Henry Stead

Join us for the Sutton Trust Summer School at @univofstandrews, 5 to 10 July 2026. Study #Classics, #History, #EarthSciences and more! ⏰️ Apply by 5 March. 🔗 View details and register: st-andrews.ac.uk/study/part-tim…

Congratulations to students from Bertha Park High School, who graduated from the #STALOS programme last week. 🎉 stalos.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/08/sta… #LearningLatin #Congratulations #Graduation

"In California as in Ancient Rome" -- SACRA member & @StA_Classics PhD Candidate @ChrisAnaforian reports on his recent archival trip to the US for #BraveNewClassics sharing one of his findings bravenewclassics.info/index.php/2025…

"Red Antiquity": Henry Stead discusses the contributions of 3 three Scottish Socialist Labour Party radicals to early 20th century Scottish socialism. scottishleftreview.scot/red-antiquity/ #ClassicalStudies

“Hidden here is the assumption that ordinary people are unable to grasp anything challenging... It is a wretchedly patronising claim imposed upon working class people by middle-class gatekeepers who define what is ‘relevant’.” My @ObserverUK column: observer.co.uk/news/columnist…

NWCC Social 📆9 October ⏰1-2pm 📍Room S4 - ground floor, Swallowgate (School of Classics, St Andrews) Join the St Andrews NWCC for their first meeting of the academic year! We look forward to seeing faces old and new. Register (free): forms.office.com/e/XNmBM3jvpC #ClassicsTwitter

Loads of interesting articles in the current issue of the SLR: I wrote about some rebel classicists whose educational work taught revolutionary lessons from antiquity to young workers in early 20th century Glasgow: scottishleftreview.scot/issue/147/

Join us for the STARR #seminar next Thursday: “‘Awkwardnesses and Ineptitudes’: …” (Roger Rees) “Hughes’ Legacy and the New Ovidean Wave” (Lorena Phillips): 📆 2 October,⏰6pm BST In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email ac400@st-andrews.ac.uk for link)

Come do a PhD with us at @StA_Classics! The deadline for this Widening Access scholarship is 13th June, so feel free to get in touch with any of us Classics staff and get your applications in! st-andrews.ac.uk/study/fees-and…

We're pleased to offer a Widening Access PhD Scholarship for 2025 entry.    Funding available for duration of 3 year course. ⏰Apply by 30 May 2025. 📅We're holding an information session on 19 May. 🔗View info and get session link: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/05/15/sch… #Scholarships #PhD

Widening Access PhD #Scholarship: Information session #today at 5pm! (UK time) 🔗 get link: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/05/15/sch…

"Cold War Classics" Workshop, 📅 13 to 15 May 2025. Hybrid: 🗺️ St Andrews 💻 Teams ⏰register by 30 April to attend online (email has22@st-andrews.ac.uk) View programme: sacra.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/04/14/col… #AllWelcome #ClassicsTwitter

Happy birthday to Paul Robeson — pro athlete, actor, singer, civil rights activist, and socialist — born on this day in 1898. When he traveled abroad, Robeson made a point to sing for workers. Here he is performing ‘Joe Hill’ to Scottish miners in 1949.

#OtD 9 Apr 1898 Paul Robeson, African-American singer, actor, communist and former shipyard worker was born. He was involved in anti-fascism, the civil rights movement and workers' struggles, and was blacklisted under McCarthyism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10871/…

Delighted to say @henrystead joins us in Durham next week at our conference speaking on "Red Aristotle: British communist receptions of Aristotle for the reading public (1938-1956)." Henry is a long time collaborator with our PI @edithmayhall and we can't wait to hear his talk!

Next Thursday (27th) @ChrisAnaforian from @StA_Classics is joining our Aristotle conference for a paper titled “Moderate to Excess: Will Durant, the Working Class, and The Story of Aristotle's Philosophy.” He joins @henrystead for a panel on working class Classics

My book on Sebastiano Timpanaro is now out! Timpanaro was one of the great intellectuals of the post-WWII European left. He made a host of expansive contributions on materialism, classical philology, Leopardi, Freud, and linguistics versobooks.com/en-gb/products…

We met the wonderful pupils (and equally wonderful teachers) at Monifieth High School last week! Four pupils and four teachers from the school feature in our new book, one of many of their outstanding achievements. They’re proving that classics can thrive in state schools ❤️

Here is the latest call for papers for a special issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal, dedicated to communist festivals in the West. The issue will be edited by @ElkeWeesjes. Please share widely!

Blog on the current relationship between socio-economic class, Classics and secondary education Classical Civilisation in the UK edithorial.blogspot.com/2024/11/ @ClassCivAncHist @WorkClassicists @LeedsClassics @henrystead @ProfArleneHH @Durham_Classics