Saturday 1 June, Woburn Suite (G22/26), Senate House
2pm: AGM
Roman Dictators and Dictatorship
2.30 Professor Tim Cornell: Roman dictators and modern politics
3.00 Professor Catherine Steel: Sulla’s dictatorship: revival or recreation?
3.45 Tea
4.15 Professor Federico Santangelo: From Paris to Turi: constructions of Caesarisms
4.45 Professor Maria Wyke: Roman Dictatorship in Britain: Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra on stage and screen
5.30 Reception
Roman Society & the British School at Rome
Tuesday 4 June, 6pm, Woburn Suite (G22/26), Senate House
Professor Ian Haynes and Dr Thea Ravasi: Enriching the soldiers, scorning the rest? New evidence for the impact of Septimius Severus' restoration of Rome.
Generously supported by a member of the Roman Society and the British School at Rome
Hellenic Society
Saturday 8 June, The Woburn Suite (G22-26), Senate House
2.00pm An illustrated lecture by Professor Catherine Morgan (All Souls College, Oxford)
4.00pm Annual General Meeting
Hellenic & Roman Society
Wednesday 3 July, Beveridge Hall, Senate House
Saving Ancient Treasures for the World
Speakers will include Dr Roger Bland (Keeper of the Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasure, British Museum, 2005-2013 ), Professor Eleanor Robson (Professor of Ancient Middle Eastern History, UCL), Dr Maamoun Abdulkarim (Director General for Antiquities and Museums of Syria, 2012-2017), Dr John Curtis (CEO Iran Heritage Foundation), and Colonel Matthew Bogdanos (Chief, Antiquities Trafficking Unit, NY District Attorney’s Office). More details and arrangements for booking will be available later in the year.
A day conference, generously supported by Mr Christian Levett.
FIEC - Classical Association Conference
Thursday 4 - Monday 8 July, Institute of Education & Senate House
For all the details of this major international conference, see the dedicated website: http://www.fiec2019.org/
HARL
Wednesday 16 October, 6-8pm, Macmillan Hall, Senate House
Homer Today
A panel discussion chaired by Martha Kearney. Panellists include Edith Hall and Nicoletta Momigliano.
Followed by reception in the Library. Booking information will be available later in the year.
Roman Society
Tuesday 12 November, 5.30pm, Room 349, Senate House
Book Launch of Peter Wiseman's The House of Augustus
with Peter Wiseman, Mary Beard, Henry Hurst and Amy Russell
A wine reception will follow and copies of the book will be available to buy.
Generously sponsored by Princeton University Press
Institute of Classical Studies