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LSA CA Classics Competition 2019
2019-02-09 14:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | AKS, Clifton Drive South, Lytham, Sta Anne's, Lancashire, FY8 1DT, United Kingdom
FURTHER INFORMATION

‘Song of Arms and a Man’, Readings from Virgil’s Aeneid
2019-02-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom
Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building
The ‘Song of Arms and a Man’ tells the story of Aeneas’ escape from Troy, his stay with Dido and his struggle to fulfil his destiny as founder of Rome. These readings from Virgil’s Aeneid are selective, but tell the whole story of the poem, rarely heard, in a unique presentation of the original verse, echoing the ancient culture of public performance of poetry.
George Sharpley’s adaptation of the poem is read by Emma Kirkby, Matthew Hargreaves, Elizabeth Donnelly and Llewelyn Morgan. The event is organised by The Latin Qvarter, in collaboration with the Bristol Classics Hub and the Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition at the University of Bristol.
Tickets for this event are now on sale. Further information can be found here.
If you would like to bring your students to this event, please contact Richard Cole at classics-hub@bristol.ac.uk

Classical Civilisation Study Day, Brentwood School
2019-02-12 | Brentwood School, Middleton Hall Lane, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 8EE, United Kingdom
Brentwood School will be hosting a Classical Civilisation Study Day on Tuesday 12th February, 2019.
The day is tailored for students of OCR Classical aCivilisation A level, and in particular we hope that it will help to provide secondary quotes from the speakers.
The day will begin with registration and coffee from 9.30am, with the first lecture at 10am.
It will include lectures from Peter Jones & Edith Hall for all students, with an optional session where students will be able to choose between a Politics session or Love and Relationships. There will also be a seminar after the World of the Hero lecture.
Our confirmed speakers are:

Peter Jones: The World of the Hero
Edith Hall: Greek Tragedy
Kathryn Tempest: Politics in the Late Republic
Armand D’Angour: Love and Relationships

The order of the day is in the final planning stages.
The event is absolutely FREE and lunch and refreshments will be provided.
If you would like to attend, please email me via zkf@brentwood.essex.sch.uk by Monday 14th January, letting me know:
– how many students and staff you will be bringing
– if your students will attend the Politics or Love and Relationships lecture in this option session.

KCL Greek Play 2019: Antigone
2019-02-13 - 2019-02-15 | Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston Street, London, SE1 3RA, United Kingdom
KCL brings Sophocles thrilling exploration of resistance and responsibility to life in a daring new production. Ancient questions are re-framed for the twenty-first century: when personal values clash with the government, is duty to your beliefs or to the sanctity of the law more important? How acceptable is civil disobedience against an unchecked power? These questions play out in this battle of the individual against the state, staged under the relentless scrutiny of twenty four hour news. Following the success of last years acclaimed production of Medea, which played to over a thousand audience members across its run, the 2019 Greek Play celebrates another defiant woman of Greek tragedy and will again be performed in a combination of ancient Greek and English.
The play will be performed at the Greenwood Theatre (55 Weston Street, SE1 3RA) on the following dates and times:
13 February – 2.30pm and 7pm
14 February – 7pm
15 February – 2.30pm and 7pm
There will be pre-show talks and discussions featuring leading scholars at 6pm every evening, free to that evening’s ticket holders.
PLEASE NOTE: School & further education groups wanting to book should email Sophie Norgate, this year’s Business Manager, directly at greekplay@kcl.ac.uk. Teachers accompanying their students go free – please contact Sophie to arrange.

Conference In GCSE Latin and Greek & Essay Prize Supported by the Classical Association
2019-02-14 09:30 - 13:00 | Westminster School, Little Smith Street, London, SW1P 3PF, United Kingdom
Westminster School

Thursday, 14th February 2019 9.40am -1.00pm

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 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 posted on the Classical Association website.

