Events in 2024

Events in 2024, in chronological order

 

Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
Terence Seminar and Conference - Phormio Seminar Week 1
David Shipp (Oxford); ll. 1-111
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Front cover to The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE by Alexa Piqueux
The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art
Alexa Piqueux (Paris Nanterre)
Monday, January 22, 2024 - 3:00pm
Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
Terence Seminar and Conference - Phormio Seminar Week 2
Matthew Leigh (Oxford); ll.111-230
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
Terence Seminar and Conference - Phormio Seminar Week 3
Jonathan Katz (Oxford); ll. 231-347
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Two dark silhouetted ancient Greek soldiers, with spears and round shields, on a red background. In the style of ancient Greek vases.
Christopher Logue and the Classics
Saturday, February 3, 2024 - 10:00am
Mapping Medea: Revolutions and Transfers 1750-1800, edited by Anna Albrektson and Fiona Macintosh (OUP, 2023)
Mapping Medea - online book launch
Kate Tunstall (Oxford), Miranda Stanyon (Melbourne)
Monday, February 5, 2024 - 6:00pm
Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
Terence Seminar and Conference - Phormio Seminar Week 4
Sebastian Hyams (Oxford); ll. 347-464
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
Terence Seminar and Conference - Phormio Seminar Week 5
Melina McClure (Oxford); ll. 465-566
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
Terence Seminar and Conference - Phormio Seminar Week 6
Charlotte Susser (Oxford); ll. 567-726
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
Terence Seminar and Conference - Phormio Seminar Week 7
Matthew Wainwright (Oxford); ll. 726-894
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Panathenaea at the ancient temple of Paestum, 1936
Publication launch: Performances of Classical Antiquity under Fascism
Thursday, February 29, 2024 - 5:00pm
Photograph of a male dancer, dressed all in black against a blank white background; he is stood on one leg with his body and face lying on a white table. He is looking to camera; his other leg is bent upwards and is bare from knee to ankle.
Dimitris Papaioannou @ Oxford
Dimitris Papaioannou
Monday, March 4, 2024 - 5:00pm
Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
Terence Seminar and Conference - Phormio Seminar Week 8
Valentino Gargano (Oxford); ll. 895-1055
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
Terence Seminar and Conference - Terence Conference
Friday, March 8, 2024 - 10:00am to 6:00pm
Watercolour painting by William Orpen, depicts a soldier holding a rifle, stood in front of a trench, surrounded by debris, his clothes have been blown away and he wears only tattered rags and a helmet.
Publication Launch: Oxford Classical Reception Commentaries
Monday, April 15, 2024 - 5:00pm
Detail from an Attic black-figure vase, depicting two women working at an upright loom.
Reworking Epic: Across Time, Media and Cultures
Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 9:45am
1613 black and white engraving of person holding a mask, text reads Bella in vista dentro trista
Classics and English Annual Lecture: Plots and Painted Tyrants: Performing Hecuba in the sixteenth century
Carla Suthren (Oxford)
Monday, April 22, 2024 - 3:00pm
Front cover of Edith Hall's book 'Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me'
Book Launch: Facing Down the Furies
Edith Hall (Durham)
Thursday, May 23, 2024 - 5:00pm
Detail of one of the three 'Tower of Babel' paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1563.
Aristophanes after Babel: Plutus in Translation from the Early Modern Period to the Present Day
Thursday, May 30, 2024 - 9:00am to Friday, May 31, 2024 - 6:00pm
Detail of a black and white illustration for the Homeric epics by John Flaxman
Turning Epic and Epic Turns
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 3:00pm
24th Annual Joint Postgraduate Symposium on Ancient Drama
Thursday, June 27, 2024 - 10:00am to Friday, June 28, 2024 - 5:00pm
Performance photograph of Mikhail Marmarinos' 2021 Ichneutai. Photo © Patroklos Skafidas
Voicing Unacoustics in Sophocles’ Ichneutai
Konstantinos Thomaidis (Exeter)
Thursday, June 27, 2024 - 6:00pm
Attic Red-Figured Kylix, attributed to the Brygos Painter, depicting Ajax's body
The three changes of scene in extant Greek tragedy, with special attention to the suicide of Aias
Michael Ewans (University of Newcastle, Australia)
Thursday, July 4, 2024 - 2:00pm
Book cover for David Wiles' Democracy, Theatre and Performance
Book Launch: Democracy, Theatre & Performance
David Wiles (University of Exeter)
Thursday, July 4, 2024 - 5:00pm
A poster for Euripide's Phoenissae.
The Ancient Wrath of Ares: Studies in Euripides’ Phoenician Women
Thursday, October 17, 2024 - 9:00am to Friday, October 18, 2024 - 11:30am
Oil painting of an outline of a figure knocking at a church door
Sanctuary Study Day
Friday, October 25, 2024 - 9:30am
The Martha Graham Company performing Night Journey.
Greek Tragedy on Screen: the many faces of Oedipus (1) - Martha Graham's Night Journey and Pina Bausch’s Café Müller
Monday, October 28, 2024 - 7:30pm
Young actors from Chickenshed performing in 'The Toy Makers Child'.
Inclusive Theatre and Community-Building: Giovanna Di Martino in Conversation with Dave Carey and Marco Martinelli
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 2:00pm
A screenshot from Pier Paolo Pasolini's film Edipo Re, showing Oedipus lying in a field.
Greek Tragedy on Screen: the many faces of Oedipus (2) - Pasolini's Edipo Re
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 7:30pm
A photo of Alexander Zeldin and the cast of The Other Place in rehearsals.
Alexander Zeldin in conversation about The Other Place
Alexander Zeldin (playwright and director)
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 2:00pm
A screenshot from Strella, showing two actors facing each other.
Greek Tragedy on Screen: the many faces of Oedipus (3) - Panos H. Koutras' Strella
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 7:30pm
A screenshot from William Maranda's Raja Edepus, showing the protagonist, wearing an ornate mask.
Greek Tragedy on Screen: the many faces of Oedipus (4) - Yukio Ninagawa's Oedipus Rex and William Maranda's Raja Edepus
Monday, November 18, 2024 - 7:30pm
The cover of the book 'Imprints of Dance', showing a person sitting before the Colosseum, sketching a ruin.
Book launch: Imprints of Dance in Ancient Greece and Rome
Zoa Alonso Fernández, Sarah Olsen, Sue Jones, Tom Sapsford
Monday, November 25, 2024 - 5:00pm
A black and white headshot photograph of Conor Hanratty
Conor Hanratty in conversation with Edith Hall
Conor Hanratty (director)
Monday, December 2, 2024 - 2:00pm
A poster for 'Songs of Solidarity'.
Songs of Solidarity
Monday, December 9, 2024 - 9:00am to Friday, December 13, 2024 - 5:00pm