The Classics Library

GCSE Classiv and Ancient History Study Day, Cambridge
2020-01-18 10:30 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA
18th January
Expand your knowledge of your Classical Civilisation or Ancient History GCSE subjects.
Join experts who teach and study the ancient world at the University of Cambridge for an inspiring day of talks, tours, and taster sessions which will help you get more out of your Classical Civilisation or Ancient History GCSE.
Travel bursaries available. Group bookings welcome.

Natalie Haynes Talks at Royal High School, Bath
2020-01-23 | Royal High School, Bath, Lansdown Road, Bath, BA1 5SZ, United Kingdom
The Classics Department at the Royal High School Bath is delighted to invite you to an afternoon with Natalie Haynes on Thursday 23rd January, from 3pm-4:30pm in our Memorial Hall.

Natalie will be presenting ‘Troy Story’: a talk based on her recent book ‘A Thousand Ships’ which retells the stories of the Trojan War from an all-female view, revealing a fresh perspective from the women, girls and goddesses.

This engaging and entertaining author is sure to inspire and inform a wide variety of students in Years 10-13, especially those studying Classics, Drama and English. There will be a chance for questions, book purchases via our local bookshop Topping and Company, and signings after the talk until 4:30pm.

As the event is kindly funded by the Friends of the Royal High School, we are delighted to announce that all tickets are free and will be available on a first come-first served basis. If you would like to attend, please contact c.binney@rhsb.gdst.net with the number of staff and students you would like to bring as soon as possible.

Natalie will also deliver a second talk in the evening, based on her critically acclaimed book, ‘The Ancient Guide to Modern Life’. Please do advertise this talk in your schools, and if you or your students would like to attend, tickets can be booked via Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-natalie-haynes-classics-scholar-and-stand-up-comedian-tickets-68247150063

"Ooops, I did it again ...". Cicero, the Philippics and the Last-Chance-Saloon.
2020-01-23 17:00 - 18:30 | Loughborough Grammar School, 3 Burton Walks, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2DU, United Kingdom
ELLIOT LECTURE – Thursday, 23 JANUARY 2020

The Departments of Classics at Loughborough School Foundation would like to invite parents, teachers, and students to this year’s Elliott Lecture, which will host a lecture given by Nottingham Classical Association.

Dr Ed Bispham, lecturer of Ancient History at Brasenose College, Oxford, is going to talk to us on the topic of “Ooops, I did it again …”. Cicero, the Philippics and the Last-Chance-Saloon. This lecture will appeal to all students studying Philippics as an A Level set text, however, it will also be of interest to all curious about ancient history as it will offer a brilliant insight into the turbulent end of the Roman Republic.

The lecture will begin at 17:30 and finish at 18:30 and will take place in the Lecture Room at Loughborough Grammar School. There will be refreshments served in Barrow Block from 17:00.

The event is FREE. For bookings, access information, and other enquiries please email me directly on a.henderson@lsf.org.

If you are bringing a school party, can you please email Mrs Kelly White (k.white@lsf.org) with your booking request and approximate number of students by 18 January 2020.

We hope to see as many of you as possible there.

Decay and Renewal: Living Conditions, Populism, and the Starving Plebs of Romulus' Cesspit from Caesar to Augustus
2020-01-27 16:30 - 18:00 | Kent College Pembury, Old Church Road, Pembury, TN2 4AX, United Kingdom
Kent College Pembury is delighted to invite others to attend the lecture “Decay and Renewal: Living Conditions, Populism, and the Starving Plebs of Romulus’ Cesspit from Caesar to Augustus” by Dr Christopher Burden-Strevens from the University of Kent.

The Lecture will take place at 4:30 on Monday, 27th January, 2020 at Kent College Pembury. It has been designed for GCSE and A Level Classical Civilisation and Latin students. If your school would like to attend, please email Lizzy hayese@kentcollege.kent.sch.uk.

