We promised pics! Here is Dr Emily Pillinger receiving our King's Sustainability Bronze Award. She says: "As teachers and researchers we know that our primary responsibility is to future generations...

More mosaic news! "'Dream' Roman mosaic find dug up from farmland" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Dream' Roman mosaic find dug up from Devon farmland

A metal detectorist first found the site 16 years ago in a regularly ploughed farmer's field.

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We are feeling a little bashful sharing but are incredibly proud of being recognised by King's Sustainability with a Green Impact bronze award this year.

How do you make a Roman mosaic? In May, KCL students were guided by Dr Will Wootton and mosaic artist Giulia Vogrig to create the new mosaic for the Roman villa at Butser Ancient Farm! You can watch it being made here: #MosaicMonday www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIiG...

Making the corridor mosaic at Butser Ancient Farm

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Now online: James Corke-Webster (KCL)'s talk for @theromansoc.bsky.social, 'Letters of Refuge: From AncientLyons to Modern Calais'

James Corke-Webster (KCL): Letters of Refuge: From AncientLyons to Modern Calais

James Corke-Webster (KCL): Letters of Refuge: From Ancient Lyons to Modern Calais

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How do you make a Roman mosaic? In May, KCL students were guided by Dr Will Wootton and mosaic artist Giulia Vogrig to create the new mosaic for the Roman villa at Butser Ancient Farm! You can watch it being made here: #MosaicMonday www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIiG...

Making the corridor mosaic at Butser Ancient Farm

YouTube video by Art Making

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Now out in paperback - and with 20% off with the publisher's discount code ANCIHIS26! KCL emeritus Prof. Roland Meyer's book 'The Ruins of Rome' takes an accessible look at the history of Rome's beguiling ruins. www.cambridge.org/gb/universit... @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org

The Ruins of Rome | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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Now out in paperback - and with 20% off with the publisher's discount code ANCIHIS26! KCL emeritus Prof. Roland Meyer's book 'The Ruins of Rome' takes an accessible look at the history of Rome's beguiling ruins. www.cambridge.org/gb/universit... @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org

The Ruins of Rome | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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We are melting today, and wish we were in the gardens of Sissinghurst Castle where our Centre for Hellenic Studies co-sponsored a special exhibition called ‘Passion and Politics: Sissinghurst and Greece’, highlighting the Greek connections of diplomat Harold Nicolson and wife Vita Sackville-West.

League tables aren't everything, but it's encouraging when you see you've GONE UP A RANKING!! Our department are now No.5 in the UK.

Classics Subject League Table 2026

Classics involves the study of the ancient civilisations that formed the beginnings of democracy

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Things to do when you're a classicist in London - these look so interesting!

Royal Archaeological Institute@royalarchinst.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We're delighted to share our 206-7 Lecture Programme with presentations on a range of topics: Neolithic cheese making, Roman plasterwork & hoards, fieldwork at Yeavering & Bodiam, graffiti at Royston, archaeology & nature recovery at the National Trust & 17th century papercuts from Sutton House

Incidentally if you like what you've been seeing here lately (the games and history/gender/sexuality/Humanities things mostly, although the cricket too if that works), I am actively job hunting.

Was delighted to contribute with my fellow series editors to this piece on intersections between the Humanities disciplines and game studies in our series and more broadly, as part of a great collection!

dehypotheses@dehypotheses.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“What do the humanities do with video games and what do video games do to the humanities?” Games shape memory, ideology, space, identity, and cultural imagination. Why #GameStudies need disciplinary heterogeneity ⬇️ gespielt.hypotheses.... via AKGWDS

This was AMAZING and you can watch the mosaic being laid here, while Dr Will Wootton talks us through the process.

Butser Ancient Farm@butserancientfarm.co.uk · 3mo ago

Visit us this Sunday to explore Iron Age Britain with the brilliant Raven Tor living history group! ✨🔥 Plus, the King's College London mosaic team are back in the Roman villa, laying a brand new mosaic design in our villa corridor. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1gf...

This was AMAZING and you can watch the mosaic being laid here, while Dr Will Wootton talks us through the process.