A voluntary £5 contribution per pupil attending is suggested: for more information and to reserve places please contact andy.mylne@westminster.org.uk

Programme for the day:

9.15-9.40 Arrive at Westminster School & gather in the School Hall (‘Up School’)

Session 1: 9.45 – 10.25 – Mr Franco Basso: ‘A Baffling God: Readings in Herodotus’ Theology’.

Franco Basso is Senior Language Teaching Officer in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge and Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Trinity Hall. He is interested in Greek and Roman historians and their reception. He has recently published (with Geoffrey Greatrex) a study on the reception of Herodotus and Thucydides in Procopius: C. Lillington-Martin (ed.) Procopius of Caesarea: Literary and Historical Interpretations (Routledge 2018).

Session 2: 10.30-11.10 – Professor Rhiannon Ash: ‘Visions of the Druids in Ancient Historiography: Fact or Fantasy?’

Rhiannon Ash is Professor of Roman Historiography and Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. She is interested in the representation of the historical tradition and especially in the language and syntax of Tacitus. She has published commentaries on Histories II (Cambridge 2007) and Annals XV (Cambridge 2018).

Break: 11.15-11.30

Session 3: 11.30-12.10 – Dr Oliver Thomas: ‘Studying Odyssey 6 in ancient Greece’

Oliver Thomas is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Nottingham, who specialises in Ancient Greek literature and religion. He is currently finalising an edition and commentary on the Homeric Hymn to Hermes, and starting a translation of ancient scholarship on Iliad books 3-6.

Session 4: 12.15-12.55 – Dr Emily Pillinger: ‘Threats, silence, and song: Dido’s vocal strategies.’

Emily Pillinger is Lecturer in Latin Language and Literature at King’s College, London. Her expertise includes late Republican and early Imperial Latin poetry. Her book, Cassandra and The Poetics of Prophecy (C.U.P, in press) examines the power of the female prophetic voice in ancient literature, including Greek tragedy and Roman epic.

1.00 – End

Classics Masterclass at Cambridge University
2019-02-16 | Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Classics Masterclass at Cambridge University, offering students a true flavour of studying Classics.
For more information visit: www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/events/masterclasses

Studying Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia at University | A Conference for Sixth-Formers
2019-03-02 | Dorset
Studying Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia at University
A Conference for Sixth-Formers
The Royal Asiatic Society and The British Museum, London
Saturday 2nd March 2019
An upcoming event aimed at 6th formers interested in studying the ancient world at university. The event will be held March 2, 2019 and feature academics from several different universities presenting their research and talking about the Assyriology/Egyptology/and ancient Near Eastern archaeology at their respective institutions. There is also a careers panel and the students are encouraged to ask questions and interact with the speakers throughout the day. The event is capped off with tours of the galleries at the British Museum by university students, postgrads, and faculty.
Further Information (including on last year’s event)

ARLT Annual Refresher Day 2019
2019-03-02 | Loughborough Grammar School, 3 Burton Walks, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2DU, United Kingdom
The Association for Latin Teaching

INSET by practising teachers for practising teachers

Annual Refresher Day 2019

Saturday 2rd March Loughborough Grammar School

Directed by Philip Harper

Programme for the Day

09.30 Registration and refreshments

10.00 – 10:45 Introduction followed by

Dr Mireya González Rodríguez of the University of Leicester on The Archaeology of Things

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00 Option Groups A

12:05 – 13:05 Option Groups B

13:05 – 13:45 Lunch

13:45 – 14:30 Dr Alex Mullen of the University of Nottingham on The Archaeology of Words

14:35 – 15:35 Option Groups C

15:40 – 16:05 Hellenic Bookservice/ ARLT Antiquities Collection

16.00 Refreshments followed by Departure

16.30 ARLT Committee Meeting

The Hellenic Book Service will be in attendance throughout the day, with designated time to visit 15:30-16:00. If you wish to order items in advance for collection on the day, they may be contacted by telephone on 020 7267 9499 or via email: monica@hellenicbookservice.com Their website is: www.hellenicbookservice.com

Please see overleaf for the full list of Option Groups.

