University of Cambridge Study Day for Sixth Form Classicists

Dear Classicists,

The final programme for our Cambridge study day for those preparing for Yr13/U6 next year is now available below. As well as a range of lectures for the students, based on the school syllabus, there are also special sessions for teachers on Teaching Latin Prose Set Texts, and the Future of Classical Civilisation. The event is free to attend and there are a limited number of hardship travel bursaries available. Individual and group bookings are welcome.

To find out more and to book your place, please visit http://www.greeksromansus.classics.cam.ac.uk/events/get-ahead-with-your-a-levels

Best Wishes,
Max

An Introduction to Studying the Ancient World in Yr13/U6

Wednesday, 29 June 2016

10.00 – 10.30: Registration

Participants are welcome to come to any lecture or tour that interests them. However, the sessions will be of particular relevance to those studying the subjects listed beneath the titles of the options.

10.30 – 11.20: Session 1:

Option 1: Virgil’s Aeneid
Ingo Gildenhard (King’s)
For Classical Civilization students studying “Roman Epic”, “Virgil and the World of the Hero”, “Roman Epic”
For Latin students studying Virgil, Aeneid 6

Option 2: The Poems of Catullus
David Butterfield (Queens’)
For Latin students studying Catullus

Option 3: Greek Art and Architecture
Robin Osborne (King’s)
For Classical Civilization students studying Greek Art and Architecture and any other who are interested

11.30 – 12.20: Session 2:

Option 1: Pliny’s Letters
Chris Whitton (Emmanuel)
For Latin students studying Pliny

Option 2: Tacitus and Tiberius
Stephen Oakley (Emmanuel)
For Classical Civilization students studying “Tiberius and Claudius” or “Roman History: The Use and Abuse of Power”
For Latin students studying Tacitus, Annals 4

Option 3: Women in Athens and Rome
Rosanna Omitowoju (King’s)
For Classical Civilization students studying “Women in Athens and Rome” and any other who are interested in gender issues

12.20 – 14.00: Packed Lunch & College Tours, inclusive of ‘Applying to Cambridge’ Q & A (optional). The Museum of Classical Archaeology* on the Sidgwick Site will also be open for individual visits to the casts.

14.00 – 14.50: Session 3:

Option 1: Tragedy at Athens
Renaud Gagné (Pembroke)
For Classical Civilization students studying “Greek Tragedy”
For Greek students studying Sophocles, Antigone

Option 2: Ancient Comedy
Tim Whitmarsh (St. John’s)
For Classical Civilization students studying “Comic Drama in the Ancient World”
For Greek students studying Aristophanes, Frogs

Option 3: Augustus: The Architecture of Power
Alessandro Launaro (Gonville & Caius)
For Classical Civilization students studying “Augustus and the Foundation of the Principate” or “Roman History: The Use and Abuse of Power”
For Latin students studying Virgil, Aeneid 6

Option 4: A Taster of Ancient Greek

Option for Teachers: Teaching Latin Prose Set Texts
Katharine Radice (Stephen Perse Foundation)

15.00 – 15.50: Session 4:

Option 1: Socrates and Athens, with reference to Plato’s Phaedo
Myrto Hatzimichali (Homerton)
For Classical Civilization Students studying “Socrates and Athens”
For Greek students studying Plato, Phaedo

Option 2: Remembering the Persian Wars
Franco Basso (Faculty of Classics)
For Classical Civilization students studying “The Persian Wars” or “Greek History: Conflict and Culture”
For Greek students studying Herodotus 6

Option 3: A Guided Tour of the Museum of Classical Archaeology*

Option for Teachers: The Future of Classical Civilisation
Caroline Bristow (OCR)

* The Museum of Classical Archaeology is home to more than 450 casts of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. But why do we have a collection of copies or ‘fakes’? Join us at 3pm for a guided tour of the casts and their history, ancient and modern.