Congratulations to Evelien Bracke, Senior Lecturer of Classics in our Department, on winning the Outstanding Contribution to Public Engagement award for her ‘Literacy through Classics: between pupil and policy’ project….Continue Reading Public Engagement award for Dr Evelien Bracke
E Tenebris Lux: Thoughts on the reopening of the Glynn Vivian Gallery
This is a guest blog post by Dr Evelien Bracke, who is currently working on the reception of Classics in Wales. A month ago, I went along to the reopening of the Glynn Vivian gallery, Swansea’s main art gallery, which had been closed for a £6 million refurbishment since October 2011. It was a…Continue Reading E Tenebris Lux: Thoughts on the reopening of the Glynn Vivian Gallery
Ancient Egypt in the Present – conference podcasts
In May 2010 the Egypt Centre together with Kasia Szpakowska organised an international conference called Experiment and Experience: Ancient Egypt in the Present which aimed to bring academics and craftspeople together to explore aspects of ancient Egyptian technology through experiment. This conference was streamed with the support of the Swansea University Research Institute for Arts and Humanities….Continue Reading Ancient Egypt in the Present – conference podcasts
Departmental nomination for Swansea University Research and Innovation Awards
Congratulations to Dr Evelien Bracke, Senior Lecturer in our Department, who has been nominated for this year’s Research and Innovation awards organised by Swansea University, in the category of Public Engagement. Evelien has been nominated for her work on ‘Literacy through Classics: between pupil and policy’. For information about her Literacy through Classics project, see…Continue Reading Departmental nomination for Swansea University Research and Innovation Awards
Talk: how to prepare for a PGCE
On Wednesday 19th October 2016, I gave a talk – together with History colleagues – about how to prepare for your PGCE application practically. You can find the recording here. You can find the powerpoint here: powerpoint. If you have questions, feel free to contact me at e.bracke@swansea.ac.uk. Written by Dr Evelien Bracke…Continue Reading Talk: how to prepare for a PGCE
Classics at Swansea University between copper business and tinplate worker: Ceri Richards’ Rape of Europa
Blog post by Dr Evelien Bracke, Senior Lecturer in Classics, on CLC315 (Classics in Popular Culture). For my new third-year module, Classics in Popular Culture (CLC315), I decided to take students on a walk through the Singleton Campus, to get them thinking about the ways in which Classics have been appropriated to convey messages about…Continue Reading Classics at Swansea University between copper business and tinplate worker: Ceri Richards’ Rape of Europa
Katherine and Lili discuss their Week of Work
Going into the Week of Work I felt surprisingly calm. Of course I’d been a tad stressed about it, but once the day came I felt confident that I would be able to survive the week and learn some valuable skills. Evelien was really lovely and started us off on fairly simple tasks, which was nice…Continue Reading Katherine and Lili discuss their Week of Work
Technologies of Daily Life in Ancient Greece – William Murphy reports on the schools’ day and conference
Monday 6th July 2015 The Technologies of Daily Life event (TODL for short), hosted by our Department in collaboration with the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies and the South West Wales Classical Association, took place on 2nd and 3rd July and combined an academic conference with a schools’ day, to demonstrate the use…Continue Reading Technologies of Daily Life in Ancient Greece – William Murphy reports on the schools’ day and conference
The First Swansea Summer School in Ancient Languages
This year the first ever Swansea Summer School in Ancient Languages took place for two weeks, from the 19th – 31st of July 2015. We had more than 50 participants, some from as far as Australia, the US, Canada, and the continent. We offered courses on Beginners, Intermediate, and Advanced Latin and Greek, Beginners’ Egyptian, and Medieval…Continue Reading The First Swansea Summer School in Ancient Languages
Jed Rual and William Murphy do a Week of Work in our Department…
…and here are their comments: “The Week of Work placement programme is a great, rewarding opportunity for gaining much needed experience, especially with such a lack of opportunity in today’s society. Not only was I able to gain experience in an academic environment but it was comforting that the work placement was within my own…Continue Reading Jed Rual and William Murphy do a Week of Work in our Department…