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St Andrews Classics
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School of Classics, University of St Andrews.
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/classics/
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#Seminar: "Roman Stoneworkers and their Gods: Cult at the Quarry-Face and Beyond"
Ben Russell (Edinburgh)

🗓️ 11 February, 2:15pm
📍Room SO3, Swallowgate
💻 Teams (email [email protected], and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in subject)

#AllWelcome
🔗 View schedule: bit.ly/cl2526s2 .
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Starting in the village of Tithorea, follow the less used eastern route to Liakoura, the highest summit of Parnassos. mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/01/31/p...

#MountainCulture #MountainLandscapes
February 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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“The Eternal Slave: Receptions of Robots in the Age of AI”
Emily Bedford (St Andrews)

STARR #Seminar, 📆 5 February,⏰6pm
In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate
Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email [email protected] for link)
View abstract: 🔗 standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/s...

#AllWelcome
February 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Seminar: "Martin Bernal’s notions of Semitism: subjects of history in Black Athena"
Mathura Umachandran (Exeter)
🗓️ 6 February, 4:15pm
📍Room SO3, Swallowgate
💻 Teams (email [email protected], and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in subject)

🔗 View schedule: bit.ly/cl2526s2
#AllWelcome
February 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Explore a route up to the archaeological site known as the ‘Pyre of Herakles’ on the southern slopes of Mount Oiti (Oita in antiquity), on a beautifully constructed and well signposted path.

🔗 mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/01/24/o...

#Mountains #MountainCulture
January 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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In the second episode of the @futuremountain.bsky.social podcast, Jonathan Pitches and Jason König interview Simone Kenyon about her work as a practice researcher, performer, artist and producer.

🔗 msmf.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/01/28/i...
#MountainLandscapes #MountainCulture
January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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“Queerly Something's Changed: Reimaginings of Dionysus Through Modern Psycho-Social and Queer Theory”
Lynaea Pace (St Andrews)

STARR #Seminar, 📆 29 January,⏰6pm
In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate
Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email [email protected] for link)

#AllWelcome
January 26, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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#Seminar: "Did the Nabataeans treat their dead like dung?…"
Lucy Wadeson (St Andrews)

🗓️ 28 January, 2:15pm
📍Room SO3, Swallowgate
💻 Teams (email [email protected], and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in subject)

#AllWelcome
🔗 View schedule: bit.ly/cl2526s2 .
January 23, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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The Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures podcast launched recently. Check out their first episode, "Xenophobic Mountains" with Alexandra Cotofana: 🔗 msmf.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/17/x...

#MountainLandscapes @futuremountain.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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"Byzantine Archaeology, History and History of Art"
Postgraduate training course in Greece, hosted by the British School at Athens

📆 Course dates: 24 June to 5 July 2026
⏰ Application deadline: 8 March 2026
🔗 View details and register: www.bsa.ac.uk/courses/byza...
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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"New visions of Ancient Peace"
Inaugural #workshop hosted by the Ancient Peace Studies Network

📆 20 to 22 January 2026
📍 University of St Andrews
🔗 View programme and abstracts: apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/22/n...

#PeaceStudies
January 14, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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Congratulations to Emma Buckley and Alice König upon their recent promotions to Professor! 🎉
standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/c...
January 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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"A gymnasion assemblage lost at sea? The statues from the Antikythera shipwreck reconsidered"
(Brian Martens)

Read #OpenAccess article: 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S006...
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Scottish Student Archaeology Society #Conference, 21-22 Feb 2026.
#CallForPapers: open to #students, #graduates & #EarlyCareerResearchers. Any topic welcome! Send title & abstract to [email protected]

Questions? Contact @archsoc_uoa on instagram, or email [email protected]
#SSASC26
December 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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"Land and Power in the Later Roman World"

#Conference
📆 29 June to 1 July 2026
📍 Tübingen

View #CallForPapers: research.st-andrews.ac.uk/landloyalty/...

#CFP deadline: 11 January 2026
December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Happy Holidays! We hope you all enjoy the winter break.

The School of Classics buildings are closing today, 19 December 2025.
The buildings will reopen on Monday 5 January 2026.
December 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Stroll through the meadows of Mount #Kallidromos, in the footsteps of the Persians at the Battle of #Thermopylae:
mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/13/k...

#Mountains #MountainCulture
December 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Explore a route over the wooded slopes of Mount Kithairon on to the summit ridge, with amazing views south to the Gulf of Corinth, and north over the plains of Boiotia. mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/06/k...

#Mountains #MountainCulture
December 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Congratulations to students from Bertha Park High School, who graduated from the #STALOS programme last week. 🎉

stalos.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/08/s...

#LearningLatin #Congratulations #Graduation
December 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Cynthia Marti discusses the archaeological evidence for a sanctuary on the Agios Antonios peak of Olympus. She describes a route to the summit that requires less technical skill than the one most travellers take. mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/29/o...

#MountainCulture #Mountains
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Read about Penteli, its identity in antiquity, and Pausanias' vision of Greece as a network of marble. Explore a short hike into the foothills to see the ancient quarries. mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/08/p...

#MountainCulture #Mountains
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Congratulations to all our students who graduated today🎉
We're so happy for you!

#ForeverSaints #ClassOf2025 #Graduation
#GraduationDay #WinterGraduation
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Congratulations to all students graduating today!
#ClassOf2025 🎓🎉

Watch 🏺 Classics students live at 2pm👇
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#ForeverSaints #EverToExcel
December 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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The St Andrews Reception Research Group is seeking proposals for their seminars next semester.
Would you like to give a paper focussing on an aspect of classical reception?
👉 Submit your topic here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Enquiries to [email protected]
#cfp
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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JACT Latin Summer School: 19 July to 1 August 2026.
Open to anyone at any level, from complete beginners up to post A-Level standard and everyone in between.

View details and register: latincamp.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM