Events

By Fettes Classical Society Dr David Creese (Newcastle) on ”What Plato would expect from a Classical Education” At 7.30. Please get in touch if you would like to come, especially if bringing some young people. Allan Girdwood

By Fettes Classical Society Dr Jason Koenig (St Andrews) on ”The Olympic Games in the Roman World” At 7.30. Please get in touch if you would like to come, especially if bringing some young people. Allan Girdwood

The Mount School is putting on a production of Aeschylus' Agamemnon in March. This play is being performed and produced by girls from Year 9, 10 and 11. The story is … Continue reading "Aeschylus’ Agamemnon at The Mount School"

The annual Classical Reading Competition for the Sussex Classical Association will take place at Roedean School on Tuesday 5 March 2013, 5-7pm. The competition will be open to pupils in Years … Continue reading "Sussex Classical Reading Competition 2013"

On Wednesday 6th March at 4.30 pm Dr Jonathan Prag, Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at Merton College, Oxford, and University Lecturer in Ancient History, will be speaking on: ‘'Cicero, Verres and Sicily'’ … Continue reading "Dr Jonathan Prag to speak on Cicero, Verres and Sicily"

"Sponsored by the Princeton Global Collaborative Network Fund on Postclassicisms It is by now a critical commonplace to observe that the last 30 years have seen a dramatic reversal in Ovid’s critical fortunes. From a maligned harbinger of Silver Latin, Ovid has moved to the centre of Latin literary criticism and classical reception studies. This … Continue reading "The Afterlife of Ovid: A Colloquium (7-8 March)"

There will be a performance by kaloi k'agathoi at St Edward's School, Cheltenham, of Medea, Wicked with of the East, on Friday 8th March at 7.30 p.m.  Commissioned for last year's Three Choirs event in Hereford, the production features a first act 'prequel', which sets the background to the tragedy, making it equally suitable for … Continue reading "kaloi k’agathoi’s Medea"

The Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association is delighted to announce the details of its upcoming Sixth Form Conference, to be held on Saturday 9th March 2013 at the University of Birmingham. We have tried to make this event as relevant as possible for the A/AS Level Latin and Classical Civilisation syllabuses, bringing together experts from across the country to talk … Continue reading "Sixth Form Conference"

Classical Association, South-West Branch Sixth-form Conference   The Classical Association South-West Branch will be holding their annual Sixth-form Classics Conference on Saturday 9th March, from 9.30 am at Exeter School. The programme covers texts and topics for AS and A-level. There will be a charge of £10 for each student. Please send payment in advance … Continue reading "Classics Sixth-form Conference (Classical Association and University of Exeter)"