Focus and Scope

This journal collects the proceedings of a postgraduate conference in classical literature.

Journal Sponsorship

Publisher

School of Classics, University of St Andrews

Sponsor

Annual Meeting of the Postgraduates in Ancient Literature

Sources of Support

University of St Andrews Gradskills, the Classical Association of Scotland, the Institute of Classical Studies, the British Institute for the Study of Iraq, and the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies.

Peer Review Process

All presenters who have been selected for the conference have the opportunity to publish their paper in this collection.

Publication Frequency

Annual (one-off initially)

Open access policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) License.

Privacy and Consent Policy

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This journal’s editorial team uses this data to guide its work in publishing and improving this journal. Data that will assist in developing this journal platform (Open Journal Systems – OJS) may be shared with its developer Public Knowledge Project (PKP) in an anonymized and aggregated form, with appropriate exceptions such as article metrics. The data will not be sold by this journal or PKP nor will it be used for purposes other than those stated here.

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