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Faculty of Classics

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  1. Classics Faculty Ancient Drama Prize 2022

    Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Senior Research Fellow in Classics Education, chats with the winners of the faculty's exciting new performance competition for young people from across the UK. In 2021 the Faculty of Classics, in partnership with the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama…

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  2. Martin West Memorial Lecture 2019 - Perspectivism and the Homeric simile - Prof Stephen Halliwell

    Martin West Memorial Lecture 2019 Martin West Memorial Lecture 2019 - Perspectivism and the Homeric simile - Prof Stephen Halliwell

  3. The Gaisford Lecture 2016: Transmitting Tragedy

    The Gaisford Lecture 2016: Transmitting Tragedy, delivered by Patrick Finglass

  4. Alumni Day 2015 - Microscopic and Macroscopic. Rhythmic prose and historical themes in Plutarch's 'Lives' and Appian's 'Civil Wars'

    Gregory Hutchinson on rhythmic prose and historical themes in Plutarch's 'Lives' and Appian's 'Civil Wars'

  5. Alumni Day 2015 - Rosetta, Philae and Beyond: Decoding Ancient Texts in the Digital Age

    Rosetta, Philae and Beyond: Decoding Ancient Texts in the Digital Age. Alumni Day Sept 2015 - Rosetta, Philae and Beyond: Decoding Ancient Texts in the Digital Age.

  6. The Don Fowler Lecture 2016: Interpretation and the Metaphor of Authority

    The 2016 Don Fowler Memorial Lecture, delivered by Professor Alison Sharrock of the University of Manchester. The Don Fowler Memorial Lecture Series was founded in 2000 in in memory of former Classics Fellow of Jesus, Don Paul Fowler, who died in 1999 at the age of 47. The annual lecture series…

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  7. The Sybille Haynes Lecture 2015: Pirates of Populonia? The Myth of Etruscan Piracy in the Mediterranean

    The Sybille Haynes Lecture 2015: Pirates of Populonia? The Myth of Etruscan Piracy in the Mediterranean

  8. Helen of Troy – myth or reality?

    Dr Bettany Hughes delivers her lecture - "Helen of Troy – myth or reality?" as part of the Classics Alumni Day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"

  9. Islam: Executioner or Heir of Antiquity

    Tom Holland delivers his lecture - "Islam: Executioner or Heir of Antiquity" as part of the Classics Alumni Day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"

  10. Oxford Classics and the wider world

    Mai Musié delivers her lecture - "Oxford Classics and the wider world" as part of the Classics Alumni Day - "From Helen to the Hijaz"

  11. Why Classical Reception - Classics Alumni Day 15th March 2014

    Dr Fiona Macintosh delivers her lecture "Why Classical Reception" as part of the Classics Alumni Day - "From Helen to The Hijaz"

  12. Grants for Schools Starting Classics - Classics Alumni Day 15th March 2014

    Nicholas Barber CBE, Chairman of Classics for All delivers his lecture "Grants for Schools Starting Classics" as part of the Classics Alumni Day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"

  13. Matters of Perception in Latin Poetry and Philosophy - Classics Alumni Day 15th March 2014

    Prof Tobias Reinhardt delivers his lecture - "Matters of Perception in Latin Poetry and Philosophy" as part of the Alumni day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"

  14. The Roman Empire's New Place in the World - Classics Alumni Day 15th March 2014

    Prof Nicholas Purcell delivers his lecture "The Roman Empire's New Place in the World" as part of the Alumni day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"

  15. Studying Classical Gems - Classics Alumni Day 15th March 2014

    Prof Sir John Boardman delivers his lecture on "Studying Classics Gems" as part of the Alumni day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"

  16. The Haynes Lecture 2014: Runes and Amber. The Etruscans as Mediators Between the Classical World and Central Europe

    Prof. Larissa Bonfante, New York University, delivers the 2014 Haynes Lecture. Held at The Ioannou School for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Oxford University. Introduced by Prof. Bert Smith.

  17. Classics Course II: Of Course It's For You

    Tim Whitmarsh gives a talk for the Classics Open Day held on 16th March 2013 about doing a Classics degree at Oxford. Classics is the most diverse, wide-ranging humanities subject in existence. Delving deep into the past, Oxford classicists study the literature, painting, sculpture, history,...

  18. Adventures with Hercules

    Dr Llewelyn Morgan gives a talk for the Classics Open Day, held on 16th March 2013.

  19. How to be Augustus: Escaping one's past

    Professor Chris Pelling give s a talk for the Classics Open Day, helpd on 16th March 2013.

  20. To boldly go: Greek exploration from wife-eaters to counting cows

    Dr Katherine Clarke gives a talk for the Classics Open Day, held on 15th March 2013.

  21. The Haynes Lecture 2011: Tombs and Palaces in Archaic Etruria and Latium

    Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Prayon, University of Tübingen, Germany delivers the 2011 Haynes Lecture. Held at The Ioannou School for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Oxford University. Introduced by Prof. Bert Smith.

  22. The Gaisford Lecture 2011: The Reader in Greek Literature

    Held at The Ioannou School for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Oxford University. Introduced by Prof. Christopher Pelling. Dr. Thomas A. Schmitz talks on "The Reader in Greek Literature".

  23. Reception of Classical Literature in the 20th Century

    Dr Fiona Macintosh gives a lecture on the classical literature and its reception in the 20th Century. In particular, the Odyssey, the Medea and Oedipus Rex. Part of the OxBridge Classics Conference for Schools.

  24. Roman Comedy: A funny thing happened...

    Peter Brown gives his lecture on Roman Comedy. Part of the OxBridge Classics Conference for Schools lecture series.

  25. Oliver Taplin on Classics

    Professor Oliver Taplin, an authority on classics and the performance of ancient drama, talks about the subject and his research.

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