Oxbridge Classics Open Day - Friday 20th of March 2015
2015-03-20 | University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
The Oxbridge Classics Open Day will be taking place in Oxford this year on Friday 20th of March 2015.
The day is organised between Oxford and Cambridge universities aimed at all students (UK and abroad) interested in pursuing a Classics degree at either university.
For the 2015 programme and booking details please visit our website.
http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/outreachopendays.html

CICERO Latin and Classics Competition 2015
2015-03-21 | West Sussex
E-mail your closest CICERO centre:
Andy Keen (Bristol Grammar School) akeen@bgs.bristol.sch.uk
Wendy Smith (Henrietta Barnett School, London) wsmith@hbschool.org.uk
Declan Lawell (Blue Coat School, Liverpool) dlawell01@qub.ac.uk
Duncan Carnegie (George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh) DC@george-heriots.com

GCSE Classical Greek Revision Day
2015-03-23 | Pocklington School, West Green, York, YO42 2NJ, United Kingdom
On Monday 23 March 2015, Pocklington School, York will be hosting a revision day for pupils studying the OCR GCSE Classical Greek Short Course (J091). There will be taught sessions on Unit B401 Greek Language 1 (mythology and domestic life); and on Unit B404 Greek Verse Literature (Homer: Odyssey XXI).
Times will be from 09.30 – 13.00 (approx.) and there will be a small charge to cover costs.

For further information contact the Head of Classics, Matthew Adams, at adamsm@pocklingtonschool.com

Nicholas Denyer to speak on 'The Origins of Justice'
2015-03-23 16:30 - 17:30 (Europe/London) | St Paul’s Girls’ School, London, United Kingdom
On Monday 23rd March at 4.30 pm, Mr Nicholas Denyer will be speaking on:
‘The Origins of Justice’
Why be just? Why be nice to other people? One obvious answer is that you will be punished if you aren’t. But the obvious answer raises new questions. For example, why be nice if you won’t get caught? The thinkers of classical Greece had a plausible, and unsettling, answer to all these questions. In this talk, Mr Denyer will be looking at that answer, exploring problems from the classic Prisoners’ Dilemma to the response of the island of Melos to Athenian aggression.
Mr Denyer is Fellow and College Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge.
The talk is hosted by the St Paul’s Girls’ School Classics Society. Tea and cake will be served from 4.00 in the Dining Hall and the talk will be held in the Old Library. The event will finish between 5.30 and 6.00. There is no charge.
The address of the school is St Paul’s Girls’ School, Brook Green, London, W6 7BS; main telephone 020 7603 2288. The nearest tube is Hammersmith.
All are welcome, but if you or your pupils would like to attend, please email Gregory Wilsdon at gregory.wilsdon@spgs.org with expected numbers as soon as possible and at the latest by Friday 20th March.

Dr Stephen Heyworth will be giving a talk on 'Aeneas the Villain' at Sherborne Girls, Dorset, Monday 23 March
2015-03-23 17:00 - 18:00 | Sherborne Girls’ School, Bradford Road, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3QN, United Kingdom
Monday 23 March at 5pm
The talk on ‘Aeneas the Villain’ begins by acknowledging that Aeneas is a hero, but tries to bring out the way in which Virgil has written his epic so that an attentive reader is enabled and at some points compelled to see the poem’s protagonist as socially inept, emotionally stunted, morally questionable, deceitful, conniving, nasty; in short, a villain. He considers Aeneas the lover, the family man, the teller of tales, the betrayer of Troy, the wager of war.
Stephen Heyworth has been Bowra Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Wadham College since 1988; throughout this period he has taught textual criticism and Latin palaeography to undergraduates and Masters students as well as giving lectures and classes on Latin literature (especially poetry of the first century BC). Together with his Wadham colleague, James Morwood, he has published a commentary for students on Propertius 3 (Oxford, 2011). His current work concentrates on the text, manuscript tradition and contexts of Ovid’s Fasti and will lead to a commentary on Book 3 (CUP).
Attendance is free.
Please contact Rachel Allen on rma@sherborne.com if you would like to come.

