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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 10h

Reminder: come visit our new exhibition at the Combined Classics Library Catalogue of My Antiques: The Story of Victor Ehrenberg's Collection shorturl.at/2BA7u Showcasing how the collection was acquired & objects used in seminars, workshops & student placements to broaden educational opportunities.

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 13h

Displaying Hidden Stories of Ancient Childhood Weds 14 Oct, 4pm In person This in person seminar will explore current research on the lived experience of children in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome and opportunities for new displays on this life stage in the British Museum. shorturl.at/jmeCh

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Revisiting the Ancient Mediterranean World at the British Museum: Displaying Hidden Stories of Ancient Childhood

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 14h

We are delighted to welcome new Early Career Research Associates to the ICS: Dr Alex Antoniou, Dr Alice Clinch, Dr Roberto Di Tuccio, Dr Doukissa Kamini, Dr Hannah Lee, and Dr Alessandra Rochetti. See the full cohort of ECRA's here: ics.sas.ac.uk/people/early...

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Long After the Labyrinth @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse, 21 Oct - 8 Nov, 2026 A new play which draws on ancient myth to explore post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding today. upstairsatthegatehouse.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Magic in Roman & Late Antique Corinth Thurs 8 Oct, 4.30pm shorturl.at/1YK9r Jessica Lamont (Yale) will discuss current epigraphic & historical research on magic, ritual & religion from Corinth, highlighting how new work can be used to advance historical understandings of daily life in Roman Greece.

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Magic in Roman and Late Antique Corinth

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The sound of slave labour: Marcus Aurelius’ depiction of ideal mastery at Villa Magna Friday 9 Oct, 5pm Join us for the next PGWiP Seminar. Daniel Connelly (Edinburgh) will examine the depiction of the slave-owning persona of the emperor-to-be Marcus Aurelius. ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Postgraduate Work in Progress Seminar Series (PGWiP) return for Autumn 2026 Fridays from 5-6pm If you are a current Postgraduate join us to learn more about emergent research, build a network of peers, and for the opportunity for discussion and feedback. Full details here: shorturl.at/Npi0F

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Encoding the Bronze Age : Digital Approaches to Cypro-Aegean Epigraphy On Tues 8 Sept the ICS hosted a hybrid, one-day workshop on digital approaches to Cypro-Aegean Epigraphy, led by Dr Ester Salgarella, Gabriel Bodard and Federico Aurora. Read the full recap here: shorturl.at/vXwZH

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The ICS is delighted to welcome Visiting Fellows & Academic Visitors: Dr Francesca Econimo; Dr Kota Kishimoto; Professor Robin Reames; Professor Liv Yarrow; Gamze Akuzman; Keshlan Padayachee & Yufan Wang who come to undertake research & engage with the wider Classics community: shorturl.at/ckJU8

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Academic Visitors and Visiting Fellows

Members of our research community as an Academic Visitor or Visiting Fellows

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The ICS Autumn Newsletter is now live! Learn more about the news, upcoming events, and new Fellows of the Institute alongside ways to get involved: mailchi.mp/sas/ics-news... Sign up to receive future editions: mailchi.mp/sas/ics-news...

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Geographical & Spatial Data in the Digital Classicist Wiki Mon 5 Oct, 5pm shorturl.at/hQK8L Expanding & updating coverage of digital resources on geographical & spatial data on the ancient world, including gazetteers, mapping tools, analysis of spatial information, and infrastructure initiatives.

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Geographical and Spatial Data in the Digital Classicist Wiki

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Welcome to the ICS' new Non-Stipendiary Research Fellows: Josephine Burton, Dr Miriam Hay, Dr Frances McIntosh, Dr Mai Musie, and Dr Eris Williams-Reed. We are excited for you to join our community. Find out more about all our NSRFs: ics.sas.ac.uk/people/non-s...

