An enthralling tale of why we are still indebted to, and fascinated by, the ancient world. A public lecture by Alastair Blanshard, Paul Eliadis, Chair of Classics at the University of Queensland Australia, who is the Institute of Advanced Study Visiting Fellow at Warwick January –February 2016. Click here for the flyer!
Reading Classical Greek: Advanced Greek (5-7 Feb 2016): http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/component/courses/?view=course&cid=18012 Reading Classical Greek: Intermediate Greek (5-7 Feb 2016): http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/component/courses/?view=course&cid=18022 Reading Classical Greek: Continuing Beginners (Students who began in September 2014 - Group D) (5-7 Feb 2016): http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/component/courses/?view=course&cid=18032 Reading Classical Greek: Continuing Beginners (Students who began in September 2015 - Group E) (5-7 Feb 2016): http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/component/courses/?view=course&cid=18042
Liverpool College is hosting this one-day event at which we hope to provide a forum for Classics teachers in the North to meet, enjoy lectures and exchange teaching and learning ideas. The day will be friendly and informal with two short lectures in the morning and two teacher-led workshops in the afternoon. Our speakers will be … Continue reading "INSET for Classics teachers, Saturday 6th February 2016, 9.30 to 4.00"
A full day of sessions for Classics teachers! For more information and how to attend visit http://cymruwalesclassicshub.weebly.com/events.html.
The Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association Teachers’ Day Saturday 6 February 2016 The Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association would like to invite Classics teachers to attend their annual Teachers’ Day. As can be seen from the programme below, the day will cover a range of topics, including the new OCR A Level and GCSE … Continue reading "The Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association Teachers’ Day: Saturday 6 February 2016"
Applications are now open for the EMACT 6th Form Classics Conference, to be held on Wednesday 10th February 2016 at Loughborough High School (between Leicester and Nottingham!). Please find the programme below - the cost is still only £5 per pupil (to include tea, coffee and biscuits!), staff are free; application forms and further details … Continue reading "EMACT Sixth Form Classics Conference"
There are still spaces left for the EMACT 6th Form Classics Conference, to be held on Wednesday 10th February 2016 at Loughborough High School (between Leicester and Nottingham!). With nearly 100 pupils signed up already, it looks set to be a great day! Please find the programme (now finalized) below – the cost is still only … Continue reading "EMACT 6th Form Classics Day Wednesday 10th February 2016"
On Wednesday 10th February at 4.30 pm, historian Tom Holland will be speaking on: ‘Truth and Slander in the Julio-Claudian Court’ The lurid glamour of the Julio-Claudians has resulted in them becoming the very archetypes of feuding and murderous dynasts. No other period of history can compare for sheer unsettling fascination with its gallery of … Continue reading "Tom Holland to speak on the Julio-Claudian court"
Lytham St Annes Classical Association 2015 - 16 Lecture Programme Membership just £12 (students £5) a year
News of this forthcoming production, from Yana Zarifi-Sistovari, the Artistic Director... Thiasos Theatre company is performing the Hippolytos at The Cockpit Theatre in London 24-27th February. The Hippolytos was first presented at the Triennial Classics Conference held at Cambridge University in 1998 and had toured in several countries up to 2004. This 'revival' was prompted by an invitation … Continue reading "Hippolytos at the Cockpit Theatre, London: 24-7th February"
