We are thrilled to invite you to Overboard! – a compelling and hilarious debate in support of Classics for All on Wednesday 27 September 2023.
Hosted by Jimmy Mulville and Dr Emma Greensmith, this original debate will see four top classicists go head-to-head to make the case for why their chosen character from antiquity should be thrown overboard a rapidly sinking ship. In short, they will attempt to convince you that their character is the most odious villain from the ancient world. Who will sink and who will swim? It will be up to you, the audience, to decide.
We are honoured to count Professor Tim Whitmarsh, Dr Gail Trimble and Dr Adrian Kelly among our distinguished speakers. The final speaker will be announced soon. We are very grateful to Linklaters LLP for hosting this debate at their London office. There is also the option to watch the debate live online via YouTube.
This event is being hosted at Linklaters LLP (One Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8HQ). Tickets to attend in person are £20 and include complementary drinks and canapés. Doors open at 6:00pm and the debate starts at 7:00pm. Book in-person tickets here.
You can also watch the livestream of this event online. Tickets to watch online via Zoom are £10 with a £5 concessionary rate. The livestream starts at 7:00pm and in case you miss it, the recording will be shared with you. Book online tickets here.
*£5 concessionary tickets are available to anyone who is a pensioner, unemployed or in full-time education.
Do you work or study in a state school?
Free tickets to the online event are available to any state school teachers, pupils or regional network personnel involved in Classics for All’s schools programme. If you are in one of these groups, please email events@classicsforall.org.uk to request the link.
Tim Whitmarsh is the Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge. He has published widely on Greek literature and culture, his books including Ancient Greek Literature, Beyond the Second Sophistic and Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World. He has appeared frequently on the BBC, and in the national press.
Dr Gail Trimble took her first degree, MSt and DPhil at Corpus Christi College, Oxford between 2000 and 2010. After a year as a Junior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, she returned to Oxford to take up the Tutorial Fellowship at Trinity College in 2011.
Dr Adrian Kelly did his undergraduate and Master’s degrees in Melbourne, before coming to Oxford in 1998 to do his DPhil. He held teaching posts at Magdalen, St Anne’s and Balliol, and the Fulford Junior Research Fellowship at St Anne’s (2003–5) before returning to Balliol as a Tutorial Fellow in 2008. He has recently been editing the Cambridge Companion to Sappho (which is almost done) and trying to find time to work on a commentary on Iliad XXIII for the Greek and Latin Classics series published by Cambridge University Press.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact events@classicsforall.org.uk.
Note: this is a fee-paying event run by an organisation which is not affiliated to, or funded by, the Classical Association