Classics News and Events

Congratulations to Kathryn Thompson and Simon Collier on their success in gaining Departmental/HEFCE match-funded fees and stipend grants to support postgraduate study. From September 2014, Kathryn will be studying the Taught Masters in Ancient Visual and Material Culture and Simon the Taught Masters in the Visual and Material Culture of Ancient Rome.

Warwick Classics Assistant Professor Dr Michael Scott is to become President of the newly formed Lytham St Annes branch of the Classical Association, one of the UKs biggest institutions for the promotion of Classics. The branch has been formed by local sixth former Katrina Kelly. At the age of 17, she is the youngest person ever to take the initiative to form a branch of the Classical Association since its inception in 1903.

Continuing the theme of Augustus' bimillenium, this blog entry explores one of the first pieces of dynastic ideology from Augustus' reign. Read it here.

Congratulations to Clare Rowan, Michael Scott and Zahra Newby for receiving awards from IATL to support innovative teaching. Clare will run a project ‘Communicating the Classics via Digital Storytelling’, which will be embedded in the teaching of the second-year core module Hellenistic World during 2014/15. Michael's project, 'Approaching the study of Greek religion' will run as part of his module on Greek Religion in 14-15. Zahra's project, 'Seeing, experiencing, doing: learning the methods of ancient art through performance and participation' will run as part of the module Art and Architecture in Asia Minor during 2014-15.

This article on 'Galen's pharmacological concepts and terminology in Simon of Genoa's Clavis sanationis' is accessible open access here.