WARWICK ANCIENT DRAMA FESTIVAL: SOPHOCLES’ OEDIPUS KING, 30-31 JANUARY 2020
2020-01-30 - 2020-01-31 | Warwick Arts Centre
WARWICK ANCIENT DRAMA FESTIVAL
SOPHOCLES’ OEDIPUS KING, 30-31 JANUARY 2020
GENEROUSLY FUNDED BY THE BRITISH ACADEMY

Following the success of the 2018 and 2019 festivals on Medea and Frogs (https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/research/outreach/dramafestival/medea2018/
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/research/outreach/dramafestival/frogs/),
the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Warwick would like to invite teachers and students to this year’s Ancient Drama Festival, which will focus on Sophocles’ Oedipus King.

The festival will take place on 30 and 31 January 2020, with the 31st of January specifically dedicated to schools. The play itself will be produced by the Classics students at Warwick, and will be performed at the newly renovated premises of the prestigious Warwick Arts Centre.

For more information and a provisional programme, please visit the play’s website:
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/research/outreach/dramafestival/oedipusrex/

Supporting the performance, the Department is offering a series of lectures, discussions and seminars specifically for school students to link in with Greek, Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, Drama and English syllabuses at GCSE and A Level (no previous knowledge of the subject area or play will be expected), and general audiences. These include:
– Professor Eric Csapo (British Academy Global Professor of Classics at Warwick) ‘The myth of Oedipus: textual, visual and material representations’
– Professor Oliver Taplin (Emeritus Professor of Classics, Oxford) in discussion with Dr Emmanuela Bakola on ‘Themes in Sophocles’ Oedipus: Translation and performance’
– Professor Michael Scott (Professor of Classics at Warwick) on ‘The historical context of Oedipus King’
– Dr Emmanuela Bakola (Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Language and Literature, Warwick), on ‘The house, the mountain, the hero, fate and responsibility: a performance analysis of Sophocles’ Oedipus King’
– Dr David Fearn (Reader in Greek Language and Literature, Warwick) on ‘The Sophoclean hero and the chorus’ (seminar)
– Mr Kirk Hastings (Music composer and Choir leader), Participatory workshop based on the choral songs & music composition of Oedipus King.

More specifically:

The performance of the 30th of January (7.30 pm) will be preceded by a talk and discussion on Oedipus by Professor Oliver Taplin and Dr Emmanuela Bakola, with Q &A (at 6.30pm). Tickets for the Thursday performance and talk are £6, and will be soon available for booking at the Warwick Arts Centre website.

The 31st of January event (the ‘Schools day’) is FREE for teachers and pupils, but schools are asked to organise their own transportation and lunch. The (provisional) programme can be found here:
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/research/outreach/dramafestival/oedipusrex

If you wish to book your pupils for this day, please email our Research and Outreach Assistant, Ms Emmy Stavropoulou (e.stavropoulou@warwick.ac.uk ) stating the (approximate) number of participants and the talk/workshop options you wish to attend by 8 January 2019. For access & parking information and other enquiries please also email Ms Stavropoulou.

In the last two years, the Schools Day became fully booked very quickly, and we operated a waiting list. If the event is fully booked or an evening event is preferable, schools can *also* book for the performance of the 30th of January (7.30 pm), which will be preceded by a talk and discussion on Oedipus by Professor Emeritus Oliver Taplin and Dr Emmanuela Bakola (at 6.30pm) with Q & A. Tickets for the Thursday performance and discussion are £6, and will be soon available for booking at the Warwick Arts Centre website.

We hope to see as many of you as possible there.

Watford Grammar School for Girls Trojan Women production
2020-01-30 - 2020-01-31 | Watford Grammar School for Girls, Ladys Close, Watford, WD18 0AE, United Kingdom
Watford Grammar School for Girls Trojan Women production

The WGGS Drama and Classics Departments are proud to be performing Euripides’ Trojan Women as our school production this year.

The play is set in a refugee camp on outskirts of Troy in the aftermath of the Trojan War. With all the men dead, the women are abandoned and wait to be enslaved by the Greek army. Follow the journey of the women as they say their last goodbyes to their home and family in a captivating tale of love and loss.

The play will be held on the 30th and 31st of January in the Main Hall at 7pm. Adult tickets are £5 each, while students/concessions tickets are £3 each. All proceeds from tickets will go towards future school productions. Refreshments will be served raising money for charity and the bar will also be open for drinks. Please email Ms H Long at h.long@watfordgirls.herts.sch.uk if you would like to purchase tickets.

