Events
View a calendar of upcoming events on classical subjects, from competition deadlines to public lectures and summer schools. Use the three main tabs to browse events hosted by the CA, by our local branches and by external organisers, and then filter using the tabs below. If you would like us to add an event to our calendar, please send details to canews@classicalassociation.org.
Please note that, unless listed under CA Events, any enquiries about the activities featured below should be directed to the organisers of the event and not to the CA itself.
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CPD event / Short course
Classical Association SEND course: ‘Literacy...
12 November 2025 – 25 June 2026 (online) This course, led by Emily Rushton, is designed to empower participants to create an inclusive and supportive environment for all students in Classics, with a particular...
CPD event / Short course
Classical Association SEND course: ‘Literacy...
‘Literacy and Classics: unlocking the classical world for neurodiverse students’ 12 November 2025 – 25 June 2026 (online) This course, led by Emily Rushton, is designed to empower participants to create an inclusive and...
Branch events
Gloucestershire branch lecture: Dr Alison...
Gloucestershire Classical Association lecture Dr Alison Pollard (University of Oxford): ‘How to Decorate a Roman House’ Tuesday 28 April 2026, 7.30pm Dean Close School, Shelburne Road, Cheltenham Please contact Claire Wilkinson at wilkinsonc@cheltladiescollege.org for more information. Note: for queries about any events hosted by local CA branches, please contact the branch directly (details are... Read more »
Branch events
Derbyshire branch talk: Dr Giacomo...
Derbyshire Classical Association Dr Giacomo Savani: ‘An Elusive Legacy: The Rediscovery of Roman Baths in Eighteenth-Century Britain’ The meeting will take place on Friday 8 May, in the main hall at Strutts Community Centre, Belper (DE56 1UU), with doors opening at 7 for a 7.30 pm start. Drinks and refreshments will be available before the... Read more »
Branch events
Cambridge & District branch event:...
Cambridge & District Classical Association event Talk by Dr Samuel Gartland, University of Leeds: After Dark in Ancient Greece 11 May 2026, 6.00pm – 7.00pm Join us at the Faculty of Classics for this talk which will explore nightlife, night work, fear, and freedom in ancient Greece, asking who enjoyed the night and who paid the price... Read more »
Branch events
Bristol branch talk: Dr Jane...
Bristol Classical Association 12 May 2026, 6.45 pm Dr Jane Masséglia will present: “The Ketton Mosaic, How Troy came to Roman Rutland” Dr Jane Masséglia is an Associate Professor of Ancient History and part of the joint University of Leicester-Historic England team responsible for the publication and presentation of the Roman villa complex discovered in... Read more »
Branch events
North Staffordshire branch lecture: John...
North Staffordshire Classical Association lecture John Drinkwater: ‘Roman Coins – Hands On’ Thursday 14 May 2o26, further details to be announced Keele Hall, University of Keele, ST5 5BG All welcome – free of charge. Note: for queries about any events hosted by local CA branches, please contact the branch directly (details are available on... Read more »
Branch events
Birmingham & Midlands branch: Texts...
Birmingham & Midlands Classical Association ‘Texts and Topics 2026’ sixth form conference 2 July 2026, 9.00am – 2.45pm King Edward’s School, Edgbaston Road, Birmingham B15 2DU The Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association invites sixth form students to the 2026 Texts & Topics Conference at King Edward’s School, Birmingham. Students will take part in three... Read more »
Branch events
Cornwall branch lecture: Dr Matthew...
Cornwall Classical Association Dr Matthew Nicholls (University of Oxford): ‘Digital Rome: A virtual tour of the ancient city’ 3 July 2026, 6pm Online
Short course
‘Cleopatra – An Egyptian Queen’...
