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💥 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
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 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
November 18, 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: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/84e9bd...
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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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
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 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/...
November 14, 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....
November 13, 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/...
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 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...
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 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
November 7, 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
November 6, 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
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 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
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 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...
November 3, 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...
October 31, 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
October 30, 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
October 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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...
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 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
October 28, 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...
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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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
🎉 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
October 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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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!

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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
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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
💥 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
October 22, 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...
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM