The Institute of Classical Studies
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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.
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.
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.
November 11, 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.
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.
Read the latest issue of the Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies on Orosius Through The Ages academic.oup.com/bics/issue/6...
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Read the latest issue of the Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies on Orosius Through The Ages academic.oup.com/bics/issue/6...
Register now for ICS Archaeology Seminars:
Shared Horizons: A Dialogue Between Classical Archaeology & Archaeological Science shorturl.at/mRVRO
Weds 26 Nov, 5pm, Eleanor von Aderkas (UCL & British Museum)
Containing Commodities: Organic Residue Analysis of Greek Decorated Pottery shorturl.at/046zk
Shared Horizons: A Dialogue Between Classical Archaeology & Archaeological Science shorturl.at/mRVRO
Weds 26 Nov, 5pm, Eleanor von Aderkas (UCL & British Museum)
Containing Commodities: Organic Residue Analysis of Greek Decorated Pottery shorturl.at/046zk
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Register now for ICS Archaeology Seminars:
Shared Horizons: A Dialogue Between Classical Archaeology & Archaeological Science shorturl.at/mRVRO
Weds 26 Nov, 5pm, Eleanor von Aderkas (UCL & British Museum)
Containing Commodities: Organic Residue Analysis of Greek Decorated Pottery shorturl.at/046zk
Shared Horizons: A Dialogue Between Classical Archaeology & Archaeological Science shorturl.at/mRVRO
Weds 26 Nov, 5pm, Eleanor von Aderkas (UCL & British Museum)
Containing Commodities: Organic Residue Analysis of Greek Decorated Pottery shorturl.at/046zk
Final days to apply: ICS Public Engagement Grants
Apply for up to £500 to support Classics-themed public engagement activities, demonstrating aspects of research in Classics in ways that are accessible, enjoyable & understandable for non-specialist audiences
Deadline 1 Nov: shorturl.at/BRqqU
Apply for up to £500 to support Classics-themed public engagement activities, demonstrating aspects of research in Classics in ways that are accessible, enjoyable & understandable for non-specialist audiences
Deadline 1 Nov: shorturl.at/BRqqU
October 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Final days to apply: ICS Public Engagement Grants
Apply for up to £500 to support Classics-themed public engagement activities, demonstrating aspects of research in Classics in ways that are accessible, enjoyable & understandable for non-specialist audiences
Deadline 1 Nov: shorturl.at/BRqqU
Apply for up to £500 to support Classics-themed public engagement activities, demonstrating aspects of research in Classics in ways that are accessible, enjoyable & understandable for non-specialist audiences
Deadline 1 Nov: shorturl.at/BRqqU
Join us to remember the late Prof John North, Honorary Fellow, former Director, and long-time friend of the ICS.
Thurs 6 Nov 4.30pm, Tim Cornell (Manchester) will give a memorial lecture: The symbolic projection of social reality. John North’s vision of Roman religion and culture: shorturl.at/6fU7g
Thurs 6 Nov 4.30pm, Tim Cornell (Manchester) will give a memorial lecture: The symbolic projection of social reality. John North’s vision of Roman religion and culture: shorturl.at/6fU7g
October 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Join us to remember the late Prof John North, Honorary Fellow, former Director, and long-time friend of the ICS.
Thurs 6 Nov 4.30pm, Tim Cornell (Manchester) will give a memorial lecture: The symbolic projection of social reality. John North’s vision of Roman religion and culture: shorturl.at/6fU7g
Thurs 6 Nov 4.30pm, Tim Cornell (Manchester) will give a memorial lecture: The symbolic projection of social reality. John North’s vision of Roman religion and culture: shorturl.at/6fU7g
📣 Calling all PhD Students in Classics, Archaeology, Ancient History, and related disciplines 📣
Register now for our Classical Studies PhD welcome event
22 October 2025, 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Learn how the ICS’s resources and activities can support you in your PhD research: shorturl.at/pxRQe
Register now for our Classical Studies PhD welcome event
22 October 2025, 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Learn how the ICS’s resources and activities can support you in your PhD research: shorturl.at/pxRQe
October 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
📣 Calling all PhD Students in Classics, Archaeology, Ancient History, and related disciplines 📣
Register now for our Classical Studies PhD welcome event
22 October 2025, 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Learn how the ICS’s resources and activities can support you in your PhD research: shorturl.at/pxRQe
Register now for our Classical Studies PhD welcome event
22 October 2025, 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Learn how the ICS’s resources and activities can support you in your PhD research: shorturl.at/pxRQe
Accordia Research Institute Lectures return for 2025-26 focusing on aspects of Italian archaeology and history.
