Essay Writing Tips!

Hi all, hope you had a good Christmas. Over the past few days our student-staff liaison officer has been in touch with many of the department to collect some tips for you all. Hope this is helpful! Dr Polly Stoker: Set yourself realistic/achievable targets i.e., ones that you know you can/will achieve – and perhaps even … Continue reading “Essay Writing Tips!”

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Child Potters in Ancient Greece: Final Thoughts and Reflections

Inspired by the study ‘Children as Learners and Producers in Ancient Greece’ by Susan Langdon, we (Laura and Ellen) have been exploring underrepresented voices in Ancient Greece. With a focus on child producers, we have been studying the ways in which these voices can be identified within the archaeological record and within our archaeology collection. … Continue reading “Child Potters in Ancient Greece: Final Thoughts and Reflections”

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Child Potters in Ancient Greece: Evidence in the CAHA Museum

  Last week we visited CAHA’s archaeology museum to study the miniature votive objects. We assessed the votives using Langdon’s methodologies, as discussed further in Blog 4, in the hopes of identifying the work of inexperienced craftspeople, and even the work of children. Here we present the results of our analysis of the key items … Continue reading “Child Potters in Ancient Greece: Evidence in the CAHA Museum”

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‘Classical Creativity: How My Classical Civilisation Degree Inspired My Art’ By Izzie Heis

I graduated from the University of Birmingham this July, aged twenty-one. With an undergraduate English and Classical Civilisation and Literature degree in hand, I turn to the world and I plan my next adventure in museum work. But picture me a seventeen-year-old school student, sitting in one of several UCAS meetings in which I shyly … Continue reading “‘Classical Creativity: How My Classical Civilisation Degree Inspired My Art’ By Izzie Heis”

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Child Potters in Ancient Greece: Votive Offerings

What are votive offerings? Votive offerings were an important religious practice in Ancient Greece that dated to as early as the 8th Century BC. The offerings were commonly left at sanctuaries and places of religious significance, and were dedicated to “express thanks to a deity or as payment in advance for anticipated help” (Renger 2016). … Continue reading “Child Potters in Ancient Greece: Votive Offerings”

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Child Potters in Ancient Greece: Child Labour

Childhood is an understudied subject within ancient Greek academia.  Much of this is due to the kinds of material preserved in the archaeological record. The lives of ordinary Greek children would have primarily existed within the “domestic realm”, a usually poorly preserved and under-excavated aspect of archaeology (Langdon 2013: 172).  Our understanding of the children … Continue reading “Child Potters in Ancient Greece: Child Labour”

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Child Potters in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten People of the Ancient World

Despite there being hundreds of years of academia focusing on ancient Greece, it is undeniable that there are still marginalised voices that need to be made heard. It is the goal of many historians now to seek out these forgotten people and ensure their lives are part of the picture we’re painting about ancient Greece. … Continue reading “Child Potters in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten People of the Ancient World”

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20 Questions with Dr Polly Stoker!

Well, heres our next instalment from Polly! She’s got some great answers so get reading! How long have you been at the University of Birmingham? I’ve just worked this out by counting backwards on my fingers, and I am alarmed to report…that I ran out of fingers. It will be since around 2004/5.   Do … Continue reading “20 Questions with Dr Polly Stoker!”

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