Dr Donncha O'Rourke: W.B. Stanford Memorial Lecture series

Dr O'Rourke will speak on 'Erring Willingly: Weakness of the will in Roman Elegy' beginning on Wednesday 6 April.

• Lecture 1: 'Elegy and Philosophy: akrasia from Socrates to Ovid' - Wednesday 6th April, Emmet Theatre (2037), Arts Building, 7.30pm
• Lecture 2: 'Life Choices: the poetics and politics of akrasia' - Thursday 7th April, Classics Seminar Room, 6pm (also online)
• Lecture 3: 'Carmen et error: akrasia in exile' - Friday 8th April, Classics Seminar Room, 6pm (also online)

Lecture 1 is a public event, and no RSVP is required. Lectures 2 and 3 will be in person with limited numbers but will also be available online. Please RSVP for Lectures 2 and 3 to receive online joining information by Monday 4th April to : email: ryanw1@tcd.ie

The Stanford Memorial Lectures

This lecture series was established, by public subscription, to honour the memory of William Bedell Stanford, Regius Professor of Greek in Trinity College, Dublin, from 1940 to 1980, and Chancellor of the University of Dublin from 1982 to 1984. Lecturers are chosen by a committee of the Department of Classics. The aim of the lecture series is to elicit from a scholar deemed to be doing innovative work in one area or other of the disciplines of Classical Studies a set of three lectures on a theme of his or her choice. The lectures, suitably expanded, are published by Cambridge University Press.