Following in the steps of Medea, Electra, and Antigone in recent years, the classical students of St Paul’s Girls’ School are mounting a production of Euripides’s Hecuba in Greek, for one night only. The performance, which is abridged but fully staged, with surtitles, will take place at 6.00 pm on Wednesday 25th March in the Singing Hall. It will last … Continue reading "Hecuba in Greek at St Paul’s Girls’ School"
On Monday 11th May, the East Oxford Community Classics Centre is delighted to be hosting Historical Interpretations Group Comitatus, who will be running all day workshops introducing students to the Romans through a range of artefacts. The sessions will include daily Roman life and life in the Roman Army, and will involve handling sessions and activities. Between 3.45 … Continue reading "Roman Life Artefact Workshop, 11th May, at EOCCC"
This is a 7 week course by Lisa Eberle Mondays, 6 - 7pm - starting April 20th at the East Oxford Community Classics Centre What is the best way to live? What obligations towards other human beings does it entail? And how should answers to these questions inform how we act every day? These are the questions that … Continue reading "Reading Ancient Philosophy: Cicero – evening class"
Prof. Leigh talks on 'Military ethics in Aeneid IX' at St Edward's School Lyne Society Tues 21st April, 7-8pm in the Old Library Please contact if you'd like to bring GCSE or 6th form students.
Goodenough College, London WC1N 6.30pm, Wednesday 22 April 2015 The British Museum’s major exhibition this year will be ‘Defining beauty: The body in ancient Greek art’, cited by The Times journalist Rachel Campbell-Johnston as ‘the absolutely-must-see exhibition of the year’ (24 March 2015). We are delighted that its curator Dr Ian Jenkins OBE FSA will … Continue reading "CfA lecture with Dr Ian Jenkins on ‘Defining Beauty’"
Part of the Lytham St Annes Classical Association 2015 Lecture Programme... Ancient Epic Strikes Back: George Lucas as Rhapsode Dr Bev Back, University of Leeds Thursday 23rd April at 7 pm (doors open at 6.15 pm) Venue: AKS Senior Hall, Clifton Drive South, Lytham St Annes, FY8 1DT Members Free Non-members £5
Dr. Rosanna Omitowoju from Kings College, Cambridge, will be giving a lecture entitled 'I'll make a man out of you: men, women and gender roles in Classical Athens' at Francis Holland School NW1 from 4.30-5.30pm on 28th April. The talk will be useful for pupils studying the City Life in Ancient Athens and/or Antigone for the OCR Classical Civilisation … Continue reading "Men, women and gender roles in Classical Athens"
Ingo Gildenhard of King's College, Cambridge is reprising his excellent talk on Classical Lies in Homer and Virgil at Shrewsbury High School, May 1st, 16.10 - 18.00. This event is open to all studying Classical Civilisation, Latin, Greek and Ancient History, or to those with an interest in the Classics. This will be an interactive seminar … Continue reading "Classical Lies: Are Homer and Virgil Telling the Truth?"
The Virgil Society, or rather some 10 of its members, will be reading aloud book 4 of the Aeneid on the morning of its AGM day, Saturday May 16th, at 11.30 in Senate House, Malet St. Interested classicists who would like to join the audience to hear this reading would be welcome as guests of … Continue reading "A Reading of Virgil’s Aeneid 4"
This year marks the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, one of the most famous historical documents in the world. Originally issued by King John as a practical solution to the political crisis he faced in 1215, Magna Carta or 'the Great Charter' established for the first time the principle that everybody, including the King, was … Continue reading "An Evening with David Starkey: Magna Carta"
