{"id":964,"date":"2024-08-09T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herculaneum.classics.ox.ac.uk\/?p=964"},"modified":"2025-04-28T13:44:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:44:30","slug":"happy-birthday-the-herculaneum-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/09\/happy-birthday-the-herculaneum-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday the Herculaneum Society!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year the Society celebrates its twentieth year since foundation. We&#8217;ve done a lot! Here&#8217;s a list:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>9 trips to Herculaneum<\/strong>\u00a0averaging 50+ attendees, every other year except 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>published\u00a0<strong>29 issues\u00a0<\/strong>of the<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/newsletters\/\">Newsletter<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>published&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/us12.campaign-archive.com\/home\/?u=100bfd462b801dd091b0d6328&amp;id=f315270149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">monthly e-bulletins&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>since 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>published\u00a0<strong>22 volumes\u00a0<\/strong>of<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/sozomena\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sozomena<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>awarded&nbsp;<strong>19 valuable student&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/research\/\">bursaries<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>run&nbsp;<strong>3 Schools&#8217; Competitions<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>co-founded&nbsp;<\/strong>the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cal.byu.edu\/macfarlane\/herculaneumfriends\/index.htm#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Friends of Herculaneum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>organised 20 Annual General Meetings,<\/strong>&nbsp;each with one or more speakers and much conviviality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>organised other meetings, conferences, visits<\/strong>:&nbsp;Paris; Naples; London (with the Institute of Classical Studies, twice;&nbsp;Royal Maritime Museum, Greenwich; British Museum, twice; Museum of London); Getty Museum (Pacific Palisades, CA); Silchester; Colchester; Bath; Bristol; many at Oxford; and more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>special events<\/strong>&nbsp;for our Benefactor donors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>successfully fundraised<\/strong>&nbsp;for the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/Graffiti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ancient Graffiti Project&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/the-custodians-room-project\/\">Custodian\u2019s Room Project<\/a>&nbsp;at Herculaneum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>purchased equipment<\/strong>&nbsp;for the Office of the Papyri in Naples&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>contributed to<\/strong>&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apollineproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apolline project&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;at Pollena Trecchia, and excavation at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apollineproject.org\/somma.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Somma Vesuviana<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>donated to<\/strong>&nbsp;the Society for Classical Studies\u2019 (USA) appeal for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/papyri.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">papyri.info<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>assisted the University of Kentucky<\/strong>&nbsp;in running the Mellon Foundation \/ Friends of Herculaneum &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.uky.edu\/news\/2019\/06\/brent-seales-awarded-2-million-mellon-foundation-grant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digital Restoration of the Herculaneum Papyri Project&nbsp;<\/a>&#8216;&nbsp;in Naples<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>launched<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_yNS_chjrrP6CnnxJA71Xg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>contributed jury members<\/strong>&nbsp;for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scrollprize.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vesuvius Challenge<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/join\/\">Join us&nbsp;<\/a>and help us do even more for the great World Heritage Site of Herculaneum!  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