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📣 Calling all PhD Students in Classics, Archaeology, Ancient History, and related disciplines 📣 Register now for our Classical Studies PhD welcome event 19 Oct, 2-3pm Learn how the ICS’s resources and activities can support you in your PhD research: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Classical Studies PhD welcome

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Connective Frontiers Project News In the past few months, the Connective Frontiers project has been gathering pace... read the latest update from the project, detailing new discoveries, team members, and partnerships. Read the full update here: shorturl.at/wCnYN

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What was it like to use Roman wax tablets? Weds 7 Oct, 5pm shorturl.at/tQgne Join Dr Anna Willi (British Museum) to look at the practicalities of using wax tablets—and try them out. This Cutting Edge seminar, is part of an informal series to introduce the challenges & benefits of epigraphy.

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What was it like to use Roman wax tablets?

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

MakerSpace Taster Sessions Join the Digital Humanities Research Hub for a series of ‘Taster Sessions’ at the Senate House MakerSpace. These will provide introductions to various topics and technologies, and encourage discussion in an open, collaborative environment: shorturl.at/t9ZML

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Welcome Dr Hallie Meredith (Associate Prof, Washington State University), Dorothy Tarrant Fellow for 2026-27. Her research interests: Late Roman period Work, Craft Production& Inter-Industry Relations; Ancient Technology (emphasis on Glass); the Written Word on Functional Objects; &Social Theory

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Songs of Solidarity: Rewriting the Epic for a Migratory World Thursday 15 October, 6pm A public conversation and performance exploring the development of Songs of Solidarity, a new theatre work examining contemporary forced migration through the lens of epic storytelling. shorturl.at/lOHk6

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Songs of Solidarity: Rewriting the Epic for a Migratory World

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

4 October Deadline: ICS Conference Grants Do you have an upcoming conference you would like the ICS to support? Now accepting applications to our Conference Grants scheme. Small grants - max £500 - are available to support conferences and workshops throughout the UK: ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/grant...

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We are delighted to welcome new team members to the ICS! Dr Rebecca Levitan (Lecturer in Classical Studies); Dr Edwin Wood (Post-Doctoral Research Associate); Rosamund Cloke (Winnington Ingram Trainee); and Amelia Andrews takes on the position of Library Assistant. ics.sas.ac.uk/people/staff

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Welcome to the ICS' new PhD Students: Damon Arhos; Nicola Hibbert; and Juliette Quatre. We look forward to you becoming a part of the ICS community. Read more about the ICS' PhD Students and their areas of research here: ics.sas.ac.uk/people/curre...

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Current and recent students

A comprehensive list of postgraduate researchers investigating diverse aspects of ancient civilizations, urban spaces, and classical education.

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Cursing Charioteers (and their Horses) in Roman Carthage Thurs 1 Oct, 4.30pm shorturl.at/S9TtC In person and Online Celia Sánchez Natalías (Zaragoza) will discuss series of Greek curse tablets proposing a new interpretation for why professional practitioners opted for such a mysterious format.

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Cursing Charioteers (and their Horses) in Roman Carthage

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ancient History Seminars return Thurs 4.30pm, convened by Gabriel Bodard & Alessandra Rocchetti shorturl.at/QVBrW With a theme of Ancient magic & religion topics include: Privately Worshipping the Emperor: Colleges, Identity & Emperor Worship; Charaktêres & voces magicae in Curse Tablets; & more!

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Intercollegiate Masters Induction took place today. The ICS was delighted to meet students from Kings, UCL, & Royal Holloway to discuss Intercollegiate MA Programmes, the ICS & our Library. Chaired by Dr Emilio Zucchetti (RHUL). Find out more about the ICS' Module offerings: shorturl.at/Hk7O1

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ICS Modules for Intercollegiate MA

Optional modules for MA students covering classical studies, digital heritage, and museum collections, with various formats and venues across 2025-26 academic terms.

