Dr Jonathan Katz to speak on Translating Emotions

On Wednesday 27th November at 4.30 pm, Dr Jonathan Katz will be speaking on:

‘Translating Emotions, and Other Problems’

The talk will discuss some linguistic, moral and psychological issues we face when we try to understand the emotional makeup, and the vocabulary, of people in other cultures, especially those cultures remote in time from us, for example the Ancient World.

Jonathan Katz is a Fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford, and a lecturer in Classics and Sanskrit at St Anne’s and Brasenose Colleges. He is also a translator from German and Italian, and was formerly Head of Classics at Westminster School.

The talk is hosted by the St Paul’s Girls’ School Classics Society. Tea and cake will be served from 4.00 in the Dining Hall and the talk will be held in the Old Library. The event will finish between 5.30 and 6.00. There is no charge.

The address of the school is St Paul’s Girls’ School, Brook Green, London, W6 7BS; main telephone 020 7603 2288. The nearest tube is Hammersmith.

All are welcome, but if you or your pupils would like to attend, please email Gregory Wilsdon at gregory.wilsdon@spgs.org with expected numbers as soon as possible and at the latest by Monday 25th November.