Cost, including refreshments and lunch: £40 (£20 for Option Group leaders)

Payment and Booking Details may be made on www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Option Groups

A
B
C

A1 Martin Gibson – OCR A level Latin Prose – Cicero’s Philippic II (2020-21)
B1 Alison Henshaw – OCR A level Classical Civilisation – Love and Relationships
C1 Ann Gate – Using social media in Classics teaching

A2 Lidia Kuhivchak – Starting up Latin from scratch: hints, tips and challenges
B2 Laura Beech – Preparing for OCR A level Latin verse unseens
C2 Lauren Douglas – Germanicus and Piso for GCSE (Eduqas 2019 & OCR 2020-21)

A3 Helen Lowe – Getting the most out of CLC Book 1 Chapters 10 & 11
B3 Jacob Duncan – Starting out as a Latin teacher
C3 Steve Hunt – Using images in Latin teaching

A4 Rachael Hopley – OCR A level Classical Civilisation – The World of the Hero
B4 Sam Baddeley – OCR GCSE Latin Literature and Culture (Myths & Entertainment)
C4 Hilary Walters – Latin clinic for new and non-specialist teachers

A5 Rachel Plummer – Spoken Latin in the classroom
B5 Charles Sykes – Online resources for Classics teaching
C5 Ana Henderson – OCR GCSE Greek Language exam Q&A

Please enter your Option Group choices on www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Sussex Classical Reading Competition 2019
2019-03-05 16:30 - 19:00 | Roedean School, Brighton Road, BN2 5RQ, United Kingdom
The Sussex Classical Reading Competition will be held this year at Roedean School, Brighton on Tuesday 5 March from 4.30pm-6.45pm.

There will be passages of Latin for pupils from Year 5-13. There will also be Greek passages. Please email me at rmi@roedean.co.uk for details of the passages and more information. The competition is open to all schools in the South East. Do consider bringing pupils along, it is a relaxed event, usually involving some costumes and a certain air of frivolity. The pupils can read from the passage and do not need to learn it by heart. There will be food, plus it is still free to take part!

Bristol GCSE and A-Level Classical Civilisation Conference (7th March)
2019-03-07 | University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TH, United Kingdom
GCSE and A-Level Classical Civilisation Conference (7th March)

News from the Bristol Classics Hub about their conference…

The Bristol Classics Hub will be running a GCSE and A-Level Classical Civilisation conference tailored to current exam specifications on Thursday 7th March 2019 in the Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol. We will be running separate sessions for GCSE and A-Level students (programme attached). Places are free, but are on a first-come, first-served basis. Please do sign up here using the online form; no email confirmation will be sent once the form is completed. Further details can be found on our website. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us on classics-hub@bristol.ac.uk. We look forward to welcoming as many students as possible to what will be an exciting day.

Richard Cole
Bristol Classics Hub Co-ordinator
Office hours: Wednesday and Thursday
classics-hub@bristol.ac.uk
bristol.ac.uk/classics/hub/
Follow us @SWclassicshub

The Cemetery In The Age of Pericles
2019-03-07 13:00 - 14:00 | Gresham College, Barnard's Inn Hall, London, EC1N 2HH, United Kingdom
Thursday 7 March 2019, 1 pm at Barnard’s Inn Hall, London
The Cemetery In The Age of Pericles https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/pericles-funeral-oration-cemetery
In 431 BCE the Athenian statesman Pericles delivered one of the most influential speeches of all time, his Epitaphios or Funeral Oration. The occasion was at the funeral of the first Athenian soldiers to lose their lives in the Peloponnesian War. This lecture examines the history of this beautiful site, the momentous occasion on which Pericles spoke, and the ways in which his speech, recorded by the historian Thucydides who was present at its delivery, has informed subsequent epoch-making orations from Lincoln at Gettysburg to Kennedy and Obama.

