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In this series academics from the Department of Classics and Archaeology discuss their favourite objects in the University of Nottingham Museum of Archaeology. Here…
Favourite Archaeological Artefacts: Bronze Age…
From Hannah O'Regan
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In this series academics from the Department of Classics and Archaeology discuss their favourite objects in the University of Nottingham Museum of Archaeology. Here…
Favourite Archaeological Artefacts: A moment in…
From Hannah O'Regan
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In this series academics from the Department of Classics and Archaeology discuss their favourite objects in the University of Nottingham Museum of Archaeology. Here…
Favourite Archaeological Artefacts: A Shoe!
From Hannah O'Regan
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Dr Nick Wilshere descibes the types of ancient texts that are studied in our Latin and Ancient Greek courses at the University of Nottingham. Photo by Mishaal Zahed on…
Which Ancient Texts might we study?
From Hannah O'Regan
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Professor Helen Lovatt discusses her favourite module - second year 'Communicating the Past' where students create projects on a subject of their choice. Helen…
My Favourite Module: Communicating the Past
From Hannah O'Regan
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Final Year student Rachel Rolph takes us on a tour of the Archaeology Labs and explains what happens in the Bones, Materials and Teaching Labs with the aid of a few…
Archaeology Labs Tour 2021
From Alec Millward
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Dr Oliver Thomas (Classics and Archaeology) tells us 5 facts about Egyptian geese in the ancient world. Filmed on University Park campus in summer 2021 by Maroula…
Ancient facts about Egyptian geese
From Alex Mullen
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Dr Alex Mullen presents a snapshot of the collaborative ERC-funded 'Latin Now' project as part of Our Shared Human Past seminar series. The LatinNow project…
Our Shared Human Past: Latin Now
From Hannah O'Regan
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Dr Hannah O'Regan presents an overview of the new collaborative AHRC-funded project "Box Office Bears (BOB): animal baiting in early modern England." as…
Our Shared Human Past: Box Office Bears
From Hannah O'Regan
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Sparta Live! "My Queen!": The reception of Gorgo in 300 (2006) and 300: Rise of an Empire (2014) Join us and Carl Buckland for a discussion about the…
Sparta Live: The Reception of Gorgo
From Hannah O'Regan
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In this short film Dr Naomi Scott from the Department of Classics and Archaeology explains why Ancient Comedy may not seem funny to us today, and shares her favorite…
Ancient Greek Comedy: my favorite joke
From Hannah O'Regan
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Sparta Live! Angry, angry Spartans Join us and Andrew Bayliss for a discussion about the Angry, angry Spartans. When we think of Spartan behaviour we often think of…
Sparta Live: Angry, angry Spartans
From Hannah O'Regan
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Sparta Live! Adapting Slavery to Spartan Society Join us and Dr David Lewis for a discussion about Spartan helotage According to G.E.M. de Ste Croix (Origins of the…
Sparta Live: Adapting slavery to Spartan Society
From Hannah O'Regan
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Sparta Live! "Sparta and the Internet: the ups and downs of public history onlineJoin us, Dr Roel Konijnendijk and Dr Owen Rees for a discussion about Sparta and…
Sparta Live: Sparta and the Internet
From Hannah O'Regan
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Sparta Live! Unveiling Spartan Women Few elements of Spartan society have evoked the strong reactions routinely roused by the Spartans’ supposedly powerful and…
Sparta Live: Unveiling Spartan women
From Hannah O'Regan
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Sparta Live! Spartan Death and Commemoration Excavations conducted in Sparta between 1906 and 1994 uncovered fewer than 20 graves from entire time span between the end…
Sparta Live: Spartan death and commemoration
From Hannah O'Regan
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Professor Helen Lovatt shares her love of Jason and the Argonauts - the subject of one of her specialist year modules. Find out more about the Department of Classics…
Helen Lovatt and the Argonautica
From Hannah O'Regan
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Welcome to the Our Shared Human Past talks from the Department of Classics and Archaeology at the University of Nottingham. Here Dr Nick Wilshere discusses the role of…
Our Shared Human Past: The Moral of the Story -…
From Hannah O'Regan
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Welcome to the Our Shared Human Past talks from the Department of Classics and Archaeology at the University of Nottingham. Here Prof. Helen Lovatt discusses the…
Our Shared Human Past: The Moral of the Story -…
From Hannah O'Regan
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Warlike Spartans? Competing memories on Spartan militarism with Dr Elena Franchi On the eve of the Peloponnesian war, the Spartans had to decide whether to launch…
Warlike Spartans? Competing memories on Spartan…
From Hannah O'Regan
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Sparta Live! The ‘300’ in historical fiction, with Steven Pressfield The sacrifice of the ‘300’ at Thermopylae has gripped the imagination…
Sparta Live: The '300' in historical…
From Hannah O'Regan
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Sparta Live!: Sparta in graphic novels: THREE Graphic novel ‘Three’ explores Spartan history and culture a century after Thermopylae. This session…
Sparta Live: Three with Kieron Gillen
From Hannah O'Regan
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Second year student Hannah Parker takes you through what to expect in your first year studying Classical Civilisation at Nottingham Check out Hannah's channel…
First Year Classical Civilisation at the…
From Matthew Myers
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Read about Joint Honours degrees, but not sure what they are and how they work? Fret not - Our Admissions Tutor Dr Hannah O'Regan gives a brief overview in this…
Classics and Archeology: what is a Joint Honours…
From Hannah O'Regan
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Interested in Classics, Ancient History or Classical Civilisation, but not sure what they are, or where the differences lie? Dr Emily Kneebone explains all in this quick…
What is classics?
From Hannah O'Regan
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A brief overview of Archaeology - what it is, how it differs from history and why it is important in the present day.
What is Archaeology?
From Hannah O'Regan
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Dr Matt Myers from the Department of Classics and Archaeology discusses his three favourite books about Roman history. Find out more about the Department of Classics…
Dr Matt Myers - My Favourite Roman History Books
From Matthew Myers
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One of the most frequent questions that you get asked as an archaeologist is "what's the best thing you've ever found?" In this short video Will…
Will Bowden The best thing I've ever found
From William Bowden
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Dr Hannah O'Regan, the first person in her family to go to university, explains the three key things she learned from the experience. Find out more about the…
3 (non-academic) things I learned by going to…
From Hannah O'Regan
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Dr Hannah O'Regan from the Department of Classics and Archaeology explains how pottery (and other things) gets into our flowerbeds and fields. Find out more about…
Finds from the flowerbeds
From Hannah O'Regan
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Dr Hannah O'Regan discusses the importance of a very fishy vase, and what it can tell us about the past. Find out more about the Department of Classics and…
Vase stories
From Hannah O'Regan
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