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National Latin Spelling Bee 2024
2024-03-27 | Harris Academy Chafford Hundred, Mayflower Road, Chafford Hundred, Essex, RM16 6SA, United Kingdom
After a long interruption due to Covid, this unique and exciting event is making its return.

It will take place on the 27th March 2024 and last time we had over 25 schools taking place. It will be great to get as many schools as possible on board.

Wishing to keep it simple, please see below some of main rules of the competition.

This event will open for KS3 (ideally Year 7-8) students and promises delightful surprises and valuable prizes from esteemed authors and organizations in the classics field. It is also a day of celebration, uniting schools in their reverence for Latin.

Each school is required to conduct knock-out rounds within their institutions, based on vocabulary booklets provided to them. Each school will select the top 5 students who will represent their school in the big final. It is essential to adhere strictly to the specified group number to ensure equitable scoring among all participating schools.

The spelling bee will focus on CLC book 1 and Suburani up to chapter 10. A special vocabulary booklet has been designed and it will be sent to those schools, once confirmation is received.

Participation fees for each school are set at £35.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to Pantelis Iakovou at p.iakovou@harrischaffordhundred.org.uk if you have any further questions.

Roman Noses
2024-03-27 19:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
The new programme is ready!

If you’re not a member of SandB CA and would like to become a member, CLICK HERE.

There are eight events in all across the next academic year…

ELCSS 2-day GCSE Easter Latin Revision Course 2024
2024-04-02 - 2024-04-03
Two full days of intensive Latin Language learning and consolidation in direct preparation for the GCSE examinations in the summer. Candidates will be coming to the end of Year 11 and will be readying themselves for examination. We will be revisiting aspects of the language specification that students generally find difficult, like the indirect statement, the ablative absolute, and the uses of the subjunctive. These set-pieces feature in every GCSE examination paper and it is important that the grammatical knowledge of them is secure. We will look at these constructions in isolation, and then also disguised in unseen passages of Latin, GCSE past papers, where they can be more difficult to identify.

Information Brochure

By the end of two days, students will not only be able to comfortably understand the core linguistic grammatical detail of the Latin syntactical constructions, but also be able to recognise and translate them with confidence. The course will directly improve public examination performance as they will have readied themselves for the content.

Book with their online booking form!

CLASSICS FOR ALL: Key Stage 3 Classics and English CPD: Using Classical Heroes and Mythology in Key Stage 3 English
2024-04-24 16:00 - 17:00
CLASSICS FOR ALL: Key Stage 3 Classics and English CPD: Using Classical Heroes and Mythology in Key Stage 3 English

Wednesday 24th April 2024, 4–5pm, Online

Alastair Thorley is an experienced Classics teacher and A Level examiner. He has produced resources for the Classical Association on the Classical Civilisation GCSE syllabus and has trained teachers new to the subject through both Classics For All and Keynote. He also contributed to two of the A Level Classical Civilisation textbooks.

Alastair has created resources based on the Mary Beard video on “Heroes” and will be discussing how these resources can be used by teachers.

The idea of what it means to be a hero is always interesting and endlessly evolving. The media prematurely and ironically announces the death of superhero movies in every weekly review of the latest contributions to the genre in the cinema or on the television. We have been, are and always will be fascinated by what it takes to be better than ourselves.

These resources have been designed to enable pupils to look behind the superhero and consider how these characters are created and made interesting and relatable. Neither the pupils nor the teacher needs to have any knowledge of Classical myths and all are encouraged to draw from their own personal experiences. The myths are told in the form of short, impactful videos. The resources could lead to the pupils producing a longer piece of creative writing but are also designed to be self-contained.

To register for the CPD please complete this form by Monday 22nd April. Zoom details for the event will be sent out on Tuesday 23rd April.

