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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.
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Deep Time and Global Scope in a Digital Project: The example of the Human Figure, a public seminar by @sebhth.bsky.social (Sebastian Heath, NYU), at the @dh-researchhub.bsky.social this coming Tuesday, 25th November at 17:00 GMT.

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Deep Time and Global Scope in a Digital Project: The example of the Human Figure
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November 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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📣Registration is now open for our Subject Annual Meeting on 16 December, hosted by @ics.bsky.social.

➡️ Check out the programme, featuring fantastic spotlight talks on interdisciplinary research and public engagement, as well as an all important REF update at ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Classics and Ancient History subject meeting
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November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Register now for our upcoming Cutting Edge: Conversations in Epigraphy Seminar
Wednesday 3 Dec, 4-5pm, Online via Zoom

New Voices & Perspectives in Epigraphy: A Workshop on Editing Unpublished Inscriptions and Widening Participation in Scholarship

Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
New Voices & Perspectives in Epigraphy: A Workshop on Editing Unpublished Inscriptions and Widening Participation in Scholarship.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
CALLING ALL UG STUDENTS. Awards (up to £1000) for students of classical studies at a UK University to visit classical sites and museums in Greece, Italy or the Eastern Mediterranean in the Easter or summer vacation.

Society of Dilletanti travel awards now accepting applications: shorturl.at/fxXMI
Society of Dilettanti (2026)
Annual scholarships up to £1,000 for UK university students studying classics to visit Mediterranean sites, supporting independent travel and aesthetic appreciation of classical ar
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November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Photography for Researchers and Heritage Professionals
Thurs 27 Nov, 12-1.30pm
Senate House MakerSpace

This session will explain problems and difficulties of photographing our research or collection objects, and how best to use different types of camera from DSLRs to smartphones:
Photography for Researchers and Heritage Professionals
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November 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Join Lindy Crewe (CAARI) for the upcoming Mycenaean Seminar:

Processing and cooking at Kissonerga-Skalia at the transition to the Late Bronze Age on Cyprus
Wednesday 3 December, 3.30-5pm
Online via Zoom

Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Processing and cooking at Kissonerga-Skalia at the transition to the Late Bronze Age on Cyprus
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November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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👋 Hi Bluesky!

The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.

Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
School of Advanced Study
Uniting research institutes and centres at the University of London to form the UK's national centre for the support and promotion of academic research in the humanities.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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There are only a few days left to apply for our Public Humanities Fellowship! Applications are invited from those at the forefront of shaping the future of Public Humanities.

Application window closes this Friday 21 November: www.sas.ac.uk/research-eng...
Public Humanities Fellowship
Our Public Humanities Fellowship stimulates new ideas and conversations around public humanities.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
3D Printing Introduction for Librarians
Mon 24 Nov, 3-4pm, Senate House MakerSpace

This one-hour session will introduce and discuss the topic of 3D printing to librarians/library staff of the Senate House and SAS Libraries, and nearby colleagues.

Full details here: shorturl.at/VPWq8
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Reminder to sign up for our Researcher Training next week:
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Thurs 27 Nov, 1-3pm
This training is suited for researchers at all career stages, though is designed to be particularly useful for mid-career researchers seeking to develop their first major project.
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Delighted to welcome Prof Liv Yarrow to the ICS this week as T.B.L. Webster Fellow.

On-going projects include a re-evaluation 'aes grave' using metallurgical data and a book project on the transformation, reception, and politicization of historical narratives in the late republic: shorturl.at/o4gER
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Deep Time & Global Scope in a Digital Project: The example of the Human Figure
25 Nov, 5-6pm shorturl.at/Wj1mU

Sebastian Heath (NYU) will discuss Global Approaches to Early Representations of the Human Figure, a tool for exploration of the long-term history of the production of images of ourselves
Deep Time and Global Scope in a Digital Project: The example of the Human Figure
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November 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Thinking Strategically: Challenges Facing Language Educators
Fri 21 Nov, 12-1.15pm

