Wolfson College is offering two graduate scholarships in the field of Classical Archaeology, for new DPhil applicants who intend to commence reading for their doctorates in Michaelmas Term 2011. The scholarships are funded through the generosity of two donors, Baron Lorne Thyssen and the Mougins Museum of Classical Art. Further information and deadlines can be found on the Studentships page.

The new Centre for Asian Archaeology, Art and Culture has been established in the School of Archaeology and will be holding its opening lecture and reception on 21st October 2010 at the Ashmolean Museum. There will also be a following Seminar Series on "Creolisation, Culture and Hybridity: Intercultural contact with and within Ancient Asia".

Interviews with Professor Barry Cunliffe, Professor Mark Pollard, Professor Chris Gosden and DPhil student Wendy Morrison are now available from the University of Oxford podcasts page or directly from iTunes.

2010 Wiseman Book Award Winner: Judith McKenzie for her book The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt c. 300 B.C. to A.D. 700 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007)