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RENAISSANCE LATIN MASTERCLASSES 2023 (The Timothyseus Project)
2023-01-24 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-01-31 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-02-07 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-02-13 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-02-20 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
From Timothy Demetris…

RENAISSANCE LATIN MASTERCLASSES 2023

The Timothyseus Project is delighted to confirm the following four Renaissance Latin masterclasses, which are based on four of the finest authors and texts of Italy’s golden fifteenth century, for the Spring Term (January to April) 2023:

JANUARY 2023

Advanced Latin: Reading and Translating Pope Pius II’s Commentarii (Commentaries).

Week One, Tuesday, 3 January: Enea Silvio Piccolomini’s journey to Scotland and England (1435);

Week Two, Tuesday, 10 January: Enea Silvio Piccolomini’s election as Pope Pius II (1458);

Week Three, Tuesday, 17 January: Pope Pius II’s ceremonial arrival into Mantua (1459);

Week Four, Tuesday, 24 January: Pope Pius II receives the relic of the head of St Andrew at the Milvian Bridge (1462).

These four sessions will take place online via Zoom, 6.00-8.00 p.m. London, UK, time (GMT). The tutor for this first masterclass will be Timothy Demetris, MA, Founder and Director of The Timothyseus Project.

Pinturicchio, Enea Silvio Piccolomini leaves for the Council of Basel, 1502-08, Piccolomini Library, Duomo, Siena. Image: Web Gallery of Art

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FEBRUARY 2023

Advanced Latin: Reading and Translating Platina’s Liber de vita Christi ac omnium pontificum (Lives of the Popes).

Week One, Tuesday, 31 January: Excerpt from Platina’s Life of Nicholas V (1447-55);

Week Two, Tuesday, 7 February: Excerpt from Platina’s Life of Pius II (1458-64);

Week Three, Monday, 13 February: Excerpt from Platina’s Life of Paul II (1464-71);

Week Four, Monday, 20 February: Excerpt from Platina’s Life of Sixtus IV (1471-84).

These four sessions will take place online via Zoom, 6.00-8.00 p.m. London, UK, time (GMT). The tutor for this second masterclass will be Timothy Demetris, MA, Founder and Director of The Timothyseus Project.

Melozzo da Forlì, Sixtus IV appointing Platina as Prefect of the Vatican Library, 1477, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican Museums, Vatican City. Image: Web Gallery of Art

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MARCH 2023

Advanced Latin: Reading and Translating Leonardo Bruni’s Historiarum Florentini populi libri XII (History of the Florentine People).

**Dates and times to be confirmed in January 2023**

The tutor for this third masterclass will be Adam Greenwood, MA, Scholar of the Italian Renaissance and Latin Tutor for The Timothyseus Project.

Bernardo Rossellino, Tomb of Leonardo Bruni, 1446-48, Santa Croce, Florence. Image: Web Gallery of Art

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APRIL 2023

Advanced Latin: Reading and Translating Marsilio Ficino’s De vita libri tres (Three Books on Life).

**Dates and times to be confirmed in January 2023**

The tutor for this fourth and final masterclass will be Adam Greenwood, MA, Scholar of the Italian Renaissance and Latin Tutor for The Timothyseus Project.

Domenico Ghirlandaio, Angel appearing to Zacharias (detail), 1486-90, Cappella Tornabuoni, Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Image: Web Gallery of Art

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Didactic format, linguistic requirements, and course fees

The above four Renaissance Latin masterclasses, which are focused on the reading (in the original Latin) and translation (into English) of a selection of four of the finest and most influential authors and Latin texts of the Italian Renaissance, will consist of four weekly sessions of two hours each. During each session an author and a Latin text will be introduced and a passage from the latter distributed as ‘homework’ for the attendees to translate before the next session. The following week, translations will be compared and corrected and the Latin text itself discussed, both in terms of grammar and style and in terms of historical and cultural context.

Those interested in attending the above masterclasses should note that a previous acquaintance with the Latin language is required to fully engage with the Latin texts. However, enthusiastic Latinists who are relatively new to the language and those wishing to learn more about the authors and texts presented are also welcome.

The above Renaissance Latin masterclasses will take place online via Zoom and will each cost £120 per attendee (£100 per attendee for full-time students), plus an administration fee of £20 per person for the academic year 2022-23. For further information on and/or to register for all or any of the above Renaissance Latin masterclasses, please contact Timothy Demetris on this email address (timdemetris@hotmail.com) at the earliest possible opportunity.

