The Institute of Classical Studies
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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.
#TEIFriday The #EpiDoc Study Group is a slightly smaller, in-person, London-based version of the online EpiDoc Office Hour (github.com/EpiDoc/Tutorials/wiki/EpiDoc-office-hour) : part practice session, part pedagogical sharing of expertise, part workshop for asking questions and bringing problems.
EpiDoc office hour
Online Syllabus for EpiDoc training. Contribute to EpiDoc/Tutorials development by creating an account on GitHub.
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#TEIFriday We had an in-person EpiDoc Study Group in the @ics.bsky.social this morning, where we experimented with encoding the text and editorial decisions for an inscription from Aphrodisias (insaph.kcl.ac.uk/iaph2007/iAp... = www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139496...).
Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2007: 12.214
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Sign up now for the final Digital Classics Seminar of the 2025-26 year. Jesse Obert (University of South Florida) will dicsus: Warriors without War on Archaic Crete: Testing Paradigms with Big Data and Social Network Analysis Friday 31 July, 5pm ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Warriors without War on Archaic Crete: Testing Paradigms with Big Data and Social Network Analysis
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Final days to apply ✍️ Join the ICS! We are recruiting a Project Conservator to work on the Ventris Papers: an archive of correspondence, papers, drawings, photographs, offprints & newspaper cuttings. Please share with anyone looking to gain further experience in conservation: shorturl.at/3uE5G
Project Conservator:Warburg Institute
The University of London
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In a new blog post, Dr Daniel Sutton writes about using Herodotus’ Constitutional Debate to explore democracy and governance in schools: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Re-Enacting Herodotus’ Constitutional Debate
Dr Daniel Sutton writes about using Herodotus’ Constitutional Debate to explore democracy and governance in schools which was supported by an ICS Public Engagement Grant.
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PGWiP Seminars 26-27 Call for Papers Bridging the gap between Archaeology & Classics Inviting abstracts from postgrads at UK universities & beyond. Designed as an informal, friendly environment to present research at any stage of development and receive feedback. Deadline 31 Aug shorturl.at/Cj563
PGWiP Seminars: Call for Papers
Call for Papers: PGWiP Seminar Series 2026-2027: Bridging the gap between Archaeology and the Classics
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Join Burak Boşdurmaz (University of Koç) for the upcoming Digital Classics Seminar: Mapping the Blue Horizon: A Digital Corpus Approach to the ‘Caeruleus-Glaucus’ Complex in Classical Latin Literature Fri 17 Jul, 5pm ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Mapping the Blue Horizon: A Digital Corpus Approach to the ‘Caeruleus-Glaucus’ Complex in Classical Latin Literature
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The ICS is delighted to announce that the 2026 George Grote Prize in Ancient History (ECR) is awarded to Dr George Oliver for his study on ‘The Independence of the “Martyrdom” of the Acts of Thomas’. Congratulations George! ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
In October we will be publishing the fascinating 'Open Data in Ancient and Byzantine Studies', published #OpenAccess in association with @ics.bsky.social 🙏 encouraging more diverse approaches to interpretation of ancient sources. uolpress.co.uk/book/open-da... #Classics #OpenData #Humanities
Open Data in Ancient and Byzantine Studies - University of London Press
This volume presents case studies in classical and Byzantine research that exemplify practices, structures and standards in open data which transform and subvert historical scholarship. It leverages n...
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'Open data is fundamental to the future of (digital) scholarship on the ancient world...These are issues not just for digital classicists, but all who study the ancient world.' We're very grateful for this endorsement. New #OpenAccess book out in Oct! @ics.bsky.social uolpress.co.uk/book/open-da...
Open Data in Ancient and Byzantine Studies - University of London Press
This volume presents case studies in classical and Byzantine research that exemplify practices, structures and standards in open data which transform and subvert historical scholarship. It leverages n...
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📢 Applications are open for the UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association's Advocacy & Engagement Fellowship. Theme: Openness & Transparency 💰 £4,000 stipend + £1,000 project fund 📅 Deadline: 17 August 2026 Link: digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/07/06/2... #DigitalHumanities #OpenResearch #DH
2026/7 Advocacy and Engagement Fellowship | UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association
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Digital Encoding of Epigraphic Surrogates, workshop 2 Wednesday 15th July, 2026, 14:00-15:30 BST (online) This workshop will consider the question of what features of digital epigraphic manuscript or notebook page may be recorded, represented or annotated. ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Digital Encoding of Epigraphic Surrogates, workshop 2
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Register now for the upcoming Digital Classicist Wiki Linked Open Data editing session Date: Monday 13th July 2026, 16:00–17:00 BST Organisers: Sarah Middle (University of York), Tom Gheldof (KU Leuven) Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Digital Classicist Wiki Linked Open Data editing session
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Food and Feasting in Antiquity: ClassicsFest 2026 brought Newcastle to life with three days of theatre, talks, tastings, performance and conversation inspired by the ancient world. Cinzia Hardy writes about the celebration of theatre, food, ideas and the ancient world: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The latest ICS newsletter is here with news and announcements, updates on blogs, events, and publications: mailchi.mp/sas/ics-news... Receive future editions by subscribing here: mailchi.mp/sas/ics-news...
