Just a quick post to do two important things: welcome the new arrivals at the Faculty, and start lining up next year’s new arrivals too! Continue reading
Category Archives: Events
Thirteen Swords: Adventures in Bronze Age Metal-working
I’ve always wanted a sword. Ever since I was a knights-and-castles-obsessed little boy, I’ve wanted one. Doing classics, and then moving into East Mediterranean archaeology, did nothing to diminish this need, but it did make me realise one important point: Bronze Age swords are much cooler than their mediaeval counterparts. In the stressful times of … Continue reading
The Labours of Herakles: Cast Gallery exhibition
Just thought I would put in a quick plug for the Cast Gallery’s current exhibtion, which launched on Friday: ‘The Labours of Herakles’ by New Zealand artist Marian Maguire. The exhibition is a series of interesting and beautifully-done etchings and lithographs depicting Herakles as a participant in the history of New Zealand – mostly focusing … Continue reading
Baking / Events / Linguistics
Linguistics Baking Part VIII: Cypro-Minoan 0
As promised in my last post, I hereby present the official cake of the ‘Understanding Relations Between Scripts‘ conference (or, as it’s familiarly known, URBS) that just took place in the Faculty this weekend: Continue reading
Thoughts on the Invention of Love
On Wednesday of this week, Trinity College hosts a production of Tom Stoppard’s play “The Invention of Love”, a biographical drama about the great classicist and poet A. E. Housman. While possibly best known for his poetic cycle “A Shropshire Lad”, Housman was also one of the foremost Latin textual critics of the 20th century, … Continue reading
Gala Relaunch – Friday 30th January!
As a faithful blog-follower, you have already no doubt noticed the increased number of Res being Gerendae-d in the past month or two. This is in no small part thanks to a newly-restructured and installed ‘steering committee’ designed to ensure the imperial succession. Will libertas and Republican government be restored, or will the blogosphere descend … Continue reading
War and Strife in Ancient Philosophy: Graduate Philosophy Conference
On the 27-28th March, the Faculty of Classics will be hosting its fifth annual graduate conference in Ancient Philosophy. The theme of this year’s conference will be War and Strife in Ancient Philosophy. Continue reading
AmnesTea Bake Sale
Three generations of Grad Tea representatives joined forces today (with a little help from our friends) for an AmnesTea bake sale – that is, selling cake (with tea) in aid of Amnesty International to grads, undergrads, and staff alike. Continue reading
Cambridge Classics Taster Day – 21 June
Are you interested in studying Classics at university, but haven’t learned any Latin at school? Come to the free Classics Taster Day in Cambridge on the 21st June! For more information, and to register, see the Faculty website. Continue reading
London EpiDoc Workshop 2014
I spent the most of the last week at the Institute for Classical Studies attending a Digital Epigraphy Workshop in TEI-EpiDoc organised by the Department for Digital Humanities, King’s College London and hosted by Gabriel Bodard, Simona Stoyanova, and Charlotte Tupman. My own interest in epigraphy as a linguist is from the data which I … Continue reading
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