For Classics teachers
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 […]
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 […]
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 (bmbellmini@aol.com) 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Faculty is pleased to announce that there will be a Christmas party for classics teachers and our alumni community to celebrate Professor Christopher Pelling’s and Professor Maria Wyke’s new book Twelve Voices from Greece and Rome: Ancient Ideas for Modern Times.This book by Christopher Pelling and Maria Wyke explores ancient ideas for modern times, […]
Classics – the study of ancient Greece and Rome, of Latin and Greek, and of the tremendously rich ‘afterlife’ of the ancient world in Western History and Culture – is for everyone! We want to share our enthusiasm in a new initiative addressed to teachers and pupils in Key Stages 3–5: come visit us at […]
An Introduction to Virgil's Aeneid by Eva Mooney Mondays, 6-7pm at the East Oxford Community Classic Centre starting Monday 12th January, and running for six weeks - free of charge (donations welcome) The Aeneid is a monumental work written in the late first century BC about the Trojan hero Aeneas. After his city is razed in the […]
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 […]