Ancient World Study Day 2015, University of Reading.
2015-03-24 | University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus (http://www.reading.ac.uk/about/find/about-findmap.aspx), Reading, United Kingdom
The Classics department at the University of Reading is pleased to announce that we are now accepting bookings for our annual ‘Ancient World Study Day’ event. This free event, on Tuesday 24th March, consists of a day of lectures delivered by academic staff and doctoral researchers, which look at the AS and A2 Latin and Greek set texts and Classical Civilisation topics. As additional enrichment activities we offer lectures on the Archaeology of the Roman World and Museum handling sessions.
Talks will include:

Cicero De Imperio
Homer Iliad
Virgil Aeneid
Children in the Roman World

The event is intended for lower and upper sixth-form students and their teachers. There is no charge for this event but booking is essential, since numbers are limited.
For more information and the programme in full, please contact:
classics@reading.ac.uk

Hecuba in Greek at St Paul's Girls' School
2015-03-25 18:00 - 19:00 | St Paul’s Girls’ School, London, United Kingdom
Following in the steps of Medea, Electra, and Antigone in recent years, the classical students of St Paul’s Girls’ School are mounting a production of Euripides’s Hecuba in Greek, for one night only.
The performance, which is abridged but fully staged, with surtitles, will take place at 6.00 pm on Wednesday 25th March in the Singing Hall. It will last for about 40 minutes. Refreshments will be available from 5.30 pm.
The address of the school is Brook Green, London, W6 7BS; main telephone 020 7603 2288. The nearest tube is Hammersmith.
There is no charge. However, places are limited and it is essential to book seats in advance. If you or any pupils from your school would like to attend, please email gregory.wilsdon@spgs.org with expected numbers as soon as possible, and certainly by Monday 23rd March.

Roman Life Artefact Workshop, 11th May, at EOCCC
2015-04-01 16:45 - 17:45 | East Oxford Community Classics Centre, Cheney Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7QH, United Kingdom
On Monday 11th May, the East Oxford Community Classics Centre is delighted to be hosting Historical Interpretations Group Comitatus, who will be running all day workshops introducing students to the Romans through a range of artefacts. The sessions will include daily Roman life and life in the Roman Army, and will involve handling sessions and activities.

Between 3.45 – 4.45pm they will be running a community workshop for children and families.

On 2nd and 3rd July, Comitatus will be returning to run a series of Roman Cavalry Shows – we will be making details and booking available for these shows very soon. The workshop on 11th May will provide an excellent introduction to these shows, but will also be very valuable as a stand-alone introduction to Roman life.
To book places, please email info@irisproject.org.uk .
For more information, please visit http://eoccc.org.uk/introduction-to-the-romans-through-artefacts
Many thanks.

Reading Ancient Philosophy: Cicero - evening class
2015-04-20 19:00 - 20:00 | East Oxford Community Classics Centre, Cheney Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7QH, United Kingdom
This is a 7 week course by Lisa Eberle
Mondays, 6 – 7pm – starting April 20th at the East Oxford Community Classics Centre
What is the best way to live? What obligations towards other human beings does it entail? And how should answers to these questions inform how we act every day? These are the questions that Cicero addresses in On Duties, and for centuries his answers have influenced the thinking of eminent philosophers, including Kant and Montesquieu.
But On Duties is not simply a treatise concerned with a fundamental philosophical problem. Cicero wrote the work between the assassination of Julius Caesar in March of 44 BC and his own public execution nine months later. He addressed and dedicated his account of the best way to live to his son and intended it as a guide for elite Romans more generally. Following his precepts, Cicero thought, might be able to save the Republic that he saw disintegrating before his own eyes.
As a result, reading Cicero’s On Duties, which this seven-week course sets out to do, not only entails analysing and probing his philosophical arguments in the abstract, but also examining their relationship to the history and politics of Late Republican Rome, the concrete context in which Cicero was making them.
Each week we will focus on an assigned section of On Duties i (15-25 pages each week) that you will be asked to read in translation in preparation for the class. The main goal of the class is to discuss and figure out together what Cicero is saying in the respective sections. You will also be introduced to what other scholars have made of Cicero’s arguments and how they fit within ancient philosophy more generally.
To book, please email info@irisproject.org.uk
For more information and courses, please visit our website at www.eoccc.org.uk

