Classics News and Events
New co-authored publication
C. Rowan and D. Swan, 'Victory, torcs and iconology in Rome and Britain', Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia 26: 71-90, was published as a result of the Warwick URSS scheme.
Clare Rowan awarded major research grant
Clare Rowan has been awarded a European Union Starting Grant for a project that will examine the role of tokens in antiquity. Learn more about the project here.
Coin of the month: A silver stater of Evagoras in the British Museum
Carol Atack explores the career of Evagoras in February's coin of the month.
The Materiality of Mourning: an Interdisciplinary Workshop
This interdisciplinary workshop, funded by the Wellcome Trust, will bring together academic and practitioners to explore the roles played by objects and images in the processes of grief, mourning and remembrance, across both historical and contemporary societies.
The workshop will be held at the University of Warwick on Thursday 19th-Friday 20th May 2016.
Academics and practitioners across all disciplines are warmly invited to respond to the Call for Papers. Please send a title and brief abstract (up to 200 words) to Zahra.newby@warwick.ac.uk by 29th February 2016.
Classics IAS Visiting Fellowship - Prof Alastair Blanshard
From 11th January until 5th February Prof Alastair Blanshard of University of Queensland, Australia will be the IAS Visiting Fellow in the Department of Classics and Ancient History. Alastair will be participating in a number of events co-organised with different departments during his Fellowship.
For the full programme see: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/research/seminars/iasvisitingfellow2016/