Butser Ancient Farm@butserancientfarm.co.uk · 3mo ago

Visit us this Sunday to explore Iron Age Britain with the brilliant Raven Tor living history group! ✨🔥 Plus, the King's College London mosaic team are back in the Roman villa, laying a brand new mosaic design in our villa corridor. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1gf...

Congratulations to Gonda van Steen, Koraes Professor at King's College London and member of the BSA Committee for Society, Arts and Letters, who is now a Greek citizen! Read more about her research and work with Nostos for Greek-Born Adoptees: www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/soc...

If you're visiting @butserancientfarm.co.uk you may bump into KCL Dr Will Wootton and some of our alumni and students who are part of a team of trained mosaicists who have been installing a mosaic in the corridor.

New job. Come work with us! We are recruiting for a Lecturer in Greek Art. Details at: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru... Please re-skeet!

Celebrating our larger-than-life symbol of queer solidarity, @emilypillinger.bsky.social discusses the statue of the ancient Greek poetess Sappho.

On the positive side, I'm currently in Granada, at the Ancient Reception on Screen conference, where today I'll be talking about what difference it makes to mythological or historical characters to make them romanceable in games!

We're still finding our feet a bit on Bluesky - feel free to forward this skeet and help Classics and Archaeology people find us!

New book released! Written by Dr Claire Millington, one of our Visiting Research Fellows, 'Roman Life on Hadrian's Wall' looks at the thousands of civilians who went with the soldiers to this famous frontier.

Tracing Roman civilian lives through the archaeology of Hadrian's Wall | King's College London

Dr Claire Millington publishes new book exploring the families behind Roman soldiers at Hadrian's Wall.

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Looking back to prepare for the future: Professor Irene Polinskaya livestreamed 'Water Monuments as 'Usable Past': Lessons in Resilience from the Thirsty Island of Aigina" on 24 April at the Toward Resilient Destinations: Integrating Nature, Culture, and Tourism for Sustainable Future conference.

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Towards Resilient Destinations: Integrating Nature, Culture and Tourism for Sustainable Futures (NEST). April 23rd-24th 2026 Hybrid at the Ionian Academy, Corfu and Online

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The perennially popular Penelope - fab new piece by Dr Pavlos Avlamis and Dr Emily Pillinger 'On not domesticating Penelope in “the poet’s version”' is free-to-read here

On not domesticating Penelope in “the poet’s version”

In this article, we explore what it means to use the term domestication when it comes to analysing tales of Penelope, from her first appearance in Homer’s Odyssey to the most recent reinterpretatio...

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Congratulations to Dr Francesca Modini who has been appointed to a permanent Lectureship in Greek Literature at University College Dublin!

Can music make ancient worlds 'audible' even when it doesn't replicate ancient sounds? KCL's Dr Emily Pillinger and Dr Miranda Stanyon discuss the question in 'Towards a Theory of Amplification' - and the chapter is currently freely available to read!

Towards a Theory of Amplification

Abstract. This chapter moves towards a theory of amplification, a multivalent term with an unruly range of applications and meanings. It maps amplification

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Want to rapidly acquire or improve your Ancient Greek or Latin? Our Ancient Languages six-week summer schools offer intensive learning both in-person and online. Beginner and intermediate levels. Open to 16+ students, teachers, postgraduate and mature students! www.kcl.ac.uk/classics/abo...

Reminder - the deadline for our Early Career Development Fellowship in Classics is 29 April. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/142746-...

Early Career Development Fellowship in Classics | King's College London

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What have ideas about being 'European' meant across time? Luka Ivan Jukic reviews KCL Professor Emeritus Sir Roderick Beaton's book 'Europe: A New History' for History Today magazine. www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

‘Europe: A New History’ by Roderick Beaton review

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The Department of Classics is sad to learn of the death on the 7th April of our former colleague, Professor Dame Averil Cameron, one of the most prominent historians of her generation. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/averil-...

Professor Dame Averil Cameron (1940–2026) | King's College London

The Department of Classics is sad to learn of the death on the 7th April of our former colleague, Professor Dame Averil Cameron.

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