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ICS PG WiP Seminar @pgwip.bsky.social · 23d

We're back!

The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 25d

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

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ICS PG WiP Seminar @pgwip.bsky.social · Jul 23

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ICS PG WiP Seminar @pgwip.bsky.social · Jul 23

We're now accepting submissions for papers for our 2025/26 seminar series!

You can send abstracts of 300 words to [email protected] 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!

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ICS PG WiP Seminar @pgwip.bsky.social · Jun 19

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 [email protected] with your name, institution, year of PhD, and 200 words on why you're interested in the position. Deadline Fri 27 June.

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ICS PG WiP Seminar @pgwip.bsky.social · May 6

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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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · Feb 26

#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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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · Feb 25

#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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ICS PG WiP Seminar @pgwip.bsky.social · Feb 28

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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ICS PG WiP Seminar @pgwip.bsky.social · Feb 3

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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ICS PG WiP Seminar @pgwip.bsky.social · Jan 27

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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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · Jan 6

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.

ICS Spring term poster (information available on events page)

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ICS PG WiP Seminar @pgwip.bsky.social · Dec 2

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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ICS PG WiP Seminar @pgwip.bsky.social · Nov 29

Don't forget to join us for the PG WiP seminar at 5pm today! Sign up below 👇

ICS PG WiP Seminar @pgwip.bsky.social · Nov 25

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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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · Nov 25

#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.
ics.sas.ac.uk/events/mytho...

Mythography

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · Nov 12

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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ICS PG WiP Seminar @pgwip.bsky.social · Nov 25

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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