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Sixth Form Study Day at Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge
The Faculty of Classics is pleased to announce that the next annual Sixth Form Study Day will take place on Tuesday 24th September 2013. For the first time the Faculty will be attempting to cover a full range of Classical Civilization A/AS topics. Online booking will be available by the end of July. For further details please see the Faculty website: http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/open_days/.
Programme:
All events apart from the Museum tours are in the Lower Ground floor of the Faculty of Law (map: http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/cms_misc/media/Sidgwick_Site_map.pdf). The Faculty of Classics will be open throughout the day and visitors will be very welcome to look around. Please note there is no parking on site. You are advised to use the Park and Ride (http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/cms_misc/media/Cambridge_City_map2.jpeg) facilities if necessary.
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Time |
Activity |
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10.30-11.00 |
Refreshments & Registration (Lower ground atrium) |
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11.00-11.50 |
SESSION 1
Option 1: Dr Rebecca Flemming, Roman Women (room LG18) Option 2: Dr Helen Van Noorden, The Iliad (room LG19) |
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12.00-12.50 |
SESSION 2
Option 1: Dr Paul Millett, Homer’s Odyssey and society (LG18) Option 2: Dr Rosanna Omitowoju, Greek tragedy and its context, with reference to Oedipus Rex, Antigone, Hippolytus, and Medea (LG19) Option 3: Tour of the Museum of Classical Archaeology |
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12.50-14.00 |
PLEASE BRING A PACKED LUNCH
You will be able to eat it outside, or, if the weather is not good, in the Faculty of Law or Undergraduate Common Room in the Faculty of Classics. |
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14.00-14.50 |
SESSION 3
Option 1: Prof. Richard Hunter, Aristophanes and Athens (LG18) Option 2: Prof. Robin Osborne, Understanding classical Greek art (LG19) |
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15.00-15.50 |
SESSION 4
Option 1: Dr Ingo Gildenhard, Virgil’s Aeneid (LG18) Option 2: Prof. Stephen Oakley, Livy and the Punic Wars (LG19) Option 3: Tour of the Museum of Classical Archaeology |