Join us on Tues Oct 21 at 5.30pm, Eleanor Betts (Open University) will discuss ‘The Potentino Exploration Project: the undiscovered temple’
Full schedule here: shorturl.at/8UIZ5
Join us on Tues Oct 21 at 5.30pm, Eleanor Betts (Open University) will discuss ‘The Potentino Exploration Project: the undiscovered temple’
Full schedule here: shorturl.at/8UIZ5
October 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Accordia Research Institute Lectures return for 2025-26 focusing on aspects of Italian archaeology and history.
Join us on Tues Oct 21 at 5.30pm, Eleanor Betts (Open University) will discuss ‘The Potentino Exploration Project: the undiscovered temple’
Full schedule here: shorturl.at/8UIZ5
Join us on Tues Oct 21 at 5.30pm, Eleanor Betts (Open University) will discuss ‘The Potentino Exploration Project: the undiscovered temple’
Full schedule here: shorturl.at/8UIZ5
Join Ben Dewar (ICS) who will speak at the upcoming seminar in The Cutting Edge: Conversations in epigraphy series
Weds 15 Oct, 5pm
The Tablet Box in Context: Epigraphic Perspectives on the Construction of Historical Knowledge in Ancient Assyrian
Full details here: shorturl.at/1BzZk
Weds 15 Oct, 5pm
The Tablet Box in Context: Epigraphic Perspectives on the Construction of Historical Knowledge in Ancient Assyrian
Full details here: shorturl.at/1BzZk
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Join Ben Dewar (ICS) who will speak at the upcoming seminar in The Cutting Edge: Conversations in epigraphy series
Weds 15 Oct, 5pm
The Tablet Box in Context: Epigraphic Perspectives on the Construction of Historical Knowledge in Ancient Assyrian
Full details here: shorturl.at/1BzZk
Weds 15 Oct, 5pm
The Tablet Box in Context: Epigraphic Perspectives on the Construction of Historical Knowledge in Ancient Assyrian
Full details here: shorturl.at/1BzZk
Delighted to welcome speakers and attendees to our conference
Herculaneum: Contexts, Present Progress and Future Prospects
Today we kick off with sessions on Archaeology and Papyrology including papers from eminent and emergent scholars.
Herculaneum: Contexts, Present Progress and Future Prospects
Today we kick off with sessions on Archaeology and Papyrology including papers from eminent and emergent scholars.
October 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Delighted to welcome speakers and attendees to our conference
Herculaneum: Contexts, Present Progress and Future Prospects
Today we kick off with sessions on Archaeology and Papyrology including papers from eminent and emergent scholars.
Herculaneum: Contexts, Present Progress and Future Prospects
Today we kick off with sessions on Archaeology and Papyrology including papers from eminent and emergent scholars.
Delighted to welcome Jas Elsner to Senate House tonight for the 28th Denys Haynes Memorial Lecture: Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art
October 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Delighted to welcome Jas Elsner to Senate House tonight for the 28th Denys Haynes Memorial Lecture: Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art
This afternoon ICS Librarians Sue Willetts and Rosario Rovira Guardiola hosted students from the Research Training in Classical Art and Archaeology Intercollegiate Module at the Combined Library to introduce them to handling texts, using the library, and accessing resources.
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This afternoon ICS Librarians Sue Willetts and Rosario Rovira Guardiola hosted students from the Research Training in Classical Art and Archaeology Intercollegiate Module at the Combined Library to introduce them to handling texts, using the library, and accessing resources.
Prof Polly Low (Durham) will give the Autumn Lecture in Classics, part of the ICS/National Hellenic Research Foundation/British School at Athens Lectures in Classics
Towards a New History of Ancient Greek Empire(s)
Mon 3 Nov, 6pm, at the BSA.
Full details & link to register: shorturl.at/7YW74
Towards a New History of Ancient Greek Empire(s)
Mon 3 Nov, 6pm, at the BSA.
