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Hermann Gross: a protean German Expressionist artist who chose to live and work in the north of Scotland
Read more: Hermann Gross: a protean German Expressionist artist who chose to live and work in the north of ScotlandRobin Jackson explores the life and extraordinary range of work of 20th century German artist Hermann Gross
EUP 75: Our Publishing in Ancient History & Classical Studies
by Helena Heald While the Greek and Latin languages have been studied at the University of Edinburgh since its foundation in 1583, our Ancient History and Classical Studies list is a relatively modern addition to our publishing at the Press.…
Being a Greek captive in the medieval Mediterranean
Fantastic Fauna from China to Crimea: Q&A with the author
Forging Late Roman Italy
by Jeroen Wijnendaele (This text incorporates my introduction for the book launch of Late Roman Italy at Hamburg’s RomanIslam centre – 21.11.2023) Fergus Millar once claimed that “Italy under the Empire has no history.” He meant that it had no…
5 Things Theocritus Can Teach Us About Things
by Lilah Grace Canevaro 1. Stone can sing You don’t notice your windows when they’re clean. You might enjoy the sun streaming through them, or – more often in my experience – listen to the rain as it patters against…
Q&A with Alex Feldman, author of The Monotheisation of Pontic-Caspian Eurasia, 8-13th Centuries
by Alex Feldman Tell us a bit about your book. The Monotheisation of Pontic-Caspian Eurasia follows in the footsteps of the works of scholars like Dimitri Obolensky, Jonathan Shepard, Andrzej Poppe, Simon Franklin, Omeljan Pritsak, Constantine Zuckerman, Peter Golden, Florin…
An excerpt from Contested Cures: Identity and Ritual Healing in Roman and Late Antique Palestine
by Megan Nutzman Imagine, if you will, a woman living in Caesarea in the early fourth century CE. Caesarea is a bustling metropolis, the provincial capital. It is home to a cross section of Palestine’s inhabitants: Roman officials, Greek-speaking polytheists,…