Events

Advance notice for your school calendars that the 2016 Sussex Classical Reading Competition will take place on Tuesday 1 March 2016, 4.30pm - 6.30pm, at Roedean School, Brighton. There will be opportunities to read Latin and Greek passages aloud and all ages are welcome to take part, from Beginners to A2 level. Schools have been … Continue reading "Sussex Classical Reading Competition Tuesday 1 March 2016"

Old Palace School will be hosting a Classics talk on the subject of Roman Emperors on Tuesday, 1 of March. The speaker will be Dr Anna Clark from Christ Church College, Oxford. This talk/workshop will be focusing for the most part on the Julio-Claudian emperors and it will encourage students to think about how to … Continue reading "Old Palace of John Whitgift School: Talk/Workshop on Roman Emperors by Dr Anna Clark from Christ Church College, Oxford"

Ten things you really must know about Ancient Greek Democracy with best-selling author and academic Professor Paul Cartledge Thursday 3rd March, 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 2015-16 Lecture Programme    Membership just £12 (students £5) … Continue reading "‘Ten things you really must know about Ancient Greek Democracy’, a Talk by Paul Cartledge"

This conference offers pupils in years 10 and 11 the chance to attend a series of appropriately pitched lectures on their Latin and Greek set texts and on topics of wider interest. The Hellenic Bookservice will be attending, and hard copy prospectuses for university courses will also be available. The conference lectures will tie into … Continue reading "Classical Association Classics GCSE Conference at Westminster School"

Re: ‘Virgil’ Lecture by Professor Matthew Leigh; Thursday 10 March 2016 We are delighted that Professor Matthew Leigh will be speaking at New Hall on the subject of ‘Virgil’ on Thursday 10 March. The lecture will take place from 4.45pm to 5.45pm in the Jubilee Hall. Professor Leigh is currently Professor of Classical Languages and … Continue reading "Virgil Lecture 10th March 4.45-5.45"

THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION LONDON GREEK & LATIN READING COMPETITION 2016 The 2016 competition will be held on TUESDAY 15th MARCH at Queen’s College, 43-49 Harley Street London W1G 8BT (parking is not available at the school). The competition will be held in a single round. The event will begin at 2:00 pm and finish at … Continue reading "CA London Greek and Latin Reading Competition"

On Monday 21st March at 4.30 pm, Dr Scott Scullion will be speaking on: ‘Gods in Greek Drama’ Dr Scullion is Associate Professor in Classical Languages and Literature, and Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. He has a particular interest in Greek religion and in Greek tragedy. He will be making special reference to the Bacchae of Euripides, … Continue reading "Scott Scullion to speak on ‘Gods in Greek Drama’"

Following in the steps of Hecuba, Medea, Electra, and Antigone in recent years, the classical students of St Paul’s Girls’ School are mounting a production of Euripides’s Bacchae in Greek, for one night only. The performance, which is abridged but fully staged, with surtitles, will take place at 6.00 pm on Wednesday 23rd March in the … Continue reading "Bacchae in Greek at St Paul’s Girls’ School"

A Classical Association in Northern Ireland talk.   Convened by Dr Erin Halliday (QUB and Ballymena Academy) Wednesday 30th March 2016, 6.45 p.m. The Canada Room, Lanyon Building, Queen’s University, Belfast  

The Department of History at King’s College London is proud to present its 11th annual Medieval Latin Play. HECASTUS (Everyman) By Georgius Macropedius (Joris van Lanckvelt) In the original Latin (with English surtitles) Performance: Thursday 31st March 2016, 7.30 pm. College Chapel, King’s College London, Strand WC2R 2LS. All are welcome; no reservations necessary. The Hecastus, first published in … Continue reading "KCL Annual Medieval Latin Play, ‘Hecastus’"