We’d like to draw your attention to Coin Stories, an event that is part of the SGSAH training series for Classics and Archaeology. While the event is particularly relevant for those in Classics and Archaeology, it is open to a wider audience, including anyone interested in numismatics, history, material culture, or museum curation. Date: Monday 31 March 2024, 2.00-4.30pm… Continue reading
by Dr Alex A. Antoniou (https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/alexantoniou/#biography) I have recently been awarded a RSE Small Research Grant. The project, entitled ‘Imperialism and Emperor Worship: Local Responses to the Emperor’s Divinity’, will run from March–December 2025. This project seeks to challenge the paradigms by which the worship of the Roman emperor (as well as his deified predecessors… Continue reading
Catherine Rae is one of our fantastic recent graduate from our MSc in Classics and Ancient History. One of the things she did during her time at Glasgow was volunteer to work on the coin collection in the Hunterian Museum. She has now started a Classics blog and one of her posts is on coins.… Continue reading
By Elise Benton, MSc Classics & Ancient History 2024 When I first heard of the Roman Mobilities course during the fall semester, I thought it sounded interesting. I mean, a class about how the Roman Empire moved throughout Eurasia and how it changed and adapted in different ways, what’s not to love? Then learning that… Continue reading
“Dracchae” (Alice Mantese, MSc Classics & Ancient History, 2024) With their background in Theatre making and a love for the Classics, Alice decided to focus their project on the queer themes of Euripides’ Bacchae by readapting the play for a Drag-inspired performance, with the aim of making the story more accessible to a modern audience… Continue reading
“Gorgoneion head” (Caitlyn Eldridge, MSc Ancient Cultures, 2024) Interested in recreating ancient art pieces into different mediums, Caitlyn is a recreating a gorgoneion head painted onto a vase into a cross stitch, while also explaining what and why the gorgoneion head was used for. “Siren Odyssey” (Felix Lee, MRes Classics, 2024) Intrigued by the disturbing… Continue reading
The New Library of Alexandria is a creative colloquium founded by and created for postgraduate Classics students at the University of Glasgow. The group aims to create and engage in personal creative projects anchored in the ancient world. This allows its members to interact with history in new ways and expand their skill sets. Like… Continue reading
by Erin Littler (Hons student) In late 2023, I was fortunate enough to be awarded the Kenmure Prize in Classics (founded in 1976 in memory of the Reverend Vera Kenmure, first woman minister of the Congregational Union of Scotland). This gave me the opportunity to travel abroad and view classical sites, which I have previously… Continue reading
by Adrastos Omissi My surname has always been something of a mystery to me. From as young as I can remember, I was very aware that it was odd – I learnt at an early age that it always had to be spelled out, and I have known the NATO phonetic letter for ‘s’ (Sierra)… Continue reading
by Kirsten Blackham (Classics PhD, University of Glasgow) While the search for Cleopatra’s tomb has been a central point of interest for archaeological research in the Ptolemaic period, there seems to be a curious lack of interest in the recovery of her Mammisi (or birth-temple) at Armant (ancient Hermonthis). Cleopatra VII’s Armant Mammisi is a… Continue reading
