The UoN Department of Classics and Archaeology Research Workshops Programme Autumn Term 2024
The Department of Classics and Archaeology at the University of Nottingham (UoN) recently ranked in the top 10 UK Universities (Ancient History and Classics subject rankings) by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025. As part of its research portfolio, it runs an annual programme of research workshops that are open to all! We are delighted to share the programme of their autumn term research seminar series.
UoN Department of Classics and Archaeology Research Workshops Programme
Autumn Term 2024
The research workshops take place on Tuesdays 5.00-6.30 pm (unless otherwise indicated), in the Humanities Building A03, in the University Park at the University of Nottingham.
October 2024
1 October: Mauro Puddu (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia), The Body, The Island and the Empire: A Feminist-Postcolonial Archaeology of Sardinia under Roman Occupation
8 October: Shelby Judge (University of Derby), Girl Against The World”: Antigone’s Afterlives in Contemporary Feminist Adaptations of Greek Myth
15 October: Rocco Rante (Le Louvre), The Bukhara oasis along the Silk Road
22 October: Thea Sommerschield (University of Nottingham), New inscriptions from Sicily: an epigraphic perspective on the necropoleis of Himera and Qin Yang (University of Nottingham), Comparing Greek and Chinese divine epiphanies: issues around visibility and other senses
29 October: Emma Hawdale (University of Nottingham), The birth of Athena and the significance of Zeus’ head and
Chloë Choong (University of Nottingham), Homoeroticism or Homosexuality? An investigation into the application of modern terminology to ancient queer relationships
November 2024
13th November (Wednesday) *Online talk*: Alice König (University of St Andrews), Visualising Peace in Antiquity
Please note that this is an online talk and the MS Teams link will be advertised closer to the date. Please email the organizer (matt.thompson1@nottingham.ac.uk) link if you would like to attend.
19 November: *5.30 pm* start: The Centre for Ancient Drama and its Reception/Classical Association Lecture –
Naomi Scott (University of Bristol), Word, Prop, Object: Confronting Tragic Materiality in Julius Pollux’s Onomasticon
26 November: The Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies Annual Lecture –
Andrew Bayliss (University of Birmingham), The Hidden Terror: the Spartan krypteia in modern popular culture
December 2024
3 December: Carlos Machado (University of St. Andrews), Surviving poverty in late antique Rome
10 December: Centre for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Annual Lecture –
Joanne Storey (Leicester University), Late Antique Manuscripts in Insular hands
Please kindly forward this invitation to anyone in your networks who might be interested in attending.
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