Prof. Matthew Leigh, St. Anne's Oxford, on Military Ethics in Aeneid IX
2015-04-21 20:00 - 21:00 | St Edward’s School, Cirencester Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 8EY, United Kingdom
Prof. Leigh talks on ‘Military ethics in Aeneid IX’
at St Edward’s School
Lyne Society
Tues 21st April, 7-8pm
in the Old Library

Please contact taylorm@stedwardsoxford.org if you’d like to bring GCSE or 6th form students.

CfA lecture with Dr Ian Jenkins on ‘Defining Beauty’
2015-04-22 19:30 - 21:00 | Goodenough College, London, WC1N, United Kingdom
Goodenough College, London WC1N
6.30pm, Wednesday 22 April 2015
The British Museum’s major exhibition this year will be ‘Defining beauty: The body in ancient Greek art’, cited by The Times journalist Rachel Campbell-Johnston as ‘the absolutely-must-see exhibition of the year’ (24 March 2015).
We are delighted that its curator Dr Ian Jenkins OBE FSA will give a Classics for All (CfA) lecture on 22 April, 6.30pm hosted by Goodenough College, London. Six of the Parthenon Marbles, including Ilissos (which will be returning from the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg), will be featured in the exhibition. ‘Ian Jenkins, the curator, enjoys a bit of a provocation. He is open about claiming that Greece soared higher than any other ancient civilisation.’ (Jonathan Jones, The Guardian, 23 March 2015).
For more information and to book your tickets, click here!

Ancient Epic Strikes Back: George Lucas as Rhapsode, A Talk by Bev Back
2015-04-23 08:00 - 21:00 | AKS, Clifton Drive South, Lytham, Sta Anne's, Lancashire, FY8 1DT, United Kingdom
Part of the Lytham St Annes Classical Association 2015 Lecture Programme…
Ancient Epic Strikes Back: George Lucas as Rhapsode
Dr Bev Back, University of Leeds
Thursday 23rd April at 7 pm
(doors open at 6.15 pm)

Venue: AKS Senior Hall, Clifton Drive South, Lytham St Annes, FY8 1DT
Members Free Non-members £5

Men, women and gender roles in Classical Athens
2015-04-28 17:30 - 18:30 | Francis Holland School, Clarence Gate, London, NW1 6XR, United Kingdom
Dr. Rosanna Omitowoju from Kings College, Cambridge, will be giving a lecture entitled ‘I’ll make a man out of you: men, women and gender roles in Classical Athens’ at Francis Holland School NW1 from 4.30-5.30pm on 28th April.
The talk will be useful for pupils studying the City Life in Ancient Athens and/or Antigone for the OCR Classical Civilisation GCSE course. It may also provide an interesting background for pupils studying Classical Civilisation at AS level.
Light refreshments will be provided.

Classical Lies: Are Homer and Virgil Telling the Truth?
2015-05-01 17:00 - 19:00 | Shrewsbury School, SY3 7BA, United Kingdom
Ingo Gildenhard of King’s College, Cambridge is reprising his excellent talk on Classical Lies in Homer and Virgil at Shrewsbury High School, May 1st, 16.10 – 18.00. This event is open to all studying Classical Civilisation, Latin, Greek and Ancient History, or to those with an interest in the Classics.

