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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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Join the ICS: The Institute of Classical Studies is now recruiting for an open-ended lectureship in Classical Studies in support of its national mission.

Full details here: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Deadline 15 January
Lecturer in Classical Studies (Research, Training and Partnerships):London Senate House
The University of London
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❄️ Wishing a happy and peaceful holiday season to all ❄️

The ICS is now closed for the holiday break and will reopen on Monday 5 January. The Library will close at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 23 December and reopen at 9.30am on Monday 5 January 2026.
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Join the ICS & British Museum for a major upcoming conference: The Ancient Mediterranean and the British Museum - Past and Futures
25-27 February

Exploring the past impact and future potential of the British Museum’s collections from the ancient Mediterranean world. Register here: shorturl.at/scLoA
The Ancient Mediterranean and the British Museum - Past and Futures
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December 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
ICS Spring Term Seminars are now listed!

Join us for regular series in Ancient History, Ancient Philosophy, Mycenaean Studies, Ancient Literature, Archaeology, Postgraduate Work-in-Progress, and Digital Classics from Janaury through March 2026.

Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Events
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December 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Which Hyginus wrote the Fables? Rethinking an Augustan mythographer through linguistic evidence, Prof Luiz Henrique Milani Queriquelli reflects on his Visiting Fellowship:

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December 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Join the ICS in collaboration with the British School at Rome for an upcoming event:
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow

Monday 19 January
6-8pm
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow
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December 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Our annual Loeb tree is up! It's topped with a 3D print of a 3rd century BCE terracotta figure housed in the library @palaeofuturist.bsky.social sketchfab.com/3d-models/la...
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Have you read the ICS December Newsletter? Kathryn Tempest reflects on her first term as ICS Director, and we share exciting news, activities, and upcoming events of the Institute: mailchi.mp/sas/ics-news...

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December 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Join the ICS, Josephine Balmer (Independent Poet), Fiona Cox (University of Exeter), & Elena Theodorakopoulos (University of Birmingham) for an upcoming event:

Things We Leave Behind: The Poetry of Josephine Balmer
Tuesday 16 December, 5.30-7.30pm

Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Things We Leave Behind: The Poetry of Josephine Balmer
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December 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Classics and Ancient History subject meeting
Tues 16 Dec, 10am-4.30pm
In person at Senate House: shorturl.at/7diQK

Including discussion with colleagues across the UK, updates on REF, and Spotlight talks from: Professor Katharine Earnshaw (Exeter) and Dr Anna Walas (ICS).
The Classics and Ancient History subject meeting
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December 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Join the ICS: The Institute of Classical Studies is now recruiting for an open-ended lectureship in Classical Studies in support of its national mission.

Full details here: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Deadline 15 January
Lecturer in Classical Studies (Research, Training and Partnerships):London Senate House
The University of London
www.jobs.london.ac.uk
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The Future of the Antique: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon
10-12 Dec

Programme: shorturl.at/td8kw
Register: shorturl.at/cDJF4

Marking the new edition of Haskell & Penny’s seminal Taste and the Antique. This conference will address how classical statues shaped visual culture beyond replication.
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Revisiting the Ancient Mediterranean World at the British Museum: Race & the representation of the other

Mon 15 Dec, 4pm, Senate House
Full details: shorturl.at/dbH6p

Speakers include: Hardeep Dhindsa (Birmingham Museums Trust), Mai Musié (UoL), Eleanor Newman (Oxford), Joseph Skinner (Newcastle)
Revisiting the Ancient Mediterranean World at the British Museum: Race and the representation of the other
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December 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Register now for upcoming ICS Archaeology Seminar
Weds 10 Dec, 5pm

Miljana Radivojević (UCL Institute of Archaeology) will discuss Community Detection in Archaeology: Testing Robust Algorithms on Early Copper Networks in the Balkans

shorturl.at/Ge1Ue
December 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Learn more about the School of Advanced Study and studying here.

(and look out for our brilliant librarians Paul Jackson and Rosario Rovira Guardiola who make a cameo!)
At the School of Advanced Study, our students learn directly from sector-leading experts who bring cutting-edge research and real-world experience into the classroom.