CLEOPATRA at Roman Bath, with George Sharpley Saturday 25th April 2026, 10am-4pm News of Caesar’s murder in 44 BC must have come as a shock to Cleopatra. He was the father of her toddler son and their host in Rome where they had been staying for nearly two years. They left Rome for Alexandria almost... Read more »
Public Lecture
2026 Sybille Haynes Etruscan Lecture:...
2026 Sybille Haynes Etruscan Lecture Monday 27 April, 5pm Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles’, Oxford. Dr Mariachiara Franceschini, from the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, will give a lecture by herself and Dr Paul P. Pasieka (University of Mainz), entitled ‘Urbanization in Transition: Vulci and Etruria during the Archaic Period.’ We look forward to seeing you... Read more »
Public Lecture
Classics for All: Dr Kathryn...
Classics for All fundraising event Dr Kathryn Tempest: ‘Corruption as symptom and cause: Cicero and the decline of the Roman Republic’ Tuesday 28 April, doors open 5:30pm Twenty Essex Street, London WC2R 3AL Lawyers’ Group members are invited to book their ticket to an evening with historian, author and lecturer at the University of Leicester,... Read more »
Public Lecture
IGRCT ‘Oblique Classicisms/ Hidden Histories’ lecture...
‘Oblique Classicisms/ Hidden Histories’ Sponsored by Bristol’s Institute of Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition (IGRCT) This series will take place online via Zoom. Please visit this link to register. April 29th Alexander Beecroft (South Carolina) ‘Ekphrastic Voyeurism: Gyges and Candaules in Anglophone Fiction of the 1970s and 1990s’ Laura Jansen (Bristol) ‘Forthcoming Directions... Read more »
Public Lecture
Corpus Christi Classics Centre annual...
The Corpus Christi Classics Centre’s annual lecture will take place on Wednesday 29 April at 5pm in the Al Jaber Auditorium at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The lecture will be delivered by Professor Barbara Graziosi from Princeton University on ‘Sappho: A New Proposal’. Professor Graziosi contends in this talk that scholars have not paid sufficient attention to the material... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
Call for Papers: ‘Rethinking Assessment...
The Open University: ‘Rethinking Assessment in Classical Studies’ 30 April 2026 at The Open University in Milton Keynes. The deadline for submission of proposals is 23 February 2026. The symposium on Rethinking Assessment in Classical Studies aims to bring together educational practitioners to explore ways in which assessment design for Classical Studies courses at... Read more »
Seminar
ICS Ancient History seminar: Konstantinos...
The Ancient History seminar at the Institute of Classical Studies will be hosting a seminar from Konstantinos Zachos, From Actium to Rome: The Tropaeum of the Actian Victory at Nicopolis and the Visual Language of Augustan Triumph Dr Zachos is emeritus curator of Antiquities of the Greek Ministry of Culture and is a leading figure in... Read more »
Seminar
ICS Ancient History seminar: Konstantinos...
ICS Ancient History Seminar Konstantinos L. Zachos (Emeritus Curator of Antiquites): ‘From Actium to Rome: The Tropaeum of the Actian Victory at Nicopolis and the Visual Language of Augustan Triumph’ Thursday 30 April, 4.30pm – 6.30pm, in person at Senate House and online. Register here. This talk presents the results of a long-term interdisciplinary research... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
Meeting of the Durham/Edinburgh/Glasgow Network...
Following the successful first meeting of the Durham/Edinburgh/Glasgow network on ancient epistolography in Edinburgh in Feb. 2025, we invite you to the second meeting, which will take place in Durham on Friday 1 May 2026. Our goal is to give a platform for current research on epistolography and to connect scholars with an interest in ancient... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
Call for Papers: Analogue Games...
Call for Papers: ‘Analogue Games and the Ancient & Pre-Modern Past’ University of Durham Friday 1 May 2026 Organisers: Dr. Helen Roche (Durham University, UK) and Dr. Hamish Cameron (Victoria University of Wellington, NZ) Recently, analogue games have been gaining increasing attention within the context of Game Studies, Ludonarratology, Historical Game Studies and Classical Game... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
Network on Ancient Epistolography 2nd...
Durham/Edinburgh/Glasgow Network on Ancient Epistolography Second Meeting Durham 1st May 2026 Organizers: Roy Gibson, Andrew Morrison, Janja Soldo Venue: Ritson Room, Durham Department of Classics & Ancient History, 38 North Bailey, Durham DH1 3EU Attendance at the workshop is free, with lunch and tea/coffee provided throughout the day; but spaces are limited: email roy.k.gibson@durham.ac.uk to... Read more »
Short course
Hellenic Society & Roman Society...
