For Classics teachers
The Faculty of Classics at Cambridge is pleased to announce an Inset Workshop ‘Classics Beyond Antiquity’, held over zoom on Saturday, 3 July 2021. It is addressed to teachers in Classics as well as adjacent disciplines (Art, English, History, Religious Studies) and will explore how better to embed the teaching of classical reception/ tradition in […]
Online Lecture by Dr Sharon Marshall, University of Exeter Tuesday 18 May at 5.00pm (Online Lecture). At the end of Virgil’s catalogue of Italian allies in Book Seven of the Aeneid comes the warrior woman Camilla, an extraordinary woman, inured to battle and swift enough to race the winds. When war breaks out again between […]
Join Dr Amanda Potter from the Open University for an online creative writing workshop, via Zoom. We will use characters and themes from Greek mythology, and paintings from the Brighton Museum collection, as an inspiration for your work. Amanda will lead you through some short exercises to help you to build characters and get you […]
The Classical Association of Ireland Latin Summer School 2021 provides an exciting opportunity to learn Latin through a two-week immersion. The Latin Summer School is designed for secondary school students between the ages of 15 and 18. If you are not studying Latin or Classics, but you are interested in ancient languages, this is the […]
Classics for All, Historicallywith Professor Edith Hall, hosted by Professor Paul Cartledge. Wednesday 12 May | 18:00 BST We are delighted to be joined by Professor Edith Hall who will discuss her recent book, A People’s History of Classics, co-written with Henry Stead. Exploring the influence of the classical past on the lives of working-class people, Edith […]
Stoicism and After: Philosophy and Life A Lawyers Group event with Professor A. C. Grayling, hosted by Sir Rupert Jackson. Tuesday 27 April | 18:00 BST Back by popular demand, Professor A. C. Grayling has generously offered to host a sequel to his recent talk on What the Stoics can teach us about living through the Covid-19 crisis. […]
From the folks at the OGP… The Oxford Greek Play is a major educational and outreach event for schools, particularly for students approaching GCSEs and A-levels (or equivalent). This year’s multimedia production, Euripides’ Orestes, will be streamed live *at no cost* online on 28 April 2021 at 5pm. The recording of the premiere will then be […]
The British School at Athens is delighted to invite UK school teachers to attend a free virtual CPD course, focussing on the OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation module ‘The Homeric World’.
Classical Association of Ireland, Dublin Branch Lecture Tuesday 27th April at 7.30 p.m. (on Zoom) Dr Rebecca Usherwood (Trinity College Dublin) How to retire (if you’re a Roman emperor) On the 1st May 305, Diocletian and Maximian, who had ruled the Roman Empire together for twenty years, abdicated. This was an action without precedent in […]
Applications are open for this five-day summer school run by Wadham College at the University of Oxford, 23-27 August 2021. These Summer Schools are designed to give UK pupils a taste of what it’s like to be an undergraduate studying at the University of Oxford. Pupils will take part in an academic programme, live in […]