The Historical Context of Sophocles' 'Oedipus the King'
2024-04-25 19:00 - 20:00

ANCIENT WORLDS DAY Lectures, Stalls Ancient Greek Drama, Competition Final
2024-04-27 | AKS, Clifton Drive South, Lytham, Sta Anne's, Lancashire, FY8 1DT, United Kingdom
Professor Michael Scott, Historian, Author, Broadcaster Professor of Classics and Ancient History, University of Warwick

https://lsaclassics.com/current-programme/

Virgil Society Meeting (11/5/24
2024-05-11 | Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU, United Kingdom
Saturday 11 May 2024

11:00 a.m. Dr Bobby Xinyue (King’s College London)

‘Humour and Power in the Moretum’

1 p.m. Lunch

2:30 p.m. Annual General Meeting for 2023-2024

3:00 p.m. Reading from Virgil (John Hazel): text tbc.

3:15 p.m. Dr Donncha O’Rourke (University of Edinburgh)

‘It takes one to know one: The “Roman Callimachus” reads Virgil’

Me Mini: Remembering the Classical Past
2024-05-15 19:00 - 20:00

CA: Online CPD Day for Ancient History Teachers
2024-06-08 | online, 2 Burton Walks, Loughborough, LE11 2DU, United Kingdom
From the Classical Association…

Keynote lecture lined up from Tristan Hughes, host of the award-winning podcast, The Ancients.

Please use the form HERE to register for this event, and to indicate which workshop you are most likely to attend through the day. This is not a binding commitment, but will help to give us a some ideas on numbers.

The programme is as follows:

10-10:15: Welcome

10:15-10:45: Workshop 1

GCSE: ‘Oracy in the Period Studies’, Sarah Rix-Drummond, Reading School

A Level: ‘Attic inscriptions and the dynamics of Athenian Imperialism’, Prof. Peter Liddel, University of Manchester

Approaches to AH: ‘Ancient History in the KS3 History Curriculum’, Gem Adams, Allerton Grange School & Classics For All

10:45-11:15: Workshop 2

GCSE/A Level: ‘Essay Writing at GCSE and A Level’, Rob Taylor, St Paul’s School

A Level: ‘Teaching A Level Ancient History in a fully comprehensive setting’, Emma Beetham, York College

Approaches to AH: ‘Teaching Life in the Roman World at KS3′, Dr Jane Ainsworth, Leicester Classics Hub Manager, Classics For All

11:15-11:30: Break

11:30-12:15: Tristan Hughes: ‘history podcasting in the present digital age’

Host of the award winning podcast The Ancients and author of a book on Alexander the Great’s successors, Tristan will be joining us to discuss the myriad ways to create and share history content with people in today’s age across all different kinds of media; from social media, to YouTube, to podcasting, to documentaries, and how these fields are so closely intertwined.

12:15-13:00: Lunch

13:00-13:30: Workshop 3

GCSE: ‘Sources in the GCSE classroom’, Dr Abigail Graham, ICS

A Level: ‘Sources to diversify the A Level Greek Period Study’, James Renshaw, Godolphin & Latymer School

Approaches to AH: ‘Fascism: Ancient & Modern’, Anthony Smart, York St John University

13:30-14:00: Workshop 4

GCSE: ‘GCSE Ancient History in mixed ability settings’, Tara Atkinson, Nower Hill High School

A Level: ‘Bums on seats: A session looking at some tried and tested strategies for maintaining strong student recruitment’, Peter Wright, Blackpool Sixth Form College

Approaches to AH: ‘Ancient History in the AQA specifications’, Winstanley College

14:00-14:15: Break

14:15-15:15: OPTIONAL: GCSE and A Level Ancient History Exam Reform, The Classical Association & OCR

Alex Orgee, OCR’s Subject Advisor for Classics, and the Classical Association’s Subject Advisory Team for Ancient History will discuss the future redevelopment of these specifications. We will be sharing ideas that we would welcome your feedback on.

You can find more information about each of the workshops here.

Zoom links will be shared with you a few days prior to the event. If you have any questions, please email Gráinne: education@classicalassociation.org.

KCL Ancient History Teachers' Day 2024
2024-06-10 12:00 - 15:00 | KCL, 170 Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
Mon, 10 Jun 2024 12:00 – 15:00 BST

A day of CPD for teachers of Ancient History and Classics.

I am delighted to share with you details of the latest event in the 2023-24 Outreach Programme of the Department of Classics at King’s College London: our free, in-person Ancient History Teachers’ Day.