Hellenic Society & Roman Society Online Course Jan Haywood: ‘Divination in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds’ Wednesday 6, 13, 20, 27 May and 3 June 6pm-7.30pm (UK time) This course explores the prominent role played by divination in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, examining how different individuals and communities sought to obtain knowledge... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
Call for Papers: Cicero Awayday...
Cicero Awayday 2026: Call for Papers Cicero Awayday 2026 will be held at UCL in London on Thursday, 7 May 2026. As on previous occasions, this will be a forum for graduate students and colleagues to present current research on any aspect of studies on Cicero’s life and work. Presentations will generally be 20-30 minutes,... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
Perspectives on Character and Truth...
Perspectives on Character and Truth King’s College London 7-8 May 2026 The Department of Philosophy, King’s College London is pleased to announce a conference organised in honour of Raphael Woolf titled: Perspectives on Character and Truth. Programme: Thursday, 7 May 2026 10:00-11:30 Fiona Leigh (UCL) – Soul turning: Desiderative Self-knowledge and Courage in Alcibiades... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
Cicero Awayday (UCL)
Cicero Awayday 2026 will take place at UCL on 7 May 2026. Everyone with an interest in Ciceronian matters will be welcome! Please register here. Programme: 10.30–10.45 am Registration and coffee 10.45–11.00 am Opening remarks Section 1: Cicero’s letters and treatises 11.00–11.40 am Catharine Edwards: Paternal address: Cicero and son 11.40–12.20 pm Cesare Barba: Cicero’s officium in the Civil... Read more »
Miscellaneous
Experiencing the last days of...
A one-off screening of the rarely seen silent epic film Jone o Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (Jone or The Last Days of Pompeii, 1913, dir. Giovanni Enrico Vidali) will be held in the 500-seat Bloomsbury Theatre from 6 to 8.30 pm on Saturday 9 May 2026. Immerse yourself in the romance and menace of Pompeii’s... Read more »
Miscellaneous
‘Epistemic Impressions’ (in conversation with...
‘Epistemic Impressions’ (in conversation with Verity Platt) Monday 11 May 2026: 4–7pm Room 313, Third Floor, QMUL School of Law, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS As part of the Third Annual Meeting of the Imagination Research Network, QMUL is hosting a symposium dedicated to Verity Platt’s 2025 OUP book, ‘Epistemic Impressions: Making and Mediating... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
Call for Papers: Late Bronze...
This is an invitation to present at or attend the next Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age/Archaic Aegean Network mini-conference that will take place on 13 May 2026. The event will be held in a hybrid format, with in-person presentations at the Institute of Classical Studies in London, and the option to join online. However, we encourage... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
Call for Papers: ‘Writing from...
Call for Papers: ‘Writing from the Margins: New Approaches to Ancient Authorship’ This conference will take place at Durham University, from the 13th-15th of May 2026. This conference seeks to re-envision ancient authorship by exploring the roles played by socially marginalised and overlooked groups in the creation, preservation, and dissemination of ancient texts. It contests traditional views of ancient... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
Early Greece Network Conference (ICS,...
Early Greece Network Conference 13th May 2026, 11.00am – 3.30pm Institute of Classical Studies (Senate House, London) REMINDER: The deadline for applications to speak at the next Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age/Archaic Aegean Network conference is Friday 27th March 2026. Those interested in speaking, please fill out the form (linked below) and see below for... Read more »
Public Lecture
Prof Sam Lieu FBA on...
Department of Classics and Ancient History, Durham University Special invited lecture by Prof Sam Lieu FBA: ‘The Battle of Aigospotamoi (405 BCE) – Historiography versus Topography’ Wednesday 13th May 5-6pm Ritson Room, 38 North Bailey, Durham. Summary: The Battle of Aigospotamoi (405 BCE) was the final and decisive battle of the Peloponnesian War. An amphibious... Read more »