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Newly Published BICS 58.1 June 2015

Friday 3 July 2015
We are pleased to announce the publication of our latest BICS journal, 58.1. BICS-58-1 published June 2015 This BICS  contains Richard Janko      From Gabii and Gordion to Eretria and Methone: the rise of the Greek alphabet Fernando Echeverría     Heroic fiction, combat scenes, and the scholarly reconstruction of Archaic Greek warfare Victoria Wohl      How to recognize a hero in Euripides’ Electra Nancy Worman     Exquisite corpses and other bodies in the Electra plays

Barron Memorial Lecture 3 June 2015

Wednesday 27 May 2015
John Penrose Barron Memorial Lecture Wednesday 3 June 2015 Senate House Room G22/26 at 5 pm Lin Foxhall (Leicester) Webs of knowledge: untangling the practices of textile production in ancient Greece

Annual Byzantine Colloquium postponed

Tuesday 12 May 2015
We regret to announce that the Annual Byzantine Colloquium -- Arcadia: Real and Ideal -- due to take place on 8-9 June 2015 at the Institute of Classical Studies has had to be postponed, owing to circumstances beyond our control. We very much hope to reschedule this event at a future date. Meanwhile we apologize for any inconvenience caused.

BICS Supplements online

Monday 30 March 2015
Most of the supplements to the Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies published up until 2012 are now available online to BICS subscribers.

Visiting Fellows

Monday 30 March 2015
The Institute is pleased to welcome new and forthcoming visits by a number of Visiting Fellows. For details of their visits please visit our new Visiting Fellows page.

UK Doctoral Theses In Progress

Tuesday 20 January 2015
We are pleased to announce the publication on the website of a database of UK Doctoral Theses at http://www.icls.sas.ac.uk/students/uk-doctoral-theses . The database is designed to provide up-to-date information on current doctoral research in the field of Classics, as broadly defined. As it is added to and updated on an annual basis, it will also act as a permanent record of completed UK theses. The database may be searched by keyword, area of study, department, University or date. A complete list of all theses may also be viewed.

An Etruscan Affair: 29-30 May 2015

Tuesday 13 January 2015
An Etruscan affair: the impact of early Etruscan discoveries on European culture An international conference presented at the British Museum in collaboration with the Institute of Classical Studies and the Accordia Research Institute. 29-30 May 2015.

Newly Published BICS 57.2 Dec 2014

Tuesday 2 December 2014
We are pleased to announce the publication of our latest BICS journal, 57.2. BICS-57-2 published December 2014 This BICS  contains Maria G. Xanthou      Ludolph Dissen, August Boeckh, Gottfried Hermann and Tycho Mommsen: tracing asyndeton , steering influence  Aggelos Kapellos      In defence of Mantitheus: structure, strategy  and argumentation in Lysias 16 Sarah Burges Watson      Orpheus’ erotic mysteries: Plato, pederasty, and the Zagreus myth in Phanocles F 1

Institute welcomes Leverhulme Early Career Fellows

Monday 24 November 2014
The Institute of Classical Studies invites expressions of interest from potential applicants to the new round of Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships as part of a larger initiative by the School of Advanced Study, University of London. This follows the appointment of Professor Greg Woolf to the Directorship of the Institute as of 1 January 2015.

BICS Ancient History

Wednesday 12 November 2014
Two issues of the Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies , have now appeared devoted entirely to Ancient History --  Vols.

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