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Elena Shvarts

“It’s fun to transport your life from seventies Russia to Ancient Rome, as it were – everything becomes funnier and prettier.”

- Elena Shvarts
In California as in Ancient Rome

In California as in Ancient Rome

Posted on Sep 17, 2025 in Guest blog

In June and July 2025, I was given the opportunity to travel to the United States to undertake archival research for my dissertation. This archival ‘odyssey’ — generously funded by Pitsburg State University, the University of St Andrews’s School of Classics and St Leonards’ Postgraduate Travel Award — consisted of visits to the San Francisco […]