Durham Classics and Ancient History
@durhamclassics.bsky.social
Website and contact details: https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/classics-ancient-history/
Still proud to be part of the “University of the Year 2026” 🏆
Durham continues to shine - thanks to every student, staff member and alumnus who makes this community so special.💜
www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
Durham continues to shine - thanks to every student, staff member and alumnus who makes this community so special.💜
www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Still proud to be part of the “University of the Year 2026” 🏆
Durham continues to shine - thanks to every student, staff member and alumnus who makes this community so special.💜
www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
Durham continues to shine - thanks to every student, staff member and alumnus who makes this community so special.💜
www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
💥 Join us for this week's research seminar!
🏫 Francesca Salvatori (Durham) "Pariter super aequora lata feremur. Alcyone’s transformative power in Ov. Met. 11.410-748"
📅 1pm, Weds 12 Nov
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a1f28b...
🏫 Francesca Salvatori (Durham) "Pariter super aequora lata feremur. Alcyone’s transformative power in Ov. Met. 11.410-748"
📅 1pm, Weds 12 Nov
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a1f28b...
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
💥 Join us for this week's research seminar!
🏫 Francesca Salvatori (Durham) "Pariter super aequora lata feremur. Alcyone’s transformative power in Ov. Met. 11.410-748"
📅 1pm, Weds 12 Nov
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a1f28b...
🏫 Francesca Salvatori (Durham) "Pariter super aequora lata feremur. Alcyone’s transformative power in Ov. Met. 11.410-748"
📅 1pm, Weds 12 Nov
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a1f28b...
🚨 PhD scholarship alert!
👉 Edna Jenkinson Studentship in Classics, in association with St Mary's College
💥 3.5 years funding & a research and travel allowance of £1,400
🔗 Full details: tinyurl.com/4eywc8f6
👉 Edna Jenkinson Studentship in Classics, in association with St Mary's College
💥 3.5 years funding & a research and travel allowance of £1,400
🔗 Full details: tinyurl.com/4eywc8f6
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🚨 PhD scholarship alert!
👉 Edna Jenkinson Studentship in Classics, in association with St Mary's College
💥 3.5 years funding & a research and travel allowance of £1,400
🔗 Full details: tinyurl.com/4eywc8f6
👉 Edna Jenkinson Studentship in Classics, in association with St Mary's College
💥 3.5 years funding & a research and travel allowance of £1,400
🔗 Full details: tinyurl.com/4eywc8f6
🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Edith Hall who, along with Prof. Alison Sharrock, has published a special collection of 'Green Letters' on 'Trees in Ancient Greek and Roman Poetry: An Ecocritical Approach to Classics'
🔗 tinyurl.com/y83r95d8
🔗 tinyurl.com/y83r95d8
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Edith Hall who, along with Prof. Alison Sharrock, has published a special collection of 'Green Letters' on 'Trees in Ancient Greek and Roman Poetry: An Ecocritical Approach to Classics'
🔗 tinyurl.com/y83r95d8
🔗 tinyurl.com/y83r95d8
💥 PhD applications are now open!
📚 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
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
💥 PhD applications are now open!
📚 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
🎉 Massive congratulations to Prof. Edith Hall, who has won the International Hellenic Prize for her book 'Facing down the Furies'
🎭 Prof. Hall turns to Greek Tragedies to seek wisdom in understanding the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ykcparez
🎭 Prof. Hall turns to Greek Tragedies to seek wisdom in understanding the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ykcparez
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎉 Massive congratulations to Prof. Edith Hall, who has won the International Hellenic Prize for her book 'Facing down the Furies'
🎭 Prof. Hall turns to Greek Tragedies to seek wisdom in understanding the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ykcparez
🎭 Prof. Hall turns to Greek Tragedies to seek wisdom in understanding the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ykcparez
💥 Join us for this week's research seminar!
🏫 Dr Annie Burman (Uppsala) "Etruscans in the Archive: modern archival collections as a source in epigraphic research"
📅 1pm, Weds 5 Nov
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5c367e...
