Durham Classics and Ancient History
@durhamclassics.bsky.social
Website and contact details: https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/classics-ancient-history/
💥 Congratulations to Prof. Ioannis Ziogas who has published a new article on Ovid in Dictynna!
👉 This article reads the myth of Orpheus through the lens of the ancient tradition of the Lives of poets.
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: journals.openedition.org/dictynna/451...
👉 This article reads the myth of Orpheus through the lens of the ancient tradition of the Lives of poets.
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: journals.openedition.org/dictynna/451...
January 16, 2026 at 8:01 AM
💥 Congratulations to Prof. Ioannis Ziogas who has published a new article on Ovid in Dictynna!
👉 This article reads the myth of Orpheus through the lens of the ancient tradition of the Lives of poets.
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: journals.openedition.org/dictynna/451...
👉 This article reads the myth of Orpheus through the lens of the ancient tradition of the Lives of poets.
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: journals.openedition.org/dictynna/451...
✍️ Call For Papers! British Epigraphy Society Spring Meeting
📅 Sat 18 April, 10am–5:15pm
📚 Send abstracts to Dr Chris de Lisle by 23 January
🔗 Learn more here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
📅 Sat 18 April, 10am–5:15pm
📚 Send abstracts to Dr Chris de Lisle by 23 January
🔗 Learn more here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
✍️ Call For Papers! British Epigraphy Society Spring Meeting
📅 Sat 18 April, 10am–5:15pm
📚 Send abstracts to Dr Chris de Lisle by 23 January
🔗 Learn more here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
📅 Sat 18 April, 10am–5:15pm
📚 Send abstracts to Dr Chris de Lisle by 23 January
🔗 Learn more here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
💥 Congratulations to Prof. Arlene Holmes-Henderson who has published a chapter in a volume on 'Working-Class People in UK Higher Education'!
👉 This chapter is on 'Classics for all: From classism to representation for working-class classicists'.
🔗 Learn more: bookstore.emerald.com/working-clas...
👉 This chapter is on 'Classics for all: From classism to representation for working-class classicists'.
🔗 Learn more: bookstore.emerald.com/working-clas...
January 14, 2026 at 8:00 AM
💥 Congratulations to Prof. Arlene Holmes-Henderson who has published a chapter in a volume on 'Working-Class People in UK Higher Education'!
👉 This chapter is on 'Classics for all: From classism to representation for working-class classicists'.
🔗 Learn more: bookstore.emerald.com/working-clas...
👉 This chapter is on 'Classics for all: From classism to representation for working-class classicists'.
🔗 Learn more: bookstore.emerald.com/working-clas...
💥 Congratulations to Dr Ilaria Bucci who, along with Prof. Rubina Raja and Dr Olympia Bobou, has written artefact features for the past four issues of 'Current World Archaeology'
🔗 Learn more here: www.world-archaeology.com/issues/issue...
🔗 Learn more here: www.world-archaeology.com/issues/issue...
January 13, 2026 at 8:00 AM
💥 Congratulations to Dr Ilaria Bucci who, along with Prof. Rubina Raja and Dr Olympia Bobou, has written artefact features for the past four issues of 'Current World Archaeology'
🔗 Learn more here: www.world-archaeology.com/issues/issue...
🔗 Learn more here: www.world-archaeology.com/issues/issue...
💥 Join us for this week's research seminar!
🏫 Lilah Grace Canevaro (Edinburgh) "William Morris: The People as Author"
📅 1pm, Weds 14 Jan
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/62a4ad...
🏫 Lilah Grace Canevaro (Edinburgh) "William Morris: The People as Author"
📅 1pm, Weds 14 Jan
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/62a4ad...
January 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM
💥 Join us for this week's research seminar!
🏫 Lilah Grace Canevaro (Edinburgh) "William Morris: The People as Author"
📅 1pm, Weds 14 Jan
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/62a4ad...
🏫 Lilah Grace Canevaro (Edinburgh) "William Morris: The People as Author"
📅 1pm, Weds 14 Jan
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/62a4ad...
💥 PhD application deadline this week!
📚 Study across the whole spectrum of Classics: literature, history, philosophy, archaeology, digital humanities, classics education, reception, public policy...