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Beginners and Intermediate Latin courses

For those wishing to improve their Latin before undertaking the above Renaissance Latin masterclasses, Timothy Demetris and Adam Greenwood will also be available to teach the following two Latin courses upon request:

Beginners Latin: Grammar, Texts, and Translation

Intermediate Latin: Grammar, Texts, and Translation

For further information on the above, please contact Timothy Demetris on this email address.

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I look forward to seeing some of you online for the above Renaissance Latin masterclasses and to meeting more of you out here in Rome, and across the Italian peninsular, as The Timothyseus Project begins to roar across the seven hills. It feels so good to be here!

For further information on all or any of the above and on The Timothyseus Project in general, please contact Timothy Demetris, Founder and Director of The Timothyseus Project, on this email address (timdemetris@hotmail.com). And if you wish to unsubscribe from this emailing list and/or to no longer receive email updates and monthly newsletters from The Timothyseus Project, please send an email to this email address stating your wish to do so. There will be no hard feelings!

“Ut aquas bibamus Heliconis dulces. Ut campos perveniamus in Elysios claros.”

Stay strong, y’all. We’re finally here!

With very best wishes from Rome,

Timothy(seus)
Timothy George Demetris, MA
Founder and Director, Principal Tutor and Principal Guide
The Timothyseus Project. Academic Tuition, Cultural Tours and the Eternal Conversation
Website: [Currently undergoing significant restructuring]
E-mail: timdemetris@hotmail.com
Tel.: (UK) +44 7815 838968 / (Italia) +39 339 8277485

Elton Barker on ‘A digital journeying around. Or learning about Digital Classics via Pausanias’ Periegesis Hellados’
2023-01-24 08:00 - 17:00 | Liverpool University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
March 23, 2023 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

University of Liverpool Central Teaching Hub

Liverpool branch event

Elton Barker, Professor of Greek Literature and Culture: “A digital journeying around. Or learning about Digital Classics via Pausanias’ Periegesis Hellados’

23 March 2023 6-7pm, followed by a reception.

Venue: Central Teaching Hub, University of Liverpool

Booking is FREE via Eventbrite.

Gender, Gentile Inclusion, and Jewish Identity in Antiquity...
2023-01-25 18:00 - 19:30
25th January 6-7:15pm

The Manchester Classical Association and Manchester Centre for Public History jointly present:

Prof Jill Hicks-Keeton (Oklahoma)

The Sam Johnson Memorial Lecture, 2023

Gender, Gentile Inclusion, and Jewish Identity in Antiquity: What to Do with a Woman

Join us for this annual memorial lecture to our late colleague, Dr Sam Johnson, here at Manchester Metropolitan University, a renowned specialist in histories of Jewish Identity.

Zoom details will be provided to participants.

Prof Jill Hicks-Keeton (Phd, Duke University) is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oklahoma, where she teaches courses on biblical literature, ancient Judaism & Christianity, and modern evangelicalism. She is the author of Arguing with Aseneth: Gentile Access to Israel’s Living God in Jewish Antiquity (Oxford University Press, 2018), which was awarded the 2020 Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise, and Does Scripture Speak for Itself? The Museum of the Bible and the Politics of Interpretation (Cambridge University Press, 2022; with Cavan Concannon).

Hicks-Keeton co-edited The Museum of the Bible: A Critical Introduction (Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2019) and The Ways that Often Parted (SBL Press, 2018) and has written for Religion Dispatches, Religion & Politics, Ancient Jew Review, The Revealer, and The Bible and Interpretation. Hicks-Keeton was a recipient of the Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar Award and has served as a Humanities Forum Fellow, a Risser Innovative Teaching Fellow, and Honors College Presidential Teaching Fellow at the University of Oklahoma.

Hicks-Keeton serves as Co-Chair of the Metacriticism Program Unit of the Society of Biblical Literature and steering committee member of the Pseudepigrapha Program Unit of the Society of Biblical Literature. She is on the editorial board of the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha.

Follow her on Twitter @JillHicksKeeton.

