Online Classes

Learn Ancient Greek and Latin

The Belfast Summer School meets every July, online and, if possible, face-to-face at Queen's University Belfast. The Summer School is offering an intensive winter refresher day on Saturday 23rd January 2021.  This will take place via Zoom. Courses are available in Latin and classical Greek at beginners, lower intermediate, upper intermediate and advanced levels.  For more information, click the button below.

Literacy and the Readers of the Ancient Greek Novels

Who might have read the ancient Greek novels? Some scholars thought that because of their subject matter, they were written for women and the uneducated. But to read a novel, requires literacy. So who was literate? Find out by clicking the button.

Resources

Digital Maps of the Ancient World

This is a fantastic resource of not only maps (which are fascinating) and I found myself lost in the book recommendations! You'll need to set aside some time to browse this excellent website. 

13th - 15th November 2020

Classics Now

Keep up-to-date with the latest announcements on the ClassicsNow website. The festival starts on Friday 13th November. Guest speakers include Daniel Mendelsohn and Natalie Haynes.  The Classical Association in Northern Ireland has contributed its conversation with Co Armagh novelist Michael Hughes, whose book Country was inspired by the Iliad. For updates on the programme, join the ClassicsNow mailing list by clicking the button below.