Greek Drama Day at KCL
2020-01-31 | King’s College, London, Strand, London, London, WC2B 5RL , United Kingdom
Greek Drama Day – King’s College London, Friday 31 January 2020, 1.30pm

We are delighted to offer an exciting day of talks and workshops for school students and teachers of Ancient Greek Drama, entirely for free. This day will explore some of the big issues facing those studying, teaching, and staging Ancient Greek Drama, including how to make it accessible to contemporary audiences and just what to do with the chorus. All of the sessions will be delivered by expert scholars (including Prof. Edith Hall) and theatre practitioners (including Dr Marchella Ward).

Due to high demand for spaces on the Greek Drama Day, those wanting to sign up are invited to express their interest ahead of a booking period opening later in December. To join this notification list please contact the Staff Liaison for the King’s Greek Play, Daniel Jolowicz (daniel.jolowicz@kcl.ac.uk).

This event is attached to the 2020 King’s Greek Play, ‘Dionysus in the Underworld’, a bilingual Ancient Greek – English adaptation of Aristophanes’ Frogs and Euripides’ Bacchae. Tickets for the play can be booked here:

https://estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/academic-faculties/faculty-of-arts-humanities/department-of-classics/dionysus-in-the-underworld-bacchae-frogs-kings-greek-play-2020

3. King’s Classics mailing list for teachers

Anyone who would like to join the King’s Classics mailing list for teachers, in order to get direct notifications of Classics events at Kings, should click on the following link: https://app.geckoform.com/public/#/modern/FOEU02cd2rXEv8n3

The Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association
2020-02-01 | University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
The Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association

The BMCA would like to invite everyone to their events this year. All events take place in the Arts Building at the University of Birmingham.

Saturday 1 February 2020: The BMCA Teachers’ Day

The Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association would like to invite all teachers to their annual Teachers’ Day, which will be held in the Arts Building at the University of Birmingham. Please see the programme for the day below.

9.30-9.45: Arrival, coffee and welcome

9.45-10.45: OCR – feedback from Year 1 of A Level and GCSE Classical Civilisation and Ancient History

10.45-11.45: A: Eduqas – GCSE Latin: compulsory set texts

B: Workshop – GCSE Greek set texts

C: A Level Latin Authors: Tacitus

11.45-12.00: Coffee

12.00-1.00: A: Greek Theatre: Sophocles

B: Invention of the Barbarian

C: The Julio-Claudian Emperors and Imperial Image

1.00-1.45: Lunch

1.45-2.45: A: GCSE Ancient History Specification

B: GCSE Classical Civilisation: Roman City Life

C: Democracy and the Athenians

2.45-3.00: Coffee

3.00-4.00: Homer

4.00-4.30: Tea, final questions and departure

Please contact Joanna Johnson at Solihull School (Johnsonj@solsch.org.uk) to register your interest and book a place on the day.

The cost of the event is £45 per attendee which can be paid on the day. Receipts can be supplied after the event. Schools do not need to be a member of the Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association to attend.

The BMCA will also be hosting the Annual texts and Topics Conference – more details to follow shortly!

For any further information about any of our events, to register your interest in the lectures, or to book a place on the Teachers’ Day, please contact either Joanna Johnson (johnsonj@solsch.org.uk) or Polly Stoker (P.Stoker@bham.ac.uk).

Looking forward to seeing lots of you at our events!

The BMCA

Conference In GCSE Latin and Greek & Essay Prize Supported by the Classical Association
2020-02-04 09:30 - 13:00 | Westminster School, Little Smith Street, London, SW1P 3PF, United Kingdom
Conference In GCSE Latin and Greek & Essay Prize Supported by the Classical Association

Westminster School

Thursday, 13th February 2020 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 – Dr Elton Barker on Herodotus: ‘Fake news, fish-eaters and a divinely conceived bull: Herodotus and the meaning of history’.

Dr. Elton Barker is a Reader in Classical Studies at the Open University. His first book, Entering the Agon (OUP 2009) analyses debate in Homer, historiography and Greek tragedy. He is heavily involved in multimedia projects. The Hestia project uses ‘X-ray’ maps to show how Herodotus constructs space in his Histories. The Pelagios project connects texts, inscriptions, archaeological finds, museum objects and photographs to broaden the context in which to study ancient places.