The BMCA New Year lecture
2023-01-26 17:30 - 18:30 | University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
The BMCA New Year lecture will be on Thursday 26 January, 5.30-6.30pm, in the Arts Building at the University of Birmingham.
Dr Andrew Bayliss will be talking about ‘The Trouble with the Spartans’.
Everyone welcome!

Oedipus, at The Oast, Tonbridge
2023-01-28 - 2023-02-04
Jan 28th – Feb 4th
Director: Paul Marshall
Written by: Sophocles
Invited to be the ruler of Thebes having solved the riddle of the Sphinx, Oedipus now faces a greater challenge. Can he save his people from the terrible plague that overwhelms them by finding the the late king’s murderer?
As he interrogates one man after another in only a single day he is led to a terrifying, cruel but inevitable conclusion.
FURTHER INFO AND TO BOOK

Latin INSET Day at Warwick School
2023-01-31 | Warwick School
One last reminder on our Warwick School hosted INSET day on Tues 31st Jan on i) developments CSCP’s Amarantus project and ii) Suburani with special focus on book 2. (These will be presented by Caroline Bristow or Caroline Musgrove for Amarantus and Laila Tims for Suburani). The day will also likely be accompanied by a visit from the Hellenic Bookservice.
The provisional schedule is:

9.30am – arrival, refreshments
10.00am – 12.30pm – Suburani (with a 30 minute break / Hellenic Bookservice in the middle somewhere)
12.30-13.15pm – Lunch / Hellenic Bookservice
13.45pm – 15.45pm – Amarantus (with a 30 minute break / Hellenic Bookservice in the middle somewhere)
15.45pm – finish / time for any further questions

If you are interested in attending, please email me on d.stephenson@warwickschool.org letting me know whether you wish to come all day or just for the morning or afternoon. There is no charge except possibly a nominal contribution to the hot buffet lunch (c. £10 per person but exact amount depending on who comes) if I cannot persuade Warwick to foot that.

Phaedra: a new play by Simon Stone after Euripides, Seneca and Racine
2023-02-01 - 2023-04-08 | National Theatre, South Bank, London, SE1 9PX, United Kingdom
1st February – 8th April

Phaedra

In a house of glass, one must not throw stones.

After years of fierce focus on her political career, Phaedra turns her attention to her personal life.

The reappearance of her step-son shakes the foundations of her house and the beliefs that have underpinned her power.

As buried lust and loneliness surge to the surface, Phaedra’s actions threaten to destroy everything she has built.

Writer-Director Simon Stone (Yerma, Young Vic) reimagines Seneca’s famous tragedy in this striking new play. Janet McTeer (Ozark) takes the title role, with Assaad Bouab (Call My Agent) making his UK stage debut.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Classical Languages Teachmeet: supporting students with essay writing
2023-02-01 16:00 - 18:00
Sharing classroom strategies for teaching extended response questions in classical languages exams at GCSE and A Level.

1st February

FURTHER DETAILS AND TO BOOK

The Classical Association Teaching Board in collaboration with Classics for All presents a free online event which offers teachers of classical languages the opportunity to develop their teaching of extended response questions at GCSE and A Level.

This after-school event, led by a panel of experienced Latin and Greek teachers will facilitate the sharing of teaching strategies and resources, and answer any questions on their respective topics.

These sessions will be relevant both to experienced practitioners, and those new to teaching the subject.

We are running two sets of sessions, all of which will be recorded and made available after the event to all those who register:

Session 1: 4:00-5:00

GCSE Eduqas OR GCSE OCR

Session 2: 5:00-6:00

A Level OCR

Registration is free but will close on Tuesday 31st January at 6pm. The access link for the event will be sent once registration has closed.

UCL Greek Play 2023: Plato's Symposium
2023-02-08 - 2023-02-10 | Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AH, United Kingdom
UCL Greek and Latin department presents

PLATO’S SYMPOSIUM

Wednesday 8th February 2023; 7.30pm
Thursday 9th February 2023; 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Friday 10th February 2023; 2.30pm & 7.30pm

A heartbreak spanning centuries. What is love? Do soulmates really exist? Join Alcibiades in crashing one of the most famous dinner parties you’ll ever come across as Plato redefines what it means to be beautiful.

Age guidance: 15+
Running time: approx 2 hours

Evening performances on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th will include a pre-show talk in the theatre (included in the ticket).

