Meetings
5 June 2010
University of Glasgow
Lectures will be held in Room 410 (The Murray Room) of the Department of Classics at 65 Oakfield Avenue (off University Avenue in the Gilmorehill Campus of the University). If you need directions to this venue, please contact the Secretary (0141 330 4383).
Greek Epic and Lyric Poetry
Chair: Professor Douglas Cairns
12:00-13:00 Professor Stephen Halliwell (St Andrews): Odysseus's request and the need for song
c. 13:15 Lunch. Please contact the Secretary (0141 330 4383), if you wish to book a place.
14:40 CAS Business Meeting, followed by:
Chair: Dr Ian Ruffell
14.45 Dr Richard Rawles (Edinburgh): Ibycus and Epic
All welcome.
10 May 2008
University of Edinburgh
10:45 am Council Meeting ( David Hume Tower, Room 5.18 )
‘Aspects of Ancient Philosophy’
Lectures will be held in the Conference Room, David Hume Tower, George Square (location map). (The Conference Room is on the ground floor of the DHT; turn left after entering the building and the Conference Room is directly in front of you, near the lifts.) If you need directions to the David Hume Tower, please contact the Acting Secretary of the Edinburgh & South East branch of the CAS, Dr Sandra Bingham at 0131 650 6689.
Chair: Professor Theodore Scaltsas
11:30 am Professor Frans de Haas (Leiden): ‘ Aristotle on consciousness: the Greek text and modern philosophical expectations ’
c. 1:00 pm Lunch at The Home Bistro (5 minutes walk from David Hume Tower). Please contact Dr Sandra Bingham if you wish to book a place.
2:30 pm Short Business Meeting
Chair: Dr Simon Trépanier
2:40 pm Dr Patricia Clarke (Aberdeen): ‘Some comments on Plato’s Theaetetus’
3:10 pm Professor Richard Stalley (Glasgow): ‘The Origin of Justice’
Postgraduate students are very welcome and may attend without a fee.
27th October 2007
University of Glasgow
‘Aspects of Ancient History’
Lectures will be held in Room 410 (‘The Murray Room’) of the Department of Classics, 65 Oakfield Avenue (off University Avenue in the Main Campus). If you need directions to this venue, please contact Dr C. Panayotakis (c.panayotakis@classics.arts.gla.ac.uk).
Chair: Dr Ronald Knox
11.30 am Professor Tim Parkin (Manchester): ‘Ancient ageing in the 21st century’
c. 1.00 pm Lunch at The Parthenon restaurant, 725 Gt. Western Rd; this is 7-10 minutes walking distance from the Department of Classics. Please contact the Secretary (c.panayotakis@classics.arts.gla.ac.uk, 0141 330 4383) if you wish to book a place.
2.30 pm Short Business Meeting
Chair: Professor Catherine Steel
2.40 pm Professor Jill Harries (St Andrews): ‘Cicero imperator: the exemplary governor?’
5th May 2007
10.45 am Council Meeting in the Swallowgate 11, Butts Wynd, St Andrews
Aspects of Greek Tragedy
School III, St Salvator's College, St Andrews
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 11.30 | Dr William Allan, (University College, Oxford) | Fifth- century Athenian Tragedy as popular art |
| 2.30 | Short Business Meeting | |
| 2.40 - 3.10 | Dr Michael Lurie (Edinburgh) | On Hamartia in Aristotle and Greek Tragedy, Once Again |
| 3.10 - 3.40 | Professor Alex Garvie (Glasgow) | The Persae of Aeschylus - a victim of ageism? |
Link to location map. Swallowgate and School III are both situated between North Street and The Scores.
Lunch will be at around 1 pm at Le Rustique, College Street . Please contact Dr Costas Panayotakis if you wish to book a place.
Postgraduate students are very welcome and may attend without a fee.
28th October 2006
10.45 am Council Meeting in the Lorimer Room, Old College, Edinburgh
Visual and Material Culture
Lecture Theatre 175, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 11.30 | Dr Shelley Hales (Bristol) | Recasting Antiquity: The Pompeii Court in the Crystal Palace |
| 2.30 | Short Business Meeting | |
| 2.40 - 3.10 | Dr Peter van Dommelen (Glasgow) | Colonial Matters: exploring the material dimensions of colonial cultures |
| 3.10 - 3.40 | Dr Rebecca Sweetman (St Andrews) | Experiencing material culture: exploring new approaches in teaching, learning and assessment |
Link to location map or contact Dr Gavin Kelly for directions. Both Lecture Theatre 175 and the Lorimer Room are on the right hand side of the Court of Old College.
Lunch will be at around 1 pm at Ti Amo, 16 Nicolson Street. Please contact Dr Gavin Kelly if you wish to book a place.
Postgraduate students are very welcome and may attend without a fee.
6th May 2006 - Glasgow
| Speaker | Title |
| Professor Ineke Sluiter (Leiden) | |
| Dr A. Visser (St Andrews) | Confessionalizing Augustine: Reception in the Reformation |
| Dr G. Nisbet (Glasgow) | “Love's scrivener”: Greek epigram in Victorian reception |
| Dr E. Greenwood (St Andrews) | Does Reception Change Anything? |