Activities
The ISS meets every three years, usually within the framework of the Celtic Conference in Classics. The next meeting will be in 2029.
Past Events
2026, ‘The Spartan Politeia‘, Celtic Conference in Classics, Maynooth, Ireland
2023, ‘Following Anton Powell: Laconian Perspectives for a New Millennium’, Celtic Conference in Classics, Coimbra, Portugal
2022, ‘Archaeology & Sparta’, Celtic Conference in Classics, Lyon, France
2017, ‘Herodotus & Sparta + Austerity’, Celtic Conference in Classics, Montreal, Canada
2016, ‘Luxury and Wealth in the Archaic to Hellenistic Peloponnese’, Nottingham, UK*
2015, ‘Plutarch & Sparta’, Nottingham, UK*
2013, ‘The Greek Superpower: Sparta in the Self-Definitions of Athenians’, Cambridge, UK*
2009, ‘Das Antike Sparta’, Regensburg, Germany
2008, ‘Thucydides & Sparta’, Celtic Conference in Classics, Cork, Ireland
2007, ‘Sparta: Comparative Approaches & Classical Tradition’, Nottingham, UK*
2006, ‘Xenophon & Sparta’, Lyon, France*
2006, ‘Sparta: The Body Politic’, Celtic Conference in Classics, Lampeter, UK
2004, ‘Sparta & War’, Celtic Conference in Classics, Rennes, France
2002, ‘Spartan Society’, Celtic Conference in Classics, Glasgow, UK
2000, ‘Sparta: Beyond the Mirage’, Celtic Conference in Classics, Maynooth, Ireland
1997, ‘Sparta: New Perspectives’, Hay-on-Wye, UK
1991, ‘The Shadow of Sparta’, Cardiff, UK
*This list includes formal meetings of the ISS and associated events (the latter indicated with an asterisk)