Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, in 2020 we have been able to make two special awards for public engagement projects which share research in Classics (broadly defined) with wider publics. The field of entries was exceptionally strong, and the members of the judging panel were impressed by the quality of all applications and the commitment which applicants showed to sharing their work beyond academia.
The winners were as follows:
ICS Research Associate Federico Ugolini has just published a new book with Bloomsbury 'Visualizing Harbours in the Classical World. Iconography and Representation around the Mediterranean'. For full details see here .
We were saddened to hear of the death of Alicia Totolos who served as Secretary of the Institute for many years, beginning with the founding of the Institute in 1953.
The library will close at 5pm on Thursday 19 March, and will remain closed until further notice.
This closure is in response to public health advice.
If you wish to borrow any books, please either come in before this time, or email the Library to ask for a postal loan.
The contact address iclass.enquiries@london.ac.uk will be monitored throughout the closure and the staff will do their best to help with any queries.
We are very pleased to announce that this year's Grote Prize has been awarded to Giulia Maltagliati. Giulia is undertaking a PhD on ‘Persuading by Paradeigmata : the role of historical examples in Attic Oratory’ at Royal Holloway University of London. The George Grote Prize is offered every year by the Institute of Classical Studies from the fund bequeathed by the late Professor V. L. Ehrenberg. The Prize of £3000 is awarded for an original and hitherto unpublished study on a topic in ancient history and is open to current research students of the University of London.