Join Megan Bowler, Emma Cayley & Charles Forsdick for an ILCS Seminar to discuss the recently published Higher Education Policy Institute’s report on the deep challenges faced by language educators: shorturl.at/gEAOM
Thinking Strategically: Challenges Facing Language Educators
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November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
EpiDoc office hour, Weds 19 Nov, 4-5pm
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The EpiDoc community hosts monthly online drop-in sessions or. During these open sessions, experienced EpiDoc users and developers will be available to answer EpiDoc-related questions and provide mentorship for your digital projects.
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Reminder to register for upcoming ICS Seminars in Ancient Philosophy, Ancient Literature and Ancient History. Presenters include:
- Wolfgang Mann (Columbia) shorturl.at/yeIRM
- ANTHONY CORBEILL (UVA) shorturl.at/APSDc
- Roel Konijnendijk (Oxford) shorturl.at/ugefu
Communicating on Rome's Edges: Tongues, Gesture, and Art
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November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Join us in person on 18 November for an Introduction to Responsible AI (RAI): www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma...
Taster Session: Introduction to Responsible AI
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November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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.
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Calling SAS Students: Turing Scheme Funding is available to support travel to a partner institution and work or study abroad.

Partners include @bsrome.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social
The Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition (OBTA) at the University of Warsaw shorturl.at/yUCPi
The Turing Scheme
The Turing Scheme is the UK Government's global programme to provide funding for international opportunities in education and training across the world.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Developing & Leading a Major Project in Classics
Thurs 27 Nov, 1–3pm
Register: shorturl.at/qH4K7

Designed particularly for mid-career researchers seeking to develop a major project, hear from:
•Arlene Holmes-Henderson (Durham)
•Alex Mullen (Nottingham)
•Corisande Fenwick (UCL)
•Ellen Swift (Kent)
Developing and leading a major project in Classics
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November 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Shoutout to the Classics Library at Senate House in our latest #VirgilsAeneidPodcast, in which we discuss whether Aeneas was a pious #Faithful or a #CelebrityTraitor! youtu.be/fmZZI5NtBbQ?...
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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The Issue brings together a wonderful selection of papers on the reception of Orosius's Historiae - see ToC above.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project, & special thanks to the ICS @ics.bsky.social for their support. It's exciting to think where this field of study can go next!
Volume 68 Issue 1 | Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies | Oxford Academic
The Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies promotes cutting-edge and interdisciplinary research in all areas of classical studies broadly defined, including ...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
New Blog post #HistDay25
Up the Lycabettus – lovely sunset: Amy Maud Hicks’ diary to Greece

Dr Rosario Rovira Guardiola explores a diary by Amy Maud Hicks, a well-known suffragette, during a trip to Greece in 1902 showcasing her early career as a Classicist & archaeologist: shorturl.at/W2i6Q
Up the Lycabettus – lovely sunset: Amy Maud Hicks’ diary to Greece
Up the Lycabettus – lovely sunset: Amy Maud Hicks’ diary to Greec
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November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
New Blog post for #HistDay25
Antinous in the collection of the ICS library

Part of the Queer History & Heritage Trail, Dr Rosario Rovira Guardiola explores how Antinous and his image have fascinated so many since his death in October 130 AD through the collections of the Library: shorturl.at/munV2
Antinous in the collection of the Institute of Classical Studies library
One of the illustrations in Lorentz Dietrichson’s Antinoos
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November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Welcome to Dr Anna Walas who joins the ICS today as a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Future Leaders Fellow.

Dr Walas’s work will investigate legacies of European imperialism on the archaeology of Roman frontiers in Britain and North Africa. Further details here: shorturl.at/rqi2a
Dr Anna Walas is awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to undertake research with the Institute of Classical Studies
Congratulations to Dr Anna Walas who has been awarded a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Future Leaders Fellowship to undertake research at the Institute of Classical Studies with
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November 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM