Would you like to know more about the ancient world? The Faculty of Classics and Lady Margaret Hall at Oxford are running a Classical World Taster Day on Friday 28th of June 2013. The event is aimed at Year 12 students who are interested in exploring the ancient world at a degree level. This is … Continue reading "Classical World Taster Day"
Bedford school run an outreach program called "Virtually University" which aims to connect students to University courses via video conference. In Shrewsbury Sixth Form we have been partnering with them on a number of projects for a few years now. We have been able to arrange the following conferences with the University of Birmingham in the … Continue reading "Mycenean Greece/Byzantium Conferences with University of Birmingham"
Bedford school run an outreach program called "Virtually University" which aims to connect students to University courses via video conference. In Shrewsbury Sixth Form we have been partnering with them on a number of projects for a few years now. We have been able to arrange the following conferences with the University of Birmingham in the … Continue reading "Mycenean Greece/Byzantium Conferences with University of Birmingham"
Thursday 11th – Sunday 14th July 2013 The British School at Athens invites applications for a new four - day intensive course for school teachers of Greek civilisation which will explore the history and archaeology of Athens through site tours and evening lectures by visiting scholars. The course will cover a number of key subjects … Continue reading "The British School at Athens: Intensive Course for School Teachers"
The 2013 CC & AH Summer School will run from 13 to 18 July at Repton School, Derbyshire. In 2012 we welcomed 68 students from 49 different schools and colleges from all parts of the United Kingdom and beyond and we hope to do the same again this year. For further information, visit www.ccsummerschool.info.
23 - 24 July 8pm Running time: 75 mins Price: £15, £10 concs Following a sensational sell-out run at Battersea Arts Centre earlier this year, The Paper Cinema's Odyssey returns before journeying to Edinburgh... Raging storms and supernatural forces prevail over one man’s almighty quest to get home. Immerse yourself in a journey through the … Continue reading "The Paper Cinema’s Odyssey"
23 – 27 July 2013 Roehampton University London Full Details at http://www.arlt.co.uk/2013.html Lectures: These will include: Peter Jones Women in Homer Rosemary Barrow Classics in Film William Fitzgerald Virgil’s Aeneid Jonathan Powell Roman Oratory and many others… Featuring: Kaloi Kagathoi: Medea the Musical (Wicked Witch of the East) Workshops on the TPRS and how to … Continue reading "ARLT Summer School INSET"
Tuesday 30th July-Thursday 1st August This summer the University is offering Sixth formers the opportunity to spend three days on campus learning Latin or Greek from scratch. These courses will run in parallel, and are specifically tailored towards 16-18 year olds who would like to learn Latin or Greek, but have not had the opportunity … Continue reading "Latin & Greek Summer Course for Sixth Formers"
Two-day course (You can enrol for one or both days) 8th August 2013 TACITUS ON BRITAIN This historian gave us the memorable line on the imperial achievements of his own people: "They make a desert and call it peace". One wonders what he might say about the current EC (the European Community or the Economic … Continue reading "The LATIN QVARTER: Tacitus on Britain | How Gloomy Was Dis?"
Five-day course August 2013 (Mon 19th - Fri 23rd) LATIN FOR POST-BEGINNERS The course sketches the history of early Rome and tells the story of the end of the republic and rise of the emperors. Readings are taken from ancient Latin writers, and through their story-telling the course weaves a picture of the ancient world. … Continue reading "THE LATIN QVARTER: Latin for Post-Beginners"
