Events

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)"

A weekend course by the Institute of Continuing Education, Cambridge University. Cicero was Rome's leading orator and this weekend you have the opportunity to read one of his superbly moulded speeches: in Pro Caelio, Cicero defends young Marcus Caelius Rufus on charges of political violence. This is no dry legal speech, but one in which … Continue reading "Reading Classical Latin: Cicero and Ovid"

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 ""