The 2025 UK Ancient Historians’ Annual Meeting will take place on 17-18th May at the Aston University conference centre in central Birmingham. Details below.
Bookings (to ln294@cam.ac.uk or georgy.kantor@classics.ox.ac.uk ) by 12 noon on Friday 25 April.
This is the prime opportunity for all ancient historians in the UK, whatever their specialism, to meet, explore ideas, and exchange views, formally and informally. Early-career ancient historians and those recently appointed to posts are particularly encouraged to attend. The event is open both to those in or retired from university posts and to others at post-doctoral level.
PROGRAMME
Saturday 17 May
1.00 Lunch
2.30–4.30 p.m. Discussion: Funding research projects in a changing financial landscape.
Research funding possibilities in UK universities have been steadily changing since Brexit and are affected by other current pressures on higher education and research funding. Which opportunities are now available for scholars at all employment stages? Which forms of support and network do exist for researchers who are currently preparing grant applications, and what are some of the critical do’s and don’ts for prospective applicants? This will be a panel discussion led by some of those with experience of securing research grants from different founding bodies (e.g. AHRC, ERC, Leverhulme). including Theodora Jim (Nottingham), Chiara Meccariello (Exeter), and Henriette Van der Blom (Birmingham)
4.30 pm Tea
5.00–7.00 pm Thea Sommerschield (Nottingham) Beyond AI tools? Deep neural networks for Greek epigraphic networks
7.00 pm Bar
7.45 pm Dinner
Sunday 18 May
9.30–12 noon (with a break for coffee) Ancient ‘popular culture’ in the classroom: how to introduce classics & ancient history students to the living realities of Greco-Roman antiquity? The panel will discuss how to incorporate the study of everyday life in ancient Greece and Rome in our lectures and teaching practices, interrogating the role that research-led teaching can assume in the effort. Panelists: Lucy Grig (Edinburgh), Julietta Steinhauer (UCL), and Jerry Toner (Cambridge).
10.15–10.45 Coffee/Tea
12.00-12.30 Information exchange/business meeting.
12.30 Lunch
The cost (including lunch on Saturday and Sunday, dinner on Saturday, bed and breakfast) will be £163.
The cost for non-residents (i.e. only Saturday or only Sunday, including lunch on whichever day (but not dinner)) will be £38.00.
A limited number of bursaries supporting travel and residence costs will be available. Please express your interest at the same time as making your booking (see below). Priority will be given to early career scholars or holders of non-established positions.
Advance booking (to ln294@cam.ac.uk or georgy.kantor@classics.ox.ac.uk ) is required (but not advance payment). Please book early, and in any case not later than 12 noon on Friday 25th April.
The meeting will be held at Conference Aston, on the Aston University site in central Birmingham, 10–15 minutes’ walk from New St. Station. See here for details.
Note: this is a fee-paying event run by an organisation which is not affiliated to, or funded by, the Classical Association