Poetry
Anna Jackson: I, Clodia and Other Portraits
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomThe New Zealand poet and academic Anna Jackson, author of catullus for children (2004) and I, Clodia and Other Portraits (2014), both collections which revivify Catullus for a modern audience through the perspectives of women and children, will read from and discuss the latter volume on Monday 2nd July at 5.00 in the Ioannou Classics […]
Tales from the Odyssey, Daniel Morden
Badminton School Westbury Road, BristolBristol Classical Association Daniel was recently awarded the Hay Festival Medal for his contribution to storytelling. Along with Hugh Lupton, Daniel has produced the fantastic ‘Classical Tales’ resources for the Cambridge Schools Classics Project. They have retold and recorded Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, and Ovid’s Metamorphoses, for a modern audience. The recordings, available for free online with accompanying teachers’ notes are intended to support […]
Weaving Women’s Stories (Being Human)
St Margaret's House London, United KingdomExplore the connections between storytelling and textile-making in women’s lives from ancient Greece to modern London. Come along and enjoy the stories of our craftivist foremothers in artefacts and poetry from the past; hear the voices of these ‘subversive stitchers’ with an evening performance from By Jove Theatre, introduced by experts on ancient craft. This […]
Bristol Poetry Institute Annual Reading 2018: Alice Oswald
Wills Memorial Building Queens Road, Bristol, United KingdomThe Bristol Poetry Institute, in association with the Institute of Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition, is delighted to invite members of the public and university alike to this year's annual poetry reading. We are very pleased to announce that this year's reader will be Alice Oswald. The event will comprise of a poetry reading […]
Performing Pindar
Corpus Christi College Merton Street, Oxford, United KingdomA performance directed by Helen Eastman with music by Alex Silverman, and public lecture by Nancy Felson (University of Georgia): What would Cyrene say? Strategies of Silencing and Elision in Pindar Pythian 9. MBI Al Jaber Auditorium, Corpus Christi College, Oxford
‘A Play after Euripides’ Andromeda’
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United Kingdom'A Play after Euripides' Andromeda': a rehearsed reading from a new play by Hannah Greenstreet, followed by discussion with Astrid Rodda. Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles', Oxford
The Song of Arms and a Man: Virgil’s Aeneid
University of Bristol Bristol, United KingdomThe 'Song of Arms and a Man' tells the story of Aeneas’ escape from Troy, his stay with Dido and his struggle to fulfil his destiny as founder of Rome. These readings from Virgil's Aeneid are selective, but tell the whole story of the poem, rarely heard, in a unique presentation of the original verse, […]
An Evening With Catullus and Vergil
The Poetry Cafe 22 Betterton Street, LondonCome join Sad Press as we celebrate the publication of two stunning new translations, Roz Kaveney's CATULLUS and Adam Roberts' WODWO VERGIL. Tickets: £5 (£3 unwaged), paid on the door, which may be redeemed on the night against purchase of either book or another Sad Press title. The venue is equipped with a lift and […]
Anne Carson’s ‘Eros the Bittersweet’ at Spike Island Studio
Spike Island Studio 133 Cumberland Road, Bristol, BS1 6UXLaura Jansen (Classics) and Rebecca Kosick (Bristol Poetry Institute) will be leading a discussion of Anne Carson’s oeuvre with poet Alice Oswald, Oxford Professor of Poetry. The event emerges in collaboration with Stockholm-based artist Meriç Algün’s current exhibition at Spike Island Studio, “Finding the Edge”, which engages intimately with Carson’s book Eros: The Bittersweet (1983).
Conference: Christopher Logue and the Classics 3/2/24
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomA one-day conference on Christopher Logue and the Classics, in the Classics Faculty at 66 St Giles, OX1 3LU; co-organised by Thomas Munro and Claire Barnes. Keynote speaker: Henry Power (Exeter). Speakers include: Claire Barnes (Oxford); Alexander Christensen (Oxford); Sarah Cullinan Herring (Oxford); Meg Dyson (Exeter); Francesca Kaminski-Jones (RHUL); Thomas Munro (Yale/UCL); Alex Silverman (Oxford).