🏫 Dr Annie Burman (Uppsala) "Etruscans in the Archive: modern archival collections as a source in epigraphic research"
📅 1pm, Weds 5 Nov
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5c367e...
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
💥 Join us for this week's research seminar!
🏫 Dr Annie Burman (Uppsala) "Etruscans in the Archive: modern archival collections as a source in epigraphic research"
📅 1pm, Weds 5 Nov
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5c367e...
🏫 Dr Annie Burman (Uppsala) "Etruscans in the Archive: modern archival collections as a source in epigraphic research"
📅 1pm, Weds 5 Nov
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5c367e...
🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Jennifer Ingleheart, who has has published new translations of Catullus in the latest Shearsman magazine
🌈 Prof. Ingleheart has rendered the Latin into loose Polari
🔗 See the latest issue of Shearsman here: www.shearsman.com/shearsman-ma...
🌈 Prof. Ingleheart has rendered the Latin into loose Polari
🔗 See the latest issue of Shearsman here: www.shearsman.com/shearsman-ma...
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Jennifer Ingleheart, who has has published new translations of Catullus in the latest Shearsman magazine
🌈 Prof. Ingleheart has rendered the Latin into loose Polari
🔗 See the latest issue of Shearsman here: www.shearsman.com/shearsman-ma...
🌈 Prof. Ingleheart has rendered the Latin into loose Polari
🔗 See the latest issue of Shearsman here: www.shearsman.com/shearsman-ma...
💥 Join us as the UKRI-funded Aristoteles Pezographos project and the Durham Centre for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (DCAMP) host a workshop dedicated to the Atlantis story in Plato's works.
📆 5 Nov, 10am–6pm
📍 Grey College, Durham & hybrid via Teams
🔗 Full programme: tinyurl.com/c34ekkds
📆 5 Nov, 10am–6pm
📍 Grey College, Durham & hybrid via Teams
🔗 Full programme: tinyurl.com/c34ekkds
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
💥 Join us as the UKRI-funded Aristoteles Pezographos project and the Durham Centre for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (DCAMP) host a workshop dedicated to the Atlantis story in Plato's works.
📆 5 Nov, 10am–6pm
📍 Grey College, Durham & hybrid via Teams
🔗 Full programme: tinyurl.com/c34ekkds
📆 5 Nov, 10am–6pm
📍 Grey College, Durham & hybrid via Teams
🔗 Full programme: tinyurl.com/c34ekkds
🎉 Congratulations to Dr Lucy Jackson, who has provided the introduction and notes to Gary Owen’s 'Iphigenia in Splott'
🎭 The text is a new student edition and is a modern retelling of Iphigenia at Aulis
📚 Pictures from the recent book launch, held at the National Theatre
🔗 tinyurl.com/aps5d2x5
🎭 The text is a new student edition and is a modern retelling of Iphigenia at Aulis
📚 Pictures from the recent book launch, held at the National Theatre
🔗 tinyurl.com/aps5d2x5
October 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Dr Lucy Jackson, who has provided the introduction and notes to Gary Owen’s 'Iphigenia in Splott'
🎭 The text is a new student edition and is a modern retelling of Iphigenia at Aulis
📚 Pictures from the recent book launch, held at the National Theatre
🔗 tinyurl.com/aps5d2x5
🎭 The text is a new student edition and is a modern retelling of Iphigenia at Aulis
📚 Pictures from the recent book launch, held at the National Theatre
🔗 tinyurl.com/aps5d2x5
Note change of location to ER147! 💥
💥 Join us for this week's research seminar!
🏫 Prof. Candida Moss (Birmingham) "Invisible Hands: Enslaved Secretaries, Shorthand, and Authorship"
📅 1pm, Weds 29 Oct
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a31f97...
🏫 Prof. Candida Moss (Birmingham) "Invisible Hands: Enslaved Secretaries, Shorthand, and Authorship"
📅 1pm, Weds 29 Oct
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a31f97...
