Classics seminars
The Classics research seminars take place throughout the academic year and are open to all, within and outside the University.
Time and location
Unless otherwise stated, seminars take on Wednesdays. Please check the timing as this is subject to change. Abstracts and registration are available on the Classical Association of Scotland (Edinburgh & South East Centre) website, https://casedsec.wixsite.com/home/events
Event schedule
Semester 2, 2020/21
Date | Speaker | Title | Notes |
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Wednesday 10 Feb | Henry Stead (University of St Andrews) | 'A defiant Scottish Renaissance' |
NB 6 pm (CAS Edinburgh and South East Centre) |
Wednesday 14 Apr | Arlene Holmes-Henderson (King’s College London) | 'Classical rhetoric in Scottish classrooms: An opportunity to cultivate responsible citizenship?' |
NB 3 pm (CAS Edinburgh and South East Centre) |
Wednesday 5 May | Natalia Tsoumpra (University of Glasgow) | TBC |
NB 6 pm (CAS Edinburgh and South East Centre) |
Date | Speaker | Title | Contact person & notes | ||
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Wednesday 21 Oct |
Marzena Wojtczak (IASH) |
'Monks through the legal lens: monastic communal representation and economic activities in late antiquity' |
Ben Harriman | ||
Friday 6 Nov | Éric Rebillard (Cornell) |
'The acts of Christian martyrs as living texts (literature of Late Antiquity)' |
NB 4.30pm, Register at Eventbrite |
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Friday 13 Nov | Cillian O'Hogan (Toronto) |
'Abraham and the Exemplarity of Epic Heroes in Late Latin Poetry' |
NB 4.30pm, Register at Eventbrite |
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Friday 20 Nov | Helen Kaufmann (Erlangen) |
'Geography and identity in Late Latin Poetry (literature of Late Antiquity) |
NB 4.30pm, Register at Eventbrite |
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Wednesday 25 Nov | Elizabeth Jeffreys (Oxford) |
'From Homer to Digenis Akritis: Epics on the Byzantine Frontier |
NB 6pm, Foteini Spingou (CAS Edinburgh and South East Centre, and PAIXUE) |
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Wednesday 16 Dec | Ted Kaiser (Durham) |
‘"An even more unexpected find" – The synagogue of Dura-Europos and its place in local society |
NB 6pm, Foteini Spingou (CAS Edinburgh and South East Centre) |
Further information
Please contact Dr Benjamin Harriman, the organiser, for further information - Benjamin.Harriman@ed.ac.uk
For information on the Classical Association of Scotland please contact Foteini Spingou at casedsec@gmail.com
Find out what else is on
The School of History, Classics and Archaeology offers an exciting programme of seminars across many subjects areas. Visit the research seminars website to find out what else is happening.