👉 Learn more here: tinyurl.com/4eywc8f6
🏛️ Departmental research strengths: tinyurl.com/32yavda6
📚 Study across the whole spectrum of Classics: literature, history, philosophy, archaeology, digital humanities, classics education, reception, public policy...
👉 Learn more here: tinyurl.com/4eywc8f6
🏛️ Departmental research strengths: tinyurl.com/32yavda6
January 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM
💥 PhD application deadline this week!
📚 Study across the whole spectrum of Classics: literature, history, philosophy, archaeology, digital humanities, classics education, reception, public policy...
👉 Learn more here: tinyurl.com/4eywc8f6
🏛️ Departmental research strengths: tinyurl.com/32yavda6
📚 Study across the whole spectrum of Classics: literature, history, philosophy, archaeology, digital humanities, classics education, reception, public policy...
👉 Learn more here: tinyurl.com/4eywc8f6
🏛️ Departmental research strengths: tinyurl.com/32yavda6
💥 Dr Caroline Barron (Durham) and Dr Gabriel Bodard (University of London) are organising an online are organising a ✨ free and online✨ EpiDoc workshop!
📝 'Digital Encoding of Epigraphic Manuscripts and Surrogates'
📅 20 Feb, 2–3:30pm
🔗 Learn more and sign up here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
📝 'Digital Encoding of Epigraphic Manuscripts and Surrogates'
📅 20 Feb, 2–3:30pm
🔗 Learn more and sign up here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
January 9, 2026 at 8:01 AM
💥 Dr Caroline Barron (Durham) and Dr Gabriel Bodard (University of London) are organising an online are organising a ✨ free and online✨ EpiDoc workshop!
📝 'Digital Encoding of Epigraphic Manuscripts and Surrogates'
📅 20 Feb, 2–3:30pm
🔗 Learn more and sign up here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
📝 'Digital Encoding of Epigraphic Manuscripts and Surrogates'
📅 20 Feb, 2–3:30pm
🔗 Learn more and sign up here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
💥 ICYMI: our very own Prof. Arlene Holmes-Henderson has joined a government project exploring the key factors that influence and shape the future of childhood in the UK.
🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
January 8, 2026 at 8:01 AM
💥 ICYMI: our very own Prof. Arlene Holmes-Henderson has joined a government project exploring the key factors that influence and shape the future of childhood in the UK.
🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
✍️ Call For Papers! 'The Domestic Dimension of Religious Conflict in the Ancient Mediterranean '
📅 Conference: 12–14 August 2026 (CFP deadline: 30 January)
📚 Organised by Dr Karl Dahm and funded by The Leverhulme Trust
🔗 Learn more here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
📅 Conference: 12–14 August 2026 (CFP deadline: 30 January)
📚 Organised by Dr Karl Dahm and funded by The Leverhulme Trust
🔗 Learn more here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
January 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM
✍️ Call For Papers! 'The Domestic Dimension of Religious Conflict in the Ancient Mediterranean '
📅 Conference: 12–14 August 2026 (CFP deadline: 30 January)
📚 Organised by Dr Karl Dahm and funded by The Leverhulme Trust
🔗 Learn more here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
📅 Conference: 12–14 August 2026 (CFP deadline: 30 January)
📚 Organised by Dr Karl Dahm and funded by The Leverhulme Trust
🔗 Learn more here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
✨ We are so excited that 2026 will see us lead our first departmental study trip to Greece!
🎓 Alumni, find out more and learn how you can help support this fantastic new initiative: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
🏛️ L2 students, keep an eye on your e-mails for an info session coming very soon!
🎓 Alumni, find out more and learn how you can help support this fantastic new initiative: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
🏛️ L2 students, keep an eye on your e-mails for an info session coming very soon!
January 6, 2026 at 8:01 AM
✨ We are so excited that 2026 will see us lead our first departmental study trip to Greece!
🎓 Alumni, find out more and learn how you can help support this fantastic new initiative: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
🏛️ L2 students, keep an eye on your e-mails for an info session coming very soon!
