Natalie Haynes, ‘The Children of Jocasta’

British Academy 10 Carlton House Terrace, London, United Kingdom

The 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 the classical world on three continents, from Cambridge to Chicago to Auckland. In this talk, she will explore her recent novel 'The Children of Jocasta' […]

Kamila Shamsie, ‘Home Fire’ (Being Human)

Swansea University

Over the last 20 years Kamila Shamsie has established herself as one of the most vital and interesting novelists at work today. Her books, often grand in scope yet always emotionally intimate, have captured the minds and hearts of readers across the world. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and winner of this […]

‘Antipodean Antigones’, Anastasia Bakogianni

University of Roehampton , United Kingdom

Roehampton and SW London Branch of the Classical Association Dr Anastasia Bakogianni (Massey University, New Zealand) Antipodean Antigones   University of Roehampton, Howard Building Room 002. Please contact me at shushma.malik@roehampton.ac.uk with any queries.  

Lucy Jackson, ‘An advocate for tyranny: two receptions of Sophocles’ Antigone in sixteenth- century Europe’

University of Bristol Bristol, United Kingdom

University of Bristol research seminar All are welcome at our seminars, which take place every second Tuesday during term from 3.30 until 5, followed by drinks and then dinner, to which everyone is warmly invited. Please send any queries to the Research seminar organizer, Dr. Paul Martin (paul.s.martin@bristol.ac.uk).