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.

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 29^th February 2016.

• PhD studentship: A third century crisis? The composition and metallurgy of Roman silver coinage, Septimius Severus to Valerian and Gallienus: includes fees and maintenance at RCUK level (EU and Home students). Deadline for applications is 25 August 2014.
• Teaching Fellow in Roman Imperial History: 10-month fixed term from 1st Sept 2014. Deadline for applications is 12 August 2014.