Classics and Story-telling
PAST EVENT | 31 March 2014 17:00 - 31 March 2014 20:00
This evening event marks the official launch of the Capital Classics Project and is intended to be a high-profile event to showcase the Capital Classics Project and to celebrate the enduring and powerful legacy of Classics in inspiring and influencing storytelling, past and present, in literature, film, drama and daily life.
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
5.00 Jules Mann, Classics for All: Welcome and Opening Address
5.10-5.40 Edith Hall (Professor of Classics, King’s College London)
Classical Drama in London Communities: History and Potential
5.40-6.10 Maria Wyke (Department of Greek and Latin, University College London)
Turning Roman History into Hollywood Heroics
6.10-6.40 Catharine Edwards (Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck)
Weaving Subversive Tales: Ovid’s Arachne as Female Story-teller
6.40-6.55 Closing Address (speaker to be confirmed)
7.00 Drinks Reception in the Cloisters
Classics and Story-telling
PAST EVENT | 31 March 2014 17:00 - 31 March 2014 20:00
This evening event marks the official launch of the Capital Classics Project and is intended to be a high-profile event to showcase the Capital Classics Project and to celebrate the enduring and powerful legacy of Classics in inspiring and influencing storytelling, past and present, in literature, film, drama and daily life.
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
5.00 Jules Mann, Classics for All: Welcome and Opening Address
5.10-5.40 Edith Hall (Professor of Classics, King’s College London)
Classical Drama in London Communities: History and Potential
5.40-6.10 Maria Wyke (Department of Greek and Latin, University College London)
Turning Roman History into Hollywood Heroics
6.10-6.40 Catharine Edwards (Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck)
Weaving Subversive Tales: Ovid’s Arachne as Female Story-teller
6.40-6.55 Closing Address (speaker to be confirmed)
7.00 Drinks Reception in the Cloisters