The Teacher’s Day this year aims particularly to enhance the subject knowledge of teachers of the GCSE & A level Ancient History specifications. All teachers of Classical subjects may benefit and are welcome to attend.

Teachers are encouraged to request particular topics for discussion when they sign up for the event.

The university will provide a complementary vegetarian lunch, during which attendees will have an opportunity to network and meet the graduating PGCE cohort.

FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO BOOK

CfA Teachers' Day: Sources and Resources
2024-06-15 | University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
From Classics for All…

https://cfawestmidlands.com/upcoming-events?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1IoXfTMxlFhqIdOL26qiWcSqyd6wgOGbw4-k7xdnWl-lrOeB_n2zt9Wr8_aem_AReurBA5kqJZ7GG_Y38P2RxllHqfeYbk9Tu3MdblyHYvVf4ZpfI_9Kn0QZAeUhQXn3TzgRbY9cgOs2ToUR3ENwcp

Please join us at the University of Birmingham on Saturday the 15th of June for our annual Teachers’ Day!

We’ve titled the event ‘Sources and Resources’, and we’re hoping that it will be a really helpful opportunity for primary and secondary teachers alike. As you’ll see from the attached timetable, there are some sessions which are aimed primarily at primary or secondary teachers, but then there are also sessions (such as teaching with ancient objects for instance) which can be useful for everyone.*Please note that you do not have to be a member of the BMCA to attend, and those who are running Latin/ Classics clubs off curriculum are equally as welcome!*A few of highlights of the day…

Charlie Andrew, creator of Max Classics (any much more) will be attending, and there will be lots of time to chat with her.

Alex Orgee, the OCR Classics Subject Advisor, will be one of our plenary speakers.

Dr Emma Southon will be giving our final plenary, and her talk will be related to her most recent book – A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women.

We’re hoping that the timing of the day at the end of the academic year will provide everyone with an opportunity to share their thoughts on this year, and to get some tips, new resources, and general inspiration for after the summer! And of course, a lovely opportunity to meet other Latin/ Classics teachers and perhaps forge some connections. Here is the link to express your interest: https://forms.office.com/e/HBVbHPR5VGFor any questions, please get in touch with me at bham.classicsforall@contacts.bham.ac.uk

KCL Greek Play 2024
2024-06-19 - 2024-06-21 | Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston Street, London, SE1 3RA, United Kingdom
The KCL Greek play is taking place on 19-21st June. The play is an adaptation of Lysistrata. There will be a 30 min presentation by a distinguished scholar before each evening performance, starting at 6pm, free to evening-ticket-holders.

June 19: Professor Edith Hall (Durham University).

June 20: Dr. Nick Lowe from Royal Holloway.

June 21: Dr. Naomi Scott from the University of Bristol.

Further information can be found via the QR code on the poster.

A script unsuitable for Victorian sensibilities. A growing gender revolution. A student theatre group. What could go wrong?

Near the end of the nineteenth century, a group of students gather to put on their 6th annual Greek Play- a performance of an original ancient text. However, (recent) tradition is disrupted when they find out that not only are they to stage the seemingly unstageable Lysistrata, but that female students from the separate Ladies Department will participate for the first time.

Using a mixture of new material and original text from Aristophanes, Lysistrata in the Wings explores the reinterpretation of ancient theatre and how it takes on new meanings for each generation.’

Hands Up Education Summer Conference
2024-06-22 10:00 - 16:00 | Museum of London, 150 London Wall, London, EC2Y 5HN, United Kingdom
Hands Up Education’s Summer Conference, Saturday 22 June
We are delighted to again be hosting our annual summer conference for Classics teachers at the Museum of London (London Wall), on Saturday the 22nd of June, from 10am – 4pm.
We’ve got a packed programme with practical and inspiring sessions for teachers of Classics at KS3 and KS4, including:

A beginner’s introduction to Suburani
Digital support for Suburani
Suburani Book 3: a beautiful theme-based introduction to literature
Using images in the Latin classroom
Teaching ‘The City of Rome’: support and ideas for Eduqas Paper 3B
Focus on: Suburani Chapters 11 to 16 – top teaching tips and ideas
Teaching Roman imperialism through characters and culture
What is Latin metre? An introduction for complete beginners
Focus on: verbs – using the Suburani verb trainer to improve student confidence

As well as a thought-provoking plenary session by Dr Ersin Hussain (Swansea University) on Life in the Roman Countryside.
Date: Saturday 22nd June 2024
Location: Museum of London, EC2Y 5HN
Timing: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: £49.00 for teachers; £25 for PGCE and ITT students. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Bursaries are available – please contact us for details.
Booking and more information at: https://hands-up-education.org/conference24.html

'Having a Queer Old Time with Tibullus', an Online Talk
2024-06-25 17:30 - 19:00
Tuesday 25 June at 5.30. Registration on this link (and below).

To celebrate Pride Month and Diversity Week, LSF Classics Lecture by Dr Joe Watson (Teaching Fellow in Latin Literature and Language, University of Warwick)

Title: ‘Having a Queer Old Time with Tibullus’

Abstract: The Roman poet Tibullus (c. 55 BCE–c. 19 BCE) wrote two books of love poems in the elegiac genre, most of which were addressed to two women named Delia and Nemesis. However, a short cycle of three poems (Tibullus 1.4, 1.8 and 1.9) chronicles the poet-lover’s affair and break-up with a boy called Marathus. In this lecture, Dr Joe Watson will explore how Tibullus connects this homoerotic relationship with the themes of time and cyclicality. Through the use of some contemporary queer theory, we will explore the connections between homosexuality, queerness, time and poetry.

The talk will be held on Teams and it is a free public lecture.

To register for the talk please follow this link.

If you have any queries, please contact Dr M Gonzalez Rodriguez at m.rodriguez@lsf.org‘

’In Ithaka’ at the Greenwood Theatre
2024-06-28 18:30 - 20:00 | Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston Street, London, SE1 3RA, United Kingdom
Teachers and students are invited to join us at KCL’s Greenwood Theatre on Friday June 28, 6.30-8pm for a free performance of ‘In Ithaka’. ‘In Ithaka’ is an operatic work-in-progress, co-developed and sponsored by the Penelope’s Web creative research project. The performance will include a Q&A with creative artists, performers, and academics.

Penelope’s Web is an opera project that stems from Homer’s ancient Greek epic, the Odyssey. It explores the motivations of Odysseus’ wife Penelope, the great exemplar of feminine endurance and cunning, and the other characters left behind in Odysseus’ palace on the island of Ithaka. Cheryl Frances-Hoad (composer) and Jeanne Pansard-Besson (librettist and director) are creating a work that questions how Penelope’s story has been told in the past, and reflects on new ways in which contemporary music can give voice to the minor characters of the Odyssey.

Inspired by the setting of Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad, ‘In Ithaka’ takes place in a Greek Underworld where shape-shifting characters recall and retell their past lives. Two mezzo-sopranos will sing the role of Penelope, and the Choir of King’s College London will sing the part of her suitors and the enslaved palace workers. This première of ‘In Ithaka’ in the Greenwood Theatre shows how the collaborative work of Penelope’s Web is giving a twenty-first century afterlife to the lost soundworlds of ancient Greek epic.

All Classics teachers and students may find this event of interest, but year 12 students of Class Civ are likely to find it particularly helpful for exploring a novel dimension to ‘World of the Hero’.

The event is open to the public to turn up on the night, but we would appreciate people signing up at the following link to give us some idea of numbers:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kingscollegelondon56/1292323a

Online CPD Day for Classical Languages
2024-07-02
The CA is hosting a FREE online CPD day for Classical Languages on Tuesday 2nd July. With practical sessions such as Cognitive Load Theory, modelling & scaffolding and vocabulary acquisition, this event is suitable for teachers from KS3 to KS5. You can find more information and sign up here: https://forms.gle/wrCPburDkZr9Qi8w7

A Day with the KCL Classics Department
2024-07-03 | KCL, 170 Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
Wednesday, July 3 · 9:30am – 3:30pm GMT+1

An in person day of sessions hosted by King’s College, London, including a session at the British Museum

KCL is delighted to invite Year 12 students to attend a day of talks at the British Museum and King’s College London. Register your interest by reserving a space and you will be emailed an application form.