Full details & link to register: shorturl.at/7YW74
October 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Prof Polly Low (Durham) will give the Autumn Lecture in Classics, part of the ICS/National Hellenic Research Foundation/British School at Athens Lectures in Classics
Towards a New History of Ancient Greek Empire(s)
Mon 3 Nov, 6pm, at the BSA.
Full details & link to register: shorturl.at/7YW74
Towards a New History of Ancient Greek Empire(s)
Mon 3 Nov, 6pm, at the BSA.
Full details & link to register: shorturl.at/7YW74
Registration now open for our upcoming 3D Spring School: shorturl.at/GpY8r
3D Imaging and Modelling for Classics and Cultural Heritage
13-17 April 2026
This in-person course will introduce you to issues, methods and technologies in the 3D imaging and modelling of ancient artefacts and buildings.
3D Imaging and Modelling for Classics and Cultural Heritage
13-17 April 2026
This in-person course will introduce you to issues, methods and technologies in the 3D imaging and modelling of ancient artefacts and buildings.
October 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Registration now open for our upcoming 3D Spring School: shorturl.at/GpY8r
3D Imaging and Modelling for Classics and Cultural Heritage
13-17 April 2026
This in-person course will introduce you to issues, methods and technologies in the 3D imaging and modelling of ancient artefacts and buildings.
3D Imaging and Modelling for Classics and Cultural Heritage
13-17 April 2026
This in-person course will introduce you to issues, methods and technologies in the 3D imaging and modelling of ancient artefacts and buildings.
Mycenaean Seminars are back for the 2025-26 Series. Join us on Wednesday 15 October at 3.30pm to hear Trevor Van Damme (University of Warwick) speak about: New discoveries from ancient Eleon in Boeotia: shorturl.at/Vl6QF
Details on the full seminar series can be found here shorturl.at/hly7i
Details on the full seminar series can be found here shorturl.at/hly7i
October 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Mycenaean Seminars are back for the 2025-26 Series. Join us on Wednesday 15 October at 3.30pm to hear Trevor Van Damme (University of Warwick) speak about: New discoveries from ancient Eleon in Boeotia: shorturl.at/Vl6QF
Details on the full seminar series can be found here shorturl.at/hly7i
Details on the full seminar series can be found here shorturl.at/hly7i
Come see the new Library Exhibition: 100 Years of the Wood Collection
Exploring treasures from British antiquarian Robert Wood including diaries, notebooks, sketchbooks, and published works to mark the centenary of the collection’s acquisition. Now on view at Senate House, 3rd Floor Lobby.
Exploring treasures from British antiquarian Robert Wood including diaries, notebooks, sketchbooks, and published works to mark the centenary of the collection’s acquisition. Now on view at Senate House, 3rd Floor Lobby.
October 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Come see the new Library Exhibition: 100 Years of the Wood Collection
Exploring treasures from British antiquarian Robert Wood including diaries, notebooks, sketchbooks, and published works to mark the centenary of the collection’s acquisition. Now on view at Senate House, 3rd Floor Lobby.
Exploring treasures from British antiquarian Robert Wood including diaries, notebooks, sketchbooks, and published works to mark the centenary of the collection’s acquisition. Now on view at Senate House, 3rd Floor Lobby.
Teaching began today on ICS Intercollegiate Module: Wine, Oil and Grain in Greece and Rome: Production to Consumption convened by Dr Emlyn Dodd.
Students will learn how wine, oil and grain shape(d) the physical, cultural and economic landscapes of the Mediterranean: shorturl.at/6mW5k
Students will learn how wine, oil and grain shape(d) the physical, cultural and economic landscapes of the Mediterranean: shorturl.at/6mW5k
October 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Teaching began today on ICS Intercollegiate Module: Wine, Oil and Grain in Greece and Rome: Production to Consumption convened by Dr Emlyn Dodd.