This will be an interactive seminar designed to explore questions such as: can we trust what we read in Homer and Virgil? What do we do if one classical writer challenges another (to the point of calling him a liar)? And: to what extent is critical dialogue between authorities a constitutive feature of the classical tradition? The event will be accessible to anyone interested in the classical world (and its afterlife), irrespective of language skills.

For further information, contact Jo Lashly, Head of Classics, Shrewsbury High School
j.lashly@shr.gdst.net 01746 494000
There is no charge for this event, but please let us know numbers if you are thinking of attending.

See you there:
Shrewsbury High School, Performing Arts
16.10 – 18.00

A Reading of Virgil's Aeneid 4
2015-05-16 11:30 | Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU, United Kingdom
The Virgil Society, or rather some 10 of its members, will be reading aloud book 4 of the Aeneid on the morning of its AGM day, Saturday May 16th, at 11.30 in Senate House, Malet St.
Interested classicists who would like to join the audience to hear this reading would be welcome as guests of the Society. The reading is expected to last an hour and a quarter. Any enquiries to John Hazel, jnohazel@btinternet.com.

An Evening with David Starkey: Magna Carta
2015-05-18 20:00 - 22:30 | Edgbaston High School, Westbourne Road, Birmingham, B15 3TS
This year marks the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, one of the most famous historical documents in the world. Originally issued by King John as a practical solution to the political crisis he faced in 1215, Magna Carta or ‘the Great Charter’ established for the first time the principle that everybody, including the King, was subject to the law.
To commemorate this landmark historical anniversary, Edgbaston High School will be hosting an evening with David Starkey, one of the country’s most respected and well-known historians and television personalities. Formerly a lecturer at the London School of Economics, Starkey became a household name through his work as a broadcaster, most notably as a uniquely abrasive debater on Radio 4’s Moral Maze and the creator and presenter of many very popular historical T.V. series on subjects such as Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, the British monarchy and the Churchills.
His most recent book entitled Magna Carta will be launched in April this year and he will be visiting school on Monday 18th May to deliver a stimulating and thought-provoking lecture on the document’s historical and contemporary relevance. The evening will begin at 7pm and will conclude at approximately 9.30pm. It will include a question and answer session with Mr. Starkey and a book signing. Light refreshments will also be served.
Tickets for the event cost £10 per person and can be purchased in person from Edgbaston High School for Girls.
Alternatively, you can buy tickets by post by sending a cheque made payable to ‘Edgbaston High School for Girls’ and a stamped, addressed envelope to the following address:
Benjamin Smith,
Head of History,
Edgbaston High School for Girls,
Westbourne Road,
Edgbaston,
Birmingham,
B15 3TS.
Tickets are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis so please book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Special seating has been reserved for disabled guests so please notify us when booking if you or a member of your party has a disability.
If you have any queries or would like any further information please contact Mr. Benjamin Smith, the Head of History by Telephone on: 0121 454 5831 or by e-mail at: smithb@edgbastonhigh.co.uk

