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Three UROP Placements Available For 2013

Once again the Department of Classics has been very successful indeed in securing UROP placements for our undergraduate studentship. The UROP (= Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme) scheme...

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Gordon Lecture on 21 February 2013

The Department of Classics is delighted to issue an invitation to a special lecture and celebration at the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology, on Thursday 21st February 2013, beginning 4:30 pm. We have...

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2013 Classical Association Conference at Reading

The 2013 Classical Association Conference will be hosted by the University of Reading and will take place from Wednesday 3rd to Saturday 6th April. Highlights of the conference include the presidential...

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New Online Publication on the Greeks in Bactria and India

The online Hellenistic Far East Bibliography, maintained by Dr. Rachel Mairs, has just been updated (www.bactria.org ).  The Hellenistic Far East Bibliography project originated in the 2011 print...

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Prestigious Award Nomination for Dr Matthew Nicholls

Dr Matthew Nicholls has been shortlisted for a prestigious Learning on Screen Award by the British Universities Film & Video Council (BUVFC) in the Courseware and Curriculum Non...

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Alumni reflect on their time with us

The University’s Alumni Relations team has recently been busy creating some alumni profiles, getting former Reading students to reflect on their time with us. We were very pleased indeed to see two...

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The Second Annual Percy Ure Lecture: Now Online!

We have just published the video of the second Annual Percy Ure Lecture, delivered by Professor David Mattingly (Leicester) in November 2012 at the University of Reading:

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New Book by Professor Barbara Goff

Last week saw the publication of my new book Your Secret Language: classics in the British colonies of West Africa (Bloomsbury 2013).  It contributes to the Departmental research cluster in ‘Reception...

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Contemporary Greek Film Cultures 2013 Conference

The Department of Classics and our Centre for Hellenic Studies is proud to support a two-day conference on contemporary Greek cinema to be held at the Hellenic Centre in London in July: Contemporary...

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Bringing the past to life on screen

Dr Matthew Nicholls of the Classics Department uses digital technology to create reconstructions of the ancient past. He’s been working for some time on a huge digital model of ancient Rome, which he...

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Travel Award Enables Doctoral Researcher to Attend Conference in Moscow

From our doctoral researcher Elena Chepel: Thanks to the generosity of the Department’s Austin Travel Fund I had  the opportunity to attend the largest international classical conference in Russia,...

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Classics Research Seminars, Summer 2013

Unless otherwise indicated, all seminars will take place at 4pm in the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology (HumSS G38). Everyone welcome. 1 May Girolamo F. De Simone (Naples): “Beyond Pompeii and...

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The Classical Association Conference 2013

On 3-6 April the Department of Classics hosted the annual conference of the Classical Association, which last came to Reading in 2005. Around 400 delegates from around the world came to hear over 200...

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Mick Stringer Poeticus

Doctoral Research Student Mick Stringer has learnt that one of his poems is to be included in a poems and arts exhibition to be held in Dunedin, New Zealand on September 1st 2013. The poem came to the...

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Collections-based Research in Classics at Reading

In its efforts to bring present and future students’ attention to the wide range of research facilities available at the University of Reading the Research Review has highlighted Dr Amy Smith and her...

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Reading Classics Students at the British Conference of Undergraduate Research...

Reading delegates at the 2013 BCUR The British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR) is an annual conference that offers undergraduates the opportunity to present a research project to fellow...

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Per ardua ad astra (Through hard work to the stars, that is…)

  Prof. Peter Kruschwitz receives Gold Star Award from Kara Swift, RUSU VP Academic Affairs. I was thrilled to win the coveted Gold Star Award 2012-3 – an award made by Reading University Students’...

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Dr Matthew Nicholls on BBC 4

Catharine Edwards and Matthew Nicholls. – Photo Brian J. Ritchie / Hotsauce. Dr Matthew Nicholls has been involved in three TV projects this year, helping to bring Roman history to a wide audience. The...

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Event: Revisiting the Apion Archive

The Department of Classics is proud to support a round-table discussion ‘Great Landowners and the State in the Sixth Century: Revisiting the Apion Archive’, chaired by Professor Roger Bagnall (ISAW,...

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Dr Emma Aston wins Mary White Prize 2012

The Mary White Prize for Best Article in Phoenix for 2012 has been presented to Dr Emma Aston, University of Reading, for her article “Friends in High Places: The Stereotype of Dangerous Thessalian...

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