Events
View a calendar of upcoming events on classical subjects, from competition deadlines to summer schools. Use the three tabs to browse events hosted by us, by our branches and by external organisers, and then click the filters. If you would like us to add an event to our calendar, please send details to canews@classicalassociation.org.
CA events
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Conference/Workshop
CA Conference 2026
Friday 10 – Sunday 12 April 2026 Jointly hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Manchester, the CA Conference is the largest annual Classics Conference in the UK and brings together everyone with...
CPD event / Short Course
Classical Association SEND course: ‘Literacy...
‘Literacy and Classics: unlocking the classical world for neurodiverse students’ 12 November 2025 – 25 June 2026 (online) This course, led by Emily Rushton, is designed to empower participants to create an inclusive and...
CPD event / Short Course
Classical Association SEND course: ‘Literacy...
‘Literacy and Classics: unlocking the classical world for neurodiverse students’ 12 November 2025 – 25 June 2026 (online) This course, led by Emily Rushton, is designed to empower participants to create an inclusive and...
Branch events
Cornwall branch lecture: Professor Chris...
Cornwall Classical Association Professor Chris Carey (University College London): ‘Athenian Way of Death’ 15 April 2026, 6pm Online
Branch events
Southport & Birkdale branch lecture:...
Southport & Birkdale Classical Association Professor Ben Russell (Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at the University of Edinburgh): ‘Barbarians in Classical Archaeology’ Wednesday 15 April 2026 (provisional) Time: Doors open at 6:15 PM for a 7:00 PM start Location: KGV College, Southport We warmly invite you to join us beforehand for... Read more »
Branch events
Lytham St Annes branch lecture:...
Lytham St Annes Classical Association Dr Paul Roberts: “Rome, Monarchs and Monuments” 16 April 2026, 7.00pm (doors open at 6.15pm for refreshments) AKS Lytham, Clifton Drive, FY8 1DT For over 20 years, Paul was Senior Roman Curator in the Greek and Roman Department at the British Museum before becoming Keeper of the Department of Antiquities at... Read more »
Branch events
North Staffordshire branch event: Play...
North Staffordshire Classical Association Play Reading (in English translation) of Plautus’ Mostellaria (Ghost Story) Thursday 16 April 2026, 7.30pm SCR Bar, Keele Hall, University of Keele, ST5 5BG Texts will be available, & details will be advised near the date. All welcome – free of charge.
Branch events
Liverpool branch lecture: Dr Andrew...
Liverpool Classical Association Dr Andrew Fox (Lecturer in Ancient History, Liverpool University): title tbc Thursday 23 April Venue tbc
Branch events
Gloucestershire branch lecture: Dr Alison...
Gloucestershire Classical Association lecture Dr Alison Pollard (University of Oxford): ‘How to Decorate a Roman House’ Tuesday 28 April 2026, 7.30pm Dean Close School, Shelburne Road, Cheltenham Please contact Claire Wilkinson at wilkinsonc@cheltladiescollege.org for more information.
Branch events
North Staffordshire branch lecture: John...
North Staffordshire Classical Association lecture John Drinkwater: ‘Roman Coins – Hands On’ Thursday 14 May 2026, further details to be announced Keele Hall, University of Keele, ST5 5BG All welcome – free of charge.
Branch events
Cornwall branch lecture: Dr Matthew...
Cornwall Classical Association Dr Matthew Nicholls (University of Oxford): ‘Digital Rome: A virtual tour of the ancient city’ 3 July 2026, 6pm Online
Branch events
Gloucestershire branch lecture: Dr Emily...
Gloucestershire Classical Association lecture Dr Emily Hauser (University of Exeter): ‘Women in Homer’ Tuesday 2 December 2025, 7.30pm Dean Close School, Shelburne Road, Cheltenham Please contact Claire Wilkinson at wilkinsonc@cheltladiescollege.org for more information.
Public Lecture
IGRCT ‘Oblique Classicisms/ Hidden Histories’...
‘Oblique Classicisms/ Hidden Histories’ Sponsored by Bristol’s Institute of Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition (IGRCT) This series will take place online via Zoom. Please visit this link to register. April 9th Emily Greenwood (Harvard) ‘Thrice Removed: Black Classical Separation’
Conference/Workshop
CA Conference 2026
Friday 10 – Sunday 12 April 2026 Jointly hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Manchester, the CA Conference is the largest annual Classics Conference in the UK and brings together everyone with an interest in the ancient world, from across the globe. For further information, click here. The central Conference hub will be at... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
Call for Papers: ‘Ecocritial Approaches...
Call for Papers: Ecocritical Approaches to Ancient Performance Culture University of Durham 22nd-24th April 2026 Proposals are invited for papers to be delivered at a hybrid conference, convened at the University of Durham by Emma Bentley and Edith Hall, which will address the relationship between ancient Greek and Roman dramatic/mimetic performances and the natural world,... Read more »
Public Lecture
CANI talk: Dr Eirene Allen...
THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND Dr Eirene Allen (Institute for Classics Education): What is ‘glory’ to the Greeks, and why can’t it be achieved without women? Wednesday 22nd April 2026, 1pm Linenhall Library, Belfast Please check our social media for any updates. If you would like to become a member, or if your subscription has... Read more »
Public Lecture
IGRCT ‘Oblique Classicisms/ Hidden Histories’...
