Discussion chaired by Lindsey Fine and Michael Loy.

There is no requirement to read all or any of the papers in order to participate in the discussion; just turn up and we shall see where the conversation leads.

Suggested readings:

This 3,500-Year-Old Greek Tomb Upended What We Thought We Knew About the Roots of Western Civilization' Smithsonian Magazine, January 2017. 

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/golden-warrior-greek-tomb-exposes-roots-western-civilization-180961441/#4m9FGWJz10Iyf06B.01

'Ayios Vasileios at Xerokambi near Sparta', Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/Ayios-Vasileios-at-Xerokambi-near-Sparta-937741132956336/

'Academics can change the world - if they stop talking only to their peers' The Conversation, March 2016.

https://theconversation.com/academics-can-change-the-world-if-they-stop-talking-only-to-their-peers-55713?platform=hootsuite

'Academics: forget about public engagement, stay in your ivory towers' The Guardian, December 2015.

https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2015/dec/10/academics-forget-about-public-engagement-stay-in-your-ivory-towers

'Who were the Greeks?' Michael Scott. Clip: 'Ancient Greece in technicolour' (03:46)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01bzc9j

'Postcards from my travels' Joanna Lumley. Series 1, Episode 2 'Greece' (22:19)

https://www.itv.com/hub/joanna-lumleys-postcards-from-my-travels/2a5045a0002