Session 2: 10.30-11.10 – Dr John Taylor on The Iliad (bk.3): ‘Greeks and Trojans at war’

Dr. John Taylor is a Lecturer in Classics at Manchester University. He is an experienced teacher and examiner of Greek and Latin and the author of the Bloomsbury textbooks Essential GCSE Latin, Latin to GCSE (with Henry Cullen), Latin Beyond GCSE, Greek to GCSE and Greek Beyond GCSE. He is currently editing books for the Reading Greek and New Surveys series, planning new student texts, and working on a book on Pausanias.

Break: 11.15-11.30

Session 3: 11.30-12.10 – Dr Katherine Clarke on Tacitus: ‘Germanicus and Piso: two of a kind?’

Dr. Katherine Clarke is Associate Professor in Ancient History at Oxford University and Fellow of St. Hilda’s College. She has published extensively on historians such as Tacitus, Polybius and Herodotus. In Making Time for the Past (OUP 2008), she discussed how the identity of Greek city states was shaped by their different attitudes to time. Shaping the Geography of Empire (OUP 2018) examines the role of landscape in Herodotus.

Session 4: 12.15-12.55 – Dr Llewelyn Morgan on The Aeneid (bk.2): ‘Layers of meaning in Virgil.’

Dr Llewellyn Morgan is University Lecturer in Classics at Oxford University and Fellow of Brasenose College. He has published on Virgil, Ovid, Horace, satire and historiography. In Patterns of redemption in Virgil’s Georgics (Cambridge, 1999), he explores themes including the civil wars, blood sacrifice and Romulus’s fratricide of Remus. He writes regular reviews for the Times Literary Supplement and he is currently completing a book on the expressive power of metrical form.

1.00 – End

EMACT VIth Form Classics Day
2020-02-05 | University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
An exciting opportunity for VIth Form pupils to attend lectures and seminars given by university lecturers.

Wednesday February 5th 2020, Leicester University

Pupils: £8

Staff (including lunch): £15

Book online at:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emact-vith-form-classics-day-tickets-88806096425

Bookings will close 31st January 2020 at 16:00.

Egyptology and Assyriology Study Day at Christ's College
2020-02-07 10:00 - 17:00 | Christ’s College, Cambridge, St Andrew's Street, Cambridge, CB2 3BU, United Kingdom
Egyptology and Assyriology Study Day at Christ’s College – 7 February 2020
For Year 12 students, parents, teachers, HE advisers and mature students.
Egypt and Mesopotamia (modern Iraq; ancient Sumer, Assyria and Babylon) bequeathed to posterity some of the most fascinating remains from all of the ancient world.
At Cambridge, Egyptology and Assyriology are based in the Department of Archaeology where you can study the archaeology, cultures and languages of one or both of these fascinating ancient civilisations in all three years as an undergraduate student.
Join us for our Egyptology and Assyriology Study Day for prospective undergraduates, kindly hosted by Christ’s College, on Friday 7 February 2020 to discover more about these subjects at Cambridge through lectures, language and practical sessions.
Please book via the following link:

Attendance is free, but booking is required. Spaces are limited and priority will be given to applicants who meet the following criteria, though this is not a prerequisite to applying:

from the state maintained sector, particularly where they attend schools or colleges with a low overall A-level, Higher/Advanced Higher (or equivalent) point score and/or schools or colleges with low progression to higher education
the first generation in their family to attend university
eligible for free school meals and/or pupil premium
who are (or have been) looked after, accommodated or in care who will only need to meet the study year and academic requirements.

**Booking closes 31 January, 2020.**
In some cases travel bursaries may be available. Please contact outreach@arch.cam.ac.uk for further details.
Programme TBC

10:00-10:15
Registration

10:15-11:15
Egyptology Sample Lecture

11:15-12:30
Babylonian Language Session

12:30-13:45
Lunch and tour of Christ’s College

13:45-14:45
Egyptian Language Session

14:45-15:00
Walk to Department of Archaeology

15:00-16:00
Practical session/artefact-handling session

16:00-16:45
Making a competitive application / Q&A session

UCL Classics Play 2020: Aristophanes' Frogs
2020-02-12 - 2020-02-14 | Harrie Massey Lecture Theatre, 25 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AY, United Kingdom
12th-14th February 2020

Idealistic thoughts of good peace terms? General critiques of political policy? Citizens rejecting the leadership to whom it now follows? Nearly 2,500 years later and still the political themes present in Aristophanes’ Frogs are of great pertinence to us today. Yet, with our millennial majority rapidly transforming society, is the ‘new’ directing us towards a Utopia of tomorrow, or once again leading us astray from a clear and direct path to success?

