by uoladmin | Dec 7, 2022 | History & Classics, Uncategorized
By Dr Jessica Venner, Antiquarian Bookseller at Jonkers Rare Books in Henley-on-Thames In AD 62/3, some seventeen years before the eruption of Vesuvius, a major earthquake shook the town of Pompeii and the surrounding area. The effects were so dramatic that many of...
by uoladmin | Dec 7, 2022 | History & Classics, Uncategorized
By James Calvin Taylor, Assistant Professor at Colby College Environmental approaches to antiquity can arouse scepticism. Some worry about anachronistically forcing contemporary concerns onto ancient texts, while others question the relevance of antiquity to the...
by uoladmin | Dec 7, 2022 | History & Classics, Uncategorized
By Esther Meijer, Associate Lecturer in Latin Literature, University of St Andrews Thirty kilometres northeast of Rome, the town of Tivoli is probably best known for two villa complexes: Hadrian’s villa, built by the Roman emperor Hadrian around 120 CE, and Villa...
by uoladmin | Dec 7, 2022 | History & Classics, Uncategorized
By Andy Fox, Early Career Research Associate, ICS As the environmental crisis rumbles on, and governments around the world commit to action, it can be illustrative to reflect on how historic civilisations engaged with their changing environment. For the Romans, this...
by uoladmin | Aug 16, 2022 | History & Classics, Uncategorized
Professor Claire Langhamer, Director of the IHR History today is challenging, complex, and creative; it is collaborative, energetic and purposeful. In a world that stumbles from crisis to crisis, historical analysis is more critical than ever before. Only by...
by uoladmin | Jun 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
The broad field of arts and humanities still possesses this capacity to take us away from what is known By Professor Ruth Livesey It would be exaggerating to say rereading a novel by Anthony Trollope saved my professional life in summer 2021. But there was a moment of...
