Virgil
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 welcome to attend, and tea/coffee is usually served after meetings. For more on the Virgil Society, please see http://www.virgilsociety.org.uk/, and for membership enquiries, please contact Jill […]
UCL Houseman Lecture: Bernard O’Donoghue (Oxford) on ‘Chosen Ancestors: Seamus Heaney and Virgil’
University College London London, United KingdomSeamus Heaney's translation of Aeneid VI had long been rumoured, so its posthumous appearance in 2016 was a major event. Heaney had said that he wanted to produce a 'poetic remaking' of Book VI, by contrast with his more dutiful translation of Beowulf which he said he did 'not know or love enough' to remake. […]
Virgil Society Presidential Address: ‘The Female Hero and the Aeneid’
Senate House, University of London Malet Street, LondonNatalie Haynes (writer, journalist and broadcaster), 'The Female Hero and the Aeneid' (Presidential Address) Room 349, Senate House South Block Meetings take place in Senate House, Malet Street, London. All are very welcome to attend, and tea/coffee is usually served after meetings. For more on the Virgil Society, please see http://www.virgilsociety.org.uk/, and for membership enquiries, please contact […]
Ingenious Soil (Being Human)
Devon and Exeter Institution 7 Cathedral Close, Exeter, United KingdomCome and join us for an evening of ‘ingenious soil’, Latin, and art, during which we will be presenting the first screening of an artwork by Laura Hopes. Inspired by Virgil’s Georgics, the ancient Roman agricultural poem, the film ‘Marginalia’ has emerged from a collaboration between artist Laura Hopes, Katharine Earnshaw (Classics, University of Exeter), and Mary Quicke (Quicke’s […]
Virgil Society: Yasmin Haskell, ‘The tears in things: How early modern Jesuits ripped off Virgil’
Senate House, University of London Malet Street, LondonProfessor Yasmin Haskell (University of Bristol) ‘The tears in things: How early modern Jesuits ripped off Virgil’ Room G22/26 South Block
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 […]
Sharon Marshall, ‘Tragedy and national identity in Hélisenne de Crenne’s Aeneid I-IV’
Senate House, University of London Malet Street, LondonMeeting of the Virgil Society Room G22/26, Senate House South Block
Peter Black, ‘Christianising Virgil: The Aeneid in the art of Raphael and Parmigianino’
Senate House, University of London Malet Street, LondonRoom G22/26, Senate House South Block