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Remembering Prof Pat Easterling FBA (1934 – 2026) To commemorate the life of Prof Pat Easterling, the ICS is publishing a series of reminiscences of Pat in London, including contributions from Prof Fiona Macintosh; Prof Peter Meineck; and Dr Pantelis Michelakis: shorturl.at/IBX6p

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Remembering Professor Pat Easterling FBA (1934 – 2026)

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“Civilizing” the World: Classicism, Neo-Classical Sculpture, and Plaster Casts in the Service of Imperial Powers and Post-Colonial Elites (1780-1945) shorturl.at/kCSYL 16 Oct: Online presentations 21 Oct: Evening event, Senate House & online 22-23 Oct: 2 day conference, Warburg Institute & online

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“Civilizing” the World: Classicism, Neo-Classical Sculpture, and Plaster Casts in the Service of Imperial Powers and Post-Colonial Elites (1780-1945)

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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Geographical and Spatial Data in the Digital Classicist Wiki | Institute of Classical Studies ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Geographical and Spatial Data in the Digital Classicist Wiki

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Before the Project Begins: What Academic-Heritage Partnerships Actually Require New blog from Dr Anna Walas, arguing that the most valuable partnerships are built through trust, mutual understanding & long-term investment, much of which begins well before a project formally starts shorturl.at/eMjNW

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Congratulations to Dr Alexandra Solovyev who has been awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the University of Birmingham to examine the contributions made by the Royal Navy & by naval personnel to the development of the British Museum’s Greco-Roman collections c.1801-1874 shorturl.at/nGdim

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Call for Papers Critical Digital Archives: Travel, Translation, Transformation shorturl.at/keMwA A Hybrid Symposium on Archives in & from Southwest Asia & North Africa providing a forum for scholars, archivists, community &cultural organizations interested in critical approaches to digital archives

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Critical Digital Archives: Travel, Translation, Transformation.

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New Blog Post: From the Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Dr Matilde Catanese and Dr Attilio Mastino write about their article ‘The missing register of Roman belonging: natio between civitas and origo’ ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Between City and Empire: Natio in Roman Inscriptions

Dr Matilde Catanese and Dr Attilio Mastino write about their article, ‘The missing register of Roman belonging: natio between civitas and origo,’ published in BICS.

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Catalogue of My Antiques: The Story of Victor Ehrenberg's Collection New exhibition at the Combined Classics Library shorturl.at/2BA7u Showcasing Ehrenberg's collection, how it was acquired & how the objects are used in seminars, workshops & student placements to broaden educational opportunities.

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Catalogue of My Antiques: The Story of Victor Ehrenberg's Collection

New permanent exhibition at the Combined Classics Library

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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This year's dig at Falerii Novi continued the excavation of a monumental building found in 2025. The new trench revealed vaulted rooms, staircases, paved roads and traces of ancient metalworking. 🏛️🔍 @stephenkay.bsky.social @emlynkd.bsky.social @ics.bsky.social Read here: bsr.ac.uk/stories-from...

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Stories from Falerii Novi #5 | Continuing the Dig: Stephen Kay on this year's Excavation at Falerii Novi - bsr.ac.uk

This season picks up where 2025 left off, continuing the excavation of the large, monumental building uncovered last year, a structure that saw successive phases of reuse after its construction in the...

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Gabriel Bodard @palaeofuturist.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#TEIFriday The #EpiDoc Study Group is a slightly smaller, in-person, London-based version of the online EpiDoc Office Hour (github.com/EpiDoc/Tutorials/wiki/EpiDoc-office-hour) : part practice session, part pedagogical sharing of expertise, part workshop for asking questions and bringing problems.

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EpiDoc office hour

Online Syllabus for EpiDoc training. Contribute to EpiDoc/Tutorials development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Gabriel Bodard @palaeofuturist.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#TEIFriday We had an in-person EpiDoc Study Group in the @ics.bsky.social this morning, where we experimented with encoding the text and editorial decisions for an inscription from Aphrodisias (insaph.kcl.ac.uk/iaph2007/iAp... = www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139496...).