🎓 Alumni, find out more and learn how you can help support this fantastic new initiative: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
🏛️ L2 students, keep an eye on your e-mails for an info session coming very soon!
Postgraduate applications for 2026 entry are open! 🎓
Join Durham - the University of the Year 2026 - and make your mark.
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
#DurhamUniversity #TransformativeHumanities
Join Durham - the University of the Year 2026 - and make your mark.
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
#DurhamUniversity #TransformativeHumanities
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Postgraduate applications for 2026 entry are open! 🎓
Join Durham - the University of the Year 2026 - and make your mark.
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
#DurhamUniversity #TransformativeHumanities
Join Durham - the University of the Year 2026 - and make your mark.
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
#DurhamUniversity #TransformativeHumanities
🎁 Here's a festive gift for you: explore the whole National Theatre exhibition from Dr Lucy Jackson 'The Greeks: Radical Reinvention'...in the comfort of your own home!
📱 Download app 'Bloomberg Connects Arts & Culture' and search ’National Theatre London’
🔗 Learn more here: tinyurl.com/44r6yf48
📱 Download app 'Bloomberg Connects Arts & Culture' and search ’National Theatre London’
🔗 Learn more here: tinyurl.com/44r6yf48
December 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎁 Here's a festive gift for you: explore the whole National Theatre exhibition from Dr Lucy Jackson 'The Greeks: Radical Reinvention'...in the comfort of your own home!
📱 Download app 'Bloomberg Connects Arts & Culture' and search ’National Theatre London’
🔗 Learn more here: tinyurl.com/44r6yf48
📱 Download app 'Bloomberg Connects Arts & Culture' and search ’National Theatre London’
🔗 Learn more here: tinyurl.com/44r6yf48
✍️ Here's one to chew over while you munch on your mince pies: Calls For Papers for two very exciting events happening in Durham in 2026
👉 British Epigraphy Society spring meeting: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
👉 'Writing from the margins' conference:
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
👉 British Epigraphy Society spring meeting: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
👉 'Writing from the margins' conference:
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
December 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
✍️ Here's one to chew over while you munch on your mince pies: Calls For Papers for two very exciting events happening in Durham in 2026
👉 British Epigraphy Society spring meeting: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
👉 'Writing from the margins' conference:
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
👉 British Epigraphy Society spring meeting: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
👉 'Writing from the margins' conference:
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
🎄 We've made it to the end of term!
🎉 Congratulations to all our wonderful students and staff for your marvellous efforts and achievements this term.
🤗 Have a lovely break and we'll see everyone back in January, when we get to do it all over again...
🎉 Congratulations to all our wonderful students and staff for your marvellous efforts and achievements this term.
🤗 Have a lovely break and we'll see everyone back in January, when we get to do it all over again...
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🎄 We've made it to the end of term!
🎉 Congratulations to all our wonderful students and staff for your marvellous efforts and achievements this term.
🤗 Have a lovely break and we'll see everyone back in January, when we get to do it all over again...
🎉 Congratulations to all our wonderful students and staff for your marvellous efforts and achievements this term.
🤗 Have a lovely break and we'll see everyone back in January, when we get to do it all over again...
💥 Join us next week for a research seminar from the Durham Centre for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
👨🏫 Prof. Hallvard Fossheim (Bergen), "Why Saïs Matters: Plato on the Past"
📅 11:30am, 17 December: CL007
👉 Read the lecture abstract here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
👨🏫 Prof. Hallvard Fossheim (Bergen), "Why Saïs Matters: Plato on the Past"
📅 11:30am, 17 December: CL007
👉 Read the lecture abstract here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
December 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
💥 Join us next week for a research seminar from the Durham Centre for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
👨🏫 Prof. Hallvard Fossheim (Bergen), "Why Saïs Matters: Plato on the Past"
📅 11:30am, 17 December: CL007
👉 Read the lecture abstract here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
👨🏫 Prof. Hallvard Fossheim (Bergen), "Why Saïs Matters: Plato on the Past"
📅 11:30am, 17 December: CL007
👉 Read the lecture abstract here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
📢 Save the date!
