Newsletter: Western Classics

Western Classics

Western Classics is our newsletter from staff and students in Classics at the University of Galway (formerly the National University of Ireland, Galway).

Current issue: Western Classics 4

Download: Western Classics 4 (June 2022)

Editor: Andrew Levie

Contents:

• War and heroism in 2022
• What’s in a name—(Ancient) Classics?
• Talking the talk: Gilgamesh in Conversation
• Virgil and Hungarian war poetry
• Ekphrasis: Visualizing the verbal in ancient and contemporary poetry
• The repercussions of a horse
• Absence and voids in times of disease
• Res gestae: staff news
• Current Postdoctoral research
• Current PhD research
• Parting images from Rome

Western Classics 3

Download: Western Classics 3 (Dec 2020)

Editor: Grace Attwood

Contents:

• Johannes Scottus Eriugena and Gothic Architecture
• Culinary Chauvinism: From Caesar to the Coronavirus
• Lorenzo Valla in the Time of Social Media
• The Island Child: An Interview with Molly Aitken
• All Roads Lead to Rome
• Intentional Obscurity and “Divine Speech” in Early English Texts
• Mathematica Romana
• Ireland and Carolingian Brittany: Texts and Transmission
• Res Gestae: Staff News
• Current PhD Research

Western Classics 2

‌Download: Western Classics 2 (March 2019)

Contents:

• Senatus Populusque Galviensis
• Ireland and Carolingian Brittany: Texts and Transmission
• Res gestae: staff news
• Current PhD research
• Taking manuscripts to school
• Losing a Greek vase
• Notes from another West Coast
• In memoriam
• Away from Ogygia

Western Classics 1

Download: Western Classics 1 (March 2018)

‌Contents:

• University Teaching—the skills agenda
• Res gestae: staff news
• Current PhD research
• A thought on Heraclitus
• Latin biblical commentaries
• Remembering Ma Heavey
• New databases
• Events and photos
• Colm Luibhéid’s passing

(Our cover image, the Pylos Combat Agate, is used courtesy of the Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati.)

Western Classics is our newsletter from staff and students in Classics at NUI Galway.

Western Classics 4

Download: Western Classics 4 (June 2022)

Editor: Andrew Levie

Contents:

• War and Heroism in 2022
• Absence and Voids in Times of Disease
• What’s in a Name—(Ancient) Classics?
• Virgil and Hungarian War Poetry
• The Repercussions of a Horse
• Ekphrasis: Visualizing the Verbal in Ancient and Contemporary Poetry
• Talking the Talk: Gilgamesh in Conversation
• Res gestae: staff news
• Current Postdoctoral research
• Current PhD research
• Parting Images from Rome

Western Classics 3

Download: Western Classics 3 (Dec 2020)

Editor: Grace Attwood

Contents:

• Johannes Scottus Eriugena and Gothic Architecture
• Culinary Chauvinism: From Caesar to the Coronavirus
• Lorenzo Valla in the Time of Social Media
• The Island Child: An Interview with Molly Aitken
• All Roads Lead to Rome
• Intentional Obscurity and “Divine Speech” in Early English Texts
• Mathematica Romana
• Ireland and Carolingian Brittany: Texts and Transmission
• Res Gestae: Staff News
• Current PhD Research

Western Classics 2

‌Download: Western Classics 2 (March 2019)

Contents:

• Senatus Populusque Galviensis
• Ireland and Carolingian Brittany: Texts and Transmission
• Res gestae: staff news
• Current PhD research
• Taking manuscripts to school
• Losing a Greek vase
• Notes from another West Coast
• In memoriam
• Away from Ogygia

Western Classics 1

Download: Western Classics 1 (March 2018)

‌Contents:

• University Teaching—the skills agenda
• Res gestae: staff news
• Current PhD research
• A thought on Heraclitus
• Latin biblical commentaries
• Remembering Ma Heavey
• New databases
• Events and photos
• Colm Luibhéid’s passing

(Our cover image, the Pylos Combat Agate, is used courtesy of the Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati.)