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The Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) in the School of Advanced Study. Promoting and supporting research into all aspects of Greek and Roman antiquity and beyond.
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 19h
Registration now open for our upcoming 3D Spring School: shorturl.at/GpY8r

3D Imaging and Modelling for Classics and Cultural Heritage
13-17 April 2026

This in-person course will introduce you to issues, methods and technologies in the 3D imaging and modelling of ancient artefacts and buildings.
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 1d
Read the latest research published in the Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies - including articles on Roman picture galleries; the reuse of antiquities; Tiberius’ words in Suetonius' De vita Caesarum; making gods real through choral dance…and more! academic.oup.com/bics/advance...
Advance articles | Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies | Oxford Academic
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 1d
Ancient Literature Seminars return for Autumn Term:

ICS Visiting Fellow, Jeff Tatum (Victoria University of Wellington) will discuss
Best of the Achaeans, Last of the Greeks: Achilles and Plutarch's Philopoemen

Monday 13 Oct, 4:30pm, in person at Senate House shorturl.at/2zpRZ
Best of the Achaeans, Last of the Greeks: Achilles and Plutarch's Philopoemen
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 2d
Join ICS Ancient History Seminars, this term focused on 'Civil War'

On Thursday 9 Oct at 4.30pm we welcome Consuelo Martino (Edinburgh) to discuss Making a Saviour Out of a Perpetrator: Civil War and Leadership in Roman imperial Memory: shorturl.at/0bL2y

Full series details here: shorturl.at/oMZo0
Making a Saviour Out of a Perpetrator: Civil War and Leadership in Roman imperial Memory
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 2d
Call For Papers: Environmental Approaches to the Eastern Mediterranean Landscape, 1750-1920
Panel at the Association for Art History (AAH) Annual Conference, University of Cambridge, 8-10 April 2026

Full details and how to submit here:
Environmental Approaches to the Eastern Mediterranean Landscape, 1750-1920 - For Art History
For centuries, the territories of the eastern Mediterranean were home to the ethnically, religiously, and culturally diverse communities that comprised the Ottoman Empire. These territories…
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 5d
Join us on Friday 10 Oct at 6pm: Denys Haynes Memorial Lecture: Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art: shorturl.at/upBPy

One of Britain's leading art historians, Prof Jaś Elsner, will look at the religious context of some of the great monuments of antiquity.
The 28th Denys Haynes Memorial Lecture: Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 6d
Mycenaean Seminars are back for the 2025-26 Series. Join us on Wednesday 15 October at 3.30pm to hear Trevor Van Damme (University of Warwick) speak about: New discoveries from ancient Eleon in Boeotia: shorturl.at/Vl6QF

Details on the full seminar series can be found here shorturl.at/hly7i
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 6d
Come see the new Library Exhibition: 100 Years of the Wood Collection

Exploring treasures from British antiquarian Robert Wood including diaries, notebooks, sketchbooks, and published works to mark the centenary of the collection’s acquisition. Now on view at Senate House, 3rd Floor Lobby.
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 7d
Teaching began today on ICS Intercollegiate Module: Wine, Oil and Grain in Greece and Rome: Production to Consumption convened by Dr Emlyn Dodd.

Students will learn how wine, oil and grain shape(d) the physical, cultural and economic landscapes of the Mediterranean: shorturl.at/6mW5k
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 7d
Congratulations to Dr Jessica Venner who has been awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the University of Oxford for her project Cultivating Cohesion: Urban Agricultural Gardens in Early Imperial Tyrrhenian Italy (31 BCE–117 CE) shorturl.at/VKGGJ
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 8d
We are delighted to welcome five new Early Career Research Associates to the ICS: Dr Jessica Clarke, Dr Edward Jones, Dr Melissa Kays, Dr Alexandra Solovyev, and Dr Mirjam von Bechtolsheim.

See the full cohort of ECRA's here: shorturl.at/VOONa
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 9d
One particular highlight of the Being Human Festival:

Reading in the Roman Empire: ICS Acting Director Dr Kathryn Tempest and Prof Gesine Manuwald (UCL) will introduce a series of lightning talks on the literature and reading culture of ancient Rome.

