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Professor Haley’s talk is now available on YouTube! youtu.be/9vagKdQSx8g
NB - the ideas illustrated are in the developmental stage, but are still her intellectual property! If you wish to use any part of the talk, you are required to cite her.
We are excited to be holding an Open Discussion with Prof Shelley Haley @reginalatinae next Wednesday, 15th July @ 6.30pm BST on “What’s a Critical Race Feminist Like Me Doing in a Field Like This?!”. Email elena.limongelli@durham.ac.uk to book a place and receive the Zoom link.
Our production of Plato’s Symposium is happening TODAY! Come to the DSU at 7:30pm for an evening of philosophy and speeches on love✨
The time has come! You can now get tickets for our production of Plato’s Symposium that will take place in Fonteyn Ballroom (DSU) on Thursday, 23rd June at 7:30pm: eventbrite.co.uk/e/platos-sy…
Hope to see many of you there!
This awesome team is working on a fantastic project… stay tuned as more info will be posted this afternoon✨
A new article is up on Ostraka by @hephaistionad - read it and enjoy 😊
Stay tuned for more information coming soon on how you too can write for Ostraka!
medium.com/ostraka-a-durham-…
A new piece is up on Ostraka!
Sophie Overton has written "An LGBT+ Reinterpretation of Ovid's Icarus for the 21st Century".
Give it a read and enjoy!
link.medium.com/h2PKzc76Lhb
A new piece is up on Ostraka!
Eleanor Cliffe has written
a summary of Dr Fögen's talk, ‘Doctors and patients in Martial’s epigrams and related texts'.
Give it a read and enjoy!
link.medium.com/GJuxFaszAhb
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Χαίρετε!
You can now watch our production of Sophocles' Philoctetes here: youtube.com/watch?v=snsjmONY…
Enjoy!
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A new poem is up on Ostraka!
@StudiousSoph has written "Gilgamesh to Enkidu…".
Give it a read and enjoy!
link.medium.com/3KTJPXWIfgb
Our sponsor, Classical Wisdom are running a Stoic Essay Competition and all our members are encouraged to enter!
Entry is free and the First-Place prize is $500! For the chance to win, and to have your work featured in their magazine, check it out below:
classicalwisdom.com/stoicism…
A new piece is up on Ostraka!
Isabel Lewis has written "Did Edward Burne-Jones replicate or appropriate the Classical world and its ideals? Exploring the transmission of mythology in Pre-Raphaelite art."
Give it a read and enjoy!
link.medium.com/V5GD9MIMVfb
Our Academic Affairs Officer Sionna Hurley-O'Kelly has written a summary of Dr Kate Cook's talk, "Infanticides, Courtesans, or Noble Self-Sacrifices: What place for women in the classics and their reception?". Give it a read and enjoy! link.medium.com/7dZr2RJNMeb
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A new piece is up on Ostraka!
Our Co-Academic Affairs Officer Eleanor Cliffe has written a summary of @sapphicapuella's talk on "Some Queer Versions of Catullus".
Give it a read and enjoy!
link.medium.com/L6SqEGHFHeb
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#repost of "Softbois and Latin Elegists: The Rhetoric of Sex and Persuasion" by our Secretary Chloe Wong.
Give it a read and enjoy!
link.medium.com/ueVJosgqBeb
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#repost of "Aristos Achaion: examining the contemporary Achilles through his romantic relationships" by Ellie Dixon-Coyte. Have a read and enjoy! :) link.medium.com/7Tu2HVnSveb
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#repost of "‘Words have no meanings in death’: Translating Catullus 101" by @illalesbia link.medium.com/Qr0O7ZH0neb
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A new piece is up on Ostraka!
Our Co-Academic Affairs Officer Sionna Hurley-O'Kelly has written a summary of the talk given to the Classics Society by Dr Tracey Walters on 'Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll'.
Give it a read and enjoy!
link.medium.com/3ehBrSS8beb
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Don't miss Prof. Ingleheart's academic talk on 'Some queer versions of Catullus' for #LGBTHistoryMonth2021 TONIGHT at 18:30!
To attend, please message the society and we'll send you the zoom link, or find it in our monthly email.
We look forward to seeing you all there!
A new piece is up on Ostraka!
Our Editor @elelimo99 has written "A forgotten land of Italy: Molise and its Samnite and Roman past".
What is your favourite (Classics-related) place? Let us know by submitting your short piece to Ostraka!
link.medium.com/J684G6Yl2db
A new piece is up on Ostraka!
Our Co-Academic Affairs Officer Eleanor Cliffe has written a summary of the talk that Professor Kaizer gave for the Society on the 8th of December, "Questions of Identity in Tadmor-Palmyra".
Give it a read and enjoy!
link.medium.com/RKm5UETWOdb
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