Thursday 9th, 6.45-7.15pm
Dr Frisbee Scheffield (Cambridge) ‘Platonic love: Lessons from the Symposium’
Friday 10th, 6.45-7.15pm
Professor Edith Hall (Durham) ‘What has Plato’s Symposium got to do with theatre?

Pre-show talks will be filmed – by buying a ticket you give permission to be filmed for this purpose.

Public workshops (limited capacities due to nature of activity)

Wednesday 8th, 4-5.30pm – Venue: Room Archaeology G6 LT, Gordon Square (31-34) & (14) Taviton St
Dr Michael Loy (Cambridge) ‘Plato and the Archaeology of the Symposium’. BOOK HERE

Thursday 9th, 4-5.30pm – Venue: Bloomsbury Studio, 15 Gordon St, WC1H OAH
Dr Helen Eastman (Theatre Director) ‘Chorus and Chorality in Practice’. BOOK HERE

Friday 10th, 4-5.30pm – Venue: Room Archaeology G6 LT, Gordon Square (31-34) & (14) Taviton St
Dr Caterina Pellò (Nottingham) ‘Teacher, Priestess, and Intellectual: A Woman Philosopher in Plato’s Symposium’. BOOK HERE

To learn more about the annual UCL Greek and Latin plays (which began in 1987) please visit HERE

London in the Roman World
2023-02-09 19:00 - 20:00
Prof. Dominic Perring
9 February 2023, 7pm
London in the Roman World

Professor Dominic Perring is the Director of the UCL Centre for Applied Archaeology, and he has been responsible for the management and interpretation of archaeological sites in London, Milan and Beirut. As well as an eminent archaeologist, Dominic is also a broadcaster and has authored nine books and over eighty academic papers addressing key themes in the management and interpretation of archaeological sites and landscapes. His latest book, London in the Roman World, presents a ground-breaking study of how Rome ruled, and how the Roman empire failed, adding to the debate over how archaeology might help us to understand the forces that can create and destroy cities and empires.

Ashmolean Museum: ‘Knossos, Myth and Reality’
2023-02-10 - 2023-07-30 | Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH, United Kingdom
February 10 – July 30, 2023

Ashmolean Museum

‘Knossos, Myth and Reality’

10 Feb – 30 Jul 2023

According to legend, an elaborate labyrinth was built at Knossos on the island of Crete to hold a ferocious Minotaur. Discover the palace of Knossos, and the search for the labyrinth, in this major exhibition.

The palace of Knossos, discovered and excavated over 100 years ago, was the centre of a Bronze Age civilisation of people we now call the Minoans, named after the legendary King Minos.

This will be the first UK exhibition to focus on Knossos and will include over 100 objects which have never left Crete and Greece before, alongside discoveries from the Ashmolean’s Sir Arthur Evans Archive.

For further information and bookings, see here.

Introducing Classics to the Secondary Curriculum: Talks and Workshops for Teachers and SLT
2023-02-14 | Barr’s Hill School, Radford Road, Radford, CV1 4BU, United Kingdom
Classics for All, the Warwick Classics Network, and Barr’s Hill School are excited to welcome you to a day of free talks and workshops for teachers and SLT on how to introduce the study of Classics and the Ancient World to your secondary curriculum. If you are a teacher or member of the SLT considering what options might be available, this event will provide all of the information you will need. You will also get to see Classics in action inside an inner city Coventry school to which the WCN and Classics for All have helped introduce Classics over the past few years.

If you want to learn more or wish to attend, please email Dr Paul Grigsby at Paul.Grigsby@Warwick.ac.uk

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Ancient History Teachers' Day at Harrow School
2023-02-21 | Harrow School, Grove Hill, Harrow-on-the-Hill, HA1 3HP, United Kingdom
Harrow School is hosting an Ancient History Teachers’ Day, free and open to all teachers who teach or are interested at teaching Ancient History at GCSE or A-Level.

It will be a great way to share teaching strategies, and learn a bit more about the specification if you don’t already teach it.

Sign up link here: https://forms.office.com/e/r2ysDND7rU

"Hercules World Traveller", a Talk by Llewelyn Morgan
2023-02-22 19:00 - 20:00 | King George V Sixth Form College, Scarisbrick New Road,, Southport, PR8 6LR., United Kingdom
Southport and Birkdale CA are hosting this talk.

