Fusing Horizons: Medieval Thought as a Case Study' at 3:30pm in G.HO1, Arts Complex. All welcome. We can't wait! 😀 #medievalsky #skystorians
October 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Exciting news! 📣 The CMS' own Dr Sig Sønnesyn (@sigsonnesyn.bsky.social) is giving a lecture tomorrow (Tuesday) on 'Meaning, Intelligibility, and Fusing Horizons: Medieval Thought as a Case Study' at 3:30pm in G.HO1, Arts Complex. All welcome. We can't wait! 😀 #medievalsky #skystorians
Big thanks to Prof Edith Hall and Dr Connie Bloomfield-Gadelha for presenting their new volume: Time, Tense, and Genre in Ancient Greek Literature! The book launch was introduced by IGRCT director Dr Laura Jansen included a rich and insightful response from Dr Nick Lowe (Royal Holloway).
October 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Big thanks to Prof Edith Hall and Dr Connie Bloomfield-Gadelha for presenting their new volume: Time, Tense, and Genre in Ancient Greek Literature! The book launch was introduced by IGRCT director Dr Laura Jansen included a rich and insightful response from Dr Nick Lowe (Royal Holloway).
📣 EVENT TIME CHANGE - 5PM 📣
Our book launch for Time, Tense, and Genre in Ancient Greek Literature will now be starting at 5PM, not 4PM. We apologise for any inconvenience.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰5PM-7PM, October 8th.
📍Peel Lecture Theatre, University of Bristol. BS8 1SS.
Our book launch for Time, Tense, and Genre in Ancient Greek Literature will now be starting at 5PM, not 4PM. We apologise for any inconvenience.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰5PM-7PM, October 8th.
📍Peel Lecture Theatre, University of Bristol. BS8 1SS.
October 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
📣 EVENT TIME CHANGE - 5PM 📣
Our book launch for Time, Tense, and Genre in Ancient Greek Literature will now be starting at 5PM, not 4PM. We apologise for any inconvenience.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰5PM-7PM, October 8th.
📍Peel Lecture Theatre, University of Bristol. BS8 1SS.
Our book launch for Time, Tense, and Genre in Ancient Greek Literature will now be starting at 5PM, not 4PM. We apologise for any inconvenience.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰5PM-7PM, October 8th.
📍Peel Lecture Theatre, University of Bristol. BS8 1SS.
🏳️🌈 EVENT REMINDER 🏳️🌈
This Saturday at 4PM!
Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th...
Or register for the webinar: bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#lgbthistory #queerhistory
This Saturday at 4PM!
Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th...
Or register for the webinar: bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#lgbthistory #queerhistory
🏳️🌈 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 🏳️🌈
For this year's Symonds lecture, Nicky Taylor and Alexander Sugar present “No man can see himself as others see"
Bringing the personal papers of John Addington Symonds to new audiences. #queerhistory
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th...
⏰4PM, 4/10
📍Peel Lecture Theatre
For this year's Symonds lecture, Nicky Taylor and Alexander Sugar present “No man can see himself as others see"
Bringing the personal papers of John Addington Symonds to new audiences. #queerhistory
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th...
⏰4PM, 4/10
📍Peel Lecture Theatre
October 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🏳️🌈 EVENT REMINDER 🏳️🌈
This Saturday at 4PM!
Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th...
Or register for the webinar: bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#lgbthistory #queerhistory
This Saturday at 4PM!
Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th...
Or register for the webinar: bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#lgbthistory #queerhistory
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We're so excited for the first Centre for Medieval Studies Research Seminar of the year!
Join us on Thursday at 4pm, with our CMS Welcome Party to follow straight after!
All welcome! We hope to see you there! #medievalsky #skystorians
Join us on Thursday at 4pm, with our CMS Welcome Party to follow straight after!
All welcome! We hope to see you there! #medievalsky #skystorians
September 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We're so excited for the first Centre for Medieval Studies Research Seminar of the year!
Join us on Thursday at 4pm, with our CMS Welcome Party to follow straight after!
All welcome! We hope to see you there! #medievalsky #skystorians
Join us on Thursday at 4pm, with our CMS Welcome Party to follow straight after!
All welcome! We hope to see you there! #medievalsky #skystorians
📢 CALL FOR BIDS OPEN 📢
Deadline: October 27th
The IGRCT is accepting applications for travel bursaries from UoB students and for event proposals from UoB staff and PGRs. Please see our website for more information: igrct.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/funding/.
Deadline: October 27th
The IGRCT is accepting applications for travel bursaries from UoB students and for event proposals from UoB staff and PGRs. Please see our website for more information: igrct.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/funding/.
September 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📢 CALL FOR BIDS OPEN 📢
Deadline: October 27th
The IGRCT is accepting applications for travel bursaries from UoB students and for event proposals from UoB staff and PGRs. Please see our website for more information: igrct.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/funding/.
Deadline: October 27th
The IGRCT is accepting applications for travel bursaries from UoB students and for event proposals from UoB staff and PGRs. Please see our website for more information: igrct.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/funding/.
🏳️🌈 EVENT REMINDER 🏳️🌈
Don't forget to get your tickets for this year's Symonds lecture!
