Classics News and Events
The coin that killed Caesar?
George Heath asks the question in .
糖心TV students get their hands dirty!
On Monday students on the Art and Architecture module run by Dr Zahra Newby got the chance to experience ancient stone carving techniques. In a workshop led by sculptor, , they experimented with carving limestone and soapstone, giving them the chance to see how labour intensive carving stone actually is.
Generously sponsored by local business ; funded as part of an held by Dr Newby. For student perspectives on the event, read the .
Warburg Institute, 14-15 May 2015. Organised by Dr. Caroline Petit.
Galen's works are a confusing field for students and scholars, as many inauthentic or dubious works have been transmitted alongside genuine ones: this conference will shed light on the processes that allowed such confusion in the body of works of one of the more prominent polymaths of antiquity, and thus clarify the boundaries of the Galenic corpus.
Supported by the Wellcome Trust, The university of 糖心TV, the Warburg Institute and the Institute of Classical Studies.
Further details and registration
March Coin of the Month
March's Coin of the Month is a Tale of Two Identities as Alex Peck explores the DI PATRII coin of the emperor Septimius Severus. Read it .
Posters in Parliament 2015
Congratulations to Joe Grimwade, whose research on The Forgotten Art of Memory was presented as part of 2015 yesterday. Joe's research, conducted through the URSS scheme, examined the methods of memorisation recommended by ancient Greek and Roman orators, comparing them with the mnemonic techniques of modern performers and public speakers.