Events

A message from Cambridge University,  aimed at teachers of Year 12 Classicists. The Masterclass in Classics is on Saturday 7th February. Dear Colleague We are delighted to invite your Year 12 students to attend a Subject Masterclass in 2015.  For the fifth year we are running these aspiration-raising events aimed at Year 12 students. Subject Masterclasses provide academically-able … Continue reading "Cambridge University Masterclass in Classics (for Year 12 Students)"

Classics – the study of ancient Greece and Rome, of Latin and Greek, and of the tremendously rich ‘afterlife’ of the ancient world in Western History and Culture – is for everyone! We want to share our enthusiasm in a new initiative addressed to teachers and pupils in Key Stages 3–5: come visit us at … Continue reading "Come, See, Be Inspired: Experience Classics at Cambridge"

Please find below the programme for this year’s EMACT 6th Form Classics Conference to be held at the University of Nottingham on Wednesday 11th February 2015. The cost is still only £5 per pupil (to include tea, coffee and biscuits!), staff are free; application forms and further details can be obtained by emailing .   … Continue reading "6th Form Classics Day 2015, Wednesday 11th February"

The Classical Association Manchester Latin and Greek Reading Competition is being held on the afternoon of Wednesday 11th February 2015 at The King’s School Macclesfield. The cost is £1 per pupil and refreshments will be provided. The categories in the competition are: Beginner’s Latin GCSE Latin GCSE Greek Sixth Form Latin Prose Sixth Form Latin … Continue reading "Classical Association Manchester Latin and Greek Reading Competition – 11th February 2015"

If you are a teacher/student and from English/Drama/Classics subject background then you might be interested in the following opportunity. The Faculty of Classics at Oxford University and the School of English at University of Leicester are offering a chance for teachers and students to participate in a classical drama day. The day will consist of … Continue reading "Classical Drama Day at Oxford – Wednesday 18th of February 2015"

On Wednesday 25th February at 4:15pm at Highgate School N6 4AY, Dr Helen van Noorden (Girton College, Cambridge) will be speaking on how the ancient Greek tragedians responded to epic. This is the fourth Douglas MacDowell Memorial Lecture, which is an annual event. Apologies for the short notice, but all are very welcome indeed. The … Continue reading "‘Arguing with the Iliad’ a talk by Dr Helen van Noorden"

The University of Birmingham's Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology has collaborated with the new Library of Birmingham to show rarely seen screen versions of Sophocles' Oedipus The King and Aeschylus' Agamemnon, with casts including Ian Holm, Helen Mirren, Diana Rigg, and Patrick Stewart. There will be short introductory talks to accompany each show, and there … Continue reading "Oedipus and Agamemnon films at Library of Birmingham 26 Feb and 6 March"