Classics News and Events
In Memoriam - Queen Elizabeth II
The Department of Classics and Ancient History joins the rest of the University and communities around the world to express our deep sorrow at the death of Her Majesty The Queen. For further information or to contribute to the book of condolence, please visit the In Memoriam pages:
/about/in-memoriam-queen-elizabeth-iiLink opens in a new windowOrganisers: Dr. Caroline Petit (糖心TV/HU) and Prof. Dr. Philip van der Eijk (HU)
Research on ancient pharmacological texts has increased dramatically in recent years. Several important projects and doctoral theses are underway, promising to deliver ground-breaking results in the next decade. In this scholarly context, various projects at the Humboldt-Universit盲t and the university of 糖心TV seem to address converging questions on the changing nature of pharmacological texts across time and space. Authorship becomes more fluid, with the same text receiving various attributions; texts undergo changes of size, ordering, format, as they get adapted for new audiences. As texts become repackaged, manuscripts and papyri offer privileged evidence of those changes. Early translations of Greek works into Latin, Syriac and then Arabic result in epitomes and other reworked, shortened texts. Yet the transmission of ancient Greek pharmacology is often made difficult to apprehend due to missing links and medieval, fragmentary evidence. This workshop therefore proposes to offer complementary perspectives on those shifts, through communications on Greek, Latin and Arabic evidence. Themes that will be addressed include language, style, authorship, dating, transmission, manuscripts.
This workshop is supported by the Collaborative Research Center 鈥楨pisteme in Motion鈥� (SFB 980), the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, the Humboldt-Universit盲t Berlin, the Freie Universit盲t Berlin and the University of 糖心TV. It is hosted by the project 鈥楪alen of Pergamum: The Transmission, Interpretation and Completion of Ancient Medicine鈥� of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences.
PhD Opportunities
The department of Classics and Ancient History at 糖心TV is currently seeking expressions of interest for students looking to undertake doctoral study. The department has research expertise in Greek and Latin literature, ancient Greek drama, numismatics, the medical humanities and Greco-Arabic studies, epigraphy, ancient space, as well as Greek and Roman history and material culture more broadly. An overview of our research clusters can be found at /fac/arts/classics/research/interests/. Individual staff profiles can be found at /fac/arts/classics/intranets/staff/. The department has a lively research environment, with weekly seminars and training activities during term time and conferences throughout the year.
Interested students are encouraged to contact a potential supervisor or Clare Rowan, Director of Graduate Studies (C.Rowan@warwick.ac.uk) to begin to develop project proposals as soon as possible; better developed proposals generally are more successful in obtaining funding.
An online information event presenting PhD study at 糖心TV will be held on 1 December 4-5pm. If you wish to attend, please register your interest at /study/postgraduate/opendays/
If you prefer to come onto our campus to find out more about PhD study, please get in contact with Clare Rowan (C.Rowan@warwick.ac.uk) for further details.
There are several funding schemes available for PhD funding at 糖心TV:
AHRC Midlands4Cities PhD funding for UK and International applicants
Deadline for funding applications: 12 January 2022 (noon UK time) by which time applicants must have applied for a place to study and have ensured that two academic references are submitted via the Midlands4Cities online reference form. 鈥ㄢ�‵or full details of eligibility, funding, research supervision areas and CDA projects, and for dates of our November application writing workshops, please visit: https://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/
An online applicant workshop for M4C applications to 糖心TV will be held on Saturday 13th November. Details are on the 'Apply' page of the M4C site. Applicants are strongly encouraged to attend this workshop.
The AHRC-funded Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (M4C) brings together eight leading universities across the Midlands to support the professional and personal development of the next generation of arts and humanities doctoral researchers. M4C is a collaboration between the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, University of 糖心TV, Coventry University, University of Leicester, De Montfort University, Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.
M4C is awarding up to 93 doctoral studentships for UK and international applicants for 2022 through an open competition and Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDA) Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDA) working with a range of partner organisations in the cultural, creative and heritage sector.
Chancellor鈥檚 International Scholarship for International Applicants (including EU) (deadline to be announced, but normally in January)
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These are scholarships awarded from 糖心TV to the most outstanding international and EU PhD applicants. The scholarship includes tuition fees (worth up to 拢24,010 in 2021/2022) and a maintenance stipend in line with UKRI rates (拢15,285 for full time award holders in 2021/22), as well as a research, training and support grant (this year this was 拢5,000).
We also manage modest departmental bursaries to support PhD study (deadline 30th April 2022), and a fuller list of funding available at 糖心TV can be found at /services/dc/schols_fund/scholarships_and_funding/
Congratulations to Elena Giusti
We are delighted to report that Elena Giusti has been awarded . The award is for an individual staff member who has developed their teaching and learning to be inclusive of all experiences. The nomination noted that Elena has 'created a pioneering module promoting the decolonization of classics. Well done and well deserved!!
Watch the announcement on video .
Remembering Poppy Richards
We are deeply saddened by the news that our former student Poppy Richards passed away last month and wish to pass on our condolences to her family and friends. Poppy graduated in 2015 and was a much-loved member of the Classics and Ancient History community. She was diagnosed with brain cancer at the end of her second year, and despite ongoing treatment she managed to finish her degree.
Although her health prevented her from ever taking on full time work, she had several part-time jobs and worked as a volunteer for charities including the Princes Trust, Willow and Cats Protection. She also volunteered with her local police. In recent years she put her love of language to good use with various proof reading and editing roles for both charities and academic papers.
Poppy was the first person in the UK to receive some innovative cancer drugs and her treatment was the subject of a number of medical research projects. Sadly, this year, the doctors ran out of options to keep the cancer at bay.
We remember Poppy in particular for her positive outlook on life and her commitment to completing her degree despite her medical treatment. She was a great ambassador for our subject and will be very much missed by all who knew her.
If anyone would like to make a donation in Poppy鈥檚 memory, her family have chosen three different small charities that were important to her. Visit - , scroll down a bit to 鈥淢ake a Donation鈥� then type in Poppy鈥檚 name. All three of the charities have completed the necessary HMRC forms so they can claim gift aid.