Hilary 2024

Week 3 (Friday 2nd February, 4-5pm, online)

OUNS Lecture

Mairi Gkikaki (University of Warwick): ‘Symbola: Politics, Communities, Contexts for the tokens of ancient Athens’

Location: Online, on Teams. Teams link: here.

Week 4 (Friday 9th February, 4-5.30pm, in person)

OUNS Practical Numismatics Workshop

The Oxford Metal Detecting Society will present a workshop on their work and finds/coins found through metal detecting, via lightning-talks, hands-on material, and discussion.

Location: Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles’, Oxford, OX1 3LU

A food and drinks reception will follow the workshop.

Week 5 (Friday 16th February, 4-5.30pm, online)

Cross-Institution Graduate Colloquium

Han Parker (University of Nottingham)
Gregory Thompson (University of Oxford)

Teams link: here. Titles TBC.

Week 6 (Friday 23rd February, 4-5pm, in person)

OUNS Lecture: Byzantine Numismatics

Nathan Websdale (University of Oxford): ‘The Economics of Byzantine Secession: The Despotate of Epiros in the Context of the Thirteenth Century’

Location: First Floor Seminar Room, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles’, Oxford, OX1 3LU

A food and drinks reception will follow the talk.

Week 7 (Friday 1st March, 4-5pm, in person)

OUNS Lecture: Byzantine Numismatics

Ilia Curto Pelle (University of Oxford): ‘MONETA XIII: Studying Byzantine Imitative Coinages in the Wake of the IVth Crusade’

Location: Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles’, Oxford, OX1 3LU

A food and drinks reception will follow the talk.

Week 8 (Friday 8th March, 4-5pm, in person)

Annual General Meeting (AGM), followed by Social and Dinner

Location: Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles’, Oxford, OX1 3LU

A food and drinks reception will follow the AGM.

For questions or further information, and to subscribe to the mailing list, please contact the OUNS Secretary (james.hua@merton.ox.ac.uk).

All welcome!