Classics for All London and the South East: 6th Form In-Person Enrichment Day with the KCL Classics Department

TIME: 9:30AM - 3:30PM

DATE: Wednesday, July 5th 2023

VENUE: King's College London

Classics for All London and the South East: 6th Form In-Person Enrichment Day with the KCL Classics Department

Wednesday 5 July 2023

9.30am – 3.30pm

Registration is via Eventbrite.

 

Meet at the British Museum (exact meeting place and time will be sent after registration has closed)

Morning session – British Museum, 10am – 11:30am (exact time TBC): Will Wootton and Mike Trapp on objects from the collection from an archaeological perspective and from the perspective of ancient thought and literature.

Lunch (Details/Time TBC)

Afternoon session 1 – KCL, 1pm – 2pm (exact time TBC): James Corke-Webster: ‘Living on the Edge in Roman Britain’ (ancient history interactive taster)

Afternoon session 2 – KCL, 2:15pm – 3:15pm (exact time TBC): Emily Pillinger: ‘Latin loving: Catullus and the urban dictionary’ (cultural context and a taster on how translation of words plays into cultural interpretation, i.e. a sense of what is the endpoint of language learning)

Plenary – KCL, 3:15 – 3:30pm (exact time TBC)