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School of Classics, University of St Andrews.
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/classics/
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Laura Bassi #Scholarship, Spring 2026.
Provides editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study. Open to every discipline.

⏰ Apply by 8 March 2026.
🔗 View details and apply: bit.ly/3OinHp2

#funding
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Megan Houston discusses the little known ancient Sanctuary of Zeus Ombrios.
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#MountainCulture #Zeus
February 11, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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“Actually Romantic: The Topos of Love in Byron’s Don Juan in Comparison with the Classical Epics ”
Clara Leonora Burbank (Erlangen-Nurnberg)

STARR #Seminar, 📆 11 February,⏰6pm
In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate
Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email starrgroup@st-andrews.ac.uk for link)

#AllWelcome
February 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Save the dates!
The Centre for Late Antique Studies begins an exciting schedule of seminars on 11 March, with papers from Timothy Greenwood and Becca Grose.
🔗 View schedule: bit.ly/4cexztV
February 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Congratulations to Devon Keesee, whose poster ‘The Melanes Monolith: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of a Colossal Architectural Block on Naxos’ was awarded First Runner Up at the recent Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, held in January in San Francisco.

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February 8, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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CA/Harrow School – Coutts Lecture in Classics: “Pompeii: In Conversation with Dr Sophie Hay & Professor Tom Harrison”

💻 Free #webinar.
📆 3 March, at 5pm.
🔗 View details and sign up: classicalassociation.org/events/ca-ha...
CA/Harrow School - Coutts Lecture in Classics: Dr Sophie Hay and Professor Tom Harrison on "Pompeii: In Conversation with Dr Sophie Hay & Professor Tom Harrison" - The Classical Association
Harrow School Classics Department & The Classical Association present the Coutts Lecture in Classics: Dr Sophie Hay (Pompeii) & Professor Tom Harrison (British Museum), "Pompeii: In Conversation with…
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February 7, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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St Andrews is amongst the leading universities in the world for research and teaching in the arts and humanities, coming 35th in the Arts and Humanities World University Rankings 2026, published by Times Higher.

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February 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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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 selby-sympa@st-andrews.ac.uk, and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in subject)

#AllWelcome
🔗 View schedule: bit.ly/cl2526s2 .
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Applications for the next cohort of the Europaeum Scholars Programme are open. This is a two‑year, fully funded policy and leadership programme for outstanding doctoral students across the Europaeum network

🔗 View details and apply: bit.ly/4aaYjc7
⏰ Application deadline: 15 March 2026 at 23:59 GMT.
Scholars' Programme - Europaeum
Our programme for Future Leaders of Europe: The EuropaeumScholars' Programme is a two-year policy and leadership course for the most talented, energetic and committed doctoral candidates from within…
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February 5, 2026 at 3:02 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 starrgroup@st-andrews.ac.uk 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 selby-sympa@st-andrews.ac.uk, 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...
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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 starrgroup@st-andrews.ac.uk for link)

#AllWelcome
January 26, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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The BAA's Jill Franklin Fellowship offers an opportunity to spend a month in Rome pursuing research into Romanesque architecture and allied arts.

View full details including eligibility and how to apply: 🔗 thebaa.org/scholarships...
⏰ Application deadline: 31 January 2026
Jill Franklin Fellowship in Romanesque Architectural History – British Archaeological Association
The fellowship has been established in memory of Jill Franklin (1945-2023), a scholar best known for her work on the architecture of the Augustinian canons, principally of the 11th and 12th…
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January 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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"Transmission, Reception and Imitation in Romanesque art and architecture"

#conference
📆 13-17 April 2026
📍 Toulouse
🔗 View details and register: thebaa.org/events/2026-...

Hosted by the British Archaeological Association.

Limited number of scholarships for students are available.
2026 Romanesque Conference: Toulouse – Transmission, Reception and Imitation in Romanesque art and architecture – British Archaeological Association
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January 24, 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 selby-sympa@st-andrews.ac.uk, 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 BAA Ochs scholarship offers late stage funding to postgraduate students writing up their theses.
🔗 View details and apply: thebaa.org/scholarships...
⏰ Application deadline: 1 February 2026

#PhD #PostgraduateStudy
Ochs Scholarship – British Archaeological Association
The Ochs Scholarship was established in 1994 from a bequest by Maud Lillian Ochs, and is awarded annually by the British Archaeological Association for research projects which fall within the…
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January 22, 2026 at 4:16 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...

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January 21, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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In fond remembrance of our dear friend and colleague Professor Adrian Gratwick, who left us in October 2025. He is greatly missed.

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🔗Read about Adrian: cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2026/0...
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January 20, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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"Teaching Philosophy and Antiquity in Prisons"

#conference
📆 5 to 6 March
Hybrid event: 📍University of Durham /💻 online (email arlene.v.holmes-henderson@durham.ac.uk by 2 March to request link)
🔗 View details: classicalassociation.org/events/teach...
'Teaching Philosophy and Antiquity in Prisons' (University of Durham) - The Classical Association
Edith Hall and Arlene Holmes-Henderson are delighted to share further details of the 'Teaching Philosophy and Antiquity in Prisons' international conference at Durham University on 5th-6th March…
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January 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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"Law as a catalyst and remedy for civic violence in early Rome: two examples from Dionysius of Halicarnassus"
(Stefano Carlo Sala)

Read #OpenAccess article: 🔗 journals.openedition.org/etudesancien...

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Law as a catalyst and remedy for civic violence in early Rome : two...
In Book 2 of the Roman Antiquities, the Greek historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus praises the remarkable attitude of the early Romans towards civic violence: [the Romans] never in the course of si...
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January 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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"The travels of Edward Falkener: a Victorian architect in Ottoman Anatolia "
(Sebastian Marshall)

Read #OpenAccess article: 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
THE TRAVELS OF EDWARD FALKENER: A VICTORIAN ARCHITECT IN OTTOMAN ANATOLIA | The Antiquaries Journal | Cambridge Core
THE TRAVELS OF EDWARD FALKENER: A VICTORIAN ARCHITECT IN OTTOMAN ANATOLIA
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January 16, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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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