‘Oblique Classicisms/ Hidden Histories’ Sponsored by Bristol’s Institute of Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition (IGRCT) This series will take place online via Zoom. Please visit this link to register. April 30th Alexander Beecroft (South Carolina) ‘Ekphrastic Voyeurism: Gyges and Candaules in Anglophone Fiction of the 1970s and 1990s’ Laura Jansen (Bristol) ‘Forthcoming Directions in the... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
Meeting of the Durham/Edinburgh/Glasgow Network...
Following the successful first meeting of the Durham/Edinburgh/Glasgow network on ancient epistolography in Edinburgh in Feb. 2025, we invite you to the second meeting, which will take place in Durham on Friday 1 May 2026. Our goal is to give a platform for current research on epistolography and to connect scholars with an interest in ancient letter writing. We invite... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
Call for Papers: ‘Care and...
Call for Papers: ‘Care and Indifference in Ancient Philosophy’ University of St Andrews, 5-6 May 2026 The two-day graduate conference Care and Indifference in Ancient Philosophy will be held at the University of St Andrews on 5-6 May 2026. The conference aims to investigate the notions of care and indifference in ancient philosophy, broadly construed, from the Presocratics to Late Antiquity. We welcome papers addressing... Read more »
Miscellaneous / Public Lecture
Virgil Society Meeting: AGM, reading...
Virgil Society Meeting 11:15 a.m. Dr Tristan Franklinos (University of Oxford): ‘Authorising the Catalepton’ 2:30 p.m. Annual General Meeting for 2025-20263:00 p.m. Reading from Virgil (John Hazel)3:15 p.m. Prof. Monica Gale (Trinity College Dublin): ‘The Death of Dido: mors (minime) Romana’ Meetings will take place in Room G35, South Block, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU (and online),... Read more »
CPD event / Short Course
Classical Association SEND course: ‘Literacy...
‘Literacy and Classics: unlocking the classical world for neurodiverse students’ 12 November 2025 – 25 June 2026 (online) This course, led by Emily Rushton, is designed to empower participants to create an inclusive and supportive environment for all students in Classics, with a particular focus on neurodiversity and literacy. We will explore strategies for enhancing... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
Call for Papers: ‘Rhetoric, drama...
CfP: Rhetoric, drama and their critics: a symposium in memory of Malcolm Heath Leeds 21-22 May 2026 The symposium is to be a celebration of the contribution to Classics of Malcolm Heath, who died in February 2025, early in his retirement, having been Professor of Greek Language and Literature after 34 years at Leeds (1988-2022). ... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
Call for Papers: ‘Divine...
Call for Papers: Divine Anthropomorphism in Ancient Cultures University of Edinburgh, 3-5 June 2026 We would like to invite proposals for papers on the subject of divine anthropomorphism as a cultural, religious and literary phenomenon in cultures of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East up to the Roman period. We are interested in all ways... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
“Cultures of violence and female...
The conference “Cultures of violence and female resistance: receptions of ancient Greek myths from the 14th to the 21st century, in Europe and beyond” will take place at the University of Caen Normandie (June, 10-12 2026), organised by the ERC AGRELITA project. Further details about the call for papers can be found here – deadline 15 January 2026.
Conference/Workshop
Call for Papers: Teaching with...
The International Ovidian Society and the Societas Ovidiana invite paper proposals on any aspect of teaching Ovid in the university or school classroom, for a two-day symposium to be held on 12-13 June 2026. Educators across disciplines and time periods are warmly welcomed, including literary and historical studies, libraries and archives, and creative responses. The CFP... Read more »
CPD event / Short Course
Classical Association SEND course: ‘Literacy...
‘Literacy and Classics: unlocking the classical world for neurodiverse students’ 12 November 2025 – 25 June 2026 (online) This course, led by Emily Rushton, is designed to empower participants to create an inclusive and supportive environment for all students in Classics, with a particular focus on neurodiversity and literacy. We will explore strategies for enhancing... Read more »
Competition
2026 Gladstone Memorial Essay Prizes
Through the generosity of the Gladstone Memorial Trust Omnibus is again in 2026 able to offer prizes for excellent essays on classical themes. The competition is open to anyone under 19 and still in full-time pre-university education. Entries must contain a statement from a teacher, containing the teacher’s e-mail address, confirming that this is the case. This... Read more »
Competition
2026 Omnibus Sam Hood Translation...
Omnibus now invites entries (just one per person!) for the 2025 Sam Hood Translation Prize. The judges are keen to encourage elegant and stylish creative translations from Greek and Latin prose and verse. Try your hand at translating any one of the following passages (verse passages may be translated into either verse or prose, as you... Read more »
Summer School
JACT Latin Summer School 2026
JACT Latin Summer School 2026 Sunday 19th July – Saturday 1st August Harrogate Ladies’ College, Yorkshire Latin Camp brings together over 150 people of all ages, to share in the joy of learning Latin, reading its literature and exploring the magic of the Roman world. We are based in the beautiful British spa-town of Harrogate but we... Read more »
Summer School
JACT Durham Greek & Latin...
JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School 25 July – 1 August 2026 St John’s College, Durham See here for information. Registration will open before Christmas 2025.
Summer School
JACT Greek Summer School 2026
The 58th JACT Greek Summer School Sunday 26th July – Saturday 8th August, 2026 Bryanston School, Blandford Forum, Dorset Courses in Ancient Greek for all levels from complete beginners to advