St Andrews Classics

"Peace Literacy, Peace Politics and Scotland’s Future" Alice König discusses the world-building nature of conflict storytelling, and the consequences for 'peace literacy', which in turn impacts our ability to build and maintain peace: futuresforum.scot/peace-literacy… #PeaceMaking #Peace

"Poverty Dynamics in the Long Late Antiquity, AD 300-800" #Conference 📆 22 to 23 July 2026 📍 In-person: Room S4, Swallowgate, School of Classics, University of St Andrews 💻️ Online: MS Teams 🔗 View programme and register: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/pov…

Explore a route to the summit of Mikri Tourla, through the extraordinary high-altitude meadows of Mount Parnonas: mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/05/09/par… #MountainLandscapes #MountainsOfGreece

"Land and Power in the Later Roman World " #Conference 📆 29 June to 1 July 2026 📍 Tübingen 🔗 View details: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/lan… Please send enquiries to Dr Giordana Franceschini, giordana.franceschini@histsem.uni-tuebingen.de #AllWelcome

"Classics Symposia" Postgraduate work-in-progress #conference, 📆 14-15 May, (10:30-16:30) In person:📍Lumsden Seminar Room 1, Old Burgh School, #StAndrews 🔗 View programme: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/cla… Please send enquiries to clpgrsosec@st-andrews.ac.uk #ClassicsTwitter

"New Work on Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’" #Workshop (In-person only) 📆 29 May 📍 School of Classics, St Andrews 🔗 View programme: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/new… To register, email tb216@st-andrews.ac.uk, and include any accessibility and/or dietary requirements. Book by 17 May #AllWelcome

"Peace, war and conflict in the ancient world" #Workshop 📆 18 May 2026 📍 Room S11, Swallowgate, St Andrews 🔗 View updated programme: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/pea… Enquiries? Email classcon@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Looking at some Roman coins and reading various texts, the class spent the session talking about the causes, practicalities and effects of religious persecution. We are looking forward to returning to Glenrothes in September to teach Latin as part of our Latin Outreach Scheme.

Their teacher, Josephine Webster, studied Ancient and Mediaeval History at St Andrews. She's nurtured a great group of budding classicists!

In February, Prof Roger Rees visited Glenrothes High School to talk about Christianity & the Roman state to a class of 14 pupils taking Classical Studies.

Please send any queries to Professor Roger Rees, classicshos@st-andrews.ac.uk or Dr A. Sophie Schoess on classicsdot@st-andrews.ac.uk.

We're inviting applications for two Associate Lecturers (education focused) in Ancient History and Archaeology, starting on 1 September 2026. One post is for two years, and the other for one year. 🔗 View info and apply: bit.ly/4sZ5AUx Closing date: #tomorrow, 8 May.

Meet a travelling athlete, struck down by the thunderbolt of Zeus, and see Mount Kyllini as you haven't seen it before: 🔗 mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/05/02/kyl… #MountainsOfGreece #Epigram

Starting this morning: "Collaborations With Antiquity: Medieval and Early Modern" 2 day #workshop with papers from Sophie Schoess, Claudia Rossignoli, Valerie Grünzel, Philip Hardie, Luke Houghton, Emma Herdman, Stephen Hinds, Sophie Lemburg, Syrithe Pugh, and Emma Buckley.

Carnegie is offering grants of up to £10,000 towards PG study for students from low-income Scottish households. Supports those with a place at a Scottish university and aims to help you make a wider contribution to Scotland 💡 Deadline: 31 July ⏳
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"Weavers, Merchants and the Taxman: The Changing Socio-economic Contexts of Textile Circulation in the Late Antique Mediterranean" (Anna C. Kelley) Read #OpenAccess article: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #Textiles #LateAntiquity

"Care and Indifference in Ancient Philosophy" #conference, today @ 2pm. With papers by Flora Nelson, František Špinka, Cristiana Sessini, Simonas Baliukonis, Shaul Tor, Matteo Ferrari, Fani Goutsiou, Frisbee Sheffield, David Lepidi, & Janset Cetinkaya standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2026/03/23/car…

The launch of the podcast series, "Οι Άλλοι: Antiquity and The Greek Left in the Twentieth Century" coincides with the 10 year anniversary of the Brave New Classics project. Find more BNC podcasts: bravenewclassics.info/index.php/list…

In the first episode of a new podcast series launched this week, Anna Coopey and guest Zinovia Lialiouti discuss "The Communist Greek Left": bravenewclassics.info/index.php/the-…

⚠️Final year students: the NSS 2026 closes today. This is your last chance to let us know what you thought about your student experience. Take part now: thestudentsurvey.com #YourViewsYourNSS #NSS2026