Events

The Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association would like to invite all teachers to their annual Teachers’ Day, which will be held in the Arts Building at the University of Birmingham. Please see the programme for the day below. Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association Teachers’ Day Saturday 2 February 2019 9.30-9.45:            Arrival, coffee and welcome … Continue reading "Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association Teachers’ Day | 2 February 2019"

Wednesday 6th February 2019 Nottingham High School 10:30   Welcome and Introduction Introductory Lecture: The World of the Hero, Dr Naoise Mac Sweeney, University of Leicester 11:30   Refreshments 12:00   Seminar Session 1. Choose from the following options: 1A 1B 1C 1D Cicero: Philippic II Greek Art Greek Theatre Tacitus: Annals I/ Julio Claudian … Continue reading "EMACT Sixth Form Study Day"

New of UCL’s 2019 Classical Play... The UCL Greek and Latin Department and the Bloomsbury Theatre present the Classical Play for 2019: Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. Gripped by plague, the citizens of Thebes petition their king, Oedipus, to purify a divine pollution and appease the gods. Yet as he works to uncover the mysteries of a … Continue reading "UCL Classical Play 2019: Oedipus Rex"

The Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association Some dates for your diaries: Thursday 11 October 2018, 5.30pm, the University of Birmingham The Autumn Lecture: Dr Amy Russell (Durham), ‘Augustus, the Senate and the Ara Pacis’ Thursday 7 February 2019, 5.30pm, the University of Birmingham The New Year Lecture: Dr Hannah Cornwell (Birmingham), ‘Rome's Civil Wars: Violent … Continue reading "Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association"

Spring lecture, Thursday 7 February 2019 Dr Hannah Cornwell (Birmingham) will speak on: 'The fight for the Republic: Rome's violent words and deeds in civil war' This lecture will look at the verbal and physical attacks that Romans made against fellow Romans during the civil wars of the late Republic, as part of the political … Continue reading "Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association – Spring Term 2019"

The Secrets of Ancient Greek Music with Associate Professor in Classical Languages and Literature, Jesus College, University of Oxford Professor Armand D’Angour Thursday 7th February, 7pm AKS, Main Entrance, Clifton Drive South, Lytham St Annes FY8 1DT Lectures 7 - 8pm   Doors open at 6.15pm   Lytham St Annes Classical Association 2018-19 Lecture Programme … Continue reading "The Secrets of Ancient Greek Music, a Talk by Professor Armand D’Angour"

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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"