Fall into October: Professor Josephine Quinn, Robert Harris, Professor Carl Knappett

Illustration of Classical Ruins with the anarchy symbol spray painted on the temple in the foreground. Title reads "Anarchical Antiquity"

Thursday October 8

Inaugural Lecture, Professor Josephine Crawley Quinn, Professor of Ancient History

“Anarchical Antiquity”, a new perspective on ancient history

Old Divinity School Lecture Theatre, St John’s College, 5 pm, followed by a reception in the Divinity School Foyer, all welcome!

 

Image of Robert Harris' new novel Agrippa on a burgundy background and an extract of Horace

Thursday October 22

Professor Dame Mary Beard and Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill in conversation with acclaimed author Robert Harris about his new novel, “Agrippa"

Law Faculty, LG17, 5 pm, followed by book signing and a reception in the Cast Gallery

Lecture title on film photograph of the palace of Knossos showing the distinctive red columns

Thursday October 29

Corbett Lecture, Professor Carl Knappett, University of Toronto

"Elemental betweenness: from artefacts to atmospheres in the Aegean Bronze Age"

G.19, 5 pm, followed by a reception in the Cast Gallery