This term’s Research Seminars in the Department of Classics
Department of Classics research seminars, spring term 2019 Unless otherwise stated, all seminars are at 4 pm on Wednesday afternoon, in Edith Morley G25. There are light refreshments afterwards in...
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Chancellor’s Award winners in the Department of Classics
In the latest round of Chancellor’s Awards, two of our students were winners: Aidan Richardson (Part 2, Ancient History) and Stephen Cervini-Attfield (Part 3, Ancient History). The Awards are made on...
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Your Department Needs You! … to read Homer’s Iliad
Next month (Friday 22nd March) the Department will take part in an international festival of Latin and Greek. Students, staff and other colleagues will join people across the world in reading a book...
View ArticleDid you miss the MOISA 2018 concert?
The videos of the stunning musical performances from the concert held during the 2018 MOISA conference (organised at the University of Reading by James Lloyd, Ian Rutherford and Donatella Restani) are...
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Women and Classics at University College Reading
(By Dr Amara Thornton, Ure Museum Research Officer) It’s Women’s History Month in the UK, so it seems the right time to draw attention to one of the best overview resources for late 19th and early 20th...
View ArticleClaiming the Classical – link
Readers may be interested in the latest CUCD Bulletin, which contains a jointly prepared piece to which our own Barbara Goff contributed: you can find the piece here. The article considers the...
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A tribute to Greek poet tribute to Titos Patrikios
A very moving tribute to Titos Patrikios, one of the greatest living Greek poets, was organized by the Greek library of London, the Hellenic Hub and the Poetry Office at the Hellenic Centre in London...
View ArticleKeeping it in the Family? Exploring familial tension and rupture in the...
Call for attendees and poster presenters We are delighted to announce the programme and our call for attendees and poster presenters at the PG & ECR conference ‘Keeping it in the Family: Exploring...
View ArticleLGBT history in Berkshire: the project continues
Over the summer in 2018, two Reading students, George Stokes and Amy Hitchings, worked with Katherine Harloe of the Classics Department, in collaboration with the Berkshire Record Office and the...
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Classics Department International Reading of Homer’s Iliad – By Bunny Waring...
On Friday 22nd March 2019 the Classics Department led the University of Reading’s participation in the European Festival of Latin and Greek. This global event encourages academic communities to...
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Publishing news from Reading Classics students!
We have recently learned of wonderful publishing successes by one of our recent alumni, and by a current doctoral student. Charles Stewart, who completed his BA in Ancient History in summer 2018, has...
View ArticleAncient Egypt and New Technology: The Present and Future of Computer...
(Posted on behalf of Dr Hana Navratilova, Research Associate at Reading Classics.) Moviegoers and gamers have been used to stunning visualisations of an ancient Egyptian landscape already for some...
View ArticleReading Classicist interviewed by the Panoply team
Why is ancient pottery important? What can it tell us? What is it like to be a museum curator? Who is the Painter of the Woolly Satyrs? Find out the answers to these questions, and much more, by...
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Launch of a new modern Greek novel
(Posted on behalf of Dr Dimitra Tzanidaki-Kreps) On Sunday 26 May in Greek Flocafe in Piccadilly Circus Dr Dimitra Tzanidaki-Kreps spearheaded the book launch of “In the madman’s mirror” by author...
View ArticleA new T&L blog post on teaching Ancient Sport
Sport was far from being mere entertainment in ancient Greece. At the major Greek festivals – the Olympic Games among them – it was performed in honour of the gods, in sacred space and among religious...
View ArticleThis term’s research seminars in the Department of Classics
Unless otherwise specified, all seminars are from 4 pm on Wednesdays and take place in Edith Morley 175. Light refreshments afterwards in G40. All welcome! (No seminar in weeks 1 and 2) Oct. 16th –...
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A report from the International Congress of Egyptologists 2019
(Written by research associate of Reading Classics, Dr Hana Navratilova.) The International Congress of Egyptologists 2019 took place in Cairo, where it returned after nearly 20 years. It is a regular...
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Reading Classics doctoral student takes part in the Casa della Regina...
(Written by Jessie Feito, PhD student in the Department of Classics, UoR) In June of 2019, I was fortunate to participate in the Casa della Regina Carolina Excavation Project at Pompeii, a joint...
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A Reading student on the island of Chios
(By Naomi Miller, third-year undergraduate in the Department of Classics) Those who live on the island of Chios will tell you that is the island where Homer was born, lived, and composed the legendary...
View ArticleCall for Papers: Rome’s Forgotten Poetry
Rome’s forgotten poetry: Poetic production between community-based art, folklore, and avant-garde entertainment Panel in the 13th Celtic Conference in Classics, Lyon 15-18 July 2020 Poetry was an...
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