University of Leeds - Department of Classics

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Seminars and Lectures
Recent Conferences
Past Conferences

May 2009

I love my personal tutor awards

Congratulations to Dr Ken Belcher on winning an award at the LUU's awards ceremony on 1 May 2009.

Five other staff in the Department were also nominated for an award by current students: Dr Steven Green, Dr Sue Hamstead, Prof. Robert Maltby, Dr Elizabeth Pender and Dr Emma Stafford.

The School of Humanities, which the Department is part of, was also recognised with a school award.

Regular Events

The Department of Classics at Leeds hosts regular research events each year, including:

Leeds International Classics Seminar (LICS)

Recognised world-wide as an important research forum in Classics, this annual conference, on a variety of ancient classical topics, brings together a host of leading international scholars.

Related to this annual event is our own on-line journal.

Leeds International Classical Studies

Department of Classics: Reception for visitors

Departmental Research Seminar:

The Departmental Research Seminar is a forum in which members of the Department learn about and contribute to each other's current research projects. We also invite a variety of visiting speakers. Details of this year's programme are given under Seminars and Lectures below.

Classical Association (Leeds and District branch):

The local branch of the Classical Association, a lively group of classical enthusiasts, organise a series of papers throughout the year from visiting and home speakers. These papers are designed to be accessible to a wider audience, and everyone - academics, teachers, students and classical enthusiasts - are warmly invited to attend. Details of this year's programme are given under Seminars and Lectures below.

Northern Association of Ancient Philosophy:

The Northern Association for Ancient Philosophy aims to promote the study of all aspects of Greek and Roman Thought and its influence in later times. It is an informal association, and there is no membership fee. Anyone with a serious academic interest in the field is encouraged to join. Postgraduate students and people from overseas are also very welcome.

Northern Association of Ancient Philosophy:

Seminars and Lectures for 2009-10 (updated October 26 2009)

Unless otherwise indicated, Research Seminars are in Room 101 at 3 pm, and CA talks are at 5.30 pm in Room 101, preceded by tea in Room 119 from 5 pm.

Speaker	Title	Date
2009
Anthony Corbeill (University of Kansas)	Feminine Dust and Masculine Bark: Fluid Grammatical Gender in Latin Poetry	Wed 7 Oct (3 pm)
Andreas Willi (Worcester College, Oxford)	The Rise of “Classical” Attic	Wed 21 Oct (3 pm)
Bruce Gibson (University of Liverpool)	History Written in Water: Frontinus on Aqueducts	Wed 28 Oct (3 pm)
Lionel Scott	CA Talk: Why are the Greeks called Hellenes?	Mon 2 Nov (5.30 pm)
P.J. Cherian (Kerala Council for Historical Research)	Muziris and the Trade between India and Rome: Archaeological Evidence from Pattanam, Kerala, India	Wed 11 Nov (3 pm)
Peter Kruschwitz (University of Reading)	Just Look at this Mess!? Linguistic Aspects of Latin Stone Inscriptions from Roman Britain	Wed 18 Nov (3 pm)
Roger Brock (University of Leeds)	Greek Political Imagery in the Fourth Century BC	Wed 25 Nov (3 pm)
2010
Andrew Poulter (Nottingham University)	CA Talk: Goths, Avars and Romans on the Danube in Late Antiquity	Thurs 21 Jan (5.30 pm)
Matthew Leigh (Oxford University)	CA Talk: Vergil’s Second Eclogue and the Class Struggle	Mon 8 Mar (5.30 pm)
Robert Maltby (University of Leeds)	CA Talk: The Grammarian Consentius as a source for spoken Latin	Tues 11 May (5.30 pm)

Recent Conferences

Forgotten Stars: Rediscovering Manilius' Astronomica (co-organised by Katharina Volk (Columbia) and Steve Green (Leeds), held at Columbia University, 24-25 October 2008)
Redefining Disability in the Ancient World (co-organised by Patty Baker (Kent) an Sarah Francis (Leeds), Leeds, held at Leeds, 24 January 2009)
Leeds International Classics Seminar 2009 Public images in Augustan Rome, (held at Leeds, 15 May 2009)
Special Seminar Series and Colloquium (British Academy Visiting Fellow, Dr. Duplouy, gave four seminars during March 2009 and his visit concluded with a colloquium on 7 May 2009)

Past Conferences

2006-7

2005-6

2004-5

Leeds International Classics Seminar: Programme 2004-5
Annual Classical Association Meeting, 2004

2003-4

Before 2003

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