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St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Joined February 2014
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"Demetrias and its Painted Tombstones: Self-Representation in a Hellenistic Port City" Maria Stamatopoulou (Oxford) Mitford #Lecture 🗓️ 6 November, 4:15pm 📍Room SO3, Swallowgate 💻 Teams (email [email protected], and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in subject)
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We're looking to appoint a permanent Lecturer in Ancient History and Archaeology. Join one of our online information sessions on Tuesday 10 November, at 8:30am or 3:00pm (GMT). 🔗View details and apply: vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/V… #Job #AcademicJobs #StAndrews #HiringNow
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"The Voice of Oedipus in 20th Century Modern Greek Poetry" Speaker: Athanasios Chatzigrigoriou (St Andrews) STARR #seminar 📆 5 November,⏰6pm In person:📍Rm S11, Swallowgate Online:💻Teams (email [email protected] for link) View abstract:standrewsclassics.wordpress.… .
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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
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The St Andrews School of Classics podcast explores what we research and why. Each episode features a different researcher, covering ancient art, archaeology, literature, history, and Classical reception.
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"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 linkedin.com/feed/update/urn… #AllWelcome [image by Adina Bezerita]
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"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
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"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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"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
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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.…
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⏰️ Deadline: send proposals of 300 words to [email protected] by 31 October 2026.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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