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News from the Postgraduate Work-in-Progress Seminar, Institute of Classical Studies, University of London. Find upcoming seminars here: https://ics.sas.ac.uk/search-events
For our next seminar on Friday 21 November, we welcome Javier Larequi Fontaneda to discuss 'Ancient Vascones: Ethnicity and Political Uses'

This will be a hybrid event: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Ancient Vascones: Ethnicity and Political Uses
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November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Join us for the first of our November seminars kicking off this Friday!
Calling all Postgraduate Students: register for the upcoming PGWiP Seminar: Fri 7 Nov, 5-6pm, Online via Zoom: shorturl.at/klF3g

Christian San José Campos (University of Alcalá) will discuss Ptolemy I and the West: Reframing an Unfinished Policy and the ‘Western Clause’ of Alexander’s Hypomnemata
Ptolemy I and the West: Reframing an Unfinished Policy and the ‘Western Clause’ of Alexander’s Hypomnemata
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November 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We're back!
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
September 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We're now accepting submissions for papers for our 2025/26 seminar series!

You can send abstracts of 300 words to postgradwip@gmail.com along with a working title, your preferred term and mode of attendance.

Papers are around 45 minutes and can be connected with any aspect of the ancient world!
July 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
We're recruiting new chairs for the @ics.bsky.social postgrad work-in-progress seminar! Interested in chairing for the 2025/26 academic year? Email us at postgradwip@gmail.com with your name, institution, year of PhD, and 200 words on why you're interested in the position. Deadline Fri 27 June.
June 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Join us *in person and online* this Friday, 9 May at 5pm BST for our next @ics.bsky.social PG WiP seminar: Miriam Orfitelli (University of Salerno) on 'Agency and Poetic Voice of the Roman Alcestis'. Sign up here to attend: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/agenc...
Agency and Poetic Voice of the Roman Alcestis
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May 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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#AncientLiterature seminar
3 March 4:30pm in Senate House, Room 264
Jon Hesk (St Andrews): Perspective-taking, mind-reading, decision-making. Dialogue and its rhetorics in Greek Tragedy
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Perspective-taking, mind-reading, decision-making. Dialogue and its rhetorics in Greek Tragedy
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February 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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#AncientPhilosophy seminar
3 March, 4:30pm in Senate House, Room 243
Fiona Leigh (UCL): Phantasia in the Sophist
https://ics.sas.ac.uk/events/phantasia-sophist
Phantasia in the Sophist
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February 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Join us *online* today, Friday 28 February at 5pm GMT for our next @ics.bsky.social PG WiP seminar: Laura Bevilacqua (University of Chicago) on 'Interpretative Proposals on the Rituals of Astragalomantic Oracles in Imperial Asia Minor’. Sign up here: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/inter...
Interpretative Proposals on the Rituals of Astragalomantic Oracles in Imperial Asia Minor’
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February 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Join us *in-person or online* on Friday 7 February at 5pm GMT for our next @ics.bsky.social PG WiP seminar: Andrea Farina (KCL) on 'Digitising preverbs with PrevNet. A cross-linguistic analysis of motion verbs in Ancient Greek and Latin'. Sign up here: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/digit...
Digitising preverbs with PrevNet. A cross-linguistic analysis of motion verbs in Ancient Greek and Latin
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February 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Join us *online* on Friday 31 January at 5pm GMT for our next @ics.bsky.social PG WiP seminar: Michael Hudecki and Gary Beck (University of Ottawa) on 'Being Beyond Production: Two Challenges to Heidegger’s Critique of Plato'. Sign up here: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/being...
Being Beyond Production: Two Challenges to Heidegger’s Critique of Plato
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January 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Ready to take up your #NewYear commitment to learning #Classics?

We run regular Ancient Literature, Ancient History, Ancient Philosophy, Mycenaean and a PGWiP (@pgwip.bsky.social) series alongside special seminars, workshops and lectures that are free and open to all.
January 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Join us *in person or online* on Friday 6th December at 5pm GMT for our next @ics.bsky.social PG WiP seminar - Ben Cassell & David Wilson (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) on 'Cognitive Science in pursuit of ancient religious experience'. Register here to attend! ics.sas.ac.uk/events/cogni...
Cognitive Science in pursuit of ancient religious experience: A joint seminar
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December 2, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Don't forget to join us for the PG WiP seminar at 5pm today! Sign up below 👇
Hello Bluesky Classicists! 👋 Join us *in person or online* on Friday 29th November at 5pm GMT for our next @ics.bsky.social PG WiP seminar - Martina Russo (Sapienza Università di Roma) on 'Tiberius’ opponents in Suetonius’ De vita Caesarum'. Register here to attend! ics.sas.ac.uk/events/tiber...
“Tiberium in Tiberim”: Tiberius’ opponents in Suetonius’ De vita Caesarum
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November 29, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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#AncientLiterature seminar (today)
Mythography. 3 talks of 30 minutes, followed by discussion and drinks. Bob Fowler. Susan Deacy. Ruth Parkes. 25 November 2024, 4:00PM - 6:30PM.
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Mythography
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November 25, 2024 at 1:36 PM
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APPLICATION CALL

Our William St Clair Fellowship is open to an #ECR working in areas supported by the ICS, @ilcs.bsky.social and the Institute of English Studies (IES)

🔄5 months (starting in 2025)
💷Stipend: £10,000
🗓️Deadline: 22 November
↪️More info and how to apply:
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November 12, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Hello Bluesky Classicists! 👋 Join us *in person or online* on Friday 29th November at 5pm GMT for our next @ics.bsky.social PG WiP seminar - Martina Russo (Sapienza Università di Roma) on 'Tiberius’ opponents in Suetonius’ De vita Caesarum'. Register here to attend! ics.sas.ac.uk/events/tiber...
“Tiberium in Tiberim”: Tiberius’ opponents in Suetonius’ De vita Caesarum
ics.sas.ac.uk
November 25, 2024 at 2:01 PM