As outlined here, an enhanced approach to teaching ancient war and peace is desirable for many reasons, not only to equip students of Classics to visualize ancient warfare and peacekeeping/peacemaking in more holistic ways but also to contribute to wider war and peace literacy. Our series of online workshops aims to bring together experts on war and peace (working within and beyond Classics) with experts on pedagogy (from the school sector, peace education institutes, and pedagogic studies) to set the agenda for a five-year research and impact project, which will produce publications, develop training materials, design and pilot new teaching resources, and contribute to curriculum development and policy-making within Classics and other related disciplinary areas. Ranging across primary, secondary and tertiary education sectors, it aims to lay the groundwork for more focused research in subsequent years.

To register for Teams links for these online workshops, please contact Prof. Alice König at viswar@st-andrews.ac.uk.

26^th November 2025, 2-4.30pm GMT

• 2-2.30: Everyday Militarisms in Children’s Learning Worlds (Jana Tabak, State University of Rio de Janeiro)
• 2.30-3: Approaches to Teaching Violence in the University Classroom (Fiona McHardy, University of Roehampton)
• 3.30-4: Peace Education: key tenets (Isabel Cartwright, Peace Education Programme Manager, Quakers in Britain)
• 4-4.30: Teaching Conflict Resolution through Ancient Texts: A Peacebuilding Approach in the Colombian and Amazonian Context (Ronald Forero-Álvarez and Rafel Uribe-Neira, Universidad de La Sabana, Chía, Colombia)

1^st December 2025, 2-4.30pm GMT

• 2-2.30: Thucydides: if it’s not broken, don’t fix it (Steve Matthews Royal Grammar School High Wycombe)
• 2.30-3: Foregrounding Memnon and Modern Eritrea (Mai Musié, Swansea University)
• 3.30-4: How to teach gods of war differently (Susan Deacy, Bristol/Institute of Classical Studies)
• 4-4.30: Ancient Warriors, Modern Cemeteries (Matthew A. Sears, University of New Brunswick)

10^th December 2025, 2-4.30pm GMT

• 2-2.30: The Battle of Marathon in Modern Young People’s Literature (Sonya Nevin, Hughes Hall, Cambridge) 
• 2.30-3: Teaching ancient violence and trauma: two case studies from epic and historiography (Elina Pyy, University of Helsinki and Benjamin Jerue, San Jorge University) 
• 3.30-4: Teaching sexual violence in ancient warfare (Hannah-Marie Chidwick, University of Bristol)
• 4-4.30: The girl went all unwilling: what Briseis can teach us about survival (Caroline Bristow, University of Cambridge)