Sad news out of Nottingham Uni: "world-leading" but suspending (i.e. closing for now) music and modern languages programmes? Surely not. I hope they reconsider.
Please sign this petition protesting the closure of the music programmes:
c.org/k884FyfWPt

My latest Linkedin post about the start of Autumn term at RHUL Classics :
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Please read and circulate this letter from CUCD and various learned societies in defence of Ancient History and Religion and Theology at Cardiff University
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/03/11/o...

It's #InternationalWomensDay2025 and to mark the occasion we have created a very special post on our Instagram account celebrating inspirational #women, mythical and historical, past and contemporary- #Classics icons.

www.instagram.com/p/DG8hheNMKd...

CLASSICS TASTER DAY AT RHUL: "Normal People: Life and Love in the Ancient World"
The Classics Department invites aspiring Classicists (yrs 10 & upwards) to its Classics Taster Day on Thursday 10 July 2025, 10:30am to 3:30pm.
Please repost/share w/ teachers/pupils Book: shorturl.at/HohU9

A fantastic event for the Classics Department, the School of Humanities, the University and the wider community.

Don't miss it! Book your free ticket today! shorturl.at/3pWfH

And please retweet!

@rhulclassics.bsky.social @lizgloyn.bsky.social @emizuc.bsky.social

The proposals to cut the Ancient History degree are unjustified and brutal.

Please show your support to colleagues at Cardiff by signing this petition. I have just added my signature

chng.it/pNm2x2GCFT

Happy New Year everyone! 2024 ended with the depressing news of the potential scrapping of the Latin Excellence Programme: Here is a (first) letter protesting this short-sighted, penny-pinching move by the government- more will follow.
dub.sh/mbByOF0 Let's hope the government will reconsider!

We have had a very busy week!

Good news!

DABIS LECTURE 2024: 16 May 2024 at 18:00
Prof. A. Chaniotis "New discussions of old problems: The Elgin Marbles, Stern’s Cycladic Collection, and cultural heritage" Please book your tickets ASAP- this is going to be a very popular event- All are Welcome!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dabis-lect...

Dabis Lecture, 16 May 2024 at 18:00- Prof. Angelos Chaniotis on "New discussions of old problems: The Elgin Marbles, Stern’s Cycladic Collection, and cultural heritage" Save the Date! Eventbrite link to follow shortly!

I sent out the first departmental newsletter (now also available on Spotify!) to our Classics community here at RHUL last week & asked colleagues & students to consider contributing to the next issue. The response was overwhelming- I got material for the next 3 weeks! This is community!

And our first Departmental Meeting (we call it Forum) is about to start! But first tea/coffee and cookies...

Meeting our first-year Classicists (the biggest cohort we have ever welcomed to RHUL Classics!) for the first time gave me such an injection of enthusiasm and inspired me for the year ahead!

The agonies and joys of being a Head of Department: my week summed up in 10 words!

We are delighted to welcome Dr Mengzhen Yue
to the Classics Department at Royal Holloway and the Centre for Oratory and Rhetoric as a British Academy Visiting Fellow! Her project looks at the first Chinese translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric: this is truly global Humanities and global Classics

My first day on Blue-Sky
This platform looks like what (X)-T could have been. Lots of interesting features and a much calmer, humane environment.
But it will take ages for most ppl to build up connections. Let's see how this goes...

I have just joined and am figuring out what makes this platform "tick"...
If you're passionate for the ancient world, language, the art of persuasion, I would like to connect with you!