Virgil Society Meeting: ‘Virgil and William Gager’s Dido (1583)’
Senate House, University of London Malet Street, London'Virgil and William Gager's Dido (1583)', Dr Emma Buckley (University of St Andrews) Room G22/26, Senate House South Block Meetings take place in Senate House, Malet Street, London. All are very […]
Byron the Latinist
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomA one-day conference organised by Karen Caines, with support from Trinity College Oxford, to address a still under-explored area. The conference will address the broader context and examine Byron’s engagement with […]
Horace in English Since 1900
Universität Bonn Am Hof 1, Bonn, GermanyThe Centre for the Classical Tradition at the University of Bonn is delighted to invite you to the first lecture of its annual CCT lecture series. This year our speaker […]
Hermeneutics of Symbol, Myth and “Modernity of antiquity” in Italian Literature and the Arts from the Renaissance up to the Present Day
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan, ItalyThe hermeneutics of the “modernity of antiquity” is a still pioneering branch of research in Italian literature and art studies. Its aim is to discover the hidden meaning of works […]
The Return of Ulysses (Monteverdi)
Roundhouse Chalk Farm Road, London, United Kingdom10-21 January 2018 The Return of Ulysses (Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria) is one of only three surviving operas by the Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi. As with The Coronation of […]
Queens of Syria screening
University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, United KingdomA group of Syrian women, now refugees exiled in Jordan, created an extraordinary modern retelling of Euripides’ The Trojan Women. On stage the women courageously explore parallels between the ancient Greek […]
Britannia release date
From the Sky website: 'David Morrissey (The Walking Dead) and Kelly Reilly (True Detective) star in an epic and cinematic new nine-part drama from award-winning writer Jez Butterworth (Spectre, Jerusalem). […]
Edith Hall, ‘The Age of Tyrants: Sappho via Gounod’s Opera’
Barnard's Inn Hall Holborn, LondonThe heroine of Charles Gounod’s French opera Sapho (1851) sings her last aria O My Immortal Lyre on a Greek cliff before plunging to her death. Sappho, the most famous […]
Natalie Haynes, ‘The Children of Jocasta’
British Academy 10 Carlton House Terrace, London, United KingdomThe British School at Athens Lecture Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster. She writes for both the Guardian and the Independent. She has spoken on the modern relevance of […]
Peter Symes, ‘Making television films with Tony Harrison: Metamorpheus’
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomA screening followed by discussion between the director, Peter Symes, and Oliver Taplin.