📣 'Rhetoric, drama and their critics: a symposium in memory of Malcolm Heath, late emeritus Professor of Greek Language and Literature at Leeds' - register now to avoid disappointment!
Register here:
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My guess: Vanity Fair!
Dr Stuart McKie on "Curse tablets and demons: a sense of the weird" - join us for our next research seminar on Thursday 19 March 2026, 17:15-18:30 UK time. All very welcome to attend in person or online!
Joining instructions and in person venue in the thread!
Thursday: our next research seminar with Dr David Tandy on ‘Stumbling toward some new answers to old questions about Hesiod’, 5 March from 17:15 UK time online and on campus. All very welcome to attend!
Online joining instructions in the thread below. On campus venue: Michael Sadler 1.01.
Today: Our next research seminar (online only) with Dr Sara De Martin (Université de Lille, Institute of Classical Studies) on “Maxims and the Masses in the Empire: Some Intellectual Perspectives, and the Case of Mime" - please see below for details!
People do that?! That is rather perverse!
📣Registration now open for 'Rhetoric, drama and their critics: a symposium in memory of Malcolm Heath'!
Please register via the University of Leeds Store page:
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For more information, please visit the conference webpage:
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I’m trying to figure out what Peter Pan has to do with vaginas…
Am I allowed to guess?
Our next seminar will be led by Dr Sara De Martin (Université de Lille, Institute of Classical Studies) on “Maxims and the Masses in the Empire: Some Intellectual Perspectives, and the Case of Mime". Join us on 26 February from 17:15 UK time online via Teams. All are welcome! Teams hyperlink below.
Today we remember our former colleague Emeritus Professor Robert Maltby whose funeral takes place this afternoon at Faversham and Mid-Kent Crematorium.
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Photos of the Parkinson Building flag flying at half mast kindly provided by Dr Katherine Backler
Your periodic reminder that you can start learning ancient Greek right now, free of charge!
New MA in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social - now open for applications for a September 2026 start!
For more information and to apply, please visit:
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Our 'Myths & Legends: A Classics Competition 2026' is still open for Key Stage 3 students to enter! Entries will close on 2nd March 2026.
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We were deeply saddened to learn that our former colleague Robert Maltby died last week. Having taught at Leeds since 1989, Robert was Professor of Latin Philology by the time he took early retirement in 2013 and though he moved away from Leeds, he stayed in touch.
Our research seminars will resume in Semester 2. See thread below for a sneak peak of the schedule...
19 Feb.: Travanti Tate (Leeds PhD Candidate) - title TBC
26 Feb.: Dr Sara De Martin (Université de Lille, ICS). "Maxims and the Masses in the Empire: Some Intellectual Perspectives." [online]
Looking for an MA in Classics and Ancient History? Look no further! We are very excited about the launch of our new MA in Classics and Ancient History, now open for applications for a September 2026 start.
For more information and to apply, please visit:
courses.leeds.ac.uk/k149/classic...
Myths & Legends: A Classics Competition 2026 has officially opened! Entries close on 2 March 2026. This is a FREE outreach competition aimed at Key Stage 3 students, which has run for over 70 years at Leeds! Find more information on the competition website:
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A week today - Dr David Lewis (Edinburgh) will join us to speak on 'Reconstructing the Ancient Greek Slave Trade', Thursday 20 November, 17:15-18:30 UK time (online and on campus - details in the thread below). All welcome to attend!
We all know the difficulty the HE sector is in. But let’s work together to come up with solutions. The nuclear option damages our students & the reputation of our institutions. @ucflangs.bsky.social & @artsandhums.bsky.social
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Find out more about Postgraduate Study at Leeds at the Virtual Open Day on 29 November. Great timing, given the recent launch of our new MA in Classics and Ancient History! courses.leeds.ac.uk/k149/classic...
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New MA in Classics and Ancient History at Leeds - we are thrilled to announce the launch of our new MA in Classics and Ancient History, *now recruiting* for September 2026!
For more information and to apply, please visit:
courses.leeds.ac.uk/k149/classic...
Missed out October Open Days? Find out more about our Classics and Ancient History undergraduate courses:
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I suspect that some people live under the illusion that one can be neutral about it…
Roundtable: 'Writing the Past' with author Caroline Lawrence, Thursday 6 November, 17:15-18:30 (UK time) - all very welcome to attend this hybrid event (details in thread)
Listen to Caroline's new podcast on the Aeneid here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/v...
Call for Papers! Symposium in honour of our much-missed colleague Prof. Malcolm Heath, Leeds, 21-2 May 2026. Paper proposals of no more than 500 words to be sent by 1 December to Prof. Emma Stafford (e.j.stafford@leeds.ac.uk)
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All are welcome to our first research seminar of the academic year with Dr Simon Glenn on ‘The Bactrian Mirage: coins and history in Hellenistic Central Asia’ on 16 October, 17:15-18:30 UK time. More details in the thread below. Please note the change of on campus venue to Michael Sadler 1.01
