Registration is still open for the Cicero Awayday 2026 at UCL on 7 May 2026. You can register and view the programme here.
In addition, thanks to an overwhelming response to this year’s call for papers for the biennial Awayday, we have decided to run a second event this year with international participation on Wednesday 3 June 2026, 2.00-5.00pm (BST, hosted online by ICS). To register and receive the meeting link, please follow this link.
2.00-3.00 pm
Session 1: Welcome and Keynote
2.00-2.10
Introduction: Gesine Manuwald (UCL) and Kathryn Tempest (Leicester and ICS)
2.10-2.50
Keynote Lecture: Cicero’s Books as Friends – Stephanie Frampton (MIT)
2.50-3.00
Break
3.00-4.15 pm
Session 2: Oratory and Politics
3.00–3.30
Annette Hillgruber (University of Bemberg): Tailored to the audience(s). Cicero’s self-fashioning in the post reditum speeches (57/6 BC)
3.30–4.00
Lorenzo Serino (University of Molise): The Orationes de lege agraria and the impact of the Social War in roman political discourses
4.00-4.15
Break
4.15-5.30pm
Session 3: Letters and Treatises
4.15-4.45
Lucia Schwerdt (Saarland University): Cicero’s first letter to Quintus and the politics of 59 BCE
4.45-5.15
Ximing Lu (University of Oregon): Mercatura Bonarum Artium: Education for the Boni
5.15-5.30
Closing Discussion
Everyone with an interest in Ciceronian matters will be welcome!
Note: this is not a Classical Association event – please contact the organisers directly with any enquiries.