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The twelfth #MountainsOfGreece podcast episode is available! mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andr… Giannis Apostolou talks about his work on reconstructing past landscapes in Grevena in northern Greece. #Mountains
We're hiring! Join our professional services team here in #StAndrews as a Research and Events Administrator.
Please email informal enquiries to Samantha Dixon at [email protected]
⏰️ Apply by 9 November: vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/V…
#Vacancy #HiringNow #jobs
We're delighted to share that Henry Stead was recognised earlier this summer for his outstanding achievements in Classics outreach and widening participation. #ClassicsForAll #ImpactAwards #tbt
The Classics for All Impact Awards honor teachers, schools, colleges and university departments UK-wide for expanding access to classical subjects. Read more about the 2026 awards in "Classics Matters", available from classicsforall.org.uk/news-a…
#ClassicsForAll #tbt
Calling all creatives! Are you a writer, actor, producer, choreographer or composer? Amateur or professional, student or teacher - join us to explore the power of peace storytelling! apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/202… First #workshop - 13 November, University of St Andrews. #Allwelcome
On 2 October we were joined by former colleagues and students from across the university to celebrate the publication of '#Hippocrates: Man, Medic, Myth' by our retired colleague Professor Elizabeth Craik, whose career was spent between St Andrews and Kyoto. #tbt
We were delighted to have the opportunity to celebrate a magnificent capstone to her scholarly career and to show our appreciation of her long association with what is now the School of Classics. reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/hip… #tbt
The School of Classics welcomes applications for the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship scheme 2027. Send preliminary applications to [email protected] by 31 October 2026 at 5pm.
🔗 View details and apply: standrewsclassics.wordpress.…
#Funding #ClassicsTwitter
"Long After the Labyrinth"
A new play which draws on ancient myth to explore post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding today.
Coming to the Byre in St Andrews!
12 November 2026.
👉️ View details and book: byretheatre.com/shows/long-a…
#PeaceStudies #StAndrews #Theatre
We were delighted to contribute to the 2026 Classics Conference at the invitation of Anthony Kent (High School of Dundee). The event was an outstanding success, with 280 students and teachers from 25 Scottish schools attending! standrewsclassics.wordpress.…
#tbt #ClassicsTwitter
Prof Myles Lavan said: “I was really impressed by the dedication of so many teachers and the palpable enthusiasm and passion of so many students. It is fantastic to see such passion for the subject across the region.”
#tbt
"St Andrews Greek Week"
📆 24 - 27 November
Join us for a poetry recital, film screening, play performance, workshop, keynote and roundtable, all celebrating Greek culture.
View info and book for workshop/keynote: standrewsclassics.wordpress.…
Free events: #AllWelcome #SaveTheDates
We're inviting applications for our doctoral programme for 2027-2028 entry!
View details including funding opportunities: standrewsclassics.wordpress.…
#PhD #PhDApplication #Scholarships #Funding #DoctoralProgram #Studentship #PostgraduateResearch #StAndrews
"Lucian’s 'Icaromenippus' as an Exercise in Scalar Literacy "
Anna Athanasopoulou (Ghent)
CAES Annual #Lecture
🗓️ 16 October, 4:15pm
📍Room SO3, Swallowgate
💻 Teams (email [email protected], and put “subscribe classics-ressem” in subject)
#allwelcome
St Andrews Classics retweeted
📅 Thursday 15 October
⏰ 5.30pm
📍 Online
@CAScotia @pantamaieumata @ActaClassica @ClassAssnNE @Classical_Assoc @StA_Classics @StAmbHistory
Lecture by Professor Catharine Edwards. 👇ticketsource.com/classics-lo…
"The Mock Trial of Odysseus, King of Ithaca"
📆 Thursday, 22 October 2026 at 6pm
💻️ Live from the UK Supreme Court
🔗 View details and get livestream tickets: classicsforall.org.uk/news-a…
#ClassicsForAll
"From Plato’s Cave to the TVA ... "
Speaker: Dr Ioannis Tzortzakakis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
STARR #seminar
📆 15 October,⏰6pm
In person:📍Rm S11, Swallowgate
Online:💻Teams (email [email protected] for link)
View abstract: standrewsclassics.wordpress.…
"Towards a Posthumanistic Mountain Humanities"
Online #Workshop
📆 11 December 2026, 2-5 pm
#CallForPapers
Please send abstracts (c. 500 words) to [email protected], copied to the three convenors, by 31 October 2026.
🔗 msmf.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/202…
#Mountains #CFP
"Jackie D\escends The Stairs: Jacques Derrida / the “step” of hospitality / Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus"
Speaker: Robin Fodor
STARR #seminar
📆 #today,⏰6pm
In person:📍Rm S11, Swallowgate
Online:💻Teams (email [email protected] for link)
[NB: change to schedule]
