This year’s JACT Conference (with AGM) will take place at Senate House, Malet Street, London. The focus will be on Classics in the year ahead, from the Olympics to the new set texts. In addition to the group sessions and the plenary, delegates will have the chance to peruse stalls from the Hellenic Bookservice, Bloomsbury Classical Press, and Raeburn Tours. Lunch provided. Application forms are available on the website: www.jact.org. £30 including lunch, £15 for PGCE students.

Proposed Itinerary for the day:

Presidential Address/Plenary – Prof. Paul Cartledge (Cambridge University), JACT President, ‘Some Olympian Reflections’15.00Option Group 216.00Option Group 316.45Tea and opportunity to meet examiners/browse stalls18.00Ends

OPTION GROUPS

Richard Woff, The British MuseumWinners and Losers in the Ancient and Modern Olympics

Alan BealeThe British Museum in teaching Classics

Richard Woff, The British MuseumWinners and Losers in the Ancient and Modern Olympics

Alan BealeTeaching Aristophanes’ Clouds

Dr James Robson, Open UniversityTeaching Aristophanes’ Clouds

Dr James Robson, Open UniversityApproaching Propertius 3 as a Set Text

James Morwood, Oxford UniversityEstablishing new subject criteria for GCSE ExaminationsOverview of Latin Exams to GCSEExamining Ancient History/Classical CivilisationApproaching Cicero’s Verrines

Prof Ingo Gildenhard, University ofDurhamApproaching Cicero’s Verrines

Prof Ingo Gildenhard, University ofDurham

Please note that there not performances on every day from 23rd May to 20th June.

Antigone

by Sophocles
in a version by Don Taylor

Desperate to gain control over a city ravaged by civil war, Creon refuses to bury the body of
Antigone’s rebellious brother. Outraged, she defies his edict. Creon condemns the young woman, his niece, to be buried alive.

He can’t forbid me to love my brother. He has neither the right, nor the power, to do that.

The people daren’t object but the prophet Teiresias warns that this tyranny will anger the
gods: the rotting corpse is polluting the city.

There is no gag like terror, is there, gentlemen?

Creon hesitates and his fate is sealed.

The gods never move faster than when punishing men with the consequences of their own actions.

Booking opens as follows:
Supporting Cast: 1 Feb
Priority Members: 3 Feb
Advance Members: 8 Feb
NT News subscribers: 14 Feb
General public: 15 Feb

http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/69357/productions/antigone.html

May 25, 29, 31 & June 7, 9, 14 at 7.30pm
6 performances. Running time: 2hrs 30mins
Pre-performance talk: Tue May 29, 5.30-6.15pm, £5 / £2.50 concs

http://www.eno.org/see-whats-on/productions/production-page.php?&itemid=1883

When his adored sister’s death awakes him to a realisation of life’s essential absurdity, the Roman emperor Caligula embarks upon an orgy of sexual depravity and sadistic cruelty in an apparently insane attempt to free himself from the shackles of mortality and morality.

Based upon Albert Camus’s existentialist response to the rise of Hitler and Stalin, but as topical as ever in the era of Saddam Hussein and Colonel Gaddafi, Detlev Glanert’s 2006 opera – ‘perhaps the finest German opera of the 21st century’ (Tempo) – offers a disturbing insight into the self-destructive logic driving a decadent and dangerous dictatorship.

Friends of Classics is holding a seminar on June 9th at Barjarg Tower, a magnificent country house north of Dumfries. quo plures, eo laetius, Friends of Classics or not. Contact pvjones [at] friends-classics [dot] demon [dot] co [dot] uk if you would like more details.

Friends of Classics Summer seminar
http://www.friends-classics.demon.co.uk
June 9th 2012
Barjarg Tower, Auldgirth, Dumfries

Programme

10.30 Coffee
11am The comedy of manners in Homer and Virgil, Professor David West and Dr Peter Jones (Newcastle)
12 noon Words and Ideas: the Classical connection, Adrian Spooner (Lingo)
1pm Lunch
2pm Ancient Greek Music, Dr David Creese (St Andrews, British Columbia and Lecturer in Classics at Newcastle)
3pm Women in Roman Britain, Dr Lindsay Allason-Jones (emerita Director of Archaeological Museums and Reader in Roman Material Culture, Newcastle)
4pm Tea

Cost: £30.

