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Events

Research events play an important role in our active research culture. Academic staff from the University and other institutions come together with students to share and debate the latest ideas and developments.

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28 October 2020	15:00	Made by Africans for Africans? Multiculturalism and pottery in Severan York with Martin Pitts Made by Africans for Africans? Multiculturalism and pottery in Severan York with Martin Pitts Join Zoom Meeting https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/j/99651664090?pwd=M0JrMFI3UnU5L05KeUErTWs1cGdYZz09 Meeting ID: 996 5166 4090 Password: 905209. Full details	Add event
11 November 2020		Phronesis as a persuasive rational excellence with Elena Cagnoli Fiecconi (UCL) Phronesis as a persuasive rational excellence - Elena Cagnoli Fiecconi (UCL) Join Zoom Meeting https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/j/99200480753?pwd=bktPS21sTGJDdkRsTWtsOW1RSTZYZz09 Meeting ID: 992 0048 0753 Password: 270696. Full details	Add event
18 November 2020		Empire and Islands: The Case of the Cyclades Empire and Islands: The Case of the Cyclades - Rebecca Sweetman (St. Andrews). Full details	Add event
25 November 2020		The folds of Olympus: reading ancient mountains ecocritically in the Iliad and beyond The folds of Olympus: reading ancient mountains ecocritically in the Iliad and beyond - Jason Konig (St. Andrews). Full details	Add event
26 November 2020	16:30	Monica D'Agostini on her book, The Rise of Philip V (2019) Monica D'Agostini on her book, The Rise of Philip V (2019) (Will be recorded). If you would like to attend the seminars, please email Emma Nicholson (e.l.nicholson@exeter.ac.uk) or Annelies Cazemier (a.cazemier@soton.ac.uk) for a Zoom invitation.. Full details	Add event
27 November 2020	16:00	Archytas’ dove in context: an investigation of the non-human agency between paradoxography, encyclopedism, and mechanics in the ancient world Archytas’ dove in context: an investigation of the non-human agency between paradoxography, encyclopedism, and mechanics in the ancient world. Full details	Add event
2 December 2020		Landscape and History: A fresh look at Hannibal's March in Polybius Landscape and History: A fresh look at Hannibal's March in Polybius - Nicolas Wiater (St. Andrews). Full details	Add event
9 December 2020		Religious knowledge in the Hellenistic period Religious knowledge in the Hellenistic period - Irene Salvo (Exeter). Full details	Add event
17 December 2020	16:00	Technology and Disability Technology and Disability Christian Laes (University of Manchester). Respondent: Jane Draycott (University of Glasgow). Full details	Add event
26 January 2021	17:00	Peter Van Alfen on The Antigonid Coins Online project Peter Van Alfen on The Antigonid Coins Online project (Recording TBC). If you would like to attend the seminars, please email Emma Nicholson (e.l.nicholson@exeter.ac.uk) or Annelies Cazemier (a.cazemier@soton.ac.uk) for a Zoom invitation.. Full details	Add event
28 January 2021	17:00	Genos between phusis and technê Emanuela Bianchi (New York University). Respondent: Gabriele Galluzzo (University of Exeter). Full details	Add event
25 February 2021	16:00	Mercury in late antique and medical sources: practice and theory Mercury in late antique and medical sources: practice and theory Matteo Martelli (University of Bologna). Respondent: David Leith (University of Exeter). Full details	Add event
9 March 2021	17:00	Katerina Panagopoulou on her book, Τhe Early Antigonids: Coinage, Money and the Economy Katerina Panagopoulou on her book, Τhe Early Antigonids: Coinage, Money and the Economy (Recording TBC). If you would like to attend the seminars, please email Emma Nicholson (e.l.nicholson@exeter.ac.uk) or Annelies Cazemier (a.cazemier@soton.ac.uk) for a Zoom invitation. Full details	Add event
22 March 2021	16:00	Ancient cabinet of curiosities Ancient cabinet of curiosities Véronique Dasen (University of Fribourg). Respondent: Dunstan Lowe (University of Kent). Full details	Add event
15 April 2021	16:00	Medicine in ancient Cyprus: the archaeological evidence Medicine in ancient Cyprus: the archaeological evidence Demetres Michaelides (University of Cyprus). Respondent: Daniel King (University of Exeter). Full details	Add event
3 May 2021	17:00	Copper and human health in the Chalcolithic, the classical, and the age of COVID Copper and human health in the Chalcolithic, the classical, and the age of COVID Julie Laskaris (University of Richmond). Respondent: Colin Webster (UC Davis). Full details	Add event
25 May 2021	17:00	The Roman physician and the knowledge of the patient The Roman physician and the knowledge of the patient Lauren Caldwell (UMass Amherst). Respondent: Chiara Blanco (University of Oxford). Full details	Add event
24 June 2021	16:00	Navigating between abstraction and observation: using astrolabes, globes and mirrors in the medieval Mediterranean Navigating between abstraction and observation: using astrolabes, globes and mirrors in the medieval Mediterranean Divna Manolova (The University of York). Respondent: Karen ní Mheallaigh (Johns Hopkins University). Full details	Add event
5 July 2021	16:00	Nutrition in ancient medicine Nutrition in ancient medicine John Wilkins (University of Exeter). Respondent: Laurence Totelin (Cardiff University). Full details	Add event