Year 11 & 12 Classics and English Day at the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford
2015-05-28 - 2015-05-29 | University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Following on from the success of our Ancient and Modern Philosophy Day with Corpus Christi College at the start of the year, the Faculty of Classics, together with Oriel College and Regent’s Park College, are proud to offer UK Year 11 and Year 12 students an introduction to studying Classics and English at university. The day (28th May) will include a taster seminar, lunch in the main dining hall, two college tours with current students, and in-depth information on the Oxford admissions process. The day is entirely free of charge.
In the Classics and English taster seminar, participants will explore the enduring influence of the family in tragedy and epic with Oxford tutors. Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter, Iphigeneia, in order to appease the gods, an action that leads to his own death and his wife’s and torments his children’s futures. After ten years of war, Odysseus endures perils and temptations as he travels to regain his home, his wife and his son. Aeneas carries his father away from burning Troy and becomes the ‘founding father’ of Rome. Amata, Lavinia’s mother, is corrupted by Allecto to subvert the foundation legend. Eve eats the forbidden fruit, condemning her husband Adam and the whole of humankind to mortality. Mary, Eve’s ‘daughter’, gives birth to Jesus who, through his own sacrificial death, will redeem humans and regain Paradise.
Tragic falls, epic narratives: at the heart of these lies the story of the family, its steadfastness, its temptations, its cruelties and its redemptive possibilities. Why are there differences in the way the family is depicted in Homeric, Virgilian and Christian epic? Are women always to blame when things go wrong? What happens when patriarchy fails? Must tragedy always involve the family? Is redemption possible and can it all end well after all? All to be explored in our seminar!
For information on booking details please visit the Oriel College website: http://www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/content/classics-and-english-day
Deadline: Please complete the booking form by 18 May 2015. We are expecting this to be a popular event, so bookings will be accepted on a first come-first served basis. If you have any questions about the day, please contact Mai Musie at mai.musie@classics.ox.ac.uk .
For further information about our cross-discipline days and the Faculty of Classics’ Outreach Programme please visit our website: http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/Outreach.html

WORKSHOPS ON LEADING LATIN SESSIONS IN LOCAL STATE SCHOOLS: June 2015
2015-06-09 18:30 - 20:30 | University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Manchester Branch of the Classical Association
in partnership with the University of Manchester Department of Classics & Ancient History
Classics for All
WORKSHOPS ON LEADING LATIN SESSIONS IN LOCAL STATE SCHOOLS: June 2015
Thanks to a grant from the national charity Classics for All, the Manchester branch of the Classical Association in partnership with the University of Manchester Department of Classics & Ancient History is able to offer a series of workshops to all who are interested in leading Latin sessions in local state primary and secondary schools, at virtually any level, from Year 5 after-school club activities to GCSE Latin courses for senior year groups.
The participants we have in mind include (but are not limited to):

sixth-formers who are taking Latin AS/A-Level,
university students, undergraduate and postgraduate,
school teachers of other subjects who are interested in introducing or supporting Latin in their school,
classics teachers in post or retired who are interested in contributing in whatever way to this initiative.

The intentions of the workshops include:

to get like-minded people together,
to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, requests, needs, offers, etc.,
to give people the opportunity to present practice sessions to a committed and sympathetic audience,
to give people Confidence, Support, Interaction, and Feedback around the business of introducing young people to Latin at the appropriate level.

Our provisional plan is to run:

a course of four sessions, each of between 90 minutes and 2 hours,
in June 2015, i.e. soon after the start of GCSE/A-Level study leave,
in the University,
on Tuesday 9, 16, 23 and 30 June,
starting at 5:30pm to finish by 7:30 – with the opportunity to drink/eat together afterwards.

The provisional programme is as follows:

Session 1: pooling of needs and expertise, offers and requests: leaders and participants introduce themselves and their relations to the project (what they need, what they can offer): leaders demonstrate a range of topics appropriate to different year groups
Sessions 2-4: participants lead a session on a topic of their choice at their preferred level, using other participants as pretend students.

To reserve a place or for further information, please contact:
John Taylor (jtaylor12@hotmail.co.uk)
and/or David Langslow (david.langslow@manchester.ac.uk)
There is no charge for the workshops, but the number of places is limited.

The Classical World in the Modern Classroom: Workshop for Classics Teachers
2015-06-15 - 2015-06-16 | King’s College, London, Strand, London, London, WC2B 5RL , United Kingdom
The Department of Classics at King’s College London will be hosting a free workshop for Classics school teachers: ‘The Classical World in the Modern Classroom’, on June 15th 2015 at the Strand Campus. The day will include talks and a roundtable discussion with Prof. Edith Hall, Dr Will Wootton and Dr Shaul Tor, as well as a drinks and food reception and a chance to meet and speak with other members of the Classics Department and current students on the KCL Classics PGCE programme.
Attendance is free but registration is required. For full details of the programme of events and for registration, follow this link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-for-school-teachers-the-classical-world-in-the-modern-classroom-tickets-16336251167
Do get in touch with me (shaul.tor@kcl.ac.uk) if you have any queries.
All best,
Shaul Tor