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Note change of location to ER147! 💥
📚 Conference CFP: Philomythia: Aristotle’s Use of Previous Literatures, 16th-17th June 2026
👉 Part of the ERC/UKRI-funded research project, "Aristoteles Pezographos: The Writing Styles of Aristotle and their Contribution to the Evolution of Greek Prose"
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/3hhcnayc
👉 Part of the ERC/UKRI-funded research project, "Aristoteles Pezographos: The Writing Styles of Aristotle and their Contribution to the Evolution of Greek Prose"
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/3hhcnayc
October 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
📚 Conference CFP: Philomythia: Aristotle’s Use of Previous Literatures, 16th-17th June 2026
👉 Part of the ERC/UKRI-funded research project, "Aristoteles Pezographos: The Writing Styles of Aristotle and their Contribution to the Evolution of Greek Prose"
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/3hhcnayc
👉 Part of the ERC/UKRI-funded research project, "Aristoteles Pezographos: The Writing Styles of Aristotle and their Contribution to the Evolution of Greek Prose"
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/3hhcnayc
💥 Join us for this week's research seminar!
🏫 Prof. Candida Moss (Birmingham) "Invisible Hands: Enslaved Secretaries, Shorthand, and Authorship"
📅 1pm, Weds 29 Oct
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a31f97...
🏫 Prof. Candida Moss (Birmingham) "Invisible Hands: Enslaved Secretaries, Shorthand, and Authorship"
📅 1pm, Weds 29 Oct
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a31f97...
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
💥 Join us for this week's research seminar!
🏫 Prof. Candida Moss (Birmingham) "Invisible Hands: Enslaved Secretaries, Shorthand, and Authorship"
📅 1pm, Weds 29 Oct
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a31f97...
🏫 Prof. Candida Moss (Birmingham) "Invisible Hands: Enslaved Secretaries, Shorthand, and Authorship"
📅 1pm, Weds 29 Oct
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a31f97...
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Finally (but not leastly) in #TEIFriday news today: We're going to run an #EpiDoc training workshop *and* a "teach the teachers" discussion day at @durhamclassics.bsky.social in April 2026 (tba). The fabulous @carolinebarron.bsky.social @geophilologist.bsky.social and many fabulous others are hosts.
October 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Finally (but not leastly) in #TEIFriday news today: We're going to run an #EpiDoc training workshop *and* a "teach the teachers" discussion day at @durhamclassics.bsky.social in April 2026 (tba). The fabulous @carolinebarron.bsky.social @geophilologist.bsky.social and many fabulous others are hosts.
🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Polly Low, who has provided the introduction and notes to Robin Waterfield's recently published new translation of Thucydides!
🔗 tinyurl.com/826xpz6n
🔊 Listen to Polly and Robin on the 'Wondery' podcast: tinyurl.com/3xp738a3
🔗 tinyurl.com/826xpz6n
🔊 Listen to Polly and Robin on the 'Wondery' podcast: tinyurl.com/3xp738a3
October 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Polly Low, who has provided the introduction and notes to Robin Waterfield's recently published new translation of Thucydides!
🔗 tinyurl.com/826xpz6n
🔊 Listen to Polly and Robin on the 'Wondery' podcast: tinyurl.com/3xp738a3
🔗 tinyurl.com/826xpz6n
🔊 Listen to Polly and Robin on the 'Wondery' podcast: tinyurl.com/3xp738a3
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🚨 Calling all Latin, Greek & ClassCiv enthusiasts🚨
Please help us to spread the word & let people know that registration for the 32nd @jactdurham.bsky.social is open!
We have residential & non-residential options available. We also offer bursaries for those who need them!
www.durhamglss.org
Please help us to spread the word & let people know that registration for the 32nd @jactdurham.bsky.social is open!
We have residential & non-residential options available. We also offer bursaries for those who need them!
www.durhamglss.org
Home | JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School
Welcome - The 32nd JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School will take place at St John's College, Durham University from 25th July - 1st August 2026
www.durhamglss.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🚨 Calling all Latin, Greek & ClassCiv enthusiasts🚨
Please help us to spread the word & let people know that registration for the 32nd @jactdurham.bsky.social is open!