Students will learn how wine, oil and grain shape(d) the physical, cultural and economic landscapes of the Mediterranean: shorturl.at/6mW5k
Students will learn how wine, oil and grain shape(d) the physical, cultural and economic landscapes of the Mediterranean: shorturl.at/6mW5k
Congratulations to Dr Jessica Venner who has been awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the University of Oxford for her project Cultivating Cohesion: Urban Agricultural Gardens in Early Imperial Tyrrhenian Italy (31 BCE–117 CE) shorturl.at/VKGGJ
October 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Congratulations to Dr Jessica Venner who has been awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the University of Oxford for her project Cultivating Cohesion: Urban Agricultural Gardens in Early Imperial Tyrrhenian Italy (31 BCE–117 CE) shorturl.at/VKGGJ
We are delighted to welcome five new Early Career Research Associates to the ICS: Dr Jessica Clarke, Dr Edward Jones, Dr Melissa Kays, Dr Alexandra Solovyev, and Dr Mirjam von Bechtolsheim.
See the full cohort of ECRA's here: shorturl.at/VOONa
See the full cohort of ECRA's here: shorturl.at/VOONa
October 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
We are delighted to welcome five new Early Career Research Associates to the ICS: Dr Jessica Clarke, Dr Edward Jones, Dr Melissa Kays, Dr Alexandra Solovyev, and Dr Mirjam von Bechtolsheim.
See the full cohort of ECRA's here: shorturl.at/VOONa
See the full cohort of ECRA's here: shorturl.at/VOONa
One particular highlight of the Being Human Festival:
Reading in the Roman Empire: ICS Acting Director Dr Kathryn Tempest and Prof Gesine Manuwald (UCL) will introduce a series of lightning talks on the literature and reading culture of ancient Rome.
Weds 12 Nov
2.30-3.30pm
shorturl.at/WxLB4
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Reading in the Roman Empire: ICS Acting Director Dr Kathryn Tempest and Prof Gesine Manuwald (UCL) will introduce a series of lightning talks on the literature and reading culture of ancient Rome.
Weds 12 Nov
2.30-3.30pm
shorturl.at/WxLB4
2/2
September 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
One particular highlight of the Being Human Festival:
Reading in the Roman Empire: ICS Acting Director Dr Kathryn Tempest and Prof Gesine Manuwald (UCL) will introduce a series of lightning talks on the literature and reading culture of ancient Rome.
Weds 12 Nov
2.30-3.30pm
shorturl.at/WxLB4
2/2
Reading in the Roman Empire: ICS Acting Director Dr Kathryn Tempest and Prof Gesine Manuwald (UCL) will introduce a series of lightning talks on the literature and reading culture of ancient Rome.
Weds 12 Nov
2.30-3.30pm
shorturl.at/WxLB4
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Ancient Philosophy Seminars return for Autumn Term: Mondays 2-4pm, in person at Senate House and Online via Zoom
Monday 6 Oct, 2pm
Join Ugo Zilioli (Oxford) who will discuss Pyrrho’s Revelation: On the Hieratic Style and Oral Origin of the Aristocles Passage, Between East and West
shorturl.at/zXwmO
Monday 6 Oct, 2pm
Join Ugo Zilioli (Oxford) who will discuss Pyrrho’s Revelation: On the Hieratic Style and Oral Origin of the Aristocles Passage, Between East and West
shorturl.at/zXwmO
September 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Ancient Philosophy Seminars return for Autumn Term: Mondays 2-4pm, in person at Senate House and Online via Zoom
Monday 6 Oct, 2pm
Join Ugo Zilioli (Oxford) who will discuss Pyrrho’s Revelation: On the Hieratic Style and Oral Origin of the Aristocles Passage, Between East and West
shorturl.at/zXwmO
Monday 6 Oct, 2pm
Join Ugo Zilioli (Oxford) who will discuss Pyrrho’s Revelation: On the Hieratic Style and Oral Origin of the Aristocles Passage, Between East and West
shorturl.at/zXwmO
Postgraduate Work-in-Progress seminars are back! Fridays at 5pm, in person and online.
Friday 3 October, Antonis Stamiris (University of Edinburgh) will discuss: Anticipatory Pain and Pleasure in the Platonic and Aristotelian Analysis of Emotion
Full schedule here: shorturl.at/xlKgo
Friday 3 October, Antonis Stamiris (University of Edinburgh) will discuss: Anticipatory Pain and Pleasure in the Platonic and Aristotelian Analysis of Emotion
Full schedule here: shorturl.at/xlKgo
September 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Postgraduate Work-in-Progress seminars are back! Fridays at 5pm, in person and online.