Roman Kitchen Discovery and Tasting Workshop
2015-06-17 16:45 - 17:45 | East Oxford Community Classics Centre, Cheney Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7QH, United Kingdom
Roman Kitchen: artefact and food-tasting workshop
Wednesday 17th June, 3.45 – 4.45pm
at the East Oxford Community Classics Centre (www.eoccc.org.uk)

Discover what objects can tell us about everyday life in Roman Britain, using objects to understand and interpret the lives of real people! This workshop uses an extensive handling collection of Roman kitchen and domestic ware, and you will have the opportunity to taste some authentic Roman foods.

This workshop is aimed at all ages. It is free of charge, but booking is essential.

To book, please email info@irisproject.org.uk stating Roman Kitchen workshop in the title and how many places you would like to book.

Come, See, Be Inspired: Experience Classics at Cambridge
2015-06-19 - 2015-06-20 | West Sussex
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 Cambridge and experience both Cambridge and Classics hands-on! You do not currently need to study Classical Civilization, Ancient History, or the ancient languages – an interest in doing so is enough! It is possible to learn
Greek and Latin at Cambridge regardless of one’s A-level subjects.
An example programme for the day:
(We can also accommodate later start and end times or half-day visits) Around 10:00: Arrival at the Faculty
10.00 – 10.30: Welcome and settling in
10.30 – 11.15: Talk by a Cambridge academic on a Classical subject, tailored to the age and background of the group
11.15 – 11.30: Break
11.30 – 12.30: Tour of the Museum of Classical Archaeology
12.30 – 14:00: Lunch in either the Faculty or one of the Colleges, hosted
by one of our ‘student ambassadors’, fielding questions
about studying at Cambridge
14:00 – 15:00: Optional supervision-style class with a Cambridge academic
The initiative is addressed to schools in the maintained sector, and we are pleased to be able to offer help with travel expenses and provide refreshments and lunch here in Cambridge free of charge. The places for each date are strictly limited, so please be in touch early. If you are unable to make any of the dates, we will try to find an alternative day for your visit.
19th November 2014; 10th February, 6th March, 19th June, 24th June 2015
We hope the prospect of visiting the Faculty appeals to you. Please contact Jennie Thornber for further details at jlt39@cam.ac.uk or on (01223) 767044.

Community talk: Egyptian Wisdom in the Greco-Roman World
2015-06-19 19:00 - 20:00 | East Oxford Community Classics Centre, Cheney Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7QH, United Kingdom
Friday 19th June: Egyptian Wisdom in the Greco-Roman world

Talk by Professor Ian Rutherford from the University of Reading

at the East Oxford Community Classics Centre
6 – 7pm, including drinks

Professor Rutherford will be delivering an introduction to aspects of magical practice in the ancient world. It will look at the influence of Egyptian belief and explore the evidence which exists for magic, such as spells, magical papyri, and amulets, amongst many other things.

All welcome. Please book by emailing info@irisproject.org.uk
Further details on our website at http://bit.ly/1PN1AhB

Greek and Latin Summer School, University College, Cork
2015-06-22 - 2015-08-14 | University College, Western Road, Cork, Ireland
8-WEEK INTENSIVE GREEK AND LATIN SUMMER SCHOOL,
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, IRELAND
June 22nd – August 13th 2015
For the 16th year running, the Department of Classics at UCC offers an intensive 8-week summer school for beginners with parallel courses in Latin and Ancient Greek. The courses are primarily aimed at postgraduate students in diverse disciplines who need to acquire a knowledge of either of the languages for further study and research, and at teachers whose schools would like to reintroduce Latin and Greek into their curriculum. Undergraduate students are more than welcome to apply as well.
The basic grammar will be covered in the first 6 weeks and a further 2 weeks will be spent reading original texts.
For further information and an application form see our website:
http://www.ucc.ie/en/classics/summerschool/
or contact the Director of the Summer School: Ms.Vicky Janssens, Department of Classics, University College Cork, Ireland, tel.: +353 21 4903618/2359, fax: +353 21 4903277, email: v.janssens@ucc.ie

