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Professor Gregory Crane, ST Lee Visiting Professorial Fellow

Thursday 12 May 2016
Professor Gregory Crane, Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Leipzig and Profeesor of Classics at Tufts University,  takes up his ST Lee Visiting Professorial Fellowship at the School of Advanced Study in May and June and will be based in the Institute of Classical Studies. During his stay Professor Crane will be holding a series of lectures and events around the UK on the theme 'Greek, Latin and Digital Philology in a Global Age'.

Digital Classics Outside the Echo Chamber

Wednesday 4 May 2016
We are pleased to announce the publication of 'Digital Classics Outside the Echo Chamber: Teaching, Knowledge Exchange & Public Engagement ' edited by Gabriel Bodard and Matteo Romanello. This is an Open Access publication and can be read at http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/bat

Booking is now open for Gendering Roman Imperialism

Tuesday 19 April 2016
Booking has opened for the conference on Gendering Roman Imperialism to be held at the ICS on 7 and 8 June 2016. Further information about the conference is available here and bookings can be made here .

Director's seminar series begins on 4 May

Friday 15 April 2016
The Director's seminar series will begin on 4 May NOT 20 April or 27 April. We are currently experiencing some difficulties with deleting items in the Events Calendar listings for which we can only apologise. The programme for the seminar series can be found here .

EpiDoc Workshop, London, April 11-15, 2016

Wednesday 24 February 2016
EpiDoc Workshop, London, April 11-15, 2016 We invite applications for a 5-day training workshop on digital editing of epigraphic and papyrological texts, to be held in the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, April 11-15, 2016. The workshop will be taught by Gabriel Bodard (ICS), Simona Stoyanova (KCL) and Pietro Liuzzo (Heidelberg / Hamburg). There will be no charge for the workshop, but participants should arrange their own travel and accommodation.

Professor Geoffrey Waywell

Tuesday 23 February 2016
PROFESSOR GEOFFREY WAYWELL We are sad to announce the death on 16th February of Professor Geoffrey Waywell, Director of the ICS between 1997 and 2004, and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute.

Listing of events

Wednesday 10 February 2016
A quick link to all ICS events is now available at http://www.sas.ac.uk/support-research/public-event-search/institute/institute-of-classical-studies. This currently replaces the Diary of Events page on this website.

Publications List and Events Calendar temporarily off-line

Tuesday 26 January 2016
Many apologies for any inconvenience caused by temporary problems with the online Publications catalogue/sales page and the Events Calendar. We are working to resolve these. Books may be purchased through the University's online shop

LAHP studentship competition now open

Friday 4 December 2015
Doctoral Study at the ICS The Institute of Classical Studies is now accepting applications for doctoral study. The ICS has one of the largest research libraries in the UK for all aspects of classics, it runs seven standing seminar series and hosts numerous conferences and other events. It has strong links to the British Museum, the British Schools overseas and other partners, and is at the centre of one of the largest communities of classics researchers on the planet. Supervision is available in the broad areas of: • The Economy of the Roman Empire • Roman Religion

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