Please make cheques out to Friends of Classics and send to:
Jeannie Cohen, 51 Achilles Road, London NW6 1DZ.
Please enclose e-mail address or a stamped addressed envelope for acknowledgement and full travel instructions for travel to Barjarg Tower by car or train (taxi from Dumfries station, c. £15. It may be possible to arrange shared taxis)

The Department of Classics at the University of Reading is delighted to repeat its successful Postgraduate Latin Summer School.

http://www.reading.ac.uk/international-summer-school/ISS-Latin.aspx

The School will run for 5 weeks, 9 July-10 August 2012, and is open to students who have graduated or are in their final year of undergraduate study.  It is an ideal opportunity for those planning to do postgraduate work or to pursue a career in Classics teaching.

This year, the School will accept students at both beginners and intermediate levels. The fee is £500 and there will be bursaries available.

For further information, or to apply, please contact Professor Barbara Goff, b [dot] e [dot] goff [at] reading [dot] ac [dot] uk.

The JACT Classical Civilisation and Ancient History summer school is open to anyone interested in the ancient world and is aimed primarily at students aged 16 to 19. With sessions on drama, epic, history, language, mythology and philosophy the summer school is designed both for students who have never studied the classical world before and for those who want to extend their existing knowledge.

There is also a chance to take part in a performance on the last night of the summer school. Whether you prefer comedy or tragedy, whether you want to be a star or work backstage, there will be a place for you in the production.

For further information please visit the summer school website where application forms are also available, or contact the Course Secretary, Bob Lister, by email.

Course fees, £90; Accommodation, £205

Bursaries available (application form on website)

This summer school is for all ages over 16, from sixth form students to lifelong learners. With accommodation in an extremely attractive college very close to the cathedral, we enjoy working hard in a delightful environment.

Courses will be offered in both languages at four levels from beginners to advanced with three one-hour sessions each day.  In the evenings there will be lectures and other events, and there will be optional afternoon classes on various topics such as grammar or metre, as well as a trip to Hadrian’s Wall.

The full course fee will be £520 for a shared double room, £550 for a single room.  These prices include all tuition fees and full board and lodging.  For non-residents the cost will be £440 which includes all tuition fees and all meals except breakfast. We are able to offer a number of bursaries thanks to the subsidies from our sponsors.

Further details and application forms can be found at: http://cll.sunderland.ac.uk/languagelearning1/LGSS/LGSS.html  or from Jane Gilhespie (jane [dot] gilhespie [at] sunderland [dot] ac [dot] uk, tel: 0191 515 2861) at the NE Centre for Lifelong Learning.

For a report of the 2011 Summer School please click here.

Full details of the ARLT Summer School programme are on the website at www.arlt.co.uk Further information is available at arlt2012 [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] uk

This year’s event includes a full programme of speakers and option groups as normal, excursions to Wroxeter, Much Wenlock & Chester and takes place in the beautiful county of Shropshire.

Some details are listed below

The Association for Latin Teaching

Run by practising teachers

for practising teachers

Starting our Second Century

Annual Summer School 2012

Saturday 21^st July – Wednesday 25^th July

Moreton Hall School, Oswestry, Shropshire

This year’s programme includes

Dr Carrie Vout, Univ. of Cambridge;

Tara Atkinson, Nower Hill High School;

Dr Eleanor Dickey, Univ. of Exeter;

Dr Rosie Wyles, Nottingham High School;

Dr Chris Vervain, Theatre Practitioner;

Steve Killick & Mark Rivett, Storytellers;

Chris Cannon, Wenlock Olympian Society;

Prof. Chris Pelling, Univ. of Oxford;

Also included:                                                The Prices:

The 32nd residential JACT Latin Summer School will once again be held at Wells Cathedral School in Somerset. The school, dating from 909, is set in a series of beautiful buildings which form part of the cathedral complex. The Latin Summer School offers students the opportunity for intensive language study, with tutors drawn from both schools and universities. Working in small groups arranged according to experience and ability, the school caters for students at every level from beginner to high-flyer.

All meals and tuition are included in the residential fee of £600 (non-resident £250). Accommodation is provided in shared rooms within boarding houses on the school site. Facilities include tennis courts and a swimming pool, with the local shops and market just a few minutes away.

Further information can be found here and the report on the 2011 Summer School here.

An application form can be found here.