Set within the backdrop of the artistic and social movement of Futurism, UCL’s 2020 Dionysus and Xanthius will be endeavouring to save their empty and artless world with the retrieval of a newer and younger rap artist Eu-RIP-ides. Yet after the parties, obscenities and confusion of identities, is it the new or old ways that are left for terminal decline?

There will be a series of pre-performance lectures ahead of all evening performances. Please note, these will take place at E28 Harrie Massey Lecture theatre, 25 Gordon Street, and not at the Bloomsbury Theatre. Lectures are free but booking is essential. Please book via the link below.

Further information and to book.

‘Virtual Rome: A Digital Model of the Ancient City’
2020-02-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Badmington School, Westbury Road, Bristol, BS9 3BA, United Kingdom
Thursday 13th February, 7pm – Professor Matthew Nicholls

‘Virtual Rome: A Digital Model of the Ancient City’

Matthew has spent several years creating a large-scale digital model of ancient Rome, for use in his teaching and research at Reading and Oxford universities. He has also worked with broadcasters and computer games companies, and produced a five-week free online course (‘MOOC’) based on the model which over 30,000 people have now taken. This talk will look at how Matthew made this model, what evidence it is based on, and some of the uses to which it has been put.

All talks will be held at Badminton School, Peace Memorial Hall. Please email Barbara Bell (bmbellmini@aol.com) to register your interest. 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 Bristol Classical Association AGM will be on November 12, 2019, 12.30-2.00pm.

Walking With The Gods: The Religious Lives of the Ancient Greeks
2020-02-20 19:00 - 20:00 | AKS, Clifton Drive South, Lytham, Sta Anne's, Lancashire, FY8 1DT, United Kingdom
Thursday 9th January 7pmWalking With The Gods: The Religious Lives of the Ancient GreeksProfessor Michael Scott, Historian, Author, Broadcaster Professor of Classics and Ancient History, University of Warwick
AKS, Main Entrance, Clifton Drive South, Lytham St Annes FY8 1DT
Lectures 7 – 8pm Doors open at 6.15pm
MEMBERS ONLY. You can join anytime. https://lsaclassics.com/
FLIER FOR THE PROGRAMME

OCR Classics in 20 British Museum Objects
2020-02-24 | British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom
This programme of lectures is designed to support students and teachers taking GCSE and A level Classics Civilisation and Ancient History qualifications, and is coordinated by Advocating Classical Education and the British Museum.

For all further information and to book go to: https://www.britishmuseum.org/school-lecture-classical-civilisation-and-ancient-history

Troy: the World of the Hero

For Teachers

The British Museum’s exhibition on the ancient city of Troy reveals thrilling new dimensions on several components of the OCR qualification in both Classical Civilisation and Ancient History, especially World of the Hero, The Homeric World, War and Warfare, and Foundations of Rome. Teachers are invited to an event run by the Museum in partnership with the ACE Advocating Classics Education initiative at King’s College London. This combines a lecture by Professor Edith Hall on Homeric and Vergillian ideas of the hero with a free visit to the exhibition.

Monday 13 January 2020 14.30 — 15.30

OCR Classics in 20 British Museum Objects

For students and teachers

The British Museum houses a spectacular range of the objects prescribed in many of the components of the OCR qualifications in Classical Civilisation and Ancient History, including the Parthenon sculptures, the Cyrus Cylinder, and images of Cleopatra. This event, run in partnership by the Museum and the ACE Advocating Classics Education initiative at King’s College London, provides teachers and their students with an exciting opportunity to look at, learn about these objects—along with others relevant to the components—in the company of academic experts with rich experience of the OCR specifications.