Reading Classical Latin: Cicero and Ovid
2019-03-08 - 2019-03-10 | Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall, Cambridge, CB23 8AQ, United Kingdom
A weekend course by the Institute of Continuing Education, Cambridge University.
Cicero was Rome’s leading orator and this weekend you have the opportunity to read one of his superbly moulded speeches: in Pro Caelio, Cicero defends young Marcus Caelius Rufus on charges of political violence. This is no dry legal speech, but one in which Cicero uses his acerbic rhetoric to attack his client’s lover, Clodia – painting a vivid picture of the violent times of the Roman Republic. If you prefer myth to the reality of the court room, then choose to read Book 3 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, where you will encounter mad dogs, a fiery thunderbolt and a boy falling in love with…his own reflection. There is never a dull moment in Ovid’s witty re-writing of Greek myth. Whichever text you choose, there will be plenty of friendly discussion as we wrestle together with the power of the Latin language.
Further Information

Sixth Form Conference 2019 at the University of Birmingham
2019-03-09 | University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
The Birmingham and West Midlands Schools Classics Hub are delighted to announce the details of their Sixth Form Conference, which will support A Level study for Ancient History, Classical Civilisation, and Latin.

Date: Saturday 9th March
Time: Registration from 9.30am
Venue: Arts Building, University of Birmingham

For the full programme, see details here: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/caha/events/2019/bmca-texts-and-topics.aspx

The event is open to schools from across the country and is free for state school students, while a £10 fee for students from independent schools is payable on the day.

To register your interest or for any questions, please contact Polly Stoker at p.stoker@bham.ac.uk

Birmingham and West Midlands Schools Classics Hub
Classics for All
University of Birmingham
Department of Classics, Ancient History, and Archaeology

Christopher Whitton Talk on Tacitus
2019-03-12 13:30 - 15:00 | Dorset
Christopher Whitton (Emmanuel College, Cambridge) will speak about Tacitus on Tuesday 12th March at 1:30pm at Saint Olave’s Grammar School, Kent.

You are most welcome to join us. If you intend to come, please do inform us of numbers ASAP and the names of any accompanying teachers.

The talk should be suitable for GCSE and A-Level Latinists and indeed anyone with an interest in the Classical World and Ancient History.

A talk will also be given by a member of staff on an aspect of the syllabus relating to Greece. If you would like to speak yourself as part of a panel about an aspect of the ancient world, please do contact us. It would be most useful for the students to hear different Classicists’ opinions on the ancient world and to ask questions to different teachers.

http://www.saintolaves.net/

Contact: Alex Carroll acarroll@saintolaves.net

LONDON GREEK & LATIN READING COMPETITION 2019
2019-03-13 14:00 - 17:00 | Queen’s College, 43-9 Harley street, London, W1G 8BT, United Kingdom
THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION
LONDON GREEK & LATIN READING COMPETITION 2019
The 2019 competition will be held on WEDNESDAY 13th MARCH at Queen’s College, 43-49 Harley Street London W1G 8BT (parking is not available at the school). The competition will be held in a single round. The event will begin at 2:00 pm and finish at about 5.00 pm. We will break for tea after the first two sections, from about 3:00 p.m. – 3.20 p.m.
Schools and individuals not entering candidates for the competition, but who would like their staff or pupils to learn more about spoken Latin and Greek, perhaps with a view to entering another year, are warmly encouraged to attend as are friends and parents of the candidates. Home educated pupils are also invited to enter any of the sections. Commemorative prizes will be awarded.
The competition is in six sections, with ONE ENTRY only from each school per section.

Beginners’ Latin, open to pupils who have not yet completed 5 terms of Latin (either an individual, a pair, or group of 3 candidates), CLC Bk I, ad villam (adapted).
Beginners’ Greek, open to pupils who have not yet completed 5 terms of Greek (either an individual, a pair, or group of 3 candidates): Greek to GCSE, Part 1, J Taylor, The Cyclops (3) (adapted)
Pre-GCSE Latin, open to one pupil who has not yet taken GCSE in Latin: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 2, lines 544-558.
Greek Dialogue, open to an individual or a pair of candidates at any stage: Euripides’ Medea, lines 321-345.
Open Latin, open to one candidate at any stage: Ovid, Amores, Book 2, 6 On the death of his mistress’s parrot (cut).
Greek Chorus, open to a group of 6 to 10 pupils at any stage: Euripides’ Medea, lines 410-445.

