Events

The Birmingham and West Midlands Schools Classics Hub are delighted to announce the details of their Sixth Form Conference, which will support A Level study for Ancient History, Classical Civilisation, and Latin. Date: Saturday 9th March Time: Registration from 9.30am Venue: Arts Building, University of Birmingham For the full programme, see details here: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/caha/events/2019/bmca-texts-and-topics.aspx The event … Continue reading "Sixth Form Conference 2019 at the University of Birmingham"

Christopher Whitton (Emmanuel College, Cambridge) will speak about Tacitus on Tuesday 12th March at 1:30pm at Saint Olave's Grammar School, Kent. You are most welcome to join us. If you intend to come, please do inform us of numbers ASAP and the names of any accompanying teachers. The talk should be suitable for GCSE and … Continue reading "Christopher Whitton Talk on Tacitus"

THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION LONDON GREEK & LATIN READING COMPETITION 2019 The 2019 competition will be held on WEDNESDAY 13th MARCH at Queen’s College, 43-49 Harley Street London W1G 8BT (parking is not available at the school). The competition will be held in a single round. The event will begin at 2:00 pm and finish at … Continue reading "LONDON GREEK & LATIN READING COMPETITION 2019"

Lecture Theatre, Oxford High School, Belbroughton Road, Oxford OX2 6XA, main telephone: 01865 559888 Wednesday 13th March 2019 4:30 – 6.00pm Professor Matthew Nicholls is a specialist in the political and social history of the Romans and the way that the built environments of Rome and cities around the Roman Empire expressed their values and … Continue reading ""

News of this year's Spelling Bee! If you are interested in reviving the renowned story of Caecilius and igniting students’ spirit for Latin and Classics... Then take part for the the 3rd Annual Latin Spelling bee where all schools come together in an event of full of surprises and prizes from eminent classics authors and … Continue reading "2019 Latin Spelling Bee"

Boudica: What If She’d Won? with Columnist, Broadcaster and Best Selling Author of Boudica and the Rome series Manda Scott Thursday 14th March, 7pm AKS, Main Entrance, Clifton Drive South, Lytham St Annes FY8 1DT Lectures 7 - 8pm   Doors open at 6.15pm   Lytham St Annes Classical Association 2018-19 Lecture Programme    Membership just … Continue reading "Boudica: What If She’d Won?, a Talk by Manda Scott"

Friday 15th March 2019 | Oxford Register: https://event-reg.classics.ox.ac.uk/ Find out more about applying to study Classics at Oxford and Cambridge. This open day is open to all students (UK and abroad) interested in pursuing a Classics degree. Find out more about Classical subjects in general, but also the specific degree programmes offered by Oxford and Cambridge. Both … Continue reading "Oxford and Cambridge Classics Open Day"

News from the organisers of this year.s CICERO event... ​This year's competition for Sixth Form students (S4-S6 in Scotland) will take place on Saturday 23 March 2019. It's a challenging and engaging competition with plenty of fun, and has three rounds - Latin translation, Cultural Quiz (this year's topic is mythological animals - think Cerberus, the Hydra … Continue reading "CICERO Latin and Class Civ competition 2019"

We are delighted to announce our next Iris Festival - celebrating Classics, Art, Archaeology, Natural History and Science, and Anthropology - on 27th March, 2019, 3.30 - 6pm. There will be a large area dedicated just to classics at the festival, with a wide range of visiting museums, such as the British Museum, Ure Museum … Continue reading "Iris Festival – 27th March 2019, 3.30 – 6pm"

We are pleased to announce a rescheduled date for our livestreamed Classical Studies event for schools, hosted by the Open University and the Advocating Classics Education project. This event will be held on 1st April from 1pm-4pm. We invite you to join us for a live and interactive online broadcast in which you can learn … Continue reading "Opening Up Classical Studies – OU and ACE Event for Schools"