Faculty of Classics
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Classics Faculty Ancient Drama Prize 2022
July 25, 2022 11:52 - 27 minutes - 37.3 MBArlene Holmes-Henderson, Senior Research Fellow in Classics Education, chats with the winners of the faculty's exciting new performance competition for young people from across the UK. In 2021 the Faculty of Classics, in partnership with the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD), invited young people aged 11 - 18 from across the UK to perform a piece of ancient drama or deliver a spoken word composition. A judging panel of academics and performing arts professionals were d...
Martin West Memorial Lecture 2019 - Perspectivism and the Homeric simile - Prof Stephen Halliwell
April 03, 2019 14:57 - 1 hour - 104 MBMartin West Memorial Lecture 2019 Martin West Memorial Lecture 2019 - Perspectivism and the Homeric simile - Prof Stephen Halliwell
Martin West Memorial Lecture 2019 - Perspectivism and the Homeric simile - Prof Stephen Halliwell (Transcript)
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VoxPop 2: Christmas
January 05, 2018 14:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBEpisode 2 of VoxPop, the Oxford Classics Podcast Join us for this special Christmas edition, where we explore how ancient and modern religions interact at this time of year. What is the ancient origin of the Christmas jumper? Why does Jesus have a beard? Do we still celebrate the Saturnalia? It feels good to be alive too by Loyalty Freak Music is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License
VoxPop 1: Ovid 2000
December 20, 2017 12:16 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBEpisode 1 of VoxPop, where we explore the works and influence of the Roman poet Ovid, 2000 years after his death. Welcome to the first episode of the new Classics podcast from the University of Oxford. We're hoping to bridge the gap between Classics at universities and Classics as experienced in our daily lives. Our first episode focuses on the Roman poet Ovid and asks: What does the myth of Narcissus have to do with Instagram? What does a Roman New Year's Party look like? Why did 12th Centu...
The Gaisford Lecture 2016: Transmitting Tragedy
November 02, 2016 15:57 - 55 minutes - 102 MBThe Gaisford Lecture 2016: Transmitting Tragedy, delivered by Patrick Finglass
Alumni Day 2015 - Microscopic and Macroscopic. Rhythmic prose and historical themes in Plutarch's 'Lives' and Appian's 'Civil Wars'
July 20, 2016 14:10 - 53 minutes - 60.7 MBGregory Hutchinson on rhythmic prose and historical themes in Plutarch's 'Lives' and Appian's 'Civil Wars'
Alumni Day 2015 - Rosetta, Philae and Beyond: Decoding Ancient Texts in the Digital Age
June 10, 2016 14:13 - 47 minutes - 87.8 MBRosetta, Philae and Beyond: Decoding Ancient Texts in the Digital Age. Alumni Day Sept 2015 - Rosetta, Philae and Beyond: Decoding Ancient Texts in the Digital Age.
The Don Fowler Lecture 2016: Interpretation and the Metaphor of Authority
June 06, 2016 14:21 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBThe 2016 Don Fowler Memorial Lecture, delivered by Professor Alison Sharrock of the University of Manchester. The Don Fowler Memorial Lecture Series was founded in 2000 in in memory of former Classics Fellow of Jesus, Don Paul Fowler, who died in 1999 at the age of 47. The annual lecture series in his name, hosted by Jesus College and inaugurated by a lecture delivered in May 2001 by Professor Stephen Hinds of the University of Washington, has established itself as the foremost public lecture...
The Sybille Haynes Lecture 2015: Pirates of Populonia? The Myth of Etruscan Piracy in the Mediterranean
May 27, 2015 09:30 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBThe Sybille Haynes Lecture 2015: Pirates of Populonia? The Myth of Etruscan Piracy in the Mediterranean
Helen of Troy – myth or reality?