Monday 24 February 2020

Session 1 GCSE Classical Civilisations 10.30 – 11.30
Session 2 GCSE Ancient History 11.30 – 12.30
Session 3 A level Classical Civilisations 13.00 – 14.00
Session 4 A level Ancient History 14.00 – 15.00

Roman Britain

For students and teachers

The Roman province of Britannia existed for nearly 400 years from the initial Roman invasion in AD 43 to the end of Roman control in the British Isles around AD 411. What impact did Roman rule have on the province? Using objects on display in the British Museum as primary evidence, this presentation will consider examples of change and continuity during this period of British history and the picture of life in Roman Britain built up by archaeological finds and sites. Just how Roman was Roman Britain?

Monday 16 March 2020 11.00— 12.00

Monday 3 July 2020 11.00— 12.00

Dionysus in the Underworld (Bacchae & Frogs - King's Greek Play 2020)
2020-02-26 - 2020-02-28 | King’s College, London, Strand, London, London, WC2B 5RL , United Kingdom
The 2020 KCL play is based on Euripides’ Bacchae and Aristophanes’ Frogs.
It will run 26-28th February.
Further information is available here…
https://estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/academic-faculties/faculty-of-arts-humanities/department-of-classics/dionysus-in-the-underworld-bacchae-frogs-kings-greek-play-2020?sfns=mo

A Level and GCSE Ancient History Training
2020-02-29 13:00 - 17:30 | Pimlico Academy, Lupus Street, London, SW1V 3AT, United Kingdom
A Level and GCSE Ancient History Training (also suitable for those teaching Democracy and the Athenians, and Politics of the Late Republic from the A Level Classical Civilisation)

Saturday 29th February, 1:15 – 5:30pm
Pimlico Academy, Lupus Street, Pimlico, SW1V 3AT

Classics for All and Pimlico Academy would like to invite you to a FREE afternoon training session for Ancient History A Level and GCSE. The information and topics covered are also suited for those teaching the Democracy and the Athenians and Politics of the Late Republic units in the Classical Civilisation A Level.

The exact structure of the afternoon is still to be confirmed, but sessions will be led by two very experienced Ancient History teachers, Peter Wright and Steve Mastin.

Refreshments will be available during the afternoon, and there will be an opportunity at the end to talk to each other more informally over a glass of wine.

If you would like to attend please register your interest here, and I will confirm details of the event and sessions on offer soon. Please spread the word to others you know of who might be interested – all are welcome. If you have any questions, please email Anna Bell (anna@classicsforall.org.uk).

Classics Day, St Olave's Grammar, Orpington
2020-03-03 | St Olave’s School, Goddington Lane, Orpington, BR6 9SH, United Kingdom
3rd of March 2020

St. Olave’s Grammar School is pleased to invite you to attend the Classics Day, at which Dr Kathryn Tempest (University of Roehampton) will give a talk entitled Cicero the Arpinate: The Advantage of a Political Outsider. When Cicero won the consulship for 63 BC, he was the first novus homo to enter the top spot ‘almost within living memory’ (Cic. Agr. 2.3). Yet to what extent did the advantage of being a political outsider outweigh the challenges Cicero had faced as a ‘new man’? And how did he use the outsider brand to advance his political ambitions? These are the questions she will consider in her talk, focusing on Cicero’s rise to power and his self-representation before the people of Rome.

St. Olave’s Classics Day will start at 1.40pm and is open to Year 10 students and above. It aims to stretch, entice and challenge Classicists and Latinists with ideas stemming from their syllabuses.

If you wish to participate and/or contribute to the day, please do not hesitate to contact either Alexander Carroll (acarroll@saintolaves.net) or Alessandra Abbattista (aabbattista@saintolaves.net).

Edith Hall Lectures at Gresham
2020-03-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Barnard’s Inn Hall, Holborn, London, EC1N 2HH, United Kingdom
From Gresham….

I thought your network would be interested in a series of three lectures about science in Ancient Greece by the classicist Professor Edith Hall, who’s a visiting Professor at Gresham again this year. Hall is a superb lecturer. The lectures are first-come, first-served, but I should say that for anyone with schools links, we can book some seats for school parties in the main hall.

All of our lectures are live-streamed online so you can watch them at a time and place to suit you.

