Classical Association Classics GCSE Conference at Westminster School

This conference offers pupils in years 10 and 11 the chance to attend a series of appropriately pitched lectures on their Latin and Greek set texts and on topics of wider interest. The Hellenic Bookservice will be attending, and hard copy prospectuses for university courses will also be available.
The conference lectures will tie into the Classical Association GCSE Essay Prize: each speaker will provide further reading at the end of the lecture and an essay title (1000 words maximum). Pupils who choose to write one of these essays can enter the Classical Association GCSE Essay prize: the winner will receive £100 in book tokens, and their essay will be printed in the Classical Association website.
A voluntary £5 contribution per pupil attending is suggested: for more information and to reserve places please contact

Programme for the day:

Session 1: 9.30 – 10.10 – Prof. Richard Jenkyns (Oxford): ‘Iliad Book 1: Men and Gods’

Session 2: 10.15-10.55 –
Option 1: Prof Tim Rood (Oxford St Hughs): ‘Herodotus and the Invention of History’
Option 2 – Prof Patrick Finglass (Nottingham): ‘Lies in Lucian’s True Story’

Break: 10.55-11.10

Session 3: 11.10-11.55 – Dr David Gwynn (Royal Holloway College London): ‘Stoicism and the World of Pliny the Younger’

Session 4: 12-12.40 – Dr Matthew Robinson (Oxford Balliol): ‘Nisus and Euryalus – up all night to get lucky?’

12.40 – End