🇬🇷 What a great time we had on our L2 study trip to Greece! 🏛️ Our students visited the Parthenon, Acropolis Museum, Delphi, Olympia, Mycenae and other sites and museums. Well done to all for surviving the July heat! 👏 Thank you to our trip leaders Dr Erica Bexley and Dr Michael Loy

💥 Congratulations to Dr Jacob Lollar, who has a new publication in the journal 'Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies'! 🔗 Read here for free, open-access: grbs.library.duke.edu/index.php/gr...

🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Arlene Holmes-Henderson, whose new book is published today: "Humanities Forward: Opportunity, Innovation, Policy in the 21st Century" 📖 This book brings together practitioners who have developed responses to the challenges facing the Humanities. 🔗 sl1nk.com/6zscd60

📢'Don't let Christopher Nolan's #Odyssey be the end of your journey with Classics.'📢 @profarlenehh.bsky.social of @durhamclassics.bsky.social on the 'spectacular' rise of Classics in schools & her passion for widening access to these ancient stories. #DUinspire #DUresearch

🎉 Congratulations to Dr Chris de Lisle and team, for the publication of new inscriptions on Attic Inscriptions Online! 👉 New: all decrees of the deme Teithras, Acharnais, as well as Athenian inscriptions relating to Roman emperors and the imperial cult 🔗 www.atticinscriptions.com/browse/bypub...

💥 Congratulations to Dr Michael Loy, who has a new publication in the journal 'Past and Present'! 👉 Dr Loy uses Agent-Based Modelling to argue that the early Greek economy became more organised much earlier than is generally thought. 🔗 Read here for free, open-access: doi.org/10.1093/past...

🔎 Upcoming conference: The Domestic Dimension of Religious Conflict in the Ancient Mediterranean 📅📍 12–14 August | Bishop’s Dining Room, University College, Durham 🤝 Organised by Dr Karl Dahm and funded by the Leverhulme Trust 🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

🎉 Congratulations to Dr Jacob Lollar, whose new book has recently been published: "Thekla in Syriac. The Acts of Thekla and Its Reception in Syriac Traditions" 🔗 www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/thek...

New on advance access: "Institutionalization and Market Integration in the Archaic Greek Economy: Modelling Overseas Trade from the Distribution Pattern of Samian Transport Amphoras" by Michael Loy (@durhamclassics.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...

🎉 We are very excited that Dr Candace Livingston (Anderson University) will join us for 9 months from September, having won a Fulbright-Durham University Scholar Award. 👉 Read the full announcement here: fulbright.org.uk/our-communit...

🔎 Upcoming conference: Epigraphy, material culture, and social and religious history of the Roman Near East 📅📍 14 July | CL108, 38 North Bailey 🤝 Organised by Prof. Ted Kaizer and Dr Ilaria Bucci for @camne.bsky.social 🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Jennifer Ingleheart, whose new book is published today: "A Grecian Lad: A.E. Housman & the Classics" 📖 This is the first book to bring together A.E. Housman's poetry and scholarship, revealing the deep connections between the two. 🔗 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/grecian-l...

🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Polly Low! 👏 Robin Waterfield's new translation of Thucydides, for which Prof. Low wrote an introduction, has just been shortlisted for the International Hellenic Prize 🤞 Fingers crossed for the next stage of the competition!

🎉 Congratulations to Dr Karl Dahm, who will start a position in September as Associate Lecturer at the University of Saint Andrews! 👉 Karl has been Leverhulme Early Career Fellow here in the department, working on the role of the Roman family and household in late antique church conflicts

🎉 Congratulations to our academic staff members who have just been promoted! 👉 Dr Chris de Lisle to Associate Professor 👉 Dr Anna Judson to Associate Professor 👉 Prof. Phil Horky to Band 2 Professor 👉 Prof. Arlene Holmes-Henderson to Band 2 Professor 👏 Wonderful news, and very many congratulations

🎓 Warmest congratulations to all our students graduating today! 👏 We are very proud of what you have achieved here, and we hope you have very happy memories of studying with Durham Classics 🚀 All the best for your future, and please stay in touch with us!

🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Ed Richardson on the publication of his new book 'Alexander: God, King, Man' 👉 Some reviews and media appearances: 🔗 www.thetimes.com/culture/book... 🔗 www.thetimes.com/culture/book... 🔗 spectator.com/podcast/alex... 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🎈 A great way to celebrate the end of term! 📚 Last week we hosted a fascinating workshop on 'Fragile Networks: Connection and Disconnection', organised by @camne.bsky.social 🙏 Thank you to all speakers & participants - particularly to those who braved the heat and travelled to Durham for the day!

🇫🇷 For our followers in France... ⚔️ Prof. Edith Hall has contributed an expert interview to a new documentary on the Odyssey. 🔗 See the trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCQ0...

🤩💼 Even more good news this week: we have been ranked 85th in the QS World University Rankings 2027, up nine places from last year, and in the world top 50 for Employer Reputation 🔗 Read more: www.durham.ac.uk/discover/qs-world-university-rankings/

Today, AIO publishes Attic Inscriptions in UK Collections 4.7, a volume by Peter Liddel and Polly Low. The new volume is available for free here: www.atticinscriptions.com/papers/aiuk-47 and full details here: www.atticinscriptions.com/browse/bypub...

🎉 Hearty congratulations to former Durham student Dr Joe Watson, who has been awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at Warwick University. 📖 Dr Watson's Durham PhD thesis will be published soon with Cambridge University Press. 🤩 Very many congratulations to Dr Watson!

🤩 Durham is officially the BEST place to study Classics and Ancient History in the UK! 👉 In a recent survey from Unifresher we scored 98% on academic support, 92% teaching quality and the joint-highest graduate earnings in the field at £32,000 🔗 Read more: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Registration deadline extended to Friday 26th June for 'Vanbrugh in North East England 1726-2026' on Wednesday 8th July at Redhills Miners Hall Durham @redhillsdurham.bsky.social @durhamclassics.bsky.social Book on the QR code below. #vanbrugh300 #northeast

We have ranked 85th in the QS World University Rankings 2027! Professor Karen O’Brien, our Vice-Chancellor and Warden, said: “To rise nine places to 85th in the QS World University Rankings is a tremendous achievement, in an outstanding year.” www.durham.ac.uk/discover/qs-world-university-rankings/

🔎 Upcoming conference: Measurement and Models: from ancient philosophy to public health 📅📍 26 June | Ritson Room and hybrid / online 🤝 Organised by Dr Giulia Bonasio and hosted by The Measurement Lab of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities 🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

🎙️ Tune in *today* to hear our very own Prof. Polly Low on ‘In Our Time’, chatting to Misha Glenny about The Delian League. 👩‍🏫 Prof. Low appears as an expert panelist alongside Dr Leah Lazar (Manchester) and Prof. Paul Cartledge (Cambridge). 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Amazing conference on Aristotle’s literary references and influences in full flow at @durhamclassics.bsky.social

🤩 Classics For All is hiring - come and help support the study of Classics and Ancient History in the North East! 💰 Freelance until 31 August 2027, between 90-112.5 days (term-time aligned): £150 per day 🔗 classicsforall.org.uk/get-involved...

👏 Huge congratulations to departmental librarian Dr Thea Sommerschield, library volunteers and the People’s Bookshop 📚 A massive £1717.65 was raised in last week’s charity booksale! 😍 Thank you to everyone who supported this brilliant event, and we hope you enjoy your new (second-hand) books!