"ace & creativity" blog posts
The Weaponization of Romulus and Remus on YouTube
PhD Student Pascale, discusses a number of nationalist and traditionalist sentiments on Youtube videos about Romulus, Remus, and the founding of Rome in this month's ACE & Creativity blog post
Posted on: 4 June 2024
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Call for Papers: Fanfiction and the Ancient World Conference
On October 4th-5th 2024, the Fanfiction and the Ancient World Conference is taking place and we are looking for contributions!
Posted on: 21 May 2024
Ace & Creativity: The Disneyfication of Ancient Myth: Romulus and Remus on YouTube
Alyssa Goswell discusses the myth of Romulus and Remus in this month's ACE & Creativity blog, and observes how it has become Disneyfied.
Posted on: 3 April 2024
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ACE & Creativity: A Manual of Incorporeal Anatomy
In this month's ACE & Creativity, Marios Koutsoukos writes about how he has endeavoured to capture Neoplatonic Mysticism with Artistic Nude Photography.
Posted on: 12 March 2024
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Roman Foundation According to Online Perceptions of Myth
Is it important to consider modern entertainment media when discussing contemporary receptions of ancient myth? Kristen Raymond discusses in this month's ACE & Creativity blog post!
Posted on: 31 January 2024
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She-wolves on screen
This blog post introduces the “Rome from the Ground Up” research project, which is generously funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Posted on: 8 January 2024
A Poem for the Ara Pacis Augustae
I have written a poem entitled “In front of the Ara Pacis” from the fictional perspective of a Roman citizen. It has been inspired by the topic of my Master's thesis: The Ara Pacis Augustae, a Roman honorary monument.
Posted on: 13 October 2023
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ACE & Creativity Conference
The ACE & Creativity blog is celebrating its first birthday! And we are delighted to announce the ‘ACE & Creativity Conference’ which will take place online on Zoom Saturday 7 October and Sunday 8 October 2023.
Posted on: 2 October 2023
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Ancient Myths and the Limits and Liberties of Innovation
Victoria Doherty-Bone discusses how Greek myths continue to enchant writers and audiences yet also provide a certain limitation in terms of its content.
Posted on: 17 July 2023
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Tactual Museum of Athens
Since International Museum Day (18 May) has just passed, I am taking the opportunity to talk about my visit to the Tactual Museum of Athens in September 2022.
Posted on: 12 June 2023
ACE & Creativity: Goodbye For Now
The second 2023 instalment of the ACE & Creativity series is a one-act drama written by Phyllis Brighouse.
Posted on: 14 February 2023
British Library Exhibition - Alexander The Great: The Making of a Myth
Dear ACE & Creativity blog readers, It is my great pleasure to write the first blog for 2023, in which I will discuss a topic dear to my heart: Alexander the Great and his reception(s).
Posted on: 19 January 2023
ACE & Creativity: ta Haloa
December 2022 is finally here, and we are all waiting for the Christmas break to start the celebrations and welcome the new year with family and friends. On behalf of the ACE & Creativity team, I have the honour to write the last blog of this year, as an auspicious farewell to all our readers.
Posted on: 8 December 2022
The Art of Independence, and Independence Through Art: A Roman Woman’s Work
This post is part of the ACE & Creativity series.
Posted on: 29 November 2022
The Decline, The Fall
As part of our ACE & Creativity Series.
Posted on: 13 October 2022
A sketch of Strazza’s The Veiled Virgin, a personal guide
This piece kicks off our ACE & Creativity Series for the 2022-23 academic year.
Posted on: 21 September 2022
Getting Creative at Conferences
Covid brought with it the era of the online academic conference. Having co-organised two online only conferences in 2021 and 2022, as well as a face-to-face conference in 2022, I value the benefits that come with the online format.
Posted on: 3 August 2022
Horus Cippi
The distinction between rational therapy and the use of rituals and incantations is a modern prerogative. Such a separation does not apply to ancient Egypt: medicine and magic are two main constituents of the same process, aimed at preserving life through the prevention and cure of illnesses (Pinch 1994). Constant threats in the form of ferocious and poisonous animals challenged the Egyptians’ daily life.
Posted on: 6 July 2022
ACE & Creativity: Taking on world mythology one death metal album at a time
Downcast Twilight is one of the various heavy metal projects I have contributed lyrics to over the years, but perhaps the one closest to my classicizing heart.
Posted on: 8 June 2022
ACE & Creativity: Talk To Me
I’ve always been interested in drama and write, act and direct in community theatre, including my own community theatre group, ‘Grass Roots’. In 1998 I gained an MA in Screenwriting from John Moores University. This year I gained my PhD at Liverpool University with the thesis ‘Classics, Empire and Didacticism, 1919-1939’. Prior to this, in 2013, I gained my MA in Classics with the dissertation ‘The Unheeded Voice: Receptions of Cassandra in Dramatic and Narrative Texts’.
Posted on: 10 May 2022
Introducing: ACE & Creativity
It is my pleasure and honour to write the first short post for our new blog, which aims to bring together academic and creative work in Ancient World Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology.
Posted on: 6 April 2022