Ancient World at Lampeter

29/05/2025

25/10/2024

Participation by Dr Katharina Zinn at conference The Greatest Thinkers and Sages in Antiquity - thinking about wisdom intercultural
Institute for the History of the Ancient World, Northeast Normal University, China

20/03/2023

We welcome Egyptologist and Heritage professional Prof Dina Ezz El Din (Alexandria University, Tourist Guiding Department, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels) as our Honorary Research Fellow. She will embark on a collaborative project - Objects Interculturally - with Katharina Zinn - here both to be seen during their last research meeting at Kom el Shoqafa in Alexandria in January 2023 University of Wales Trinity Saint David

25/05/2022

Classics Reunion (with free tea, coffee and cake)
Tomorrow at 4pm in the Founders Library
All are welcome. We have one free accommodation spot left for any who might be able to make it to Lampeter. If interested email: [email protected]

12/05/2022

Dear Classics/Ancient History alumni,

We warmly invite you to event celebrating 200 years of Classics and Ancient History at Lampeter Campus.

As part of our celebrations of the bicentenary, we are hosting a small reunion for alumni who studied a classics related subject (single or joint honours). This will take place on the 26 May (2022).
The event reunion will start at 4pm on the 26 May with afternoon tea and cake. This will give alumni a chance to catch up with old friends. Current students will also be invited to come along, so that generations past and present can mingle and share stories.

In the evening we are then hosting a talk by Prof. Edith Hall on the topic of: Ozymandias since the Cold War. This talk will take place in the Founders Library at 6pm. To be followed by a free wine and cheese reception (see accompanying poster).

Through funds from the Lampeter and West Wales Classical Association, we are able to offer free accommodation for the evening on the 26 May for the first 5 alumni who can confirm their attendance (please only take the spot if you know you can attend). We can also offer a modest subsidy of £20 for travel.

We would love it if you were able to join us in person to mark our 200-year celebration. If you are able to come to the event, please RSVP at: [email protected]

Best regards
Matt, Errietta, Kyle, Ruth, Magdalena and the rest of the Classics Team past and present at Lampeter

11/05/2022

A reminder and invitation to the following upcoming talks being hosted by the Lampeter and West Wales Classical Association:



Next week – Thursday 19th of May at 6pm – we have an online talk by Julene Abad Del Vecchio (University of Manchester) on the topic of "Anticipation in Statius’ Achilleid: a rush to the end?"



And on the 26th of May (6pm) we have an in person and online talk by Professor Edith Hall (Durham University). This will be on the topic of "Ozymandias since the Cold War". This talk is in celebration of Lampeter Campus’ bicentenary (originally founded as St David's College/Coleg Dewi Sant in 1822).

All are welcome to attend. For expression of interest please email either [email protected] or [email protected]

12/04/2022

To celebrate 200 years of Classics and Ancient History at Lampeter (founded in 1822 as St David's College), the Lampeter Classical Association is hosting a talk by Prof. Edith Hall on the topic of: Ozymandias since the Cold War. This will take place on 26 May (2022) at 6pm. This will be both in person (Founders Library on Lampeter Campus) and online. All are welcome to attend (see poster below). For expressions of interest, please email: [email protected]

04/03/2022

We are pleased to announce that Deirdre Klokow (University of Southern California) will be delivering a talk on “Local Networks: Bronze Coinage and Systems of Exchange in the Seleucid Empire” for the Lampeter and West Wales Classical Association.

This will take place online (via Teams) on the 10th of March at 6 pm UK time. All are welcome to attend.

Should you be interested in attending, please email: m.cobb@uwtsd or [email protected]

28/02/2022

The Lampeter & West Wales Classical Association is happy to announce its series of talks for Semester 2.

Time, date and venue/format: 10th of March (online)
Title: “Local Networks: Bronze Coinage and Systems of Exchange in the Seleucid Empire”
Speaker: Deirdre Klokow, University of Southern California

Time, date and venue/format: 24th of March (hybrid)
Title: Ozymandias since the Cold War
Speaker: Professor Edith Hall, Durham University

Time, date and venue/format: 19th of May (online)
Title: "Anticipation in Statius’ Achilleid: a rush to the end?"
Speaker: Julene Abad Del Vecchio, the University of Manchester

All welcome

Should you like to attend one of these talks, please email either [email protected] or [email protected]

15/02/2022

To all who might be interested, the Editorial Board of Animus, the University of Chicago’s undergraduate Classics journal. Animus is looking for Classics-related papers, translations, and artistic pieces for its upcoming Spring issue. You can find further details on their website. https://voices.uchicago.edu/animus/submissions/

For questions please contact this address: [email protected] [do not reply directly to this message]

Submissions Guide Overview Animus accepts work related to the field of the Classics from a variety of different mediums, including academic papers, translations, creative writing, and visual art, both to our blog and journal. You may submit up to three pieces to Animus per academic school year, with...

07/02/2022

For all who may be interested, please find information about the following upcoming talks.

The first is ‘Three Great Lampeterians – Thomas Tout, Tyrrell Green and Frank Newte’ which is a talk to be given by Professor William Gibson (Oxford Brookes University), as part of the Lampeter Society Bicentenary celebrations. This will take place in person and online on Thursday 24th of February at 6pm. All welcome to attend.

The second is ‘Rugby and national identity in Wales: a history’ which is a talk by Professor Martin Johnes (Swansea University) as part of the Learned Societies series. This will take place in person and online on Wednesday 2nd of March 2022, 6pm. All welcome to attend.

If you would like to attend (either in person or online – please specify your request) please email: [email protected]

All the best
Matt