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Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2007: 12.214

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Sign up now for the final Digital Classics Seminar of the 2025-26 year. Jesse Obert (University of South Florida) will dicsus: Warriors without War on Archaic Crete: Testing Paradigms with Big Data and Social Network Analysis Friday 31 July, 5pm ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Warriors without War on Archaic Crete: Testing Paradigms with Big Data and Social Network Analysis

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Final days to apply ✍️ Join the ICS! We are recruiting a Project Conservator to work on the Ventris Papers: an archive of correspondence, papers, drawings, photographs, offprints & newspaper cuttings. Please share with anyone looking to gain further experience in conservation: shorturl.at/3uE5G

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Project Conservator:Warburg Institute

The University of London

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

PGWiP Seminars 26-27 Call for Papers Bridging the gap between Archaeology & Classics Inviting abstracts from postgrads at UK universities & beyond. Designed as an informal, friendly environment to present research at any stage of development and receive feedback. Deadline 31 Aug shorturl.at/Cj563

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PGWiP Seminars: Call for Papers

Call for Papers: PGWiP Seminar Series 2026-2027: Bridging the gap between Archaeology and the Classics

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Join Burak Boşdurmaz (University of Koç) for the upcoming Digital Classics Seminar: Mapping the Blue Horizon: A Digital Corpus Approach to the ‘Caeruleus-Glaucus’ Complex in Classical Latin Literature Fri 17 Jul, 5pm ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Mapping the Blue Horizon: A Digital Corpus Approach to the ‘Caeruleus-Glaucus’ Complex in Classical Latin Literature

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The ICS is delighted to announce that the 2026 George Grote Prize in Ancient History (ECR) is awarded to Dr George Oliver for his study on ‘The Independence of the “Martyrdom” of the Acts of Thomas’. Congratulations George! ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

In October we will be publishing the fascinating 'Open Data in Ancient and Byzantine Studies', published #OpenAccess in association with @ics.bsky.social 🙏 encouraging more diverse approaches to interpretation of ancient sources. uolpress.co.uk/book/open-da... #Classics #OpenData #Humanities

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Open Data in Ancient and Byzantine Studies - University of London Press

This volume presents case studies in classical and Byzantine research that exemplify practices, structures and standards in open data which transform and subvert historical scholarship. It leverages n...

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University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

'Open data is fundamental to the future of (digital) scholarship on the ancient world...These are issues not just for digital classicists, but all who study the ancient world.' We're very grateful for this endorsement. New #OpenAccess book out in Oct! @ics.bsky.social uolpress.co.uk/book/open-da...

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Open Data in Ancient and Byzantine Studies - University of London Press

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UK-Ireland DH Association @ukiedh.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

📢 Applications are open for the UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association's Advocacy & Engagement Fellowship. Theme: Openness & Transparency 💰 £4,000 stipend + £1,000 project fund 📅 Deadline: 17 August 2026 Link: digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/07/06/2... #DigitalHumanities #OpenResearch #DH

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2026/7 Advocacy and Engagement Fellowship | UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Digital Encoding of Epigraphic Surrogates, workshop 2 Wednesday 15th July, 2026, 14:00-15:30 BST (online) This workshop will consider the question of what features of digital epigraphic manuscript or notebook page may be recorded, represented or annotated. ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Digital Encoding of Epigraphic Surrogates, workshop 2

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Register now for the upcoming Digital Classicist Wiki Linked Open Data editing session Date: Monday 13th July 2026, 16:00–17:00 BST Organisers: Sarah Middle (University of York), Tom Gheldof (KU Leuven) Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Digital Classicist Wiki Linked Open Data editing session

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Food and Feasting in Antiquity: ClassicsFest 2026 brought Newcastle to life with three days of theatre, talks, tastings, performance and conversation inspired by the ancient world. Cinzia Hardy writes about the celebration of theatre, food, ideas and the ancient world: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The latest ICS newsletter is here with news and announcements, updates on blogs, events, and publications: mailchi.mp/sas/ics-news... Receive future editions by subscribing here: mailchi.mp/sas/ics-news...

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The Combined Classics Library is currently open, and we are hoping to remain open for the rest of the week. Please be aware that the Library does not have air conditioning and current temps in the reading rooms are around 27 degrees. Keep an eye on our social media channels for any updates.

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