Events

On Monday 16th November at 4.30 pm, Dr Rupert Thompson will be speaking on: ‘Why Greek is still a living language and Latin isn’t’ Latin is universally held to be a 'dead language', but Greek has since antiquity been the language of the Hellenic people and remains the official language of Greece and Cyprus to the present … Continue reading "Why Greek is still a living language and Latin isn’t: a talk by Dr Rupert Thompson"

On Friday 20th November 2015 the Harrodian will be hosting their annual Sixth Form Classics conference. The talks will be on Homer and Virgil, Greek Tragedy, Ancient Comedy and Ovid. For more information please contact  

News of a forthcoming production... We are setting the play in the slums of New Orleans with a live Jazz band accompanying the Choral Odes and we have been strongly influenced by the horror genre in our approach. The play will be performed at St Mary’s College in Crosby on the 20th November and in … Continue reading "Electra: A Production at St Mary’s College, Crosby"

Perspectives on Greek History: A Classical Association Teaching Board INSET day on the history of ancient Greece and its teaching University of Leeds, 10am-4pm, Saturday, 21st November 2015.   The teaching of classical Greek history is rewarding – for both teacher and student -- at every level of engagement: it gives its practitioners the opportunity … Continue reading "Perspectives on Greek History: A Classical Association Teaching Board INSET day on the history of ancient Greece and its teaching"

We are delighted that Dr Susan Deacy will be speaking at New Hall on the subject of ‘Athena: Power of Craft and Creativity’ on Thursday 26th November from 4.45 to 5.45 pm in the Jubilee Hall, New Hall School. Dr Deacy is currently Principal Lecturer in the Department of Humanities at the University of Roehampton. … Continue reading "Talk by Susan Deacy, Roehampton University – Athena, Power of Craft and Creativity"

All schools are welcome to come to Magdalen College School (Oxford) on Wednesday, 2nd December at 4.10 p.m. for a talk by Dr Luke Pitcher (Somerville College, Oxford), entitled 'Our friends in the North: Caesar and Tacitus on Barbarian Management'. This promises to be a lively and engaging talk for GCSE and A-level students, so please … Continue reading "Talk: Dr Luke Pitcher, ‘Our friends in the North: Caesar and Tacitus on Barbarian Management’"

A Classical Association in Northern Ireland talk.   Dr Martijn Icks (QUB) Thursday 3rd December 2015, 6.45 p.m. (followed by winter drinks) The Bell Lecture Theatre, Physics Building, Queen’s University, Belfast  

Workshop on using inscriptions in Roman Britain module Classical Civilization for 6.2 students and teachers at Radnor House, School Pope's Villa, Cross Deep, Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 4QG January 13th 2016 2.30 - 4.00pm (sorry for the short notice!) There will be handouts but copy of LACTOR on inscriptions of Roman Britain wd be helpful Contact … Continue reading "Workshop on using inscriptions in Roman Britain module Classical Civilization"

On Saturday 16 January, Prof Peter Kruschwitz (University of Reading) will be leading a Study Day at St Albans Cathedral on reading inscriptions, and a few places are still available.  To book, visit https://www.stalbanscathedral.org/learning/study-centre/study-days/the-stones-are-talking, or call 01727 890290.  The day costs £22, but £5 places are available to those in full time education; email … Continue reading "Saxa Loquuntur"