Outreach Events

All events are free and open to the public

2017-18

Classics Confidential: interviews with UCL staff and students
An evening with Fiona Shaw: Friday 17 October 2014 (Pearson G22)
Ancient Passions: 15 - 23 November 2014 (Birkbeck cinema)
Love, Lust and Longing in Greek Poetry and Image: Freud and Eros. Tuesday 27 January 2015
Staging Greek Tragedy Today: Public symposium 13 February 2015
Jo Balmer in conversation acclaimed poet and translator Josephine Balmer in conversation with Theo Hermans (UCL Dutch), Phiroze Vasunia (UCL Greek and Latin) and Maria Wyke (UCL Greek and Latin). Tuesday 3 March 2015 (6 - 7:30 pm, followed by a reception)
'A Female Philoctetes': A Staged Reading and discussion. Tuesday 30 June 2015 (Cruciform Building B304-LT1)

Interview with Madeline Miller on The Song of Achilles
Youtube: British Museum lunchtime lecture: Desirability and domination: Greek Sculpture and the Modern Male Body (Maria Wyke)
Youtube: The Greek play in rehearsal
Youtube: Housman lecture 2013: The Dionysian parade and the poetics of plenty (Eric Csapo)
Youtube: UCL lecture May 2013: The Theatre that Moved the Soul (Peter Meineck)
Olympics ancient and modern: The pursuit of Olympic ideals - physical, neural and aesthetic (discussion) ...also blogged.
Olympics ancient and modern: Song and stone in public space (lecture by Chris Carey), from the conference Sport & Competition in Ancient Greece and Rome
Desire, Decadence and Death: Experiencing the Ancient World in Silent Cinema: 15th November 2014