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The Art of Veiled Speech, from Antiquity to Modern Times: 1st May 2025, 4pm

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:59:00 GMT

Subtexts are all around us. In conversation, business transactions, politics, literature, philosophy, and even love, the art of expressing more than what is explicitly said allows us to live and move in the world. But rarely do we reflect on this subterranean dimension of communication. Words don't just say what they say, and often we can understand (as listeners) and convey (as speakers) more, or something else entirely, than what is expressly said. Every day, we send out double-meaning messages and decipher those sent to us by others, without even taking notice. Greco-Roman rhetoric provides invaluable theoretical tools for thinking about this phenomenon, notably with the rhetorical notion of “figured speech”. History offers striking examples of the use of innuendo in ancient and modern political contexts. In personal and public life, veiled speech has many functions, including diplomatic, poetic, humorous and polemical. It also raises difficulties, as it carries the risk of misunderstanding. Criteria can therefore be proposed to remedy uncertainty and guarantee interpretation.

Congratulations to May Robinson

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 10:55:52 GMT

Many congratulations to May Robinson, current 2nd-year undergraduate, for reaching the final shortlist in the Classical Association’s 2023-4 "CA X Bloomsbury" Competition, for her poem ‘Pomegranate Juice’.

Congratulations to Elena Giusti

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 10:48:23 GMT

We are delighted to report that Elena Giusti has been awarded Warwick SU Transforming Education Award for Inclusive Teaching. The award is for an individual staff member who has developed their teaching and learning to be inclusive of all experiences. The nomination noted that Elena has 'created a pioneering module promoting the decolonization of classics. Well done and well deserved!!

Watch the announcement on video here.

Prof Michael Scott wins Classical Association Prize 2021

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:04:00 GMT

Professor Michael Scott of the Warwick Classics Department has been awarded the 2021 Classical Association Prize, awarded each year 'to an individual who has done the most to raise the profile of Classics in the public eye.' He will be presented with the award by Natalie Haynes at this year's online CA Conference 6-8th April 2021.

You can register to watch the prize-giving, as well as the rest of the conference, for free here: https://classicalassociation.org/events/ca-annual-conference-2021/

More about Michael's work can be found in this article: https://warwick.ac.uk/wie/staffengage/spotlight/february-michaelscott/

Michael has also written a blog about receiving the award: https://michaelscottweb.com/blog/classical-association-prize-april-2021/

More about the award, alongside previous winners, can be found here: https://classicalassociation.org/ca-prize/

PG Open Day on Wednesday 2 December

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:53:00 GMT

A PG Open Day for PhD and MA studies will take place on Wednesday 2 December.

Black Lives Matter Statement and Mission Statement from the Classics & Ancient History Department

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:45:33 GMT

Black Lives Matter Statement and Mission Statement from the Classics & Ancient History Department

Coin of the Month: The crocodile as a symbol of Egypt on a victory coin of Augustus

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:18:44 GMT

Undergraduate student Richa Snell explores the use of the crocodile on an aureus of Augustus in this piece.

Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us - Seminar for launch of new Centre for Research in Post-Kantian European Philosophy

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 07:40:00 GMT

The new Centre will be formally launched on Tuesday 15 October 2019 with a special seminar devoted to Simon Critchley's provocative new publication, The Greeks, Tragedy and Us. Professor Critchley (New School, New York) will talk about his book and reply to responses to it by Andrew Cooper (Philosophy, Warwick) and David Fearn (Classics, Warwick). The seminar will be held in Room S0.11, Social Sciences Building, and will start promptly at 5:30 pm. It will be followed by a Drinks Reception. All Welcome.

Inaugural Lecture of Prof. Victoria Rimell

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 14:22:00 GMT

Professor Victoria Rimell will give her inaugural lecture on Wednesday 9 October at 5.15, Oculus building OC0.04. The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception.

Title: ‘Care of the Other: Classical Literature, Consolation and the Healing Arts’

ALL WELCOME!

September coin of the month: Achaean League Coinage and Collective Identity

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 10:02:50 GMT

In this month's coin of the month, recent graduate Jameson Minto talks about how the coinage of the Achaean League conrtibuted to different types of identity in the Hellenistic world. Read more here.