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Making Medusa and the tale of the snake-haired Gorgon

Making Medusa and the tale of the snake-haired Gorgon

by Talking Humanities | Nov 14, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Digital, Features, History & Classics, Public Engagement, Publications, Republished, Research & Resources

For this year’s Being Human festival, the Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) is putting on a free event in London in partnership with Islington’s Little Angel Theatre and puppeteer-storyteller Tinka Slavicek. Making Medusa, which takes place on 17 November at Little...
Why we need monsters like Medusa and the Sirens

Why we need monsters like Medusa and the Sirens

by Talking Humanities | Aug 16, 2018 | History & Classics, Interviews, Research & Resources

In October 2017, the Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) hosted ‘Why do we need monsters?’ which presented some of the latest research on ancient monsters to a non-specialist audience. The event is still enjoying an afterlife, having inspired an anthology of fiction...

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