N.B. No candidate may be entered for more than one Latin section. Entries should be sent using the application form to the organiser, with the fee of £30.00 per school, by Friday 1st February 2019. Names of candidates will be needed by Thursday 28th February.
There will be no charge for non-competing spectators.
Please note: copies of the passages marked with macrons, and the metre for the chorus, as well as unmarked passages, will be sent to all schools and individuals who apply. The macrons and metre will not be included in the copies from which the candidates will read at the competition
APPLICATION FORM
Send or email replies to:
Mrs Sarah Harrison
Head of Classics
Queen’s College
43 – 49 Harley Street
London
W1G 8BT
Tel: 020 7 291 7033 e-mail sharrison@qcl.org.uk
PLEASE fill in all the details on the attached application form.

2019-03-13 16:30 - 18:00 | Oxford High School, Belbroughton Road, Oxford, OX2 6XA, United Kingdom
Lecture Theatre, Oxford High School, Belbroughton Road, Oxford OX2 6XA, main telephone: 01865 559888

Wednesday 13th March 2019
4:30 – 6.00pm

Professor Matthew Nicholls is a specialist in the political and social history of the Romans and the way that the built environments of Rome and cities around the Roman Empire expressed their values and priorities. His talk will introduce students to his innovative and award-winning virtual 3D model of Ancient Rome.

This model makes ancient Rome accessible to thousands of pupils and students by virtually recreating the city, including vast public buildings such as the Colosseum. This digital model of ancient Rome has proved to be an incredible teaching tool and has won the Guardian and Higher Academy National Teaching Excellence Award in 2014. How creative is the process of a 3D reconstruction of an ancient city? How can one start making their own digital models of the ancient world? Can 3D reconstruction prompt us to ask questions about the sources that inform our understanding of ancient Rome?

The talk will be followed by a Question and Answer session and it will be of direct relevance to anyone studying a Classical subject in years 9-13 and, of course, to anyone who is interested in Classics, History, Archaeology and/or Computer Science.

There is no charge for this event. Students under 16 should be accompanied by their teacher but sixth formers are welcome to join us independently. To book your place please email Dr Niki Karapanagioti at n.karapanagioti@oxf.gdst.net with a list of names as soon as possible and at the latest by Friday 8th March.

2019 Latin Spelling Bee
2019-03-14 | Harris Academy Chafford Hundred, Mayflower Road, Chafford Hundred, Essex, RM16 6SA, United Kingdom
News of this year’s Spelling Bee!
If you are interested in reviving the renowned story of Caecilius and igniting students’ spirit for Latin and Classics…
Then take part for the the 3rd Annual Latin Spelling bee where all schools come together in an event of full of surprises and prizes from eminent classics authors and organisations.
Each school is required to choose 5-7 students who will be taking part to the final on the 14th March at Harris Academy Chafford Hundred (RM16 6SA)
The structure of the competition will be based on content per Cambridge up to an including stage 8.
Listening tasks
Picture-based tasks
Translate English to Latin and vice versa
Constructing Latin sentences.
For more details on how to apply and the structure of the competition, please email
Mr Pantelis Iakovou at p.iakovou@harrischaffordhundred.org.uk

Boudica: What If She’d Won?, a Talk by Manda Scott
2019-03-14 18:00 - 20:00 | AKS, Clifton Drive South, Lytham, Sta Anne's, Lancashire, FY8 1DT, United Kingdom
Boudica: What If She’d Won?
with Columnist, Broadcaster and Best Selling Author of Boudica and the Rome series
Manda Scott

Thursday 14th March, 7pm
AKS, Main Entrance, Clifton Drive South, Lytham St Annes FY8 1DT
Lectures 7 – 8pm Doors open at 6.15pm

