Who are we, and what is the project? We are Ellen and Laura, a team of two students within the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology at UoB. Under the supervision of Dr Maeve McHugh, each week we shall be taking you through a journey of our research into the world of child potters … Continue reading “Child Potters in Ancient Greece: Introductions and Project Aims”
Month: October 2020
20 Questions with Dr Maeve McHugh!
Hi all! As we’re all separated at the moment I thought a great way to get to know each other a bit better is to start a ’20 Questions with…’ segment here on the blog. I’ll be talking to lecturers, alumni and members of the society committees. First to kick us off, is Dr Maeve … Continue reading “20 Questions with Dr Maeve McHugh!”
Finding Community at University
If you’re an introvert there can be nothing scarier than moving to a new city, with completely new people and be told to ‘make friends.’ On my first day, when my parents dropped me off outside good old Maple Bank, the student helping us carry my things upstairs said “Don’t worry, this is going to … Continue reading “Finding Community at University”
Circe Review (No Spoilers) by Anu Bagchi
Having spent most of the academic year trudging through what felt like masses of Euripides’ convoluted verse and Ovid’s morally questionable expressions of love, reading Circe felt like dunking my head in a bucket of ice water. Madeline Miller, to me, is an author who can take the most ‘overdone’ stories, like books of the … Continue reading “Circe Review (No Spoilers) by Anu Bagchi”