GIS 26/4/13

The new term has brought new conveners (Elena and Laura) to the GIS stage, which explains, regrettably, the more pedestrian and pun-free style of the present post. Anyway, the GIS programme for the term is available online (Classics Faculty homepage), so that anyone planning a trip somewhere during term time has now no excuse but … Continue reading →

Classical Stuff on the Internet

I’m afraid this post is not going to be an in-depth analysis of the current use of the internet to facilitate Classical learning, or anything actually useful or relevant like that. In fact it’s really just two links to things I came across in the course of today that seem like a nice illustration of … Continue reading →

Via Memoriae Classicae IV – Time Team

For twenty years Time Team was a British institution. Despite being a low-budget, often rather dull programme tucked away in the less glamorous parts of Channel 4’s Sunday evening schedules, for a generation it shaped the way the general public saw archaeology. I long ago lost track of how often I’d been talking to someone … Continue reading →

A Classicist in Dublin

Dublin might not seem the obvious city for a Classical tour, since the Greeks and Romans never really made it as far as Ireland, and don’t seem to have known all that much about what they called Ἱέρνη/Hibernia. All Pliny the Elder (4.102-3) has to report about the island is its size (300 miles wide … Continue reading →

BSA Postgraduate Epigraphy Course 2013

When you think of the acropolis, one immediately thinks of the Parthenon in majestic ruin, or perhaps the famous Caryatids on the porch of the Erechtheion.  Perhaps, while you’re busy—perhaps a little too busy—admiring the architectural scenery as you progress up the sacred way, you might not notice some very very important bits of archaeology.  Yes, … Continue reading →

M. Thatcher cos. ter.

The award of a ‘ceremonial funeral’ to the late Baroness Thatcher to be held this Wednesday has caused a huge amount of debate in recent days. Some are outraged she’s not receiving a state funeral. Some are outraged that she’s even receiving a ceremonial funeral. Some are outraged that she’s receiving a state funeral but … Continue reading →

Classical Association Conference 2013

Last week a group of intrepid graduate students gathered their courage and dared to step outside the Cambridge Bubble. Our mission: to attend the Classical Association conference, hosted this year by the University of Reading, and involving around 400 Classics students, lecturers, and teachers from all over the UK and abroad. Continue reading →

Like father, like son: Alexander, Philip, and North Korea

So North Korea is on the warpath. Actually, North Korea has never been off the warpath. No, North Korea isn’t on the warpath. Well, it might be, but it might not be. It depends on what you read. If you’ve been living under a nuclear-proof rock for the past month you might have missed the … Continue reading →