The Combined Classics Library is currently open, and we are hoping to remain open for the rest of the week. Please be aware that the Library does not have air conditioning and current temps in the reading rooms are around 27 degrees. Keep an eye on our social media channels for any updates.
Join the ICS! We are now recruiting a Project Conservator to work on the Ventris Papers: an archive of correspondence, papers, drawings, photographs,as well as selected offprints and newspaper cuttings relating to the decipherment of Linear B by Michael Ventris. Full details here: shorturl.at/3uE5G
Project Conservator:Warburg Institute
The University of London
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The latest issue of the Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies has been published, with articles on choral dance, Roman picture galleries, a comic scene on an Apulian bell-krater, the role of πλάσσω in ancient narrative theory, Virgil's Ganymede...and more! academic.oup.com/bics/issue
Register now for the next Digital Classics Seminar, Friday 19 June, 1pm. Alina Kozlovski and Sarah Lawrence (University of New England) present: A Museum of Words and Deeds: Combining artefacts and Latin texts in an online exhibition. ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
A Museum of Words and Deeds: Combining artefacts and Latin texts in an online exhibition
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EpiDoc office hour Weds 17 June, 5pm Join this online drop-in session or “office hour" where experienced EpiDoc users or developers will be available to answer EpiDoc-related questions and provide mentorship for your digital projects. ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
EpiDoc office hour
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The @crsn-uk.bsky.social and @ics.bsky.social #classicalreception series comes full circle on 15 June with Nuraliah Norasid talking about #Medusa, videogames and Malay identity in her #SingLit novel The Gatekeeper. This one hits different: the novel inspired my entire thesis. Registration link👇.
Join our panel of award-winning authors, historians, scientists and broadcasters for a high-stakes, high-altitude debate! Tuesday 7 July | 18:00-19:30 | Senate House You decide what stays, and what gets thrown overboard! Register now: https://bit.ly/4u2brs2
Tony Stark, Odysseus and the Myths Behind Marvel: Ancient Texts and Modern Pop Culture 5pm Thurs 11 Jun: shorturl.at/O82Jj Peter Meineck will examine the influence of ancient mythology on Marvel films, comics and games and how the Marvel Universe is acting as part of a modern mythic structure.
Tony Stark, Odysseus and the Myths Behind Marvel: Ancient Texts and Modern Pop Culture
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Did you miss the lecture given by Prof Liv Yarrow on Nemi’s Scattered Treasure: New Methods and Old Archaeological Finds? Catch up with the video & learn more about how historic assemblages shed light on economic and religious practices of the Third Century BCE Rome and Italy: shorturl.at/Hi1oh
Nemi’s Scattered Treasure: New Methods and Old Archaeological Finds
Nemi’s Scattered Treasure: New Methods and Old Archaeological Finds
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Classical Antiquity in Video Games: Combining Visual, Narrative & Interactive Elements Fri 12 Jun, 5pm shorturl.at/iwEuL Sarah Rohde (UoL) will explore the displacement of Classical Antiquity through a corpus of 100 games spanning different genres, contexts of productions & diverse target audiences
Classical Antiquity in Video Games: Combining Visual, Narrative and Interactive Elements
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“Tales from the Tropical Gothic”: Juan Luna, the Philippines, and Ilustrado Classicism Mon 8 Jun, 12pm via Zoom In this talk, Dr Andreas (Tom) Zanker (University of Western Australia) considers painter Juan Luna (1857-1899)’s status as an exponent of ilustrado classicism. shorturl.at/DPbog
“Tales from the Tropical Gothic”: Juan Luna, the Philippines, and Ilustrado Classicism
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Final days to apply: Combined Classics Library Bursaries With the Hellenic & Roman Societies, the ICS is offerring small grants (up to £300) to assist unfunded scholars to visit the Library in summer 26 to advance or complete a project of research or scholarship. Deadline 7 June: shorturl.at/oAF6D
Combined Classics Library Bursaries
Small grants available to assist unfunded scholars visiting the Combined Classics Library for research projects in summer 2025.
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Tony Stark, Odysseus and the Myths Behind Marvel: Ancient Texts and Modern Pop Culture 5pm Thurs 11 Jun: shorturl.at/O82Jj Peter Meineck will examine the influence of ancient mythology on Marvel films, comics and games and how the Marvel Universe is acting as part of a modern mythic structure.
Tony Stark, Odysseus and the Myths Behind Marvel: Ancient Texts and Modern Pop Culture
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Augustus in Saigon!? Imperial and Post-Imperial Frames of Classicizing Iconography in Ho Chi Minh City Monday 1 June, 12pm Online via Zoom Prof Sven Günther will discuss the reception of Classical antiquity in Vietnam. shorturl.at/3NiHB
Augustus in Saigon!? Imperial and Post-Imperial Frames of Classicizing Iconography in Ho Chi Minh City
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