Every year, the School of Classics runs a week-long field-trip to a city of ancient historical and archaeological significance. The field-trip is an option for all second and third year undergraduates taking Classical Studies or Ancient History degrees, and is …
The School of Classics offers a number of different postgraduate study options to distance learners, and consequently we have students located all over the world. Karrie Englander is undertaking an MA in Ancient History while living and working in Toronto. …
Out and About in Toronto with a Distance MA Student Read more »
Undergraduate students in the School of Classics do not necessarily have to spend all three years of their degree based in Lampeter. They have the option of spending a semester abroad at one of the University of Wales Trinity Saint …
On Wednesday 19th February, fifteen sixth formers from Ysgol Bro Pedr, Lampeter’s secondary school, spent the afternoon on campus in the Roderic Bowen Library and Archives. All English A and AS Level students, they received talks on Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus …
Last week the world of Classics was thrilled to learn that two new poems written by the seventh century Lyric poetess Sappho had been discovered (or, perhaps more accurately, rediscovered). The first of these poems is about Sappho’s brother, and …
Motorcycle chariot racing seemed to be a popular “idea” around the world, as I’ve found images from the United States, Europe and even New Zealand. The English claim to have invented the sport in 1925, but an article in Popular …
Head of School Competes in World Mountain Bike Chariot Racing Championships Read more »
The School of Classics would like to wish everyone a happy new year, semester, and term, and what better way to do this than with a brand new departmental blog? Over the coming months, we will be posting about things …