Lytham St Annes Classical Association
2018-19 Lecture Programme
lsaclassics@gmail.com Membership just £12 (students £5) a year

Oxford and Cambridge Classics Open Day
2019-03-15 | University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Friday 15th March 2019 | Oxford

Register: https://event-reg.classics.ox.ac.uk/

Find out more about applying to study Classics at Oxford and Cambridge. This open day is open to all students (UK and abroad) interested in pursuing a Classics degree. Find out more about Classical subjects in general, but also the specific degree programmes offered by Oxford and Cambridge. Both individuals and school groups are welcome. During the day we run a programme of events, including an introductory session in the Sheldonian Theatre, college and museum tours, taster lectures, stalls covering various courses and application questions, and a teacher’s forum.

The aim of the day is to help young people make informed decisions about their university choices, encourage them to consider Classics as an exciting and worthwhile option, and to help them develop their interest and understanding of the ancient world.

More details will be available at https://classics.web.ox.ac.uk/open-days

More information will be available at https://classics.web.ox.ac.uk/open-days

CICERO Latin and Class Civ competition 2019
2019-03-23 | Dorset
News from the organisers of this year.s CICERO event…

​This year’s competition for Sixth Form students (S4-S6 in Scotland) will take place on Saturday 23 March 2019. It’s a challenging and engaging competition with plenty of fun, and has three rounds – Latin translation, Cultural Quiz (this year’s topic is mythological animals – think Cerberus, the Hydra and others!) and a team quiz. Students can take part in the Latin competition and/or the Cultural Competition. There are four regional centres this year – Harrow School in North-West London, Bristol Grammar School, Liverpool College, and George Heriot’s School in Edinburgh. For more details, please contact Andy Keen (akeen@bgs.bristol.sch.uk) and/or go to the website: https://ciceroconcordia.wordpress.com/2019/02/08/cicero-uk-2019/

If you’re wondering about the sorts of questions involved, you can see some past papers here: https://ciceroconcordia.wordpress.com/2019/02/08/cicero-past-papers/

Iris Festival - 27th March 2019, 3.30 - 6pm
2019-03-27 15:30 - 18:00 | East Oxford Community Classics Centre, Cheney Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7QH, United Kingdom
We are delighted to announce our next Iris Festival – celebrating Classics, Art, Archaeology, Natural History and Science, and Anthropology – on 27th March, 2019, 3.30 – 6pm.
There will be a large area dedicated just to classics at the festival, with a wide range of visiting museums, such as the British Museum, Ure Museum in Reading, and Ashmolean, all bringing interesting exhibits to explore and handle, as well as Re-enactors Comitatus filling a whole room with ancient Greek daily life artefacts and re-enactments, a Roman mosaics room run by KCL Classics, a Roman medical room, and a variety of other things!
There will also be four other discovery zones: Natural History and Science, Art, Storytelling, and Anthropology. Each zone will contain activities, stalls, exhibitions, workshops, and a wide range of visiting museums with artefacts to handle and explore. There will be shows including animatronic dinosaurs, birds of prey, fossils pits, an opportunity to make your own prints at a vintage printing press, the Story Museum’s Little Shop of Stories, artists’ exhibitions, as well as a cafe serving refreshments and hot and cold drinks.
Visitors will be able to follow an exciting new model Dragonfly Trail as they explore the site, with each discovery zone containing striking decorations, workshops, stalls, performances and activities themed on different aspects of museum learning.
The stalls, activities and exhibitions run from 3.30 until 6pm. It is free and caters for all ages. School groups are warmly welcome.
The following talks will also take place throughout the afternoon and evening:
3.30 – 4pm – Professor Richard Fortey, Natural Historian and Palaeontologist

4.15 – 4.45pm – Professor Helen King, ‘Ancient Greek Magic and Medicine’
5.15 – 5.45pm – Peter Randall-Page, Artist and Sculptor, Royal Academician
6 – 6.45pm – Will Gompertz, BBC Chief Arts Correspondent
The festival itself does not require booking unless you are visiting with a school group. Talks do need to be booked, and can be done so by emailing info@irisproject.org.uk
For more information, please visit http://rumblemuseum.org.uk/index.php/what-s-on/183-iris-festival-of-natural–history-and-art-27-march-2019

﻿Opening Up Classical Studies – OU and ACE Event for Schools
2019-04-01 13:00 - 16:00 | Dorset
We are pleased to announce a rescheduled date for our livestreamed Classical Studies event for schools, hosted by the Open University and the Advocating Classics Education project. This event will be held on 1st April from 1pm-4pm.

