Department of Classics and Archaeology

Classics news archive 2013

New book! Lynn Fotheringham's study of Cicero's pro Milone

Description
Dr Lynn Fotheringham's study of Cicero's pro Milone analyses the style and structure of the speech in more detail than has ever been done before.
Date:
19/12/2013

MA students accepted at the British School in Rome

Description
Two current Classics MA students have been successful in applying for a two-month residential course at the British School at Rome.
Date:
13/12/2013

PhD funding: application deadline 9 Jan

Description
UK/EU PhD students in Classics are invited to apply for AHRC-funded studentships through the Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership.
Date:
02/12/2013

Successful event for the new 'Myth' module

Description
On 2 November, an event was held for MA students studying the new myth module, Myth, Society and Religion, who are thinking about how to communicate myths in different settings.
Date:
05/11/2013

'THREE' out now! Comic book shows the other side of Sparta

Description
This new comic book treatment of classical Sparta by Kieron Gillen features three helots on the run and shows a different side of Sparta from the mythologised heroism of '300'. Gillen's interest in the realities of Spartan experience and society led him to Nottingham, where Lynn Fotheringham introduced him to Stephen Hodkinson, who acted as historical consultant for THREE.
Date:
15/10/2013

New Book: Images and Monuments of Near Eastern Dynasts, 100 BC - AD 100

Description
Dr Andreas Kropp's book is an archaeological and art-historical study of the images and monuments of Roman 'client' kings in the Near East.
Date:
08/10/2013

New Book: edition and commentary on Tacitus Annals 11

Description
Dr Simon Malloch's new book is the first scholarly edition of Annals 11 for more than a hundred years.
Date:
20/09/2013

The exhibition "The Treasures of Nemi" and other heritage explorations

Description
Dr Katharina Lorenz from the Department of Classics talks with Jason Loftus on LACE, Jason's arts programme on Trent Sound, about her work with local heritage institutions, digital technologies and the international student exchange programme Q-Kolleg.
Date:
10/09/2013

Q-Kolleg Workshop Berlin 2013

Description
This year's workshop started with a two-day international conference at Humboldt-Universität, with papers by Q-Kolleg fellows past and present.
Date:
10/09/2013

Data-Asset-Method Network

Description
The AHRC-funded international Digital Transformations network Data – Asset – Method. Harnessing the Infinite Archive, led by Dr Katharina Lorenz of the Department of Classics, drew to a close this month with a sandpit event at Priest House in Castle Donnington.
Date:
27/08/2013

Embodied Assessment

Description
This joint research project explores ways in which formal assessment in disciplines dealing with visual artefacts can be better allied with the skills needed to analyse and interpret these artefacts within their display context.
Date:
27/08/2013
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