June 09, 2014 12:57 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBDr Bettany Hughes delivers her lecture - "Helen of Troy – myth or reality?" as part of the Classics Alumni Day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"
Islam: Executioner or Heir of Antiquity
June 09, 2014 12:51 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBTom Holland delivers his lecture - "Islam: Executioner or Heir of Antiquity" as part of the Classics Alumni Day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"
Oxford Classics and the wider world
June 09, 2014 12:42 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBMai Musié delivers her lecture - "Oxford Classics and the wider world" as part of the Classics Alumni Day - "From Helen to the Hijaz"
Why Classical Reception - Classics Alumni Day 15th March 2014
June 09, 2014 12:28 - 27 minutes - 25 MBDr Fiona Macintosh delivers her lecture "Why Classical Reception" as part of the Classics Alumni Day - "From Helen to The Hijaz"
Grants for Schools Starting Classics - Classics Alumni Day 15th March 2014
June 09, 2014 12:21 - 19 minutes - 18 MBNicholas Barber CBE, Chairman of Classics for All delivers his lecture "Grants for Schools Starting Classics" as part of the Classics Alumni Day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"
Matters of Perception in Latin Poetry and Philosophy - Classics Alumni Day 15th March 2014
June 09, 2014 12:03 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBProf Tobias Reinhardt delivers his lecture - "Matters of Perception in Latin Poetry and Philosophy" as part of the Alumni day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"
The Roman Empire's New Place in the World - Classics Alumni Day 15th March 2014
June 09, 2014 11:47 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBProf Nicholas Purcell delivers his lecture "The Roman Empire's New Place in the World" as part of the Alumni day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"
Studying Classical Gems - Classics Alumni Day 15th March 2014
June 09, 2014 11:18 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBProf Sir John Boardman delivers his lecture on "Studying Classics Gems" as part of the Alumni day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"
The Haynes Lecture 2014: Runes and Amber. The Etruscans as Mediators Between the Classical World and Central Europe
June 05, 2014 16:16 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBProf. Larissa Bonfante, New York University, delivers the 2014 Haynes Lecture. Held at The Ioannou School for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Oxford University. Introduced by Prof. Bert Smith.
Classics Course II: Of Course It's For You
April 10, 2013 16:46 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBTim Whitmarsh gives a talk for the Classics Open Day held on 16th March 2013 about doing a Classics degree at Oxford. Classics is the most diverse, wide-ranging humanities subject in existence. Delving deep into the past, Oxford classicists study the literature, painting, sculpture, history, archaeology and philosophy of ancient Greece and Rome ... and that's just in their first year. At the heart of the subject is the learning of ancient languages, which are the key to unlocking this wonderf...
Adventures with Hercules
April 10, 2013 16:43 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBDr Llewelyn Morgan gives a talk for the Classics Open Day, held on 16th March 2013.
How to be Augustus: Escaping one's past
April 10, 2013 16:38 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBProfessor Chris Pelling give s a talk for the Classics Open Day, helpd on 16th March 2013.
To boldly go: Greek exploration from wife-eaters to counting cows
April 10, 2013 16:34 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBDr Katherine Clarke gives a talk for the Classics Open Day, held on 15th March 2013.
The Haynes Lecture 2011: Tombs and Palaces in Archaic Etruria and Latium
June 17, 2011 15:56 - 1 hour - 94.4 MBProf. Dr. Friedhelm Prayon, University of Tübingen, Germany delivers the 2011 Haynes Lecture. Held at The Ioannou School for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Oxford University. Introduced by Prof. Bert Smith.
The Gaisford Lecture 2011: The Reader in Greek Literature
June 17, 2011 15:40 - 48 minutes - 88.1 MBHeld at The Ioannou School for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Oxford University. Introduced by Prof. Christopher Pelling. Dr. Thomas A. Schmitz talks on "The Reader in Greek Literature".
Reception of Classical Literature in the 20th Century
April 22, 2009 17:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBDr Fiona Macintosh gives a lecture on the classical literature and its reception in the 20th Century. In particular, the Odyssey, the Medea and Oedipus Rex. Part of the OxBridge Classics Conference for Schools.
Roman Comedy: A funny thing happened...
April 22, 2009 17:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBPeter Brown gives his lecture on Roman Comedy. Part of the OxBridge Classics Conference for Schools lecture series.
Oliver Taplin on Classics
April 22, 2009 16:56 - 25 minutes - 9.74 MBProfessor Oliver Taplin, an authority on classics and the performance of ancient drama, talks about the subject and his research.