We have residential & non-residential options available. We also offer bursaries for those who need them!
www.durhamglss.org
Please help us to spread the word & let people know that registration for the 32nd @jactdurham.bsky.social is open!
We have residential & non-residential options available. We also offer bursaries for those who need them!
www.durhamglss.org
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This Friday (24th), starting at 2pm, we're delighted to welcome Prof. Fernando Lozano Gómez and Prof. Elena Muñiz Grijalvo for a double seminar on "Staging imperial power in the Roman empire". In person at 38 North Bailey, @durhamclassics.bsky.social; or contact us for a link to join online.
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This Friday (24th), starting at 2pm, we're delighted to welcome Prof. Fernando Lozano Gómez and Prof. Elena Muñiz Grijalvo for a double seminar on "Staging imperial power in the Roman empire". In person at 38 North Bailey, @durhamclassics.bsky.social; or contact us for a link to join online.
💥 Congratulations to Dr Andrea Giannotti, who has a new publication in the 'Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies'!
👉 Dr Giannotti explores what purpose did the erection of a stele in a specific civic space serve.
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: tinyurl.com/3mjkre4f
👉 Dr Giannotti explores what purpose did the erection of a stele in a specific civic space serve.
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: tinyurl.com/3mjkre4f
October 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
💥 Congratulations to Dr Andrea Giannotti, who has a new publication in the 'Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies'!
👉 Dr Giannotti explores what purpose did the erection of a stele in a specific civic space serve.
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: tinyurl.com/3mjkre4f
👉 Dr Giannotti explores what purpose did the erection of a stele in a specific civic space serve.
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: tinyurl.com/3mjkre4f
💥 Join us for a special lecture by our visiting scholar!
🏫 Dr Gwynaeth McIntyre (Otago) "Searching for the “True” Likeness of a Caesar? Physical Appearance in Suetonius"
📅 5pm, Thurs 23 Oct
📍 CL007 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/04dd02...
🏫 Dr Gwynaeth McIntyre (Otago) "Searching for the “True” Likeness of a Caesar? Physical Appearance in Suetonius"
📅 5pm, Thurs 23 Oct
📍 CL007 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/04dd02...
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
💥 Join us for a special lecture by our visiting scholar!
🏫 Dr Gwynaeth McIntyre (Otago) "Searching for the “True” Likeness of a Caesar? Physical Appearance in Suetonius"
📅 5pm, Thurs 23 Oct
📍 CL007 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/04dd02...
🏫 Dr Gwynaeth McIntyre (Otago) "Searching for the “True” Likeness of a Caesar? Physical Appearance in Suetonius"
📅 5pm, Thurs 23 Oct
📍 CL007 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/04dd02...
💥 Join us for this week's research seminar!
🏫 Dr Ella Kirsh (Cambridge) "Ipsissima verba? The limits of shorthand under the Roman empire"
📅 1pm, Weds 22 Oct
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/689ab4...
🏫 Dr Ella Kirsh (Cambridge) "Ipsissima verba? The limits of shorthand under the Roman empire"
📅 1pm, Weds 22 Oct
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/689ab4...
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
💥 Join us for this week's research seminar!
🏫 Dr Ella Kirsh (Cambridge) "Ipsissima verba? The limits of shorthand under the Roman empire"
📅 1pm, Weds 22 Oct
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/689ab4...
🏫 Dr Ella Kirsh (Cambridge) "Ipsissima verba? The limits of shorthand under the Roman empire"
📅 1pm, Weds 22 Oct
📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/689ab4...
Thinking of studying at Durham?
The University will be holding tours of the colleges, campus, and city to allow you to discover Durham for yourself on 27, 28, and 31 October!
For more info and to sign up, see durhamuni.eventsair.com/2025-discove...
Open to prospective undergrads and postgrads
The University will be holding tours of the colleges, campus, and city to allow you to discover Durham for yourself on 27, 28, and 31 October!
For more info and to sign up, see durhamuni.eventsair.com/2025-discove...
