The Ancient World - Talks on Classical Civilisation & History
We offer the following talks to schools. None, except those marked *, assume knowledge of Latin or Greek. Those marked PP are illustrated with powerpoint slides. All talks are designed to be 45 minutes long, but can be adapted to other lengths if required. It is also possible that talks could be modified for particular requirements.
The talks are aimed at A level students, but again many could be modified for GCSE if required.
In the first instance, please contact Dr Andy Fear, Classics & Ancient History, University of Manchester, Oxford Rd M13 9PL - Telephone: 0161 275 3122, email: Andrew.Fear@manchester.ac.uk
History
- A Day at the Races - an examination of chariot racing in antiquity PP - Dr Andy Fear
- Blood and Sand - gladiators in antiquity PP - Dr Andy Fear
- AD 84 - the Roman response to tyranny PP - Dr Andy Fear
- Apocalypse Now: Boadicea's uprising PP - Dr Andy Fear
- Agricola: a Roman superhero PP - Dr Andy Fear
- The Edge of Civilisation: Hadrian's Wall PP - Dr Andy Fear
- Living in an ancient city: the splendour and the squalor - Prof Tim Parkin
- Were the ancient Romans more bloodthirsty than we are? - Prof Tim Parkin
- Polybius on the rise of Rome and how to write history- Prof David Langslow
- Mussolini & Ancient Rome PP - Prof Tim Cornell
- Commemorating the war dead in Ancient Greece - Dr Polly Low
- Roman Women - Dr Kate Cooper
- The Roman Family - Dr Kate Cooper
- The Rise of Christianity - Dr Kate Cooper
- Early Christian Martyrdom - Dr Kate Cooper
- The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Dr Kate Cooper
Literature and Language
- The pronunciation of classical Greek* PP- Prof David Langslow
- The pronunciation of Classical Latin* PP - Prof David Langslow
- Odysseus and Agamemenon PP - Prof David Langslow
- What is Indo-European? And how do we know? - Prof David Langslow
- Ancient Myths and Urban Myths: Troy and the microwaved cat - Dr Emma Griffiths
- Aristophanic Comedy: "the ancient high school musical" - Dr Emma Griffiths
- Greek Tragedy and Shakespeare - Dr Emma Griffiths
- Teenage Life in the Ancient World - Dr Emma Griffiths
- Ancient utopias and Plato's Atlantis - Dr Emma Griffiths
- Deathless Glory: heroism in the Iliad and Odyssey - Dr Andrew Morrison
- Directed by Homer: Homer and the poetry of seeing - Dr Andrew Morrison
- War Music: Christopher Logue as a Hellenistic poet - Dr Andrew Morrison
- Catullus the love poet - Prof Roy Gibson - Ovid the love poet - Prof Roy Gibson
- Playing with Ovid - Prof Alison Sharrock