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Towards a more inclusive Classics
Last autumn – it seems a long time ago! – I was very honoured to be invited to speak on ‘Classics and Race’ at an event hosted by St Andrews. The organisers were aware of my research on Classics in...
View ArticleTowards a more inclusive Classics – update on the June workshop
(Posted on behalf of Professor Barbara Goff) Well, the event exceeded all our expectations. 150 participants registered, including about 30 students and 30 school teachers, and also including...
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The Ure Museum: The Nine Lives of A Mummified Cat’s Head
By Dr. Claudina Romero Mayorga, November 2020. This year’s edition of Heritage Open Days (11-20 September) at the Ure Museum was a bit different. For the annual HOD we would normally host a talk and...
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Recent Research on Sparta
By Dr James Lloyd-Jones, 23rd November 2020. The last two weeks have been something of a Sparta bonanza, and I’m not just talking about Ted Cruz’s tweet of a photoshopped Gonzalez flag with a roast...
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Fully Funded PhD studentship – The Archaeology of Hidden Identity: The Case...
We would like to bring to your attention a fully-funded PhD studentship: The Archaeology of Hidden Identity: The Case of a Female Burial from Lowbury Hill Application deadline: Monday 25th January...
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 ArticleMA Colloquim 2021: Current Research Including Identity, Irrigation and...
Author: Katherine Harloe. Edits: Bunny Waring Date: 16th June 2021. The Department of Classics welcomes all to the 2021 MA Colloquim, where current researching students give papers on their work in...
View ArticleDouble International Distinction for our Professor Annalisa Marzano
Author: Dania Kamini Edits: Prof. Amy Smith and Prof. Annalisa Marzano Date: 27 August 2021 The British School at Rome has elected our Professor Annalisa Marzano as a Research Fellow. This prestigious...
View ArticleBring in the Artists
Discerning visitors to the Classics@Reading and the Ure Museum will have seen more and more art gracing our department’s home since the pioneering Head of Departmentship of Prof. Emma Aston, who...
View ArticleReading Classics Spring Term Seminar Series 2022
We are pleased to announce the launch of our Reading Classics Seminar Series for SpringTerm 2022, which will boost our Wednesday afternoons with constructive and stimulating lectures and discussions on...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day 2022 in Reading Classics
Reading Classics celebrate the International Women’s Day 2022 with an exploration of the variety of female presence in ancient texts […]
View ArticleCongratulations to Alex Winch, winner of Outstanding New Teacher award
Last Thursday we were delighted to entertain some alumni who had come to take part in a careers event. Every […]
View ArticleLowbury Hill mystery
The work of two of our PhD students concerning the mystery surrounding the remains of two Early Medieval persons buried […]
View ArticleReading Classics at the AIA-SCS 2023 Annual Meeting in New Orleans
I returned from the AIA-SCS 2023 Annual Meeting in New Orleans (a.k.a. NOLA), just in time for the new term, glad […]
View ArticleClassics goes Forensic
This week, PhD student Summer Courts will be collaborating with Dr Sophie Beckett and Cranfield University’s Forensic Institute to continue her […]
View ArticleRemembering Prof. Em. Jane F. Gardner (1934-2023)
Reading’s Department of Classics held a memorial for the late Professor Emeritus Jane F. Gardner on April 26th. Jane was […]
View ArticleTragedy Queered: A conference to explore the impact of Graeco-Roman tragedy...
Greek and Roman tragedy has served as a platform to explore and discuss central issues regarding politics, identities, and societal […]
View ArticleProf. Eleanor Dickey speaks to pupils at Garth Hill College
We were thrilled to see the opening session of this years’ Garth Hill College Military History Society being led by […]
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