The UNC–KCL Classical Reception Colloquium is an annual event, established in May 2025 with funds from the UNC–KCL Collaboration Grant. Alternating between KCL and UNC, the colloquium brings together graduate students and faculty scholars from both institutions to explore new directions in reception theory and practice. Transhistorical and transnational in its scope, this year’s classical reception colloquium showcases cross-disciplinary perspectives on the afterlife of ancient visual and literary culture in a wide variety of media. Participants share and develop their research on the ways in which the diverse visual cultures of the ancient world influenced art, philosophy, literature, and culture in subsequent periods.