We invite you to join us for a live and interactive online broadcast in which you can learn more about Greek drama, listen to an interview with Professor Edith Hall about her recent book Aristotle’s Way and the relevance of Aristotelian philosophy in the modern world, and join in a discussion of ancient religion and votive objects. There will also be a Q&A session for teachers interested in developing the provision of classical civilisation in their schools. The full programme is available here (http://studenthublive.open.ac.uk/content/opening-classical-studies-ace-ou).

If you would like to get involved, you can find out more by watching this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFyxpEmEJb0&feature=youtu.be), or email us for full information (Jan.Haywood@open.ac.uk or Christine.Plastow@open.ac.uk).

University of Kent Classics Day
2019-04-03 | University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NZ, United Kingdom
The University of Kent is holding a Classics Day on 3rd April. All information below!

Herodotus: The Father of History, The Father of Non-Fiction, a Talk by Tom Holland
2019-04-04 18:00 - 20:00 | AKS, Clifton Drive South, Lytham, Sta Anne's, Lancashire, FY8 1DT, United Kingdom
Herodotus: The Father of History, The Father of Non-Fiction
with Historian, Broadcaster, Best Selling Author of Rubicon and Dynasty
Tom Holland

Thursday 4th April, 7pm
AKS, Main Entrance, Clifton Drive South, Lytham St Annes FY8 1DT
Lectures 7 – 8pm Doors open at 6.15pm

Lytham St Annes Classical Association
2018-19 Lecture Programme
lsaclassics@gmail.com Membership just £12 (students £5) a year

DEADLINE: Classics Short Story Competition 2019 with the University of Kent
2019-04-05 | University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NZ, United Kingdom
Here is all the information you need to know about the University of Kent’s Short Story Competition for this year…

2019 Short Story Competition for UK Schools and Colleges (Years 7 to 13)

The competition this year has been shaped by the exciting research being undertaken in the “Roman and Late Antique Artefacts from Egypt” project. The project brings artefacts from the past back to life – and they’re inviting you to do the same through the power of your story telling. Entrants are invited to write a short story inspired by one of the artefacts featured on the project’s blog: https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/egypt-artefacts/

Why not get further inspiration by going to see the project’s free exhibition ‘Sounds of Roman Egypt’ at the Petrie Museum, London? (opens 22nd January 2019): https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-on/sounds-roman-egypt

1st Prize £100, 2nd Prize £50, Two runners-up £25

Download an entry form from: http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/clas/2019/01/17/schools-competition-2019/

Advice for entrants

Look at theproject’s blog https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/egypt-artefacts/ and decide on an artefact as the inspiration for your story.
Watch these animations ‘A Glimpse of Teenage Life in Ancient Rome’ ‘Four Sisters in Ancient Rome’ and ‘A Day in the Life of a Roman Client’ to get ideas about how research about the Roman world can be packed into a short story.
Think about who, what, where, when, and why for your chosen artefact (what was life like in the place that it was from?). You should also make your story about it as vivid as possible by thinking about touch, smell, sight, taste and sounds.

Rules

An entry form must be completed – you can download one from here: http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/clas/2019/01/17/schools-competition-2019/
Length – no more than 1000 words.
Subject matter – a story about one of the artefacts in the Roman and Late Antique Artefacts from Egypt: https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/egypt-artefacts/
The text of the script needs to be double-spaced and in a font larger than Arial 11.
The text of the script must be written in English.
Entrants need to be attending a school/college in the United Kingdom – Years 7 to 13. Students in Higher Education (e.g. Universities) may not enter the competition.
Submission must be made by email to classicscripts@kent.ac.uk on a completed entry form that has been signed by a member of staff at your school or college.
All scripts must be received by 6pm on 5 April 2019.

