We in the Department of History, Heritage, and Classics at Swansea University are proud to be hosting the CA conference as a hybrid event between 8 and 11 April 2022. Since we are aware that time is passing, and the official conference website is still a work in progress (in part owing to the need…Continue Reading Classical Association Conference HERE IN SWANSEA, April 2022!!
FACING POWER PT. 2: SWANSEA ONLINE SEMINARS
We continue with our online seminars on the theme of ‘Facing Power’ this Spring semester. Please join us on Mondays, 5pm UK time (Greenwich Mean Time until British Summer Time starts on 27 March 2022), at this Zoom link: https://swanseauniversity.zoom.us/j/92787863413?pwd=T25tVkhUWTFEY2JYa3liTVFvb1JjQT09. Meeting ID is 970 8915 4536, Passcode 093854. To receive updates and weekly reminders, please…Continue Reading FACING POWER PT. 2: SWANSEA ONLINE SEMINARS
Swansea Ancient World Seminars 2021-22: Facing Power
Swansea Ancient World Seminars 2021-22: Facing Power Mondays 5pm UK time, on zoom Facing Power We are keeping to our tradition of choosing broad topics and to invite speakers to approach the central theme from all angles. This year, our main theme deals with the question how interaction with power and the powerful is regulated,…Continue Reading Swansea Ancient World Seminars 2021-22: Facing Power
SU Ancient World SUMMER SCHOOL: ‘Heroes in Antiquity’–Maria-Elpiniki Oikonomou
Swansea University’s Department of Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology is offering a series of four sessions on HEROES in the ancient world as part of the Swansea University Virtual Summer School, which runs, online, from Monday 12 July to Thursday 15 July. All sessions are at 11:00am. Monday 11:00 – Classics – Ian Repath Heroes: Achilles Fights the…Continue Reading SU Ancient World SUMMER SCHOOL: ‘Heroes in Antiquity’–Maria-Elpiniki Oikonomou
Egypt and Its Neighbours: object-centred approaches to articulating local identity and cultural diversity in antiquity – an update! Ersin Hussein
In August 2020, I was awarded an ICS Public Engagement Award to implement a new public engagement initiative with the Egypt Centre, Egypt and Its Neighbours: object-centred approaches to articulating local identity and cultural diversity in antiquity. The project – to install a new display and develop a range of educational resources – grew out…Continue Reading Egypt and Its Neighbours: object-centred approaches to articulating local identity and cultural diversity in antiquity – an update! Ersin Hussein
Reading Listicles §4: Wherever I may Rome – Ian Goh
Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more! Today I’m giving you, in what’s quickly becoming a pretty personal look at some reading matter you might want to explore before you make it to university, some Roman history tips. It’s difficult to encapsulate all the comings and goings of Rome and its empire which…Continue Reading Reading Listicles §4: Wherever I may Rome – Ian Goh
OLCAP Workshop: Epigraphy – Christian Knoblauch
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 social events: research shorts.
On Thursday 30th January we kick-started the term with a social event that showcased the research that our staff and PhD students have been pursuing recently. Papers of ten minutes from all three disciplines, Classics, Ancient History, and Egyptology were delivered and gave a snapshot of the type of dynamic research projects that we are involved…Continue Reading Department social events: research shorts.
OLCAP Workshop
Mapping Landscapes and Monuments Saturday 9th November, Singleton Park On a sometimes wet and sometimes gorgeous autumnal Saturday, OLCAP ran its first Master’s workshop aimed at level six (third year) and MA students. For our first event we went back to basics to practice mapping monuments. The main aim was to get students thinking about…Continue Reading OLCAP Workshop