The Classics research seminars provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and the promotion of new research and debate among the research community, both within and outside the University. All are welcome. Seminars take place at 5.10 pm on Wednesdays unless otherwise stated. Semester 1 2026/27DateSpeakerTopicVenueWed 23 SepDr Alex Imrie (University of Edinburgh)'More than a copy-paste: Cassius Dio’s “Biographical history”of the Civil Wars, AD 69 and 193'Meadows Lecture Theatre, G.07 Doorway 4, Old Medical SchoolWed 30 SepThe Charles Gordon Mackay Lecture Professor Filippomaria Pontani (Ca’ Foscari, Venice)'The Odyssey and its Scholia'Meadows Lecture Theatre, G.07 Doorway 4, Old Medical SchoolSponsored by the A. G. Leventis Centre for Greek StudiesThu 1 OctThe Charles Gordon Mackay Seminar Professor Filippomaria Pontani (Ca’ Foscari, Venice)'The Hellenizing muse: New ancient Greek poetry in modern Europe' 1-2:30pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal MacMillan Building, George SquareSponsored by the A. G. Leventis Centre for Greek StudiesWed 7 OctProfessor David Pritchard (Edinburgh/ Queensland)'Children of Athena: The armed forces of Ancient democratic Athens'Meadows Lecture Theatre, G.07 Doorway 4, Old Medical SchoolThu 8 OctDr Hallie Meredith (Washington State University)'Women and enslaved craftworkers returned to work: A social history of Late Antique industrial producers'Meadows Lecture Theatre, G.07 Doorway 4, Old Medical SchoolWed 14 OctDr Agnese Bargagna (University of Edinburgh) 'A catalogue “to rule them all”. Building a research catalogue of 4th-century Latin historians: Preliminary findings and case studies'Meadows Lecture Theatre, G.07 Doorway 4, Old Medical SchoolWed 21 OctThe 2026 Gender and History LectureProfessor Judith Evans Grubbs (Emory)'“An illegal and dishonorable deed": The sale of children by their parents in the Roman Empire (200-600 CE)' Meadows Lecture Theatre, G.07 Doorway 4, Old Medical SchoolJoint History and Classics Seminar Thu 22 OctDr Davide Napoli (Cornell) 'Virtues of hypocrisy: Dissent in classical Greek democracies' Meadows Lecture Theatre, G.07 Doorway 4, Old Medical SchoolSponsored by the A. G. Leventis Centre for Greek StudiesWed 28 OctDr Brigid Ehrmantraut (University of St Andrews) 'Invented women in Medieval Irish adaptations of classical literature: Genealogy, creativity, and narrative symmetry'40 George Square, Room AWed 4 NovProfessor Edward Schiappa (MIT) '"The proem and epilogue of Alcidamas" on the Sophists: A case for Interpolation'Teviot Lecture Theatre, Doorway 5, Old Medical SchoolThu 5 NovEdinburgh Centre for Global History Annual Lecture in the History of SlaveryProfessor Nino Luraghi (University of Oxford)'Silencing the past: From Haiti to the Peloponnese'5-7pm G.159, MacLaren Stuart Room, Old CollegeThu 6 Nov Roundtable with Professor Nino LuraghiPanelists: Nino Luraghi (Oxford), Mirko Canevaro (HCA), Matthew Hewitt (HCA), and Christine Whyte (Glasgow)11am-1pm Seminar Room 1, Chrystal MacMillan Building, George SquareTue 10 NovLeverhulme Visiting Professor Lecture Professor Lisa Raphals (Edinburgh) 'Chance in context: Early Chinese and Greek accounts of chance and randomness' Meadows Lecture Theatre, G.07 Doorway 4, Old Medical SchoolWed 11 NovDr Christopher Jotischky (Royal Holloway) 'Alexander in America, Homer's eyeglasses, and diarrhoea: Absurdist Classical reception in the 19th-century Greek satirical novel'Meadows Lecture Theatre, G.07 Doorway 4, Old Medical SchoolWed 18 NovProfessor Felix Pirson (DAIA) 'Galen’s Pergamon: The transformation of city and micro-region in the Roman imperial period' Meadows Lecture Theatre, G.07 Doorway 4, Old Medical SchoolSponsored by the Hellenic Society as part of the 2026 Green LecturesWed 25 NovProfessor Yannis Hamilakis (Brown)'From the Acropolis to Moria (and back): Archaeology, race, and unfinished histories' Teviot Lecture Theatre, Doorway 5, Old Medical SchoolJoint Modern Greek and Classics Seminar.Sponsored by the A. G. Leventis Centre for Greek StudiesWed 2 DecDr Anna Judson (University of Durham)'The tablet-makers of Pylos: Experiments in making Linear B tablets'40 George Square, Room AWed 16 DecProfessor Susanna Elm (Berkeley) ‘Augustine in dialogue with Livy; or, how to capture cities the Christian way’ Teviot Lecture Theatre, Doorway 5, Old Medical SchoolLecture sponsored by the AHRC Last Historians of Rome project, in association with the Centre for Late Antique, Islamic, and Byzantine Studies Follow the School You can keep up with the latest School news, events and developments by following us on Instagram, Bluesky and Facebook. The School also has a blog, and an Eventbrite account. Instagram Bluesky Facebook School blog Eventbrite Find out what else is onThe School of History, Classics and Archaeology offers an exciting programme of seminars across many subjects areas. Visit the research seminars website to find out what else is happening. Research seminars and events calendar This article was published on Thursday 1 August 2024