With best wishes

Lucia Graves

Science in Ancient Greece Edith Hall, Visiting Professor of Classics https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/science-in-ancient-greece/

Thursday 28 November 2019, 1pm, Barnard’s Inn Hall

Physics: its Birth in Greek Ionia

The study of the natural and physical world from a scientific viewpoint began in Greek cities on the western coast of Turkey around Miletus in about 600 BCE. The first scientists were known as physiologoi, or men who discoursed about nature (physis). Each tried to put his various observations together in a way that constituted a coherent, unified model. This lecture discusses the pioneering physical theories of Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Anaxagoras and Democritus.

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/birth-of-physics

Thursday 5 March 2020, 1pm, Barnard’s Inn Hall

Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse

In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes advanced significantly human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy. By applying his discoveries to practical problems and physical phenomena, he became the founder of statics and hydrostatics, demonstrating how levers work and in turn creating unprecedented war machines such as ‘Archimedes’ claw’ and ‘heat-ray’.

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/archimedes

Thursday 28 May 2020, 1pm, Barnard’s Inn Hall

Hippocrates and Ancient Greek Medicine

The birth of rational medicine contributed to the scientific revolution which occurred amongst eastern Greek communities in the 7th-to-5th centuries BCE. Medical professionals still take the oath of the ancient Greek doctor Hippocrates of Kos, preserved along with his medical treatises. They are a consummation of many decades of medical practice and empirical observation, showing methods similar to the eastern Aegean natural scientists in seeking physical causes rather than supernatural explanations for natural phenomena, whether related to geology, weather, disease or injury. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/ancient-greek-medicine

Primary Teachers' Teach-Meet and FREE CPD for any schools currently not offering Classics
2020-03-06 16:00 - 18:00 | King’s College, London, Strand, London, London, WC2B 5RL , United Kingdom
Primary Teachers’ Teach-Meet and FREE CPD for any schools currently not offering Classics

Friday 6th March, 4-6pm
King’s College, London – exact venue TBC

Classics for All is delighted to invite all our Primary Latin (and Greek) teachers to our first Teach-Meet specifically for Primary teachers. It will be a fantastic opportunity to talk to Maximum Classics (and Mega Greek) and Minimus Trainers about issues you are having with the material and ask any questions you might have, plus it will give you a chance to talk to each other to share resources and teaching ideas, and also meet each other on a more informal basis over refreshments.

I have organised Teach-Meets for Secondary schools and they have been of great benefit to the teachers, so it would be good to offer the same opportunity for Primary schools. If you would like to attend please complete this form.

I am also combining this Teach-Meet with a FREE CPD event, Explore the Value of Classics on the Primary Curriculum, for primary schools currently not offering Classics, so if you have any friends in primary schools, or your school is linked with other primary schools in a MAT (this applies to both secondary and primary schools), please forward them the link to this form, so that they can register their interest. They are welcome to email Anna Bell (anna@classicsforall.org.uk) with any questions. Thank you!

ARLT Annual Refresher Day
2020-03-07 | London Oratory School, Seagrave Road, London, SW6 1RX, United Kingdom

5th Annual 6th Formers Conference on Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
2020-03-07 | Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD , United Kingdom
Is there a 6th Former in your life who is interested in studying the archaeology, history, languages and art of the ancient Near East? We are happy to announce the 5th Annual 6th Formers Conference on Egypt and Mesopotamia. Now with two separate **free** events in London and Durham. Please see http://tinyurl.com/EgMesConf for more details and where to sign up!

Saturday, March 7th at the Royal Asiatic Society, London

and

Saturday, March 14th, at the Durham University

Please email Dr Nancy Highcock (nah46@cam.ac.uk) for more info. Teachers, students and parents all welcome!

Annual LSA CA Classics Competition
2020-03-07 | AKS, Clifton Drive South, Lytham, Sta Anne's, Lancashire, FY8 1DT, United Kingdom
News of this year’s competition from LSA CA…

Every year, the Lytham St Annes CA holds a nationwide Classics Competition for students in years 7-13 to produce and deliver a presentation in 15 minutes or less in response to a particular question about the ancient world. The competition is free to enter, and offers young people a fabulous opportunity to research, write and deliver their own presentation, in whatever format they feel is most appropriate, to an informed and supportive audience where a warm and enthusiastic welcome is guaranteed. Further information can be found below and via the drop-down menu.

Classics Competition 2020

Get FREE Tickets to the Grand Event!