Conference for Classics Teachers on AS texts
2015-06-23 - 2015-06-24 | Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood, Sandy Lodge Road, Moor Park, HA6 2HT, United Kingdom
Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood is to host a conference for Classics teachers, based around the AS texts, on Tuesday 23 June. The speakers will be:

Prof. Philip Hardie (University of Cambridge) on Ovid’s Metamorphoses 3
Dr. Anna Clark (Christ Church, Oxford) on Cicero’s de Imperio
Dr. Guy Westwood (Merton College, Oxford) on Lysias
Dr. Adrian Kelly (Balliol College, Oxford) on Iliad 22

There will be no charge for the day, and lunch will be provided. Please email Philip Harrison, Head of Classics, at pharrison@mtsn.org.uk if you would like to attend.
Merchant Taylors’ School is on the Metropolitan Line (Moor Park Station, 30 mins from Baker Street), and is 15 minutes from the M25 and 15 minutes from the M1. More details are available at www.mtsn.org.uk.

Come, See, Be Inspired: Experience Classics at Cambridge
2015-06-24 - 2015-06-25 | Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Experiencing the Roman army: the Vindolanda writing tablets and Roman frontier culture
2015-06-24 17:10 - 18:00 | Shrewsbury High School, 32 Toan Walls, Shrewsbury, SY1 1TN, United Kingdom
Wednesday 24th June 4.10pm Performing Arts
Shrewsbury High School
Experiencing the Roman army: the Vindolanda writing tablets and Roman frontier culture
Dr John Pearce, King’s College, London
The writing tablets from the Roman fort at Vindolanda, just south of Hadrian’s Wall, are the most significant archaeological find from any Roman frontier in the last half century. They comprise ink documents with enormously diverse content, from military memos to party invitations, written by, to and about the soldiers stationed there. The lives of these auxiliaries can thus be glimpsed in a way rarely possible for the Roman army. Drawing also on the results of digital imaging, this talk will consider the insights the tablets give into the experience of soldiers on a frontier. In particular it will examine the ways in which men recruited in northern Gaul became ‘Romans’ during their military service and how far the culture of their homeland endured in this distant posting.
All welcome! Free!
Please email Jo Lashly on j.lashly@shr.gdst.net if you are interested in coming.

GCSE Classical Civilisation: INSET for Teachers
2015-06-27 - 2015-06-28 | Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
This year the Classics Faculty at Cambridge University is running an INSET day for GCSE Classical Civilization for the first time on Saturday 27 June. The aim of the day is to allow you to explore new insights into the subject, to provide possibilities for enriching the curriculum for your students, and to discuss ideas and best practice in teaching.
The programme will be:
Keynote Talks:
11.00 – 11.50: The songs the Odyssey knows, Prof. Tim Whitmarsh (Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, University of Cambridge)
12.00 – 12.50: Ovid in Augustan Rome – and Down the Ages, Dr Ingo Gildenhard (Lecturer in Classics and Academic Access Officer)
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch will be provided by us.
Curriculum Enrichment:
14.00 – 15.00: Workshops
Option 1: Using online resources to enhance your teaching, Stephen Harrison (experienced Classics film-maker)
Option 2: Material culture and ‘Visit us at Cambridge’: making the most of material Culture and our Cast Gallery, Jennie Thornber (Museum Education & Outreach Co-ordinator)
Plenary Teaching Discussion Session:
15.00 – 16.00: Panel discussion led by Dr John Taylor (Former head of Classics at Tonbridge School and author of several text-books)
The day is open to all teachers, whether they are subject-specialists or not, who teach Classical Civilization at the moment or who might be interested in doing so in the future. Current and prospective PGCE students are especially welcome. Thanks to a generous grant from the Classical Association the day is completely free to attend and we have a limited number of hardship bursaries available to help with travel expenses. If you have any queries about the day please do get in touch with Max Kramer (mjk53@cam.ac.uk).
To book your place on the day please go to:
http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/prospective/undergraduate/events#section-7

