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Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building The ‘Song of Arms and a Man’ tells the story of Aeneas’ escape from Troy, his stay with Dido and his struggle to fulfil his destiny as founder of Rome. These readings from Virgil's Aeneid are selective, but tell the whole story of the poem, rarely heard, in a unique presentation of … Continue reading "‘Song of Arms and a Man’, Readings from Virgil’s Aeneid"

Brentwood School will be hosting a Classical Civilisation Study Day on Tuesday 12th February, 2019. The day is tailored for students of OCR Classical aCivilisation A level, and in particular we hope that it will help to provide secondary quotes from the speakers. The day will begin with registration and coffee from 9.30am, with the … Continue reading "Classical Civilisation Study Day, Brentwood School"

KCL brings Sophocles thrilling exploration of resistance and responsibility to life in a daring new production. Ancient questions are re-framed for the twenty-first century: when personal values clash with the government, is duty to your beliefs or to the sanctity of the law more important? How acceptable is civil disobedience against an unchecked power? These … Continue reading "KCL Greek Play 2019: Antigone"

Westminster School Thursday, 14th February 2019 9.40am -1.00pm This conference offers pupils in years 10 and 11 the chance to attend a series of appropriately pitched lectures on their Latin and Greek set texts and on topics of wider interest. The conference lectures will tie into the Classical Association GCSE Essay Prize: each speaker will … Continue reading "Conference In GCSE Latin and Greek & Essay Prize Supported by the Classical Association"

Classics Masterclass at Cambridge University, offering students a true flavour of studying Classics. For more information visit: www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/events/masterclasses

Studying Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia at University A Conference for Sixth-Formers The Royal Asiatic Society and The British Museum, London Saturday 2nd March 2019 An upcoming event aimed at 6th formers interested in studying the ancient world at university. The event will be held March 2, 2019 and feature academics from several different universities presenting … Continue reading "Studying Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia at University | A Conference for Sixth-Formers"

The Association for Latin Teaching INSET by practising teachers for practising teachers Annual Refresher Day 2019 Saturday 2rd March Loughborough Grammar School Directed by Philip Harper Programme for the Day 09.30                            Registration and refreshments 10.00 – 10:45              Introduction followed by                                       Dr Mireya González Rodríguez of the University of Leicester on The Archaeology of … Continue reading "ARLT Annual Refresher Day 2019"

The Sussex Classical Reading Competition will be held this year at Roedean School, Brighton on Tuesday 5 March from 4.30pm-6.45pm. There will be passages of Latin for pupils from Year 5-13. There will also be Greek passages. Please email me at for details of the passages and more information. The competition is open to all … Continue reading "Sussex Classical Reading Competition 2019"

GCSE and A-Level Classical Civilisation Conference (7th March) News from the Bristol Classics Hub about their conference... The Bristol Classics Hub will be running a GCSE and A-Level Classical Civilisation conference tailored to current exam specifications on Thursday 7th March 2019 in the Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol. We will be running separate sessions for GCSE and A-Level … Continue reading "Bristol GCSE and A-Level Classical Civilisation Conference (7th March)"