The event will also be livestreamed, and you can register here: bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th...
⏰4PM-6PM, 4/10.
📍Peel Lecture Theatre, University of Bristol. BS8 1SS.
Don't forget to get your tickets for this year's Symonds lecture!
The event will also be livestreamed, and you can register here: bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th...
⏰4PM-6PM, 4/10.
📍Peel Lecture Theatre, University of Bristol. BS8 1SS.
September 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🏳️🌈 EVENT REMINDER 🏳️🌈
Don't forget to get your tickets for this year's Symonds lecture!
The event will also be livestreamed, and you can register here: bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th...
⏰4PM-6PM, 4/10.
📍Peel Lecture Theatre, University of Bristol. BS8 1SS.
Don't forget to get your tickets for this year's Symonds lecture!
The event will also be livestreamed, and you can register here: bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th...
⏰4PM-6PM, 4/10.
📍Peel Lecture Theatre, University of Bristol. BS8 1SS.
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A new semester means a new exciting round of CMS seminars! Here's a sneak peek of what we have to look forward to over the next few weeks!
September 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A new semester means a new exciting round of CMS seminars! Here's a sneak peek of what we have to look forward to over the next few weeks!
📣 ANOTHER EVENT! 📣
We are holding a book launch for the volume "Time, Tense, and Genre in Ancient Greek Literature", edited by Connie Bloomfield-Gadêlha and @edithmayhall.bsky.social.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰4PM-6PM, 8/10.
📍Peel Lecture Theatre, University of Bristol. BS8 1SS.
We are holding a book launch for the volume "Time, Tense, and Genre in Ancient Greek Literature", edited by Connie Bloomfield-Gadêlha and @edithmayhall.bsky.social.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰4PM-6PM, 8/10.
📍Peel Lecture Theatre, University of Bristol. BS8 1SS.
September 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
📣 ANOTHER EVENT! 📣
We are holding a book launch for the volume "Time, Tense, and Genre in Ancient Greek Literature", edited by Connie Bloomfield-Gadêlha and @edithmayhall.bsky.social.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰4PM-6PM, 8/10.
📍Peel Lecture Theatre, University of Bristol. BS8 1SS.
We are holding a book launch for the volume "Time, Tense, and Genre in Ancient Greek Literature", edited by Connie Bloomfield-Gadêlha and @edithmayhall.bsky.social.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰4PM-6PM, 8/10.
📍Peel Lecture Theatre, University of Bristol. BS8 1SS.
🏳️🌈 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 🏳️🌈
For this year's Symonds lecture, Nicky Taylor and Alexander Sugar present “No man can see himself as others see"
Bringing the personal papers of John Addington Symonds to new audiences. #queerhistory
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th...
⏰4PM, 4/10
📍Peel Lecture Theatre
For this year's Symonds lecture, Nicky Taylor and Alexander Sugar present “No man can see himself as others see"
Bringing the personal papers of John Addington Symonds to new audiences. #queerhistory
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th...
⏰4PM, 4/10
📍Peel Lecture Theatre
September 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🏳️🌈 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 🏳️🌈
For this year's Symonds lecture, Nicky Taylor and Alexander Sugar present “No man can see himself as others see"
Bringing the personal papers of John Addington Symonds to new audiences. #queerhistory
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th...
⏰4PM, 4/10
📍Peel Lecture Theatre
For this year's Symonds lecture, Nicky Taylor and Alexander Sugar present “No man can see himself as others see"
Bringing the personal papers of John Addington Symonds to new audiences. #queerhistory
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th...
⏰4PM, 4/10
📍Peel Lecture Theatre
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Teaching a new course this semester focused on Ovid’s Metamorphoses and our first assignment is pondering this marvelous talk by @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social on (the politics of) translating Ovid and how a feminist lens resists contemporary gender and sexual stereotypes.
youtu.be/FHT8twAy7zk?...
youtu.be/FHT8twAy7zk?...
Morse Lecture 2024: 'Translating Ovid's Metamorphoses' with Professor Stephanie McCarter
YouTube video by Bristol IGRCT
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September 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Teaching a new course this semester focused on Ovid’s Metamorphoses and our first assignment is pondering this marvelous talk by @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social on (the politics of) translating Ovid and how a feminist lens resists contemporary gender and sexual stereotypes.
youtu.be/FHT8twAy7zk?...
youtu.be/FHT8twAy7zk?...
Welcome back to our 'meet the board' series! Today we're introducing Dr Peter Dent.
Peter is Head of Subject for History of Art at the University of Bristol. He is a specialist in late medieval and Renaissance sculpture and also works on Italian literature of the period, Dante in particular.
Peter is Head of Subject for History of Art at the University of Bristol. He is a specialist in late medieval and Renaissance sculpture and also works on Italian literature of the period, Dante in particular.
September 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Welcome back to our 'meet the board' series! Today we're introducing Dr Peter Dent.
Peter is Head of Subject for History of Art at the University of Bristol. He is a specialist in late medieval and Renaissance sculpture and also works on Italian literature of the period, Dante in particular.
Peter is Head of Subject for History of Art at the University of Bristol. He is a specialist in late medieval and Renaissance sculpture and also works on Italian literature of the period, Dante in particular.