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Gail Trimble to speak on ‘How We Got Our Classical Texts’
24 November 2014 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
On Monday 24th November at 4.30 pm. Dr Gail Trimble will be speaking on:
How we got our classical texts
This talk tells the story of how classical texts got from their authors to us, how much got lost and broken on the way, and what we can do today to attempt to restore and fix it. It features greedy librarians, monks, rubbish heaps, anagrams, censorship, calligraphy, DVDs and textual criticism. It is suitable for Year 10 and above.
Dr Trimble is Associate Professor in Classical Languages and Literature and Brown Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Trinity College, Oxford. She specialises in late Republican and Augustan poetry.
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 Wednesday 19th November.