Wednesday 22nd February 2023

Professor Llewelyn Morgan.
Professor of Classics at Brasenose College, The University of Oxford

Lectures will be held at King George V Sixth Form College, Scarisbrick New Road, Southport PR8 6LR. Doors open at 6.15pm (7pm start) and free parking is available on site.
Membership is £12 or £5 for students. Non-members are welcome at a cost of £5 per lecture to be paid on the door on the night. To become a member please visit https://classicsforallnorth.org.uk/ca-north or any of our social media pages and complete the membership form. For more information please email sandbclassics@gmail.com.

CAS Glasgow and West branch talk: Peter Ireland on ‘Epirus and Macedonia: with Andante Travels to the North of Greece’
2023-02-23 18:30 - 19:30 | Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8AP, United Kingdom
February 23, 2023 6:30 pm

Hillhead Library

All talks will take place at 6.30pm in Hillhead Library, Byres Rd, Glasgow

Thursday 23rd February: Peter Ireland, ‘Epirus and Macedonia: with Andante Travels to the North of Greece’.

All are most welcome to attend.

https://cas.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/

Theatre and Politics in Classical Athens
2023-02-23 19:00 - 20:00 | Liverpool College, Queens Drive, Liverpool, L18 8BG, United Kingdom
Part of the Liverpool Classical Association Programme 2022-23 collection

The lecture will look at the complementary relationship between tragedy and comedy in their engagement with contemporary Athenian politics.

Thu, 23 February 2023, 19:00 – 20:00 GMT

Liverpool College Queens Drive Liverpool L18 8BG

The world of the Athenian tragic stage and the world of its audience present a striking contrast. The plays were performed at festivals sponsored and managed by the democracy. Yet the plays themselves (probably almost 1800 plays performed over the lifetime of the democracy) were almost invariably set in a remote world ruled by kings, the world familiar from Homeric epic. At the same time, the political experience and values of democratic Athens impact on the content of the plays in different, sometimes disconcerting, ways. The lecture will look at the complex and shifting relationship between tragedy and Athenian democracy and modern attempts to explain that relationship. Comedy engages more directly with contemporary politics; but even here the relationship between the world inside the theatre and the world outside proves slippery. The lecture will also look at the complementary relationship between tragedy and comedy in their engagement with contemporary Athenian political life.

Professor Chris Carey is Emeritus Professor of Greek at University College London. His research interests include Greek lyric poetry, tragedy and comedy, oratory, rhetoric and law. He has published widely on Greek literature. He is a fellow of the British Academy. Chris is originally from Liverpool

The event will be held at Liverpool College, Queen’s Drive, Liverpool L18 8BG

Access to the venue, Mossley Vale Hall, Liverpool College, is via the Prep School entrance on Queens Drive. There is very limited parking on site, but on road parking on Queens Road and around Sefton Park. Use this link for location https://w3w.co/friday.pool.swift or alternatively there is a map here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s-InZqt-W0tKgSEeSaD_CgnAFryb78az/view?usp=sharing entrance is on Queens Drive (marked with pink arrows and MV Hall is clearly marked)

Doors open 6.30pm. Talk is 7-8pm followed by questions.

Please bring money for:

Teas, coffees and cakes available.

Raffle

Second hand books

To find out about all our events and to become a member of the Liverpool Classical Association: https://classicsforallnorth.org.uk/ca-north

As space is limited, if you are unable to attend please cancel your ticket to enable others to come.

This event is organised in conjunction with The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies

Online Lecture by Emily Hauser on 'Homer's Women'
2023-02-27 17:30 - 19:00
Online talk on Homer’s Women by Dr Emily Hauser, award-winning classicist and author of the acclaimed Golden Apple trilogy.

27th February 17:30-19:00

FURTHER DETAILS AND TO REGISTER

Abstract: Homer’s Women

There has never been a better time to be a woman in Homer. Fictional retellings of Homer’s women have been flooding onto the market in recent years: Madeline Miller’s Circe (2018), Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls (2018) and The Women of Troy (2021), Natalie Haynes’ A Thousand Ships (2019), as well as my own For the Most Beautiful (2016). But at the same time as all this, modern research has been proceeding apace and historians like me have been making discoveries about the real world these women lived in: filling the gaps, not only with the world of imagination, but with the real, lived experience of these incredible women. This talk explores the non-fiction reality (as far as we know it) behind the Homeric women that have hit the mainstream in recent years, and caught the interest of so many readers. It explores each of Homer’s women in turn, from Helen to Calypso, Circe to Penelope, delving into original ancient Greek texts, re-reading ancient histories, and unravelling new archaeological evidence in search of the real women in Homer.

