Dept of Classics & Archaeology, Nottingham

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Account of the Department of Classics and Archaeology at the University of Nottingham, UK. We teach Latin, Greek, Archaeology, Ancient Literature, Languages, Art & History, Reception & more! Follow us for research insights + photos of Dept life.

Photo of a man with curly brown hair and glasses, looking at a close up of a ceramic thin section on a computer screen. The thin section itself is lying on a circular stage on a black digital microscope in front of him.
Lego model of the Trent Building on University Park Campus, university of Nottingham. It is a white stone Neoclassical building with a large clock tower.
Picture of a female cup-bearer offering a glass of red wine before a red-robed person sitting on a throne. The title says ‘why Plato was right about Tyranny. Edmund Stewart, The University of Nottingham’
Poster for the WELHMA series from the Institute for Medieval Research, university of Nottingham. There’s a manuscript drawing of a rather shy looking bear gazing leftwards with lovely claws visible on its feet. The abstract mentions the Box Office Bears project and understanding early modern routeways using data based on where and when bearwards were present around England.
Screenshot from New Scientist website. It says ‘how our ancestors used mushrooms to change the course of human history. Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in shaping civilisation’ by Benjamin Taub. 10 March 2026
Image of the front cover of Current Archaeology. There is an Anglo-Saxon gold brooch on the cover and the title ‘Broughton Lodge: exploring evidence of prosperity and plague in 6th-century Nottinghamshire’
Photo of a gilded brooch with the logo of Lakeside Arts in the top left corner and ‘part of University of Nottingham, UK, China, Malaysia’ below.
Photograph of Andrew Poulter wearing a red shirt, glasses and with sunglasses on his head, learning with one hand on a large square column of stone, with further columns on the background. It is sunny and the grass is parched.
Poster for a free webinar - the Joan Pye annual lecture to be presented by Alex Mullen. November 26th, 7pm. Hosted by Cotswold archaeology and the Roman Research Trust. The image is of lots of people in togas in a market place.
Photo of four people in a largely bare agricultural field with a railway embankment and bridge in the background. There’s a slight furze of green plants coming through on the ground. They are all in waterproofs and looking at the ground. Photo copyright the Bingham Heritage Trails Association
Photograph of a man in a red caving helmet, light blue jacket and grey trousers inspecting a bone assemblage in the middle of a cave passage.
A smiling woman with long dark hair and a blue jacket and scarf standing in the doorway of a wattle-built hut.
Photo of a young woman with dark shoulder-length bobbed hair, dark eyes and a big grin. She’s wearing a white top and holding a blue and cream certificate.
To the left a photo of a smiling lady with long brown hair with highlights and wearing a blue dress. To the right a smiling man with short brown hair and wearing a grey and white striped T-shirt and a zipped fleece top.
Black and white engraving of a bust of a man looking right. He’s got collar length wavy hair and is wearing a laurel wreath. Under the image it says P. Papinio Stazio.
Picture of a book cover showing an early illumination of two people with a manuscript. One on the left is sitting on a throne, the other on the right appears to be kneeling near them. The book title is ‘languages and communities in the late Roman and post-imperial western provinces’ edited by Alex Mullen and George Woudhuysen. In the ‘Oxford studies in Ancient Documents’ series.
Screenshot from instagram. There’s a photo of a woman in red and dark blue graduation robes, and wearing glasses. The text says ‘international Women’s Day’ Hannah O’Regan Head of Department of Classics and Archaeology. Professor of Archaeology and Palaeoecology. Underneath is a quote that says “if someone says it’s not your place - find allies and make it your place.”
A composite image of three photos. To the left a piece of leather surrounded by debitage multiple finished tools lying on top. On the right, two students with big grins showing their favorite tools that they’ve made.
Engraving of Percy Bysshe Shelley, a young man with wavy hair, fine straight eyebrows, dark eyes, and a very large white shirt collar.
A photograph of Theodora sitting outside on a stone step in front of a green carpeted set of steps. She’s wearing a grey top and black trousers with a grey side-stripe, and holding a black and white cat.
Seminar poster with details of the lecture/ webinar. The image used is an illustration of four very tired looking men wearing red cloaks and sitting on rocky ground. It is taken from the 2013 graphic novel Three by Kieron Gillen and Ryan Kelly. Prof Stephen Hodkinson from the Dept was the academic consultant.
Two men in a market setting discussing something that is just off screen (it’s a liver). Simon Sebag Montefiore to the left, Mark Bradley to the right. They’re both wearing blue shirts.
Red, black and cream image of a very large person sitting in a chair. There is a small leopard sitting below them. The text reads ‘Dr Daphne D Martin, University of Cambridge, The American College of Greece. Sparta’s Mediterranean. Thursday 24 October 17.00-18.00 BST)
Poster for the Sparta live talk, showing an oil painting of Leonidas with helmet, cloak and shield amongst a group of people, some carrying wreaths.
A book front cover showing an excavated area against a vegetation-fringed lake. The title says ‘the Oasis of Bukhara: volume 3. Material culture, Socio-territorial features, archaeozoology and Archaeometry’. Edited by Rocco Rante. Brill publishers: Art and archaeology of the Islamic World series.
Image of a book front cover, with an etching of picture lots of people with a boat pulled up on the shore of a wide river. There are bare hills and a few trees in the background. The text says ‘Marco Panato. River and Society in Northern Italy: the Po Valley, 500-100AD. Amsterdam University Press.’
The logo of the Leverhulme Trust
Two photos, side by side. The left shows a lit up grey building against a deep blue sky with a slight green tint. The right shows a bright pink and blue sky over the top of a large rhododendron bush.
A red and black leaflet. The main image show soldiers in civil war uniform entering a cave passage. The text reads ‘Tales from the Caves: exploring Nottingham’s underground stories’. Free admission. Open October 3rd 2024 to March 9th 2025.