A series of public lectures will be delivered at Aberdeen on consecutive days in February, by the 2026 Geddes-Harrower Chair, Prof. Glenn Most.
‘Greek Tragedy and Its Reception’
‘The Tragic Day’
(Friday 13th February, at 5.30 to 7 pm; Craig Suite, Duncan Rice Library, floor 7)
‘Suspense and Surprise in Greek Tragedy’
(Saturday 14th February, at 1.30 to 3 pm; Seminar Room, Aberdeen Art Gallery)
‘The Horrific Body in Sophocles’
(Sunday 15th February, at 1.30 to 3 pm; Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Art Gallery)
‘Bifocal Reception: Hecubavs. The Trojan Women‘
(Monday 16th February, at 5.30 to 7 pm; Craig Suite, Duncan Rice Library, floor 7)
The first and last lectures will be followed by wine receptions. I warmly invite you to join us in person, if you can. For those who cannot, there will also be a link to join online: please email Syrithe Pugh at s.m.pugh@abdn.ac.uk to request this, using your institutional email account if you have one.
The Geddes-Harrower Chair is a visiting Professorship, which, over the past century, has brought many of the world’s foremost scholars of classical culture to Aberdeen. It was established through a bequest by John Harrower (Aberdeen’s Regius Professor of Greek, 1886-1931), and is named in honour of Harrower and of his father-in-law, William Duguid Geddes (Regius Professor of Greek, 1855-85, and subsequently Principal of the University). In recent years, the scope of the Chair has been widened from its original focus on Greek Art and Archaeology to encompass Classics, broadly conceived.
Note: this is not a Classical Association event – please contact the organisers directly with any enquiries.