Welcome to one more series of online seminars on the theme of ‘Facing Power’. Please join us on Mondays, 5pm British Summer Time (unless otherwise noted), at this Zoom link: https://swanseauniversity.zoom.us/j/92787863413?pwd=T25tVkhUWTFEY2JYa3liTVFvb1JjQT09. Meeting ID: 927 8786 3413; Passcode: 678438 TUESDAY 3 May Tomás Irish (Swansea University): ‘“Unusual experiences both in Russia and the Near East”: Thomas Whittemore between…Continue Reading Facing Power, Pt. 3: ONLINE SEMINARS
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
OLCAP Events, Autumn Term 2021
This term OLCAP is organising a short series of lunchtime seminars this semester organised loosely around the themes of heritage and the ancient world. The series got underway on Monday 1st November when Nigel Pollard (Swansea) spoke about his Leverhulme project and delivered the paper ‘Soldiers in ‘A Country Rich in Monuments’, Italy 1943-45’ . This presentation did…Continue Reading OLCAP Events, Autumn Term 2021
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
Swansea Ancient World Seminars: A New Semester
A new teaching block has started, and with it a new online seminar series on Mondays at 5pm UK time (daylight saving time means a change from Greenwich Mean Time to British Summer Time on 28 March; can you tell Ian Goh, our seminar coordinator, has been teaching Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Fasti, which are both…Continue Reading Swansea Ancient World Seminars: A New Semester
Relevant Classics: A Month and More of Online Seminars
Classics is often thought of as fusty and elitist. But this year Classics, Ancient History, and Egyptology at Swansea University is seeking to challenge that perception. The pandemic, while horrific in its effects, has provided opportunities to reconfigure and reconsider our teaching in radical ways. Remaining face-to-face elements for us include study groups where spirited…Continue Reading Relevant Classics: A Month and More of Online Seminars
Bombing Pompeii and the Monuments Men
This links to a blog post Nigel Pollard wrote recently for the website of the British School at Rome as a trailer for his upcoming book, Bombing Pompeii: World Heritage and Military Necessity….Continue Reading Bombing Pompeii and the Monuments Men
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 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!