Roads to Rome: Two Thousand Years of Travel Along the Routes of Empire
2023-03-01 18:00 - 19:30
Wed, 1 March 2023, 18:00 – 19:15 GMT

FURTHER DETAILS AND TO BOOK

The Manchester Classical Association presents:

Prof Catherine Fletcher (Manchester Metropolitan University)

Roads to Rome: Two Thousand Years of Travel Along the Routes of Empire

Prof Catherine Fletcher is a historian specialising in Renaissance and Early Modern European history, especially but not exclusively of the Italian peninsula. She’s interested in the communication of history to wider publics, via fiction and non-fiction, on radio and TV, at heritage sites and beyond.

Catherine is currently working on two research projects: one explores the early history of firearms in sixteenth-century Italy, and the other looks at travel to Rome across a long historical period and its significance in cultural memory. She will speak to us this evening about her work on travel to Rome.

Her previous publications include the best-selling Times Book of the Year (2020) The Beauty and the Terror An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance

This event will be in person. Free light refreshments will be served from 5.30pm.

ARLT Refresher Day (4th March)
2023-03-04
4th March 2023 at Solihull School

REGISTER

ARLT is looking forward to meeting old and new colleagues on their annual Refresher Day. The day will be full of opportunities to share good practice, learn from fellow teachers and stay in touch with the latest research.

Every year they welcome practitioners from all backgrounds, including experienced teachers, student teachers and non-specialists: all those with an interest in teaching Classics will find something to make it a fantastic experience.

Venue: Solihull School

Director: Jo Johnson

MARCH 2023 - RENAISSANCE LATIN MASTERCLASSES 2023
2023-03-06 18:00 - 20:00
MARCH 2023 – RENAISSANCE LATIN MASTERCLASSES 2023

The Timothyseus Project is delighted to confirm the dates and times of our next Renaissance Latin masterclass for the Spring Term (January to April) 2023:

MARCH 2023

Advanced Latin: Reading and Translating Leonardo Bruni’s Historiarum Florentini populi libri XII (History of the Florentine People).

Week One, Monday, 6 March: The foundation of Florentia by Sulla’s veterans;

Week Two, Monday, 13 March: One power’s liberty is another’s subjugation: Bruni’s assessment of Roman domination;

Week Three, Monday, 20 March: The speech of Tegghiaio d’Aldobrando Adimari, counselling the Florentine magistrates against war with Siena;

Week Four, Monday, 27 March: The outcome of the battle of the Arbia against Siena.

These four sessions will take place online via Zoom, Monday evenings 6.00-8.00 p.m. London, UK, time (GMT). The tutor for this third masterclass will be Adam Greenwood, MA, Scholar of the Italian Renaissance and Greek and Latin Tutor for The Timothyseus Project.

Bernardo Rossellino, Tomb of Leonardo Bruni, 1446-48, Santa Croce, Florence. Image: Web Gallery of Art

Didactic format, linguistic requirements, and course fees

The above Renaissance Latin masterclass will consist of four weekly sessions of two hours each. During each session an author and a Latin text will be introduced and a passage from the latter distributed as ‘homework’ for the attendees to translate into English before the next session. The following week, translations will be compared and corrected and the Latin text itself discussed, both in terms of grammar and style and in terms of historical and cultural context.

Those interested in attending the above masterclass should note that a previous acquaintance with the Latin language is required to fully engage with the Latin texts. However, enthusiastic Latinists who are relatively new to the language and those wishing to learn more about the authors and texts presented are also welcome.

The above Renaissance Latin masterclass will take place online via Zoom and will cost £120 per attendee (£100 per attendee for full-time students and for attendees of events with The Timothyseus Project in Autumn Term 2022), plus an administration fee of £20 per person for the academic year 2022-23. For further information on and/or to register for the above Renaissance Latin masterclass, please contact Timothy Demetris on this email address (timdemetris@hotmail.com) at the earliest possible opportunity.

‘A Day to Celebrate Classics’ at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
2023-03-08
Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School would like to invite you and your Classics pupils to an event we are organising on Wednesday 8th March 2023.

