Last Saturday OLCAP organised its second skills workshop for 3rd Year and MA students. After tackling mapping in the first workshop (https://projects.swan.ac.uk/ancient-world/?p=1012), this time around we got stuck into epigraphy. Epigraphy is a broad field and refers to the study of inscriptions, but we wanted to focus on two practical skills: copying inscriptions on monuments…Continue Reading OLCAP Workshop: Epigraphy – Christian Knoblauch
Department Xenia: Colloquia and a Conference – Ian Goh
Over the course of the academic year 2019–20, Swansea’s department of Classics, Ancient History, and Egyptology has played, and continues to play, host to visiting scholars who present their research in research seminars on a Tuesday afternoon. Among these, so far, have been Dr Eleri Cousins of Lancaster University, Dr April Pudsey of Manchester Metropolitan…Continue Reading Department Xenia: Colloquia and a Conference – Ian Goh
Dates for your diaries!
We have a busy few weeks ahead of us here in the department and the college. With this in mind, this week’s blog post collates key information about upcoming events that staff and students might all be interested in! Tuesday 18th February Employability Fair Wednesday 19th February, Taliesin Studio – 12-1, OLCAP Lunchtime talk: A Call to…Continue Reading Dates for your diaries!
Critical Analysis of a Babylonian Astronomical Diary, AD-273 – by James Rampton.
This week’s post features more student work from the module Beyond Mainland Greece. Below, James Rampton critically assesses a Babylonian Astronomical Diary. To introduce the piece Stephen Harrison (module co-ordinator) writes: The Astronomical Diaries are perhaps my favourite piece of evidence from the module because they are so unlike anything else that students have ever…Continue Reading Critical Analysis of a Babylonian Astronomical Diary, AD-273 – by James Rampton.