Events

Monday 23 March at 5pm The talk on 'Aeneas the Villain' begins by acknowledging that Aeneas is a hero, but tries to bring out the way in which Virgil has written his epic so that an attentive reader is enabled and at some points compelled to see the poem’s protagonist as socially inept, emotionally stunted, morally questionable, deceitful, … Continue reading "Dr Stephen Heyworth will be giving a talk on ‘Aeneas the Villain’ at Sherborne Girls, Dorset, Monday 23 March"

The Classics department at the University of Reading is pleased to announce that we are now accepting bookings for our annual ‘Ancient World Study Day’ event. This free event, on Tuesday 24th March, consists of a day of lectures delivered by academic staff and doctoral researchers, which look at the AS and A2 Latin and Greek set … Continue reading "Ancient World Study Day 2015, University of Reading."

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.

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?"