National Classics Competition Final 2020
2020-03-07 14:00 - 17:00 | AKS, Clifton Drive South, Lytham, Sta Anne's, Lancashire, FY8 1DT, United Kingdom
Saturday 7th March 2pmNational Classics Competition Final 2020To be judged by Professor Edith Hall & Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Advocating Classics Education Project King’s College London
AKS, Main Entrance, Clifton Drive South, Lytham St Annes FY8 1DT
Lectures 7 – 8pm Doors open at 6.15pm
Free to members Non-members £5
Everyone Welcome. You can join anytime. https://lsaclassics.com/
FLIER FOR THE PROGRAMME

5th Annual 6th Formers Conference on Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
2020-03-14 | University of Durham, Stockton Rd, DH1, United Kingdom

Latin Taster Day - Cambridge University, Sat 14th March 2020
2020-03-14 10:00 - 16:00 | Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA
Encourage students to come to our Free Latin Taster Day to get a full day’s introduction to the Latin language and an insight into studying Classics at Cambridge.
Free Taster Day in Latin and Classics
This Latin taster day gives students the opportunity to experience learning something new in a University environment. The day includes small-group Latin lessons, a lecture on a Classical theme and a chance to talk with some of our current Classics students who came to Cambridge to learn Latin from scratch.
The day is open to anyone who is not studying Latin formally at school, in year 10 and above. The day is FREE and a limited number of hardship bursaries are available to help with travel costs.
We currently place no limit on numbers. If a limit has to be imposed, we shall accept students in the order in which they book.
Venue: Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA.
Booking and more info at: https://www.greeksromansus.classics.cam.ac.uk/events/never-tried-learning-latin

Roman Britain
2020-03-16 11:00 - 12:00 | British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom

Classics Teach Meet: 17th March 2020
2020-03-17 16:00 - 17:30 | Reading School, Erleigh Road, Reading, RG1 5LW, United Kingdom
On Tuesday 17th March, schools across Berkshire and Oxfordshire will be meeting for a Classics Teach Meet at Reading School. The purpose of the event is to improve networking links in the regions and so that classics teachers can share ideas, resources and opinions.

The focus of this particular meeting will be on KS3 Latin and Classical Civilisation curriculum.

If you would like to attend then please email me, Jacob Duncan, jduncan@kendrick.reading.sch.uk by Tuesday 10th March. The event will start at 4:15 and run for approximately an hour.

Kind Regards,

Jacob Duncan

Head of Classics, Kendrick School.

Workshops and Classics Competition, University of Leeds
2020-03-19 | University of Leeds, LS2 9JT
Thursday 19th March

From the University of Leeds…

The Classics Competition has run for over 70 years at the University of Leeds, and is a celebration of Classics, Reading and Performance for young people studying classics, drama, english, and history. In addition to our annual Greek and Latin reading categories, this year we are introducing Drama categories for KS3, 4 and 5.

After an optional hour-long launch workshop delivered in your school, which will explore the given texts/topics of choice, as well as provide hints and tips for our entrants, students will join us on campus for some healthy competition in a supportive and encouraging environment. The competition runs from 17:00-19:30. On the afternoon of the competition, we will also be running Classics and Drama workshops, with limited spaces available.

Further information and to book.

The Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association
2020-03-19 17:30 - 18:30 | University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
News from….

The Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association

The BMCA would like to invite everyone to their events this year. All events take place in the Arts Building at the University of Birmingham.bmca

Thursday 19 March 2020: The Presidential Lecture

The President of the BMCA, Natalie Haynes, Classicist, author and broadcaster, will be talking about her latest book A Thousand Ships, a retelling of the Trojan War from the women’s perspective.

This promises to be a very interesting and enjoyable talk, and is open to all students studying Classical subjects at GCSE and A level, as well as their teachers! The lecture is free and will start at 5.30pm, lasting around an hour.

The BMCA will also be hosting the Annual texts and Topics Conference – more details to follow shortly!

For any further information about any of our events, to register your interest in the lectures, or to book a place on the Teachers’ Day, please contact either Joanna Johnson (johnsonj@solsch.org.uk) or Polly Stoker (P.Stoker@bham.ac.uk).

Looking forward to seeing lots of you at our events!

The BMCA
