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St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
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New #podcast launched! In the first episode, Alice König interviews Carlos Machado about his motivations and methods for studying poverty in Late Antiquity. Listen on #YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=imCf8Etg…
#LateAntiquity #ClassicsTwitter
"Cosmos and the classical Greek city: Plato and Xenophon on political order"
Speaker: Dr Carol Atack (Newnham College)
SHS #Lecture
🗓️ 19 November
⏰ 4PM
📍Arts Lecture Theatre, University of St Andrews
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#AllWelcome [image by Adina Bezerita]
"Daedalus in Crete"
By Angelos Sikelianos
Translated and adapted by Anna Coopey
#Performance followed by Q&A
📆 Thursday 26 November, 6pm
📍 Younger Hall, St Andrews
👉️ Book now: onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/…
Part of St Andrews Greek Week
#Allwelcome
"History’s Pawns: The Use of Boxers in Mussolini’s Rome"
Speaker: Carlotta Piantanida (La Sapienza)
STARR #seminar
📆 29 October,⏰6pm
In person:📍Rm S11, Swallowgate
Online:💻Teams (email [email protected] for link)
View abstract: standrewsclassics.wordpress.…
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🎤 How do entrepreneurs turn everyday problems into opportunities?
Find out at Ask An Expert: The Idea Sprint!
🧠 Hear from 2 founders
📅 28 Oct | 1–2pm
💻 Online
Register 👇
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\#AskAnExpert #TheIdeaSprint #StAndrews #Entrepreneurship #StudentInnovation
"The Dangerous Spindle: Women, Work, and Conflict in Late Antiquity"
Kate Cooper (Royal Holloway)
🗓️ 16 October, 4:15pm
📍Room SO3, Swallowgate
💻 Teams (email [email protected], and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in subject)
CLAS Annual #Lecture
#allwelcome
Call for papers: Ted Hughes’ “Tales from Ovid”, Thirty Years On.
In collaboration with the Ted Hughes Society, we're inviting contributions for a series of online events to be held in 2027, to mark the 30th anniversary of the first edition
👉️ View #CfP: standrewsclassics.wordpress.…
⏰️ Deadline: send proposals of 300 words to [email protected] by 31 October 2026.
The twelfth #MountainsOfGreece podcast episode is available! mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andr… Giannis Apostolou talks about his work on reconstructing past landscapes in Grevena in northern Greece. #Mountains
We're hiring! Join our professional services team here in #StAndrews as a Research and Events Administrator.
Please email informal enquiries to Samantha Dixon at [email protected]
⏰️ Apply by 9 November: vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/V…
#Vacancy #HiringNow #jobs
We're delighted to share that Henry Stead was recognised earlier this summer for his outstanding achievements in Classics outreach and widening participation. #ClassicsForAll #ImpactAwards #tbt
The Classics for All Impact Awards honor teachers, schools, colleges and university departments UK-wide for expanding access to classical subjects. Read more about the 2026 awards in "Classics Matters", available from classicsforall.org.uk/news-a…
#ClassicsForAll #tbt
Calling all creatives! Are you a writer, actor, producer, choreographer or composer? Amateur or professional, student or teacher - join us to explore the power of peace storytelling! apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/202… First #workshop - 13 November, University of St Andrews. #Allwelcome
On 2 October we were joined by former colleagues and students from across the university to celebrate the publication of '#Hippocrates: Man, Medic, Myth' by our retired colleague Professor Elizabeth Craik, whose career was spent between St Andrews and Kyoto. #tbt
We were delighted to have the opportunity to celebrate a magnificent capstone to her scholarly career and to show our appreciation of her long association with what is now the School of Classics. reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/hip… #tbt
The School of Classics welcomes applications for the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship scheme 2027. Send preliminary applications to [email protected] by 31 October 2026 at 5pm.
🔗 View details and apply: standrewsclassics.wordpress.…
#Funding #ClassicsTwitter
"Long After the Labyrinth"
A new play which draws on ancient myth to explore post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding today.
Coming to the Byre in St Andrews!
12 November 2026.
👉️ View details and book: byretheatre.com/shows/long-a…
#PeaceStudies #StAndrews #Theatre
We were delighted to contribute to the 2026 Classics Conference at the invitation of Anthony Kent (High School of Dundee). The event was an outstanding success, with 280 students and teachers from 25 Scottish schools attending! standrewsclassics.wordpress.…
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Prof Myles Lavan said: “I was really impressed by the dedication of so many teachers and the palpable enthusiasm and passion of so many students. It is fantastic to see such passion for the subject across the region.”
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