This post was written by Dr. Branislav Kovár (Slovak Academy of Sciences), Dr. Tim Penn (Reading), Dr. Summer Courts (Reading), and Lujana Paraman (Trogir City Museum).   Board games occupy a …

Associate Prof. Jackie Baines and Dr. Edward A. S. Ross hosted the second meeting of the iGAIAS network on 1st – 3rd July 2026 as part of their collaborative project Investigating (Generative) Arti…

Apply here We are delighted to advertise two Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Academic Fellowships hosted within the Department of Classics at the University of Reading. The Fellowships, which a…

Naomi Miller, one of our Classics graduates, who now serves as University of Reading’s Student Recruitment and Access Officer (Reading Scholars) in the Department of Future Students, was name…

This blog was written by PhD candidate Ilaria Truzzi. In March 2025 and in April 2026 I undertook research visits to gather data related to my PhD project. These research visits are funded by the C…

How rigorous methods and 17,000 data points revealed patterns in ancient Greek grammar This blog was written by Dr. Meryt Ramble-Wallace, who recently completed her PhD at Reading Classics. Having …

This meeting aims to bring together teachers, researchers, and practitioners in ancient world studies, broadly conceived, to address the issues related to

Above: Image generated by Microsoft 365 Copilot Designer (24 February 2026 version) on 10 March 2026. Prompt: “An Ancient Greek hero in armor chasing an anthropomorphic AI. Black-figure pottery sty…

The WCC Small Grant Scheme that I received in March 2026, has allowed me to visit two archaeological museums around the Southern Valencian Community and Region of Murcia- Spain. I was already in Spain...

This post was written by BA Classical Studies student Rosela Peraj.  There is a kind of knowledge that never quite settles into books. It clings instead to the skin, to the air, to the quiet feelin…

At the end of March 2026, Professor Amy Smith conducted a lecture tour of Taiwan, funded by Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Council. On arrival, Amy toured the laboratories of scientists, …

The Delphi Economic Forum is an annual gathering of thousands of leaders in politics, business and culture, taking place over three days in Delphi, Greece. April 2026 saw the eleventh edition of th…

This post was written by Prof. Amy C. Smith. We are sad to note the death of our former colleague Dr Ittai Gradel, Lecturer in our Classics Department from 2004 to 2008, before his second career as…

Reading’s own Eleanor Dickey will be Honorary President of the Classical Association for the next year, after taking over the position at the association’s annual conference in Manchester this past…

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We are pleased to announce the launch of our Reading Classics Seminar Series for Semester 2 2026, which will boost our Wednesday afternoons with constructive and stimulating lectures and discussion…

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Ovid thought that a bit of healthy competition could foster romance.

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Are you interested in the ancient world and considering graduate studies? The University of Reading offers a variety of funding opportunities for an MA in Classics and Ancient History.   Home …