Archaeological Field Techniques: Training Opportunity for A-level tutors
2015-06-29 - 2015-07-04 | Maryport
Archaeological Field Techniques: Training Opportunity for A-level tutors
29th June to 3rd July 2015: Maryport, Cumbria
The Roman Temples Project Maryport proposes to hold a week-long session offering A-level tutors the opportunity to undergo training in the latest archaeological field techniques while participating in the excavation of a ritual site associated with the worship of Jupiter.
The Roman Temples Project, Winner of the Current Archaeology Research Project of the Year Award, is directed by Professor Ian Haynes and Tony Wilmott of Newcastle University. Alongside volunteering on the excavations, tutors will receive in archaeological survey and finds processing (small finds and environmental analysis) and have demonstrations of all major types of geophysical equipment.
The week’s programme will be specially tailored to address the needs of A-level tutors. There will be no charge for participation, but attendees would be expected to arrange their own food and accommodation. A full range of options for the latter, ranging from hotels to camping grounds is readily available locally.
Subject to interest/permissions it is hoped to run this special session from 12.00 noon on the 29th June to 3.00 pm on 3rd July. Tutors interested in this opportunity are asked to register their interest with the Project Community Archaeologist, Mark Potter m.l.potter@newcastle.ac.uk

Sixth Form Study Day, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge
2015-07-01 - 2015-07-02 | Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
An Introduction to Studying the Ancient World at A2
For students of Classical Civilization, Greek, and Latin
Wednesday 1 July 2015
A study day aimed at those who have just finished AS-Levels and are beginning work on A2-Level Classical Civilization, Greek, or Latin. The day will consist of lectures, given by experts who teach and study at the University of Cambridge, which will introduce you to the A2 topics and the A2 set texts (and in particular their historical and cultural context) that you will be studying. There will also be an opportunity to take a guided tour of our famous collection of casts of ancient sculpture, to visit one of the Cambridge Colleges, to find out more about making a successful application to University, and – for those who have not yet studied one of the ancient languages – to participate in a taster session in Latin or Greek.
Stay over in Cambridge on Wednesday night to attend the University Open Days the next day.
To view the programme and book your place, please go to:
http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/prospective/undergraduate/events#section-4

Classics School Teachers' Colloquium, Exploring Classical Culture
2015-07-02 - 2015-07-03 | Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
Royal Holloway University of London will be holding another free Classics School Teachers’ Colloquium, Exploring Classical Culture, on its Egham campus on Thursday 2nd July 2015, 9.30-4pm.

Designed for all those who teach aspects of classical culture, whether as a specialist or second subject, at any stage of their career.
A friendly forum for teachers to share good practice and different approaches to subjects, which are popular and key to the syllabus, as well as to network with colleagues from across the country.
Workshops, led by staff members from the Classics department will encourage participants’ informal discussion, and no prior work is required.
Topics include using archaeology and art in teaching, the role of rhetoric in the classroom, an introduction to Stoicism and an overview of ancient epic and film.
The event is free and we will provide refreshments during the day.

For further details of the colloquium programme, please visit:
https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/classics/informationforschools/schoolsliaisonandoutreach.aspx
There is also a Facebook event viewable at https://www.facebook.com/events/1619353254963390/
Register now to reserve your place, or ask any questions you may have, by contacting Sue Turnbull (Classics Department Administrator) at sue.turnbull AT royalholloway.ac.uk.
