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APGRD History

  • Oliver Taplin and Edith Hall found the APGRD

    Orestes mask by Jocelyn Herbert
    Orestes Mask
    By Jocelyn Herbert

    The APGRD was founded by Edith Hall and Oliver Taplin in 1996, prompted by their shared interest in the significance of performance and a desire to promote further research into the growing field of classical reception. Despite a burgeoning international interest in the performance of ancient plays, there did not yet exist a centre for collections pertaining to the performance of Greek and Latin drama.  

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  • APGRD moves to the Faculty of Classics

    The APGRD Study Room, showing bookshelves and meeting table with chairs.
    APGRD Study Room
    In the Ioannou Centre, Faculty of Classics

    APGRD moves to the newly opened Faculty of Classics building at St. Giles.

  • Expanding the Archive

    A photo of Fiona Macintosh in the APGRD Study Room.
    Fiona Macintosh
    Former director of APGRD

    In January 2010, the APGRD embarked upon a new phase in its development. With the appointment of Fiona Macintosh as its new Director,  and support from both The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Faculty of Classics at the University of Oxford, and the appointment of a professional archivist, the APGRD began a series of new research projects.