Open to prospective undergrads and postgrads
October 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Thinking of studying at Durham?
The University will be holding tours of the colleges, campus, and city to allow you to discover Durham for yourself on 27, 28, and 31 October!
For more info and to sign up, see durhamuni.eventsair.com/2025-discove...
Open to prospective undergrads and postgrads
The University will be holding tours of the colleges, campus, and city to allow you to discover Durham for yourself on 27, 28, and 31 October!
For more info and to sign up, see durhamuni.eventsair.com/2025-discove...
Open to prospective undergrads and postgrads
🌳 Conference CFP: Ecocritical Approaches to Ancient Performance Culture, 22–24th April 2026
🎭 This conference will address the relationship between ancient Greek and Roman dramatic/mimetic performances and the natural world, including their reception
👉 Contact Emma Bentley and Edith Hall
🎭 This conference will address the relationship between ancient Greek and Roman dramatic/mimetic performances and the natural world, including their reception
👉 Contact Emma Bentley and Edith Hall
October 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🌳 Conference CFP: Ecocritical Approaches to Ancient Performance Culture, 22–24th April 2026
🎭 This conference will address the relationship between ancient Greek and Roman dramatic/mimetic performances and the natural world, including their reception
👉 Contact Emma Bentley and Edith Hall
🎭 This conference will address the relationship between ancient Greek and Roman dramatic/mimetic performances and the natural world, including their reception
👉 Contact Emma Bentley and Edith Hall
📢 Are you considering Durham for undergraduate or postgraduate study?
💥 Join us for the 'Durham Live' online event to learn more about studying with us: durhamuni.eventsair.com/discover-dur...
📅 20/21 October
💥 Join us for the 'Durham Live' online event to learn more about studying with us: durhamuni.eventsair.com/discover-dur...
📅 20/21 October
October 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
📢 Are you considering Durham for undergraduate or postgraduate study?
💥 Join us for the 'Durham Live' online event to learn more about studying with us: durhamuni.eventsair.com/discover-dur...
📅 20/21 October
💥 Join us for the 'Durham Live' online event to learn more about studying with us: durhamuni.eventsair.com/discover-dur...
📅 20/21 October
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Incredibly honored to have been selected and to be in such wonderful company - I'm very excited to travel to Durham in December. Huge thanks to everyone involved!
💥 Congrats to Dr Alexander Vanderwalle, whose thesis has been awarded the Durham Prize in Classical Reception for 2025!
👏 CongratulatCongratsions also to Aimee Hind Scott on second place, and to Jessica Glueck, whose thesis was highly commended.
📅 Prize lecture in Durham at 5pm on 10th Dec.
👏 CongratulatCongratsions also to Aimee Hind Scott on second place, and to Jessica Glueck, whose thesis was highly commended.
📅 Prize lecture in Durham at 5pm on 10th Dec.
October 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Incredibly honored to have been selected and to be in such wonderful company - I'm very excited to travel to Durham in December. Huge thanks to everyone involved!
💥 Congrats to Dr Alexander Vanderwalle, whose thesis has been awarded the Durham Prize in Classical Reception for 2025!
👏 CongratulatCongratsions also to Aimee Hind Scott on second place, and to Jessica Glueck, whose thesis was highly commended.
📅 Prize lecture in Durham at 5pm on 10th Dec.
👏 CongratulatCongratsions also to Aimee Hind Scott on second place, and to Jessica Glueck, whose thesis was highly commended.
📅 Prize lecture in Durham at 5pm on 10th Dec.
October 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
💥 Congrats to Dr Alexander Vanderwalle, whose thesis has been awarded the Durham Prize in Classical Reception for 2025!
👏 CongratulatCongratsions also to Aimee Hind Scott on second place, and to Jessica Glueck, whose thesis was highly commended.
📅 Prize lecture in Durham at 5pm on 10th Dec.
👏 CongratulatCongratsions also to Aimee Hind Scott on second place, and to Jessica Glueck, whose thesis was highly commended.
📅 Prize lecture in Durham at 5pm on 10th Dec.