Outline of the day

Meet at the British Museum (exact meeting place and time will be sent after registration has closed)

Morning session – British Museum: Drs John Pearce and Bobby Xinyue on objects from the Roman collection, contextualised from an archaeological and from a literary perspective.

Lunch and refreshments (KCL, Strand Campus)

Afternoon session 1: 1pm to 2pm: James Corke-Webster: ‘Living on the Edge in Roman Britain’ (ancient history interactive taster)

Afternoon session 2: 2pm to 3pm: Dr Martin Dinter: ‘Tattoos in Antiquity’ (cultural history taster)

Further Information and to Reserve a Place

UCL Summer School in Ancient Philosophy 2024
2024-07-08 - 2024-07-12
University College London (Some courses are available in an online format)
Monday 08 July to Fri 12 July 2024

What are the origins of the world? How can we achieve happiness? What is the best form of government? Is democracy good? These are only some of the questions which ancient philosophers tried to answer more than 2,500 years ago. Their bold and unprecedented enterprise prompted an intellectual revolution, the relevance of which has not since faded. The Summer School in Ancient Philosophy aims to follow the steps of the ancient philosophers in their enquiries on the world and human life, and explore their continuing importance today.

The Summer School offers a five-day programme covering the major themes and thinkers of Ancient Philosophy. There will be four classes each day, between 10:30 am and 3.30pm. Courses will be held in person unless otherwise specified. For more details about the modules’ format, please see below or get in touch with us. Students will have access to a variety of online material before and throughout the course. The fee is £160. The course is not residential.

Students will be assigned to teaching groups of normally not more than 15-20 people. Groups will comprise students with similar levels of knowledge of the subject. Classes will consist of lectures, close reading of texts, and debates and will touch on a variety of themes, including ethics, metaphysics, and theories of knowledge. Texts will be studied in translation, though some classes will be offered in the original language. The style of teaching is friendly, but demanding. Students are expected to actively participate in classes, and they will be invited to discuss and critically engage with texts along with other students and teachers. Our tutors include some of the most talented and passionate teachers of ancient philosophy in the London area and beyond.

Further Information and Booking

RHUL Classics Taster Day: 11th July 2024
2024-07-11 | Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
The department of Classics at RHUL (which, incidentally, is where I work) is delighted to be holding another summer Taster Day for students interested in finding out more about studying with us. This year’s theme is Studying The Classical World: Classical Views on Modern Issues.

There’s a great line-up featuring various of my brilliant colleagues, with a wide range of talks:

Alexander the Great: war crimes and propaganda – Prof. Christos Kremmydas, Professor of Ancient History

The Body Speaks: marginal voices in Propertius – Dr Efi Spentzou, Reader in Latin Literature and Classical Reception

Have a Baby for Rome: Patriotic Pregnancy Modern and Roman – Prof. Richard Alston, Professor of Roman History

Women, Children and War: Rescue and Refuge – Prof. Lene Rubinstein, Professor of Ancient History

Studying the Classical World at University and its Career Opportunities: a Q&A session – Dr. Richard Hawley, Senior Lecturer in Classics

There will also be a chance for a campus tour and a chat with current students.

To find out more and to book, head over to the Eventbrite page!

JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School 2024
2024-07-20 - 2024-07-27 | St John’s College, University of Durham, 3 South Bailey, Durham, DH1 3RJ, United Kingdom
The 30th JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School will take place from Saturday 20th – Saturday 27th July 2024 at St John’s College, Durham.

They offer courses at six levels in both languages. (see Course Offered) from beginners to advanced, with our highly qualified and experienced tutors from schools and universities.

Students have 18 hours of tuition for which they are expected to prepare in the time available for private study. They work hard, but also have time for relaxation and optional visits to Hadrian’s Wall, the cathedral and other local places of interest. In the evenings they have lectures on a wide range of classical topics from visiting speakers. In the afternoons they have optional sessions which might include grammar clinics, lectures or discussions. On the first night, they meet our teaching groups by teaming up with them to participate in a classical quiz. On the last evening, there will be a formal dinner.

FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO BOOK

Belfast Summer School in Ancient Languages 2024
2024-07-22 - 2024-07-26
The ninth Belfast Summer School in ancient languages will take place in July 2024. Students can attend in-person at Queen’s University Belfast between Monday 22nd and Friday 26th July, or virtually on Zoom between Monday 8th July and Friday 19th July.

Courses are available in Latin and Classical Greek.

Further details and to book!

LATIN CAMP 2024 (Mon 22nd July to Sat 3rd August)
2024-07-22 - 2024-08-03 | Harrogate Ladies College, Clarence Drive, Harrogate, HG1 2QG, United Kingdom
Dear Colleagues,

I am delighted to announce that we have now opened for applications to join us this summer – please visit www.latincamp.co.uk for full details and simple online application. 2024 dates are Monday 22nd July to Saturday 3rd August, once again at Harrogate Ladies’ College. The website has full details on all our different courses suitable for school students and how we feel each age group will benefit. It also contains details on such things as our costs, our tutors (who come almost entirely from teaching backgrounds and usually at highly regarded UK schools), the facilities and accommodation, our typical programme of events, our policy on U18 students and hopefully a feel for “Camp life” generally.

The usual minimum age is post-Y10 but we will consider post-Y9 students if they have studied Latin for at least three years or wish to join a beginners’ group. I attach the 2023 daily routine and programme of lectures, grammar clinics, trips and events which will give you an immediate idea of what we are about. I also attach my own report on the 2023 Summer School. (Hard copies of fliers will reach schools shortly.) I would be grateful if you pass all this on to anyone at all who might be interested.

We also have various bespoke courses for teachers so if you know someone new to Latin teaching (this could equally be an NQT or an experienced teacher of another subject), please do pass this onto them. (We can usually secure at least partial funding for places on these courses.)

At our core is the intensive preparation and reading of Latin texts. This happens formally in small teaching sets of very similar ability and experience but far more unquantifiable learning happens in all the “in-between” moments, be they in groups between lessons sat out in the sun, or at night in the boarding houses. That said, Latin Camp is about so much more than just reading Latin. It’s about the camaraderie of meeting like-minded people. It’s about bonding in the houses. It’s about witnessing the interaction of staff, students and speakers. It’s about the joy of the Hellenic Bookservice visiting and setting up their shop just for us. It’s about the quiz, the site visits, the staff play, the costume party. It’s about discovering, identifying with and joining a wider community of classicists, making contacts and friends for life.
Programme | Director’s Report

Please do not hesitate to email me (d.stephenson@warwickschool.org) if you have any questions or indeed suggestions – I would love to hear from you.

Yours sincerely,

David Stephenson Director JACT Latin Summer School

Teacher Courses at the JACT Greek Summer School
2024-07-28 - 2024-08-10 | Bryanston School, Blandford, Dorset, DT11 0PX, United Kingdom
Week-long teacher courses are available at the JACT Greek Summer School, held at Bryanston School. https://www.greeksummerschool.org/teacher-courses/ This year we have added a NEW course for those wishing to cover/revise the language material beyond GCSE and prepare for/support their A level literature teaching.

If your school cannot offer funding, bursaries are available thanks to support from Classics for All and the CA.

Courses offered

Beginner: Week 1, Sunday 28 July – Sat 3 Aug. A course for teachers with little or no Greek at present – no prior knowledge is assumed. Greek to GCSE Chapters 1-5 will be covered.

Intermediate: Week 2, Sunday 4 – Sat 10 Aug. This course assumes some knowledge, i.e. the three noun declensions and common verbs in present, future, imperfect and aorist tenses. Greek to GCSE Chapters 6-9 (approx.) will be covered.

GCSE: Week 1, Sunday 28 July – Sat 3 Aug. A refresher of the main constructions and linguistic features at GCSE level, and reading the Homer and Herodotus set texts.

