UPCOMING EVENTS
May
- 26th May (Waterfront Museum, upstairs in the gallery): "Olympic Games Past and Present"
11am: Dr Martin Johnes (Head of the Department of History and Classics) will talk on "The Modern Olympics: Sport or Politics"
1pm: Dr Maria Pretzler (Department of History and Classics and one of our committee members) will talk on "At the Olympics in Antiquity: A Spectator's Tale"
For a poster, click here.
June-July
- every Saturday: Latin in the Park: see 'learning Latin and Greek section'. This finishes with a Roman cooking demonstration and BBQ in Singleton Park at 4.30pm on Saturday 28th July. More information soon.
- Saturday 28th July (all day) at the Waterfront Museum: ancient Greek Olympic day for families, with workshops, a quiz, games, and talks.
Later in the year
- early October: Prof Ceri Davies (Emeritus - Swansea University) will talk on Latin authors in 16th century Glamorgan.
- Halloween: Dr Pauline Hanesworth (Trinity Saint David) will talk on something suitably scary.
- Dr Michael Scott, famous from his BBC series on Delphi, will give a talk.
Past events
- Thursday 19th January at 7.30pm (Swansea University - Callaghan Lecture Theatre, Callaghan Building): Dr Joanne Berry (Swansea University) will talk on 'fake excavations at Pompeii'. Nibbles and drinks to follow. A poster with information can be found here.
- Thursday 26th of January at 3.30pm: launch of the 'Literacy through Latin' volunteering scheme at Swansea University. Dr Graham Kirby (The Iris Project), Prof John Morgan (Dept of History and Classics, Swansea University), and Dr Evelien Bracke (Swansea University) will deliver short talks on the importance of Latin in primary school education in room 218 of the Wallace Building. Refreshments will be available. Please contact us for more information or see the following websites:
- Saturday 11th February at 11am (Waterfront Museum): Historical Association talk by Prof Mark Humphries on 'What's Love got to do with it? The origins of Valentine's Day'
- Wednesday 22nd February at 7pm (Pumphouse upstairs mezzanine): Dr Ian Repath (Swansea University) will talk on 'Breaking Hearts in Antiquity'
- Friday 23rd March at 7pm in the Dynevor Centre: Dr Nigel Spivey will talk on 'Olympia and the making of the Classical body'
