Durham Classics and Ancient History
@durhamclassics.bsky.social
Website and contact details: https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/classics-ancient-history/
🎁 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...
💥 Congratulations to Dr Michael Loy, who alongside Katharine Hall has a new publication in 'Internet Archaeology'!
👉 This article proposes a methodology for restoring archaeological context to pottery sherds processed in the conservation lab.
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: tinyurl.com/6t8yhrjn
👉 This article proposes a methodology for restoring archaeological context to pottery sherds processed in the conservation lab.
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: tinyurl.com/6t8yhrjn
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
💥 Congratulations to Dr Michael Loy, who alongside Katharine Hall has a new publication in 'Internet Archaeology'!
👉 This article proposes a methodology for restoring archaeological context to pottery sherds processed in the conservation lab.
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: tinyurl.com/6t8yhrjn
👉 This article proposes a methodology for restoring archaeological context to pottery sherds processed in the conservation lab.
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: tinyurl.com/6t8yhrjn
🏛 Thinking about getting started with Greek and Latin? Want to hone your existing language skills?
💥 Check out the JACT Greek and Latin Summer School.
📆 Registration now open for the 2026 Summer School: 15 July – 1 August.
🔗 www.durhamglss.org
💥 Check out the JACT Greek and Latin Summer School.
📆 Registration now open for the 2026 Summer School: 15 July – 1 August.
🔗 www.durhamglss.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🏛 Thinking about getting started with Greek and Latin? Want to hone your existing language skills?
💥 Check out the JACT Greek and Latin Summer School.
📆 Registration now open for the 2026 Summer School: 15 July – 1 August.
🔗 www.durhamglss.org
💥 Check out the JACT Greek and Latin Summer School.
📆 Registration now open for the 2026 Summer School: 15 July – 1 August.
🔗 www.durhamglss.org
💥 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: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/84e9bd...
🏫 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: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/84e9bd...
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 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: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/84e9bd...
🏫 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: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/84e9bd...
Reposted by Durham Classics and Ancient History
Professor @edithmayhall.bsky.social, from our Department of Classics and Ancient History, has been awarded the 2024 International Hellenic Prize for her acclaimed book Facing Down the Furies. Discover more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
#TransformativeHumanities @durhamclassics.bsky.social
#TransformativeHumanities @durhamclassics.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Professor @edithmayhall.bsky.social, from our Department of Classics and Ancient History, has been awarded the 2024 International Hellenic Prize for her acclaimed book Facing Down the Furies. Discover more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
#TransformativeHumanities @durhamclassics.bsky.social
#TransformativeHumanities @durhamclassics.bsky.social
🚨 PhD scholarship alert!
👉 PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities, 8 available!
💥 3.5 years funding & full fee waiver
🔗 Full details: www.dur.ac.uk/departments/...
👉 PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities, 8 available!
💥 3.5 years funding & full fee waiver
🔗 Full details: www.dur.ac.uk/departments/...
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🚨 PhD scholarship alert!
👉 PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities, 8 available!
💥 3.5 years funding & full fee waiver
🔗 Full details: www.dur.ac.uk/departments/...
👉 PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities, 8 available!
💥 3.5 years funding & full fee waiver
🔗 Full details: www.dur.ac.uk/departments/...
💥 Congratulations to Dr Ilaria Bucci and Prof. Ted Kaizer, who have a new article in the latest volume of 'Iraq'!
👉 This article is the publication of the first bilingual inscription from Hatra, combining Greek with Hatran Aramaic.
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: doi.org/10.1017/irq....
👉 This article is the publication of the first bilingual inscription from Hatra, combining Greek with Hatran Aramaic.
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: doi.org/10.1017/irq....
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
💥 Congratulations to Dr Ilaria Bucci and Prof. Ted Kaizer, who have a new article in the latest volume of 'Iraq'!
👉 This article is the publication of the first bilingual inscription from Hatra, combining Greek with Hatran Aramaic.
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: doi.org/10.1017/irq....
👉 This article is the publication of the first bilingual inscription from Hatra, combining Greek with Hatran Aramaic.
🔗 Read here for free, open-access: doi.org/10.1017/irq....
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