A level (NEW): Week 2, Sunday 4 – Sat 10 Aug. This course is aimed at teachers who will be teaching Greek in the 6th Form or to A level. The course will assist with the transition from GCSE: it will focus on the main constructions and grammatical forms beyond GCSE, and will provide some experience of reading from a range of current A Level texts, both prose and verse, along with strategies and tips on answering A level style questions.

Please contact the Director of Studies, Maria-Elpiniki Oikonomou, at jactgreekdos@gmail.com for more info.

THE 56TH JACT GREEK SUMMER SCHOOL
2024-07-28 - 2024-08-10 | Bryanston School, Blandford, Dorset, DT11 0PX, United Kingdom
Sunday 28th July – Saturday 10th August, 2024

At Bryanston School, Blandford Forum, Dorset.

FULL DETAILS AND TO REGISTER

The full course fee is £985; this includes full board and accommodation as well as over 30 hours of small group tuition. For non-resident students, the fee is £660, which includes tuition, full use of the facilities and all meals except for breakfast. The residential fee for the one-week teacher courses is £495. If you need help with these costs, please check our Bursaries page here (also accessible via the menu above) for further details.

Students MUST be 16 or over by the start of the course.

We expect applications to be submitted by the student applying for a place. The email address you use to register will be how we keep in touch about your application, so make sure it is one you check regularly. Please read the information here to find out more about how to apply.

Students aged 16, 17 or 18 at the time of the course will be asked to give contact details for a parent or guardian when they apply. We ask for these details so we can contact the parent/guardian to confirm their permission for the application and keep them informed as necessary.

Applications and bursary forms should be submitted by 31st March. If we are over-subscribed, we prioritise applications from beginners and pre-GCSE students, and students with no access to Greek on their curriculum. We don’t work on a “first-come, first-served” basis, so you don’t have to rush to apply early. You should hear the outcome of your application (for a place or a bursary) by the end of April.

Late applications, submitted in April and May will be considered, but spaces will be limited by that stage.

The East London Classics Summer School 2024
2024-07-29 - 2024-08-02
GCSE Latin intensive course in language skills over 5 days to any student who, having completed 1, 2 or 3 years of study, is preparing for the GCSE level qualification or equivalent. We would expect candidates to have just completed Year 10, and are due to sit their GCSE examinations in June 2025. The course is ideal for any student who is finding some aspects of the language component of the course difficult, and is keen to tighten up and refine their grammatical knowledge.

On offer are some full/half bursaries, and an Early Bird 10% discount if forms come in by the end of May.

The sessions are delivered by highly qualified Classicists who are also experienced teachers, keen on making Latin accessible to more people, and to refine and secure Latin understanding through disciplined rigour and fun!

By the end of the course, students will not only be able to comfortably understand the core linguistic grammatical detail of Latin syntactical constructions, but also be able to recognise and translate them when disguised in a GCSE Latin unseen passage. Students will leave with a considerably greater confidence in reading the language which, among other things, will directly benefit public examination performance as well as a greater alertness to a wider range of aspects of the Classical world.

This will course run from Monday 29th July through to Friday 2nd August 2024.

Brochure

Details here | Booking here

Summer School in Homer 2024 at UCL
2024-07-29 - 2024-08-02 | UCL, London
The Summer School in Homer will be held onsite and online with hybrid teaching in London, UK from Monday 29 July to Friday 2 August 2024.

Further Information

The Summer School offers five days of intensive teaching of Homeric language and literature. There will be four language or literature classes each day as well as lectures, talks and roundtables, between 10.30 and 16.30. The course is not residential.

Teaching will be generally in groups of 15-20 people which, as far as possible, comprise students of roughly the same level of experience (beginners, intermediate or advanced). The style of teaching is friendly, but demanding: a lot of work is expected from students during the School, but they should find the whole experience both stimulating and valuable. Some classes concentrate chiefly on reading texts, while others offer a mixture of grammar and translation practice. The tutors include some of the most experienced and talented teachers of Classics in the London area and beyond.

ARLT Classics Summer School
2024-07-29 - 2024-08-02
The 101st ARLT Summer School, 2024, will take place at Stamford School from Monday 29th July – Friday 2nd August, directed by Alex Smith.

