South West Wales Classical Association

 Welcome to the website of the South West Wales Branch of the Classical Association. We organize events related to ancient Greek and Roman cultures in the South West Wales area. Watch this space for information on our upcoming events.

We are a branch of the Classical Association. Their website is www.classicalassociation.org.

The logo of our branch joins the Argonautic ram (bearing Phrixus and Helle) with the Welsh dragon, which guides the ram protectively into the future.

The branch first came into existence in 1928. It was then called the Swansea and District Branch, and was active for most of the last century. Some years ago, the branch became inactive due to committee members leaving Swansea etc. We have now relaunched the branch as the South West Wales Branch. The launch was celebrated on the 27th October 2011, with a speech by Prof Emeritus Ceri Davies (Swansea University) and a talk by famous children's author Caroline Lawrence, on her books The Roman Mysteries.

News and Upcoming events

Latin in the Park

Throughout June and July, we are hosting weekly Latin classes in Singleton Park. More information can be found here.

 

Next Event

"Olympics Past and Present", on the 26th May in the Waterfront Museum (upstairs in the gallery)

11am: Dr Martin Johnes on "Modern Olympics: Sport or Politics?"

1pm: Dr Maria Pretzler on "At the Olympics in Antiquity: A Spectator's Tale"

 

Survey

We would be grateful if you would take the time to fill in our survey, which can be found here.

 

Classical Association Blog Post

Evelien was asked to write a blog post for the blog of the national Classical Association. You can find it here: http://classicalassociation.org/Blog/?p=193 

 

Volunteering Scheme

Together with the Iris Project, we have set up a scheme through which Swansea University Latin students teach Latin to local primary school students. A pilot was launched at Swansea University on the 26th of January and the scheme is being expanded in the next academic year. For more information, see the Learning Latin and Greek page.

Join Us

Membership is £5, £2 for students, and free for under-12s. If you would like to become a member, please email us at swwclassicalassociation@yahoo.com. See also the Membership page.