To celebrate Classics and all its benefits, we are hosting ‘A Day to Celebrate Classics’ to coincide with our pupils making their GCSE choices and Year 12 pupils considering their university course options.

We have organised a day of exciting talks from a range of university lecturers and authors finishing with a panel of over ten Classics graduates, chaired by Jimmy Mulville, answering questions on their experience of Classics at university and the very different things they have done with their Classics degree. The aim of the day is to celebrate a subject that has enriched so many lives and hopefully to encourage more pupils to choose it as an option at A Level and beyond. So far, confirmed speakers include: Natalie Haynes, Edith Hall, Carrie Vout, Llewelyn Morgan, Emily Kneebone and Giuseppe Pezzini.

Where? Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, W14 8BZ. Nearest tubes are Shepherd’s Bush or Holland Park.

Who can I bring? Currently, spaces will be limited to 10 pupils per school, but please state on the form if you wish to bring more and I will try and accommodate your request. Places will be awarded on a first come first served basis.

Which age group is this day aimed at? Primarily Year 12 pupils, but if you have keen bean Year 11s, then they are most welcome.

What are the timings? We start at 8:45am but you’re welcome to arrive with pupils from 8:00am. The day will finish at 4:30pm.

Will there be food? We are happy to provide refreshments and lunch for staff, but pupils will have break times to go to Westfield or Holland Park.

What does it cost? This event is free!

If you would like to attend with a group of pupils then please complete this form no later than Friday 10th February at 9am. https://forms.office.com/e/VDY5CEj3Pj

I will be in touch after Half Term to confirm places, and supply an itinerary for the day and a register request for pupils attending.

Any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch: daviel@cvms.co.uk

EMACT Reading Competition 2023
2023-03-08 14:00 - 17:00
The Annual EMACT Reading Competition will be held on Wednesday 8 March 2023 at 2.00pm. This year the event will be hosted by Loughborough High School, Burton Walks, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 2DU.

For information on categories and how to register, visit the EMACT website.

‘Tragedy’s Props’ - Dr Rosie Wyles (Kent)
2023-03-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Badmington School, Westbury Road, Bristol, BS9 3BA, United Kingdom
Wednesday 8th March, 7pm – Dr Rosie Wyles (Kent) ‘Tragedy’s Props’

This talk explores the impact of props on the tragic stage. It considers how playwrights loaded these objects with meaning within their productions to create dramatic effects. Moreover, the symbolism of the objects outside the theatre is taken into account to reflect on the potential implications of this theatrical manipulation for Athenian civic identity. Examples will be taken from Bacchae, Medea, Oedipus Tyrannus and Ajax.

Further details of Bristol CA events: CLICK!

All talks will be held at Badminton School, Peace Memorial Hall. Talks are not recorded. Please email Barbara Bell (bmbellmini@aol.com) to register. There are no tickets, and talks are free for Bristol Classical Association members, students, and school pupils. There will be a cost of £5 for visitors. Refreshments available from 6.30pm.

The Ancient Festival: Religion, Society, and Sport - BSA Virtual Course for School Teachers
2023-03-09 - 2023-03-16
More details to follow…
BSA Virtual Course for School Teachers
The Ancient Festival: Religion, Society, and Sport
Thursday 9th March, 4:30pm
Tuesday 14th March, 4:30pm
Wednesday 15th March, 4:30pm
Thursday 16th March, 4:30pm

Life and Sex in Sparta
2023-03-09 19:00 - 20:00
Prof. Paul Cartledge
Thursday 9 March 2023, 7pm
Life and Sex in Sparta

This online-only event will take place at the start of March when legendary historian and Professor of Greek Culture Emeritus at the University of Cambridge, Paul Cartledge, sheds light on some of the more under-discussed aspects of ancient Spartan life and culture, with a particular focus on love and relationships (NB: some ancient images shown may include erotic graphics).
Paul came to visit Lytham St Annes back in 2016 and he has remained a friend to the branch, and a tremendous support, as patron of our national Classics Competition. A prolific writer and researcher, he is also the President of the Hellenic Society, an honorary citizen of (modern) Sparta, and a holder of the Gold Cross of the Order of Honour of Greece.

Classics Symposium at FHS Regent's Park
2023-03-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Francis Holland School, Clarence Gate, London, NW1 6XR, United Kingdom
