The Society is pleased to offer two scholarships of £1500 for registered postgraduate or postdoctoral students working on Herculaneum or topics pertinent to the understanding of Herculaneum. One award will be for papyrology and the other may be on any topic. The successful applicants will be expected to provide images and a report for the Society's Newsletter and a podcast for the website, and if possible address a meeting of the Society. They will also be expected to join the Society.
In advance of the Herculaneum exhibition at the Getty starting 26 June, the famous "drunken satyr" statue has arrived. Learn more at http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/an-introduction-to-the-drunken-satyr-a-rare-roman-bronze-being-studied-and-conserved-at-the-getty-villa/.
Society Trustee Dr Gianluca Del Mastro has been appointed by the Italian Minister of Culture as President of the Fondazione Ente Ville Vesuviane, the organisation which manages all 122 historic villas in the region. The list includes the Villa Campolieto in Ercolano (where the Fondazione is based), the Villa Signorini and the Villa Aprile, a.k.a. the Miglio d’Oro hotel in Ercolano.