WARWICK ANCIENT DRAMA FESTIVALSOPHOCLES’ OEDIPUS KING, 30-31 JANUARY 2020GENEROUSLY FUNDED BY THE BRITISH ACADEMY Following the success of the 2018 and 2019 festivals on Medea and Frogs (https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/research/outreach/dramafestival/medea2018/https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/research/outreach/dramafestival/frogs/),the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Warwick would like to invite teachers and students to this year’s Ancient Drama Festival, which will focus on Sophocles’ Oedipus King. […]

The Guildford Classical Association is pleased to welcome Emeritus Professor Chris Carey (UCL) to our Opening Party. He will be speaking on ‘Thermopylae Revisited’. Where: Royal Grammar School (RGS), High Street, Guildford, GU1 3BB. The talk is upstairs in the old, white building opposite the main RGS building. When: Tuesday 24th September. Refreshments 7.30pm, talk […]

Thursday 3 October, 6.30pm Hurstpierpoint College (New Bury Theatre) Fast-paced, funny, daring and delightful, UNMYTHABLE is a whistle-stop tour through the greatest Greek myths ever told. Join the young hero Jason on board the Argo as he sets off on his biggest mission yet – the quest for the Golden Fleece. Along the way there […]

The Classical Association Teaching Board Latin and Greek CPD Day 2019 Saturday 28th Septemberat Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL The Classical Association Teaching Board would like to invite teachers to a CPD day at The University of Manchester on Saturday 28th September 2019.  The day will primarily focus on Latin A-level (language and literature), GCSE […]

CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE 2020 SWANSEA 17–20 April The Department of Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology at Swansea University will host the 2020 Classical Association Conference, to coincide with the University’s centenary celebrations. The conference will take place on the newly founded Bay Campus (opened in 2015), which is situated in an outstanding location, has direct access […]

Ancient Worlds Day – University of Warwick 21st November 2019 On Thursday 21st November the Warwick Classics Network and Dept of Classics and Ancient History at Warwick will be running our 2019 WCN Study Day. Entitled ‘Ancient Worlds’, top authors such as Natalie Haynes, Emily Hauser, Caroline Lawrence, and Alexandra Sheppard will give talks and lead workshops on the ancient world, myths and story-telling, while our Warwick Classics academics will […]

The Guildford Classical Association is presenting the Latin Qvarter’s adaptation of Virgil’s classic and ever more timely story of a refugee leading his people from the east, performed in Latin and English. The Song of Arms and a Man presents Aeneas’ struggle to fulfil his destiny as founder of Rome – from his escape from […]

Blind, broken and ravaged by years of weary exile, Oedipus comes upon the sacred grove of Colonus, the place the gods have prophesied that he will die. Realising that he has only hours to live, Oedipus seeks the protection of Theseus, King of Athens, for he knows he is about to be betrayed by those […]

FREE Classics for All CPD: A Level Classical Civilisation, World of the Hero Thursday 3rd October 2019, 1:00-6:00pmWimbledon High School (GDST), Mansel Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4AB Classics for All and Wimbledon High School would like to invite you to a FREE afternoon training session on the World of the Hero component of the Classical Civilisation […]

Film screening with live musical accompanimentSaturday 6 July, 7.30 to 10 pm,The Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, London WC1H0AH Visit Pompeii and the Acropolis from your seat in the Bloomsbury Theatre. Witness the tragic love story of the sculptor Phydias. Enjoy the lavish entertainments at Caligula’s banquet.  Tickets £12 from http://www.thebloomsbury.com/event/run/18247 For any further inquiries, contact […]