Selected Recent Publications
- George Boys-Stones and Barbara Graziosi with Phiroze Vasunia, The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies.
- Edward Harris, Demosthenes: Speeches 20-22
- Edward Harris with Gerhard Thür, Papers on Greek and Hellenistic Legal History.
- Ted Kaizer, The Variety of Local Religious Life in the Near East in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods.
- Ivana Petrovic with H. Krasser and D. Pausch, Triplici invectus triumpho. Der römische Triumph in augusteischer Zeit.
Classics and Ancient History at Durham University is one of the six departments in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and is one of the most vibrant Classics departments in the UK. Our academic staff specialise in a wide range of artistic, historical, literary, linguistic, cultural and philosophical aspects of the Graeco-Roman world. In the latest Research Assessment Exercise (2008) we were ranked tied third for internationally excellent research: 65 % of our research has been rated as 4*, world leading (25%), and 3*, internationally excellent (40%).We are consistently ranked amongst the top Classics departments in the UK: 5th in the 2009 Times 'Good University Guide' and 4th the Independent's 'Complete University Guide' for 2010.
Wednesday 25 November 2009
- Towards a new interpretation of Hellenstic historiography 1:00pm , Room 108, Department of Classics & Ancient History , John Marincola (Florida State University)
- Socrates Polutropos and the figure of Alcibiades in Plato's Symposium 5:30pm , Ritson Room, Department of Classics & Ancient History , Dr Laurel Fulkerson (Florida State University)
Wednesday 2 December 2009
- Topical Identities 1:00pm , Room 108, Department of Classics & Ancient History , Paola Ceccarelli
- ate in the Homeric poems 5:30pm , CL007 Classics & Ancient History , Prof Douglas Cairns (Edinburgh)
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Department of Classics and Ancient History
38 North Bailey
Durham DH1 3EU
England
Tel: +44 (0)191 334 1670
Fax: +44 (0)191 334 1671