Join us and become part of a community where research meets opportunity: sas.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Applications now open: The Michael Ventris Award for Mycenaean Studies (2026)

An annual award of up to £4,000 to a junior scholar for research into Mycenaean studies or kindred subjects including: Linear B; Bronze Age of the Aegean and Cyprus.

Full details here: shorturl.at/INHMr
Deadline 1 Feb 26
The Michael Ventris Award for Mycenaean Studies (2026)
Annual £3,000 award supporting research in Mycenaean studies for early-career scholars who have completed their doctorate within the past eight years.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Explore how classical statues shaped visual culture beyond replication in this @ics.bsky.social conference 'The Future of the Antique: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon'.

10-12 December 2025 | 📍 Senate House

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#ClassicalStudies #Classics #VisualCulture
The Future of the Antique: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon
This conference marks the publication of the new, expanded edition of Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny’s seminal Taste and the Antique
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November 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Forgot to say: held seminar on the post-Ides construction of Caesar’s murder and the concept of Fatherhood at the @ics.bsky.social two days ago. Very thankful for the brilliant and helpful comments by @profyarrow.bsky.social, @kathryntempest.bsky.social, @emizuc.bsky.social, Francesco Cassini & als.
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Classics and Ancient History subject meeting
Tues 16 Dec, 10am-4.30pm
In person at Senate House: shorturl.at/7diQK

Including discussion with colleagues across the UK, updates on REF, and Spotlight talks from: Professor Katharine Earnshaw (Exeter) and Dr Anna Walas (ICS).
The Classics and Ancient History subject meeting
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November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
New open-access Publication: Relativism & the Frontiers of Empire
Eds Anna Walas & Andrew Birley

Framing Roman frontiers through the lens of intellectual legacies of cultural relativism. Contributors explore frontiers as spaces where difference, belonging and power are negotiated.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Deep Time and Global Scope in a Digital Project: The example of the Human Figure, a public seminar by @sebhth.bsky.social (Sebastian Heath, NYU), at the @dh-researchhub.bsky.social this coming Tuesday, 25th November at 17:00 GMT.

Sign up in person or online: www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma...
Deep Time and Global Scope in a Digital Project: The example of the Human Figure
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November 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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📣Registration is now open for our Subject Annual Meeting on 16 December, hosted by @ics.bsky.social.

➡️ Check out the programme, featuring fantastic spotlight talks on interdisciplinary research and public engagement, as well as an all important REF update at ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Classics and Ancient History subject meeting
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November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Register now for our upcoming Cutting Edge: Conversations in Epigraphy Seminar
Wednesday 3 Dec, 4-5pm, Online via Zoom

New Voices & Perspectives in Epigraphy: A Workshop on Editing Unpublished Inscriptions and Widening Participation in Scholarship

Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
New Voices & Perspectives in Epigraphy: A Workshop on Editing Unpublished Inscriptions and Widening Participation in Scholarship.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
CALLING ALL UG STUDENTS. Awards (up to £1000) for students of classical studies at a UK University to visit classical sites and museums in Greece, Italy or the Eastern Mediterranean in the Easter or summer vacation.

Society of Dilletanti travel awards now accepting applications: shorturl.at/fxXMI
Society of Dilettanti (2026)
Annual scholarships up to £1,000 for UK university students studying classics to visit Mediterranean sites, supporting independent travel and aesthetic appreciation of classical ar
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November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Photography for Researchers and Heritage Professionals
Thurs 27 Nov, 12-1.30pm
Senate House MakerSpace

This session will explain problems and difficulties of photographing our research or collection objects, and how best to use different types of camera from DSLRs to smartphones:
Photography for Researchers and Heritage Professionals
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November 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Join Lindy Crewe (CAARI) for the upcoming Mycenaean Seminar:

Processing and cooking at Kissonerga-Skalia at the transition to the Late Bronze Age on Cyprus
Wednesday 3 December, 3.30-5pm
Online via Zoom

Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Processing and cooking at Kissonerga-Skalia at the transition to the Late Bronze Age on Cyprus
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November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM