Events

The 2022 LSA CA Classics Competition is open to all students aged 11-18! FURTHER DETAILS and GUIDELINES The date of the Grand Final is the 26th March at 2pm at AKS Lytham!

2022 Virtual Course for School Teachers The British School at Athens is delighted to invite UK school teachers to attend a free virtual CPD course, focusing on the OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation module ‘Myth and Religion‘. Participants will follow a series of four virtual lectures, introducing the main themes of the module and providing new case studies … Continue reading "British School at Athens Virtual Course for School Teachers"

2022 Virtual Course for School Teachers The British School at Athens is delighted to invite UK school teachers to attend a free virtual CPD course, focusing on the OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation module ‘Myth and Religion‘. Participants will follow a series of four virtual lectures, introducing the main themes of the module and providing new case studies … Continue reading "British School at Athens Virtual Course for School Teachers"

The East London Classics Summer School will be running Easter Revision Days for current Year 11 students, on Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th April, who will choose which day they'd like to attend. The same programme will run for the two days and students can state their preferred date on the booking form. Brochure | … Continue reading "ELCSS Easter Revision Days for Year 11 Latin Pupils"

Classics Between the Wars with Dr Daisy Dunn Tuesday 12 April | 18:00 BST Coinciding with the publication of her new book, Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford between the Wars, Dr Daisy Dunn joins Professor Paul Cartledge to discuss the place of classics in the early twentieth century, from the performance of new translations of Euripides by … Continue reading "Classics Between the Wars with Dr Daisy Dunn"

LSF Classics Online Summer Lecture by Professor Edith Hall (University of Durham) on Euripides' Medea Thu, 5 May 2022, 17:30 – 18:30 Euripides' Medea is one of the most fascinating figures in world theatre. This illustrated talk will show how much of her impact stems from the ambiguity about her identity: she is foreign yet … Continue reading "‘Euripides’ Medea: barbarian, witch, murderer, goddess’ by Prof Edith Hall "

Rome: The Motion Picture, Migration and Mobility in an Ancient Empire with Professor Greg Woolf Tuesday 10 May | 18:00 BST Did most people in the Roman empire live in small, contained worlds, hardly aware of how vast the imperial system was? Or was the empire intensely connected? Combining Latin epigraphy and underwater archaeology, forensic anthropology … Continue reading "Rome: The Motion Picture, Migration and Mobility in an Ancient Empire with Professor Greg Woolf"

It is our aim that all talks will be held at Badminton School, Peace Memorial Hall. Talks will not be recorded or live streamed. Please email Barbara Bell () to register. There are no tickets, and talks are free for Bristol Classical Association members, students, and school pupils. There will be a cost of £5 … Continue reading "‘Orpheus and other tales from Ovid’"

Two wonderful old Roman cities are hosting The Latin Qvarter's Beginners' Latin day in May. First Gloucester/Glevum on Saturday 14th May, then Colchester/Camulodunum on Sunday 22nd. If you’re tempted to (re)discover Latin, come and spend a day in one of these historic venues. See how the language works, enjoy ancient stories, learn more about ancient … Continue reading "The Latin Qvarter’s Beginner’s Latin Days"

Lecture: Representations of Roman Women in Silent Cinema - with UCL Professor of Latin Maria Wyke Date & Time: 7-7.50pm, 1st June 2022 Blurb: From its earliest days, silent film gave narrative and visual agency to Roman women in its historical reconstructions. Storylines were drawn from modern representations of the Roman past that had already given women larger … Continue reading "Representations of Roman Women in Silent Cinema – with UCL Professor of Latin Maria Wyke"