On Wednesday 13th November at 4.30 pm, Dr Alfonso Moreno will be speaking on: ‘Do People Need Leaders? The Case of Athens’ Dr Moreno is Tutorial Fellow in Ancient History at Magdalen College, Oxford where he specialises in Greek economic and social history. He is author of Feeding the Democracy - The Athenian Grain Supply in the Fifth and … Continue reading "Dr Alfonso Moreno to speak on Cleisthenes and Athens"
Paul Roberts, the Curator of the British Museum who organised the highly successful Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition at the British Museum, is giving a talk at RGS Guildford on Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum at 7.30pm on Thursday 14th November in the school Auditorium. Email Ed Bush (the Head of Classics) on … Continue reading "Schools’ Talk: Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum"
On Friday November 15th The Harrodian School will be hosting its Annual Sixth Form Classics Conference. Dr Felix Budelmann of Magdalen College Oxford will speak on Greek tragedy Dr Rebecca Armstrong of St Hilda’s, Oxford will speak on Ovid’s Amores iii Professor Richard Jenkyns of Lady Margaret Hall Oxford will speak on Homer and Virgil … Continue reading "Harrodian Sixth Form Classics Conference"
Augustus and his bimillennium Making the most of 2014 Saturday 16th November 2013 University of Manchester This INSET day is aimed at established, new and prospective teachers of Ancient History and Classical Civilisation. The event is designed to support those who already teach or would like to teach Augustan topics in the classroom: both historical … Continue reading "JACT/University of Manchester INSET on Augustus in the 2014 Bimillennium"
Roehampton and South-West London Classical Association Branch NEXT MONDAY: 18th November Professor Maria Wyke (UCL) 'Antiquity in Silent Cinema' In the first four decades of cinema, hundreds of films drew their inspiration from tales of ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Bible. In this lecture Professor Maria Wyke (UCL, Dept of Greek & Latin) will … Continue reading "Professor Maria Wyke (UCL): ‘Antiquity in Silent Cinema’"
The LATIN QVARTER continues to offer courses in Latin and Greek to beginners, the more advanced, and specialists. Latin for beginners One-day course: Sat 23rd November, 09.30-16.30 Details and enrolment: www.lingua.co.uk/latin/classes
On Wednesday 27th November at 4.30 pm, Dr Jonathan Katz will be speaking on: ‘Translating Emotions, and Other Problems' The talk will discuss some linguistic, moral and psychological issues we face when we try to understand the emotional makeup, and the vocabulary, of people in other cultures, especially those cultures remote in time from us, for example the … Continue reading "Dr Jonathan Katz to speak on Translating Emotions"
30th November 2013, Corpus Christi College The conference aims to bring together the innovative community projects on ancient cultures and languages that have already developed through Universities and other organisations within and outside the UK, and share best practice. At the end of the conference there will be a round-table session, which we will use … Continue reading "Classics in Communities: Theories and Practices to develop Classics Outreach in the 21st Century"
This is recommended! Every performance different, audience participation... Try this review, for an idea. From The Factory's own site... The Factory is an actor led collective who redefine live theatre. No sets, no costumes, no props. Just imagination, passion and a whole lot of spontaneity. Each performance is different for the audience and the actors. … Continue reading "Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’, from the Factory"
Splendid Productions' performance of Antigone: all welcome. VENUE: Stonyhurst College, Near Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 9PZ TIME: Tuesday 14th January, 2:30PM COST: £3 per pupil (accompanying teachers free) Please contact Judith Parkinson, Head of Classics on