🎵 One-day workshop on 'Ancient Music and Metre' organised by the Durham International Centre for Theatre Studies
📅 20 Feb 2026
🔗 Full programme here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
🎵 One-day workshop on 'Ancient Music and Metre' organised by the Durham International Centre for Theatre Studies
📅 20 Feb 2026
🔗 Full programme here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📢 Save the date!
🎵 One-day workshop on 'Ancient Music and Metre' organised by the Durham International Centre for Theatre Studies
📅 20 Feb 2026
🔗 Full programme here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
🎵 One-day workshop on 'Ancient Music and Metre' organised by the Durham International Centre for Theatre Studies
📅 20 Feb 2026
🔗 Full programme here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
💥 Join us next week for a conference co-organised by our own Dr Karl Dahm & Dr Jacob Lollar and Dr Sofia Puchkova (Leicester)
🏫 The ‘Other’ and ‘Empire’ in Christianity: Postcolonial Readings of Late Antique Literature
📅 16/17 December
🔗 tinyurl.com/yp6v53cb
🏫 The ‘Other’ and ‘Empire’ in Christianity: Postcolonial Readings of Late Antique Literature
📅 16/17 December
🔗 tinyurl.com/yp6v53cb
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
💥 Join us next week for a conference co-organised by our own Dr Karl Dahm & Dr Jacob Lollar and Dr Sofia Puchkova (Leicester)
🏫 The ‘Other’ and ‘Empire’ in Christianity: Postcolonial Readings of Late Antique Literature
📅 16/17 December
🔗 tinyurl.com/yp6v53cb
🏫 The ‘Other’ and ‘Empire’ in Christianity: Postcolonial Readings of Late Antique Literature
📅 16/17 December
🔗 tinyurl.com/yp6v53cb
💥 Join us for this week's research seminar!
🏫 Steven Green (Singapore) "Turnings, Misattributions, and Cultural Hybridity: The Poetics of Translation in the Ilias Latina"
📅 1pm, Weds 10 Nov
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/668305...
🏫 Steven Green (Singapore) "Turnings, Misattributions, and Cultural Hybridity: The Poetics of Translation in the Ilias Latina"
📅 1pm, Weds 10 Nov
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/668305...
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
💥 Join us for this week's research seminar!
🏫 Steven Green (Singapore) "Turnings, Misattributions, and Cultural Hybridity: The Poetics of Translation in the Ilias Latina"
📅 1pm, Weds 10 Nov
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/668305...
🏫 Steven Green (Singapore) "Turnings, Misattributions, and Cultural Hybridity: The Poetics of Translation in the Ilias Latina"
📅 1pm, Weds 10 Nov
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/668305...
💥 Join us for the Durham Centre for Classical Reception Prize Lecture!
🏫 Dr Alexander Vandewalle (Gent) "Play the Hero, or Play God Characterization of Greco-Roman Mythological Characters in Video Games"
📅 5pm, Weds 10 Dec
📍 TLC123 / hybrid on Teams: tinyurl.com/yav2u5da
🏫 Dr Alexander Vandewalle (Gent) "Play the Hero, or Play God Characterization of Greco-Roman Mythological Characters in Video Games"
📅 5pm, Weds 10 Dec
📍 TLC123 / hybrid on Teams: tinyurl.com/yav2u5da
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
💥 Join us for the Durham Centre for Classical Reception Prize Lecture!
🏫 Dr Alexander Vandewalle (Gent) "Play the Hero, or Play God Characterization of Greco-Roman Mythological Characters in Video Games"
📅 5pm, Weds 10 Dec
📍 TLC123 / hybrid on Teams: tinyurl.com/yav2u5da
🏫 Dr Alexander Vandewalle (Gent) "Play the Hero, or Play God Characterization of Greco-Roman Mythological Characters in Video Games"
📅 5pm, Weds 10 Dec
📍 TLC123 / hybrid on Teams: tinyurl.com/yav2u5da
🏺 Join Prof. Edith Hall and colleagues as they discuss 'The Bacchae: The Mind of Ancient Greece, Psychoanalysis and Modern British Theatre'
👉 Event organised by the Institute of Psychoanalysis
📅 31 Jan 2026
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdeb3mnt
👉 Event organised by the Institute of Psychoanalysis
📅 31 Jan 2026
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdeb3mnt
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🏺 Join Prof. Edith Hall and colleagues as they discuss 'The Bacchae: The Mind of Ancient Greece, Psychoanalysis and Modern British Theatre'
👉 Event organised by the Institute of Psychoanalysis
📅 31 Jan 2026
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdeb3mnt
👉 Event organised by the Institute of Psychoanalysis
📅 31 Jan 2026
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdeb3mnt
👨🏫 Remembering P.J. Rhodes
👉 Read Prof. Rhodes' Biographical Memoir, prepared by Prof. John Davies and Prof. Lynette Mitchell
🔗 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/59...