Weds 12 Nov
2.30-3.30pm
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 9d
The 2025 Being Human Festival programme is now live 💫

This year's festival runs from 6 - 15 Nov 2025. With over 220 events taking place in 46 towns and cities across the UK, there is a wide range of events to suit everyone's curiosities. Programme highlights: bit.ly/3IsbVWI

#BeingHuman2025
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 10d
Ancient Philosophy Seminars return for Autumn Term: Mondays 2-4pm, in person at Senate House and Online via Zoom

Monday 6 Oct, 2pm
Join Ugo Zilioli (Oxford) who will discuss Pyrrho’s Revelation: On the Hieratic Style and Oral Origin of the Aristocles Passage, Between East and West
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 12d
Postgraduate Work-in-Progress seminars are back! Fridays at 5pm, in person and online.

Friday 3 October, Antonis Stamiris (University of Edinburgh) will discuss: Anticipatory Pain and Pleasure in the Platonic and Aristotelian Analysis of Emotion

Full schedule here: shorturl.at/xlKgo
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 13d
Training activities include:
• Intros to digital approaches to Classics
• Developing & leading a major project
• Publishing in journals
• Applying for postdocs & fellowships
• Spring School in 3D imaging and modelling

Most activities are free & open to all regardless of career stage/affiliation
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 13d
The Institute of Classical Studies is pleased to announce its Researcher Training Programme for 2025-26 academic year. Designed for researchers in Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology, Reception Studies and Philology.

You can find an overview of programme activities here: shorturl.at/Q8Ke4

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 14d
It's here! Sign up for History Day 4 Nov 2025. #HistDay25 Together with @senatehouselib.bsky.social we are celebrating all things history with collections from galleries, libraries, archives, museums & more. Find out what it's all about and book your free spot. www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
History Day
History Day and the History Day: Discover Collections website bring together researchers and collections in-person and online
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 14d
Accepting applications: ICS Public Engagement Grants

Apply for up to £500 to support Classics-themed public engagement activities, demonstrating aspects of research in Classics in ways that are accessible, enjoyable & understandable for non-specialist audiences
Deadline 1 Nov: shorturl.at/BRqqU
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 14d
The Intercollegiate Masters Induction is underway!

Delighted to welcome students from Kings, UCL, & Royal Holloway to learn more about the Intercollegiate MA Programmes, the ICS and our Library. Chaired by Dr Emilio Zucchetti (RHUL).

Find out more about the ICS' Module offerings: shorturl.at/ua0R9
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Gabriel Bodard @palaeofuturist.bsky.social · 14d
Street art and civil society in post-2011 Tunisia: aesthetics, civic engagement and organisational challenges
Anwar Tlili (KCL).

A free webinar hosted by the British Institute of Libyan and Northern African Studies. Sep 25 at 17:00 BST. Open to all. Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Street art and civil society in post-2011 Tunisia: aesthetics, civic engagement and organisational challenges. After registering, you will receive a confirm...
Follow post-2011 historical developments in the street art scene in Tunisia, from its expansion in the wake of the 2011 Uprising to its significant contraction under the Islamist government in the mid...
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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 14d
#WCCWiki is today!
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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 21d
#WCCWiki is back on Wed 24 Sept 2025, 13.00-15.00 GMT. All warmly welcome. Online editing session with Zoom meeting: us02web.zoom.us/j/81829924385. Email [email protected] for more information
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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 26d
#WCCWiki is back after the summer break!!

For your calendars, the next #WCCWiki online meetup & editing session is 13.00-15.00 GMT, Wed 25 September.

We'll be editing together to improve the gendered rep of classicists (broadly conceived) on #Wikipedia, & we can provide training to start editing
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Dr Consuelo Martino @cmart05.bsky.social · 15d
On Thursday 9th October, I will be presenting at the ICS Ancient History seminar on a theme very dear to me: Making a saviour out of a perpetrator!

Join us if you can 🥰

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 15d
The ICS Autumn Newsletter is now live! Learn more about the news, upcoming events, and new Fellows of the Institute alongside ways to get involved: shorturl.at/eHD8a

Sign up to receive future editions: mailchi.mp/sas/ics-news...
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Classical Receptions @crsn-uk.bsky.social · 16d
CRSN is looking for Early Career Researchers who are interested in convening or co-convening the Classical Reception seminar series at the Institute of Classical Studies this summer! For more information, see the link below:
classicalreception.org/call-for-ecr...
Call for ECR convenors – CRSN Classical Reception Seminar Series at the ICS, Summer 2026 (online)
The Classical Reception Studies Network (CRSN) invites expressions of interest from Early Career Researchers (including postgraduates) who wish to convene or co-convene the Classical Reception semi…
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