The following meetings of the Philological Society have been arranged for the academic year 2023-24. The meetings will be taking place in-person, and tea will be available beforehand from 4.00pm. Those meetings held in the Classics Faculty will also be live-streamed via Zoom.
- Thursday 26 October, 4.30pm: Old Combination Room, Trinity College.
Prof. Verity Platt: ‘The Stones of Posidippus: Elemental Media’
- Thursday 9 November, 4.30 pm: Room G.21, Faculty of Classics (& on Zoom).
Seminar joint with Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies
Prof. Olga Tribulato: ‘The sound of Attic: Practices of linguistic imitation in Greek imperial texts’.
- Thursday 8 February, 4.30 pm: Room G.21, Faculty of Classics (& on Zoom).
Prof. Jonathan Prag: 'Defining the epigraphic culture(s) of ancient Sicily: the Crossroads project'
- CANCELLED Thursday 22 February, 4.30 pm: Room G.21, Faculty of Classics (& on Zoom).
Dr. Jessica Lightfoot: 'Healing texts: bodies and grammar in Aulus Gellius and Galen'
- Thursday 7 March, 4.30 pm: Room G.21, Faculty of Classics (& on Zoom).
Dr. Elena Giusti: ‘Nero’s African Quests’
- Thursday 9 May, 4.30pm, Lucia Windsor Room, Newnham College [with AGM prior to the paper]
Prof. Rachel Barney: ‘Protagoras and the Art of Argument’
More information about the Philological society and about how to become a member (which includes a subscription to CCJ) can be found at https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/seminars/philological
We look forward to seeing you at some or all of the meetings!
Dr Helen Van Noorden (Programme Secretary)