👉 Peter John Rhodes worked in our department from 1965 and was Professor of Ancient History between 1983 and 2005.
👉 Read Prof. Rhodes' Biographical Memoir, prepared by Prof. John Davies and Prof. Lynette Mitchell
🔗 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/59...
👉 Peter John Rhodes worked in our department from 1965 and was Professor of Ancient History between 1983 and 2005.
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
👨🏫 Remembering P.J. Rhodes
👉 Read Prof. Rhodes' Biographical Memoir, prepared by Prof. John Davies and Prof. Lynette Mitchell
🔗 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/59...
👉 Peter John Rhodes worked in our department from 1965 and was Professor of Ancient History between 1983 and 2005.
👉 Read Prof. Rhodes' Biographical Memoir, prepared by Prof. John Davies and Prof. Lynette Mitchell
🔗 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/59...
👉 Peter John Rhodes worked in our department from 1965 and was Professor of Ancient History between 1983 and 2005.
👥 We've only got a couple of weeks of term left, but it's never too late to #MeetOurStaff
💥 Log on to our website to see interviews with Dr Giulia Bonasio and others, as they talk about their research projects and teaching
🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
💥 Log on to our website to see interviews with Dr Giulia Bonasio and others, as they talk about their research projects and teaching
🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
👥 We've only got a couple of weeks of term left, but it's never too late to #MeetOurStaff
💥 Log on to our website to see interviews with Dr Giulia Bonasio and others, as they talk about their research projects and teaching
🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
💥 Log on to our website to see interviews with Dr Giulia Bonasio and others, as they talk about their research projects and teaching
🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
🎉 Congratulations to Dr Andrea Giannotti, whose article 'Where are the gods? Divine presence and absence in Euripides' Children of Heracles' will soon appear in The Classical Journal!
👇 See more on the journal website.
🔗 www.press.jhu.edu/journals/cla...
👇 See more on the journal website.
🔗 www.press.jhu.edu/journals/cla...
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Dr Andrea Giannotti, whose article 'Where are the gods? Divine presence and absence in Euripides' Children of Heracles' will soon appear in The Classical Journal!
👇 See more on the journal website.
🔗 www.press.jhu.edu/journals/cla...
👇 See more on the journal website.
🔗 www.press.jhu.edu/journals/cla...
🎉 We are still celebrating the recent news that Prof. Edith Hall has won the International Hellenic Prize for her acclaimed book Facing Down the Furies.
👇 Read more in our university press release
🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
👇 Read more in our university press release
🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎉 We are still celebrating the recent news that Prof. Edith Hall has won the International Hellenic Prize for her acclaimed book Facing Down the Furies.
👇 Read more in our university press release
🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
👇 Read more in our university press release
🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
💥 Join us for this week's research seminar!
🏫 Prof. Jennifer Ingleheart (Durham) "Polari Catullus"
📅 1pm, Weds 26 Nov
📍 Online only: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fbe429...
🏫 Prof. Jennifer Ingleheart (Durham) "Polari Catullus"
📅 1pm, Weds 26 Nov
📍 Online only: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fbe429...
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
💥 Join us for this week's research seminar!
🏫 Prof. Jennifer Ingleheart (Durham) "Polari Catullus"
📅 1pm, Weds 26 Nov
📍 Online only: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fbe429...
🏫 Prof. Jennifer Ingleheart (Durham) "Polari Catullus"
📅 1pm, Weds 26 Nov
📍 Online only: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fbe429...