Further information and to book!

Summer School in Homer 2024, UCL
2024-07-29 - 2024-08-02 | UCL, London
University College London, UK
Monday 29th July to Friday 2nd August 2023

The Summer School is now running its 11th year and it offers five days of intensive teaching in Homer. There are five language and literature classes each day (between 10.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.) as well as lectures and other events after the classes. The fee is £160. The course is not residential. Bursaries and travel grants may be available for certain categories of students.

Students will be assigned to teaching groups of 15-20 people. As far as possible groups comprise students of roughly the same level of experience (beginners, intermediate or advanced). The style of teaching is friendly but demanding: a lot of work is expected from students during the School, and they will find the whole experience both stimulating and valuable. Some classes concentrate chiefly on reading texts, while others offer a mixture of grammar and translation or commentary practice. Our tutors include some of the most experienced and talented teachers of Homer in the London area and beyond.

The Summer School in Homer will cater for a wide range of interests. It is expected that a substantial number of students from both schools and universities will apply, but also mature students who wish to learn Homeric Greek or learn more about the Homeric world. Our principal concern is to provide a thorough programme of language and literature learning in a lively university environment.

We offer a full five-day course in one the following classes:

Greek for Beginners

Intermediate Greek

Advanced Greek

Homer in Translation

Modern Novels and Homer

Gender and Homer

Ancient Philosophy and Homer

Comparative Literature and Homer

The Victorian Homer

For application forms click here, and for other enquiries, please email the Director of the Summer School:

homersummerschool@ucl.ac.uk
The Director, Dr Antony Makrinos
Summer School in Homer 2024
Department of Greek & Latin University College London

The Latin Programme Summer School
2024-07-29 - 2024-08-02 | Argyle Primary School, Tonbridge Street, London, WC1H 9EG, United Kingdom
From the folks at The Latin Programme…

https://www.thelatinprogramme.co.uk/poetryprize2024

Salvete omnes!

The Latin Programme Summer School is back! Thanks to the generous support of the Classical Association, our Summer School will return this July for the fifth year.

The theme for this year’s Summer School will be terra firma (‘solid ground’). Participants will explore the natural world through craft and gardening sessions, engage with ancient myth through storytelling, and discover Roman London.

Dates: 29th July – 2nd August 2024
Time: 9am-3pm
Venue: Argyle Primary School, Tonbridge Street, London, WC1H 9EG
Open to Key Stages 2 and 3

THE FORMAT

After our pilot of the hybrid event last year, this year we are returning to full days in-person. However, we remain committed to providing an online offering for those who cannot join us in London. Virtual participants will be able to access recordings of some Summer School sessions as well as special live events, digital worksheets and resources.

THE COST
This year, to guarantee good levels of attendance and ensure a positive experience for all involved, we are asking for a £10 donation to secure a place on the Summer School (for in-person attendees only). All participants will then receive a goody bag of the same value at the end of the week. We remain committed to making the Summer School as accessible as possible: if this cost will prevent you registering for the Summer School, please email hannah@thelatinprogramme.co.uk.

Numbers for in-person spaces are limited, so please sign up early to avoid disappointment.

We look forward to seeing you in July!

The Latin Programme team

'The snake, the magician, and the secret box: stories from ancient Egypt'
2024-10-10 17:30 - 19:00 | University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Discover the art of story-telling in ancient Egypt with Dr Leire Olabarria!

Thursday, October 10 · 5:30 – 7pm GMT+1

Arts Building Lecture Room 5University of Birmingham Edgbaston Campus Birmingham B15 2TS

For its 2024 autumn lecture the Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association invites you to explore the world of the stories of ancient Egypt with Dr Leire Olabarria from the University of Birmingham.

In this lecture you will be introduced to some popular stories from ancient Egypt. We will explore some of the most common tropes and narrative devices known from the sources, reflecting on what they may reveal about the power of the written and spoken word.

The lecture is suitable for a general audience, aged 14+.

FURTHER INFO AND TO BOOK

For any questions, contact the BMCA branch at midlands.classicalassociation@contacts.bham.ac.uk