Friday 3 October, Antonis Stamiris (University of Edinburgh) will discuss: Anticipatory Pain and Pleasure in the Platonic and Aristotelian Analysis of Emotion
Full schedule here: shorturl.at/xlKgo
Friday 3 October, Antonis Stamiris (University of Edinburgh) will discuss: Anticipatory Pain and Pleasure in the Platonic and Aristotelian Analysis of Emotion
Full schedule here: shorturl.at/xlKgo
Training activities include:
• Intros to digital approaches to Classics
• Developing & leading a major project
• Publishing in journals
• Applying for postdocs & fellowships
• Spring School in 3D imaging and modelling
Most activities are free & open to all regardless of career stage/affiliation
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• Intros to digital approaches to Classics
• Developing & leading a major project
• Publishing in journals
• Applying for postdocs & fellowships
• Spring School in 3D imaging and modelling
Most activities are free & open to all regardless of career stage/affiliation
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September 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Training activities include:
• Intros to digital approaches to Classics
• Developing & leading a major project
• Publishing in journals
• Applying for postdocs & fellowships
• Spring School in 3D imaging and modelling
Most activities are free & open to all regardless of career stage/affiliation
2/2
• Intros to digital approaches to Classics
• Developing & leading a major project
• Publishing in journals
• Applying for postdocs & fellowships
• Spring School in 3D imaging and modelling
Most activities are free & open to all regardless of career stage/affiliation
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The Institute of Classical Studies is pleased to announce its Researcher Training Programme for 2025-26 academic year. Designed for researchers in Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology, Reception Studies and Philology.
You can find an overview of programme activities here: shorturl.at/Q8Ke4
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You can find an overview of programme activities here: shorturl.at/Q8Ke4
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September 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Institute of Classical Studies is pleased to announce its Researcher Training Programme for 2025-26 academic year. Designed for researchers in Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology, Reception Studies and Philology.
You can find an overview of programme activities here: shorturl.at/Q8Ke4
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You can find an overview of programme activities here: shorturl.at/Q8Ke4
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Accepting applications: ICS Public Engagement Grants
Apply for up to £500 to support Classics-themed public engagement activities, demonstrating aspects of research in Classics in ways that are accessible, enjoyable & understandable for non-specialist audiences
Deadline 1 Nov: shorturl.at/BRqqU
Apply for up to £500 to support Classics-themed public engagement activities, demonstrating aspects of research in Classics in ways that are accessible, enjoyable & understandable for non-specialist audiences
Deadline 1 Nov: shorturl.at/BRqqU
September 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Accepting applications: ICS Public Engagement Grants
Apply for up to £500 to support Classics-themed public engagement activities, demonstrating aspects of research in Classics in ways that are accessible, enjoyable & understandable for non-specialist audiences
Deadline 1 Nov: shorturl.at/BRqqU
Apply for up to £500 to support Classics-themed public engagement activities, demonstrating aspects of research in Classics in ways that are accessible, enjoyable & understandable for non-specialist audiences
Deadline 1 Nov: shorturl.at/BRqqU
The Intercollegiate Masters Induction is underway!
Delighted to welcome students from Kings, UCL, & Royal Holloway to learn more about the Intercollegiate MA Programmes, the ICS and our Library. Chaired by Dr Emilio Zucchetti (RHUL).
Find out more about the ICS' Module offerings: shorturl.at/ua0R9
Delighted to welcome students from Kings, UCL, & Royal Holloway to learn more about the Intercollegiate MA Programmes, the ICS and our Library. Chaired by Dr Emilio Zucchetti (RHUL).
Find out more about the ICS' Module offerings: shorturl.at/ua0R9
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The Intercollegiate Masters Induction is underway!
Delighted to welcome students from Kings, UCL, & Royal Holloway to learn more about the Intercollegiate MA Programmes, the ICS and our Library. Chaired by Dr Emilio Zucchetti (RHUL).
Find out more about the ICS' Module offerings: shorturl.at/ua0R9
Delighted to welcome students from Kings, UCL, & Royal Holloway to learn more about the Intercollegiate MA Programmes, the ICS and our Library. Chaired by Dr Emilio Zucchetti (RHUL).
Find out more about the ICS' Module offerings: shorturl.at/ua0R9