Tales for All Time: Modern Audience Reception of Homeric Epic
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Presented by Karen Possingham (ANU) as part of the Classics Seminar Series The poet we call Homer stands at the intersection of a long oral tradition and the emergence of literacy. The poems associated with his name have exercised a continuing appeal, across time; and yet they can be unsettling,…
Books That Changed Humanity #4: The Iliad
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Books that Changed Humanity is a book club with a difference. Each month, the Humanities Research Centre hosts an expert from one of a variety of disciplines, who will introduce and lead the discussion of a major historical text. All of these texts, which are drawn from a variety of cultural…
ANU FAAIA Annual Fundraising Dinner
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The ANU Friends of the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens (FAAIA) cordially invites you to their Annual Fundraising Dinner: 'The Iliad As It Should Be - Live and Loud': Readings by William Zappa from his dynamic adaptation of Homer’s Iliad William Zappa, (“Half Greek, half English, all…
Book launch: 'Medievalist Comics and the American Century' by Dr Chris Bishop
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All are cordially invited to the launch of 'Medievalist Comics and the American Century' by Dr Chris Bishop from the ANU Centre for Classical Studies. The event will be held in the ANU Classics Museum from 5:30-7:00pm, with the official launch at 6:00pm. The comic book has become an…
Observations on combining a career and family
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Presented by Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies (Canberra Chapter) Prof. Carole E. Newlands will share some observations on this ever-relevant topic. There will be plenty of time for discussion afterwards. Feel free to bring your own lunch. All welcome! Tea/coffee and cakes provided:…
"Britannia Secunda ad finem Terrae" Roman Life at the Edge of the World
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Presented as part of the Centre for Classical Studies Seminar Series The wild north of Britain was never really settled by the Roman Empire. Britannia Secunda was a military zone throughout the Roman occupation. So when the administration of Britannia began to break down, it started in the north.…
Public Talk Hosted by Friends of the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
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Public talk. Fiona Sweet Formiatti: 'Homer on refugees', and Adrienne White: 'Images of violence and trauma on Greek pottery' 8pm, Thursday, 13 October. Apollo Room, the Hellenic Club in Woden. Hosted by the Friends of the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens. Free. All welcome. Fiona…