The Classics Postgraduate seminars enable postgraduate students to gain valuable experience and practice in delivering research papers and taking questions on their work. HTML Event description There has always been a strong contingent of postgraduate students at both masters and doctoral levels studying Classics at the University of Edinburgh. Part of the postgraduate experience here is the opportunity to deliver research papers to fellow students, providing postgraduates with a valuable experience and practice in delivering research papers in a friendly and supportive environment. Sessions will consist of a 20–30 -minute talk + discussion, where postgraduate students (both at MSc and PhD level) will present their research on any area of Classical Studies (Ancient History, Classics, Classical Archaeology, or any related discipline). Time and location Unless otherwise stated, the seminars take place 6-7pm in the Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, Old Medical School. If you would like to attend online, please contact ediclassicspgrep@gmail.com Event schedule Semester 1 2023/24 Date Speaker Title Fri 20 Oct Ben Broadbent (University of Oxford) ‘From Hero to zero: Anonymity in the Odyssey and Astronautilia’ Fri 27 Oct Xiyuan Meng (University of St Andrews) ‘Iteration, verbal links, and lexical ambivalence in Catullus c.64.’ NOTE: This seminar will be held in MST_G.13 Seminar Room, Doorway 4, Medical School, Teviot Fri 3 Nov Connor Hickey (University of St Andrews) ‘Voices of sedition: Collective agency and the notion of Seditio in Tacitus’ Fri 10 Nov Stefano Carlo Sala (University of St Andrews) ‘Discussing constitutional change in Athens and Rome: Ephialtes’ and Volero’s reforms in comparison’ NOTE: This seminar will be held online – more details to follow Fri 17 Nov Anna-Sophia Alitalo (University of Oxford) ‘Medea’s plastic sorcery: The Medicamina faciei femineae and Aeson’s Rejuvenation’ Fri 24 Nov Biancamaria Masutti (University of Edinburgh/University of Padua) ‘Honorius beyond the Rubicon. An ancient border in Claudian’s poetry’ Fri 1 Dec Cem Almurat (Boğaziçi University) ‘Tracking the emergence and transformation of Roman urbanism in Pisidia’ NOTE: This seminar will be held online – more details to follow Further information Further information can be found on the Classics postgraduate seminar series website, or email ediclassicspgrep@gmail.com Classics postgraduate seminar series website HTML Follow the School of History, Classics and Archaeology Find out about news and events in our community, or ask us a question online. Instagram Twitter YouTube Facebook Many of our research centres and groups, as well as subject areas and seminar series have their own social media spaces too. You can find out more at the link below. Follow us online [scald=4464:uoe_node_atom_full {"alt":"","caption":""}] This article was published on 2024-06-19
HTML Event description There has always been a strong contingent of postgraduate students at both masters and doctoral levels studying Classics at the University of Edinburgh. Part of the postgraduate experience here is the opportunity to deliver research papers to fellow students, providing postgraduates with a valuable experience and practice in delivering research papers in a friendly and supportive environment. Sessions will consist of a 20–30 -minute talk + discussion, where postgraduate students (both at MSc and PhD level) will present their research on any area of Classical Studies (Ancient History, Classics, Classical Archaeology, or any related discipline). Time and location Unless otherwise stated, the seminars take place 6-7pm in the Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, Old Medical School. If you would like to attend online, please contact ediclassicspgrep@gmail.com Event schedule Semester 1 2023/24 Date Speaker Title Fri 20 Oct Ben Broadbent (University of Oxford) ‘From Hero to zero: Anonymity in the Odyssey and Astronautilia’ Fri 27 Oct Xiyuan Meng (University of St Andrews) ‘Iteration, verbal links, and lexical ambivalence in Catullus c.64.’ NOTE: This seminar will be held in MST_G.13 Seminar Room, Doorway 4, Medical School, Teviot Fri 3 Nov Connor Hickey (University of St Andrews) ‘Voices of sedition: Collective agency and the notion of Seditio in Tacitus’ Fri 10 Nov Stefano Carlo Sala (University of St Andrews) ‘Discussing constitutional change in Athens and Rome: Ephialtes’ and Volero’s reforms in comparison’ NOTE: This seminar will be held online – more details to follow Fri 17 Nov Anna-Sophia Alitalo (University of Oxford) ‘Medea’s plastic sorcery: The Medicamina faciei femineae and Aeson’s Rejuvenation’ Fri 24 Nov Biancamaria Masutti (University of Edinburgh/University of Padua) ‘Honorius beyond the Rubicon. An ancient border in Claudian’s poetry’ Fri 1 Dec Cem Almurat (Boğaziçi University) ‘Tracking the emergence and transformation of Roman urbanism in Pisidia’ NOTE: This seminar will be held online – more details to follow Further information Further information can be found on the Classics postgraduate seminar series website, or email ediclassicspgrep@gmail.com Classics postgraduate seminar series website HTML Follow the School of History, Classics and Archaeology Find out about news and events in our community, or ask us a question online. Instagram Twitter YouTube Facebook Many of our research centres and groups, as well as subject areas and seminar series have their own social media spaces too. You can find out more at the link below. Follow us online [scald=4464:uoe_node_atom_full {"alt":"","caption":""}]
HTML Follow the School of History, Classics and Archaeology Find out about news and events in our community, or ask us a question online. Instagram Twitter YouTube Facebook Many of our research centres and groups, as well as subject areas and seminar series have their own social media spaces too. You can find out more at the link below. Follow us online