Judging Process
The prize-winning scripts will be judged in relation to their accuracy, originality and vividness by University of Kent staff from the Department of Classical and Archaeological Studies.

Queries may be sent to classicscripts@kent.ac.uk

University of Kent Department of Classical &Archaeological Studies Short Story Competition for Schools Entry Form 2019

Name of Script-Writer/Entrant

School of Script-Writer

Address of School

Story (no more than 1000 words)

Confirmation of Authorship:
I confirm that the story above is my own work based on my own original ideas (with the proviso that advice has been given by teachers and friends verbally or in writing).

Signed:

Sign-off by school/college staff member

I confirm that the entrant named above is a member of the school named above

Name and position held (please print)

Signature of staff member

Email address of staff member/school

We look forward to receiving your story submitted on this completed entry form to classicscripts@kent.ac.uk by 6pm on Friday 5th April 2019. Good luck!

CSCP Conference 2019 ~ Booking Open!
2019-04-06 | Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
We are excited to announce that booking is now open for the CSCP conference 2019!
🗓️Date: 6th April🏘️Location: Faculty of Education, Cambridge
Click here to book a place, or to submit an abstract.

Latin Taster Day ('Never Tried Learning Latin'), Cambridge University
2019-04-20 | Dorset
Latin Taster Day (‘Never Tried Learning Latin’) at Cambridge University.
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Natalie Haynes at Wimbledon High School
2019-04-29 16:30 - 18:00 | Wimbledon High School, Mansel Road, London, SW19 4AB, United Kingdom
News of an event at Wimbledon High School…

“Natalie Haynes deploys passion and wit in her writing of ancient stories.

Her latest book, A Thousand Ships, retells the Trojan War from an all- female perspective.

Come and listen to this brilliant speaker in our Explore Talk on 29 April, 4.30pm. Natalie used to do comedy too (Stand Up for Classics on R4)- it promises to be a fabulous event.”

Contact Mark Wilmore for more information (Mark.Wilmore@wim.gdst.net).

Aristotle’s Lyceum
2019-05-30 13:00 - 14:00 | Gresham College, Barnard's Inn Hall, London, EC1N 2HH, United Kingdom
Thursday 30 May 2019, 1 pm at Barnard’s Inn Hall, London
Aristotle’s Lyceum https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/aristotle-lyceum
In the 330s BCE, the great philosopher and scientist, Aristotle of Stagira in northern Greece, returned to Athens and founded his Lyceum. The first institution in world history to encompass teaching, research and the collection of a vast library, the Lyceum immediately began to revive even Plato’s Academy in international reputation. This lecture looks at the archaeological site of the Lyceum, discovered accidentally in 1996, and asks how the remains can illuminate Aristotle’s life, work, and incomparable contribution across academic disciplines, from Political Theory and Aesthetics to Zoology, Physics and Astronomy.

Unsung heroines of classical history: Natalie Haynes in Conversation
2019-06-05 16:30 - 17:30 | UCL, London
Star of the BBC Radio 4 series, Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics, Natalie brings her unique combination of ancient history and stand-up comedy to UCL for the UCL Festival of Culture.

Natalie Haynes is a classicist, comedian, writer and broadcaster. Her BBC Radio 4 show, Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics, is about to record its fifth series. She is the author of five books: her most recent novel, A Thousand Ships, was published in May.

Unsung heroines of classical history: Natalie Haynes in Conversation

4:30pm To 5:30pm, 5 June 2019

In her latest novel, A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective. Ahead of her performance of Troy Story at the Bloomsbury Theatre later in the day, she will join Dr Antony Makrinos, Senior Teaching Fellow in Classics at UCL, for a conversation about the women who’ve been previously confined to the shadows and who now should take centre stage.
