The Eureka! Science Festival took place a few weeks ago, on September 25, filling the Forum Groningen with scientists from the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and curious visitors of all age groups. FACERE was part of the festival with a lecture by Hylke de Boer and a crafting workshop by Friederike Brunzema. At 20:00 Hylke gave a …
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Facere will be part of this year’s Science Festival in the Forum Groningen: Eureka! On 25 September, Hylke and Friederike will present their research for the Groningen public. Visitors can explore “The mysterious drinking cup of old Nestor” – a call to join our collective imagination in the wake of a real ancient scholarly debate. …
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Though registration for the full workshop is now closed, the keynote lectures by Roger B. Ulrich and Carole Newlands are free and open to all. This workshop examines how woodworking and human-wood interaction were imagined, described, and represented in artistic, literary and epigraphic media. Papers range from the Late Republic to Late Antiquity and consider …
Registration is now open for the workshop “Woodworking in the Roman Imagination” at the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) on the 18th and 19th of June, 2026. This workshop examines how woodworking and human-wood interaction were imagined, described, and represented in artistic, literary and epigraphic media. Papers range from the Late Republic to Late Antiquity …
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With Spring approaches the reunion of the FACERE team: Friederike will return to Groningen at the beginning of May, after a semester of research in Marburg (Germany). The classicists in Marburg have been truly welcoming and supportive, with many opportunities to exchange ideas and fruitful discussions. Many thanks go especially to Prof. Dennis Pausch, who …
17 February, 15.30, Groninger Museum, Auditory Free entrance upon showing this announcement! The Just Art Lectures are part of the JUST ART PROJECT (www.justart.info). The first lecture takes place in collaboration with the Groninger Museum, ERC Facere, and Minerva Art Academy. Abstract An Geoanthropology of Studio Glass offers an account of studio glass that integrates the …
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In January 2026, after having presented at the SCS in San Francisco, Hylke will travel to Ithaca, NY for a research stay at Cornell University for the spring semester (January – May). His research stay is made possible by the Cultuurfonds, in particular the Reiman-de Bas Fonds. At Cornell he aims to bring his research …
This year it is Hylke’s turn to deliver a paper at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies, to be held in San Francisco on 7-10 January 2026. On January 8, Hylke will give a paper on labour in the Roman world titled Acting on a hunch: Subversive labour values in Roman funerary …
On October 31st 2025, the study of Classics at the University of Groningen has organised a special day for Dutch high school students who have Greek or Latin in their curriculum. The theme was “De Oudheid: Natuurlijk!” (“Antiquity: Naturally!”). Around a hundred high school students, most of them from schools in the northern provinces of …
Members of the FACERE project have organised two panels at the FIEC conference (the 17th Congress of the Fédération internationale des associations d’études classiques) in Wrocław, Poland, which will take place in July. One panel will focus on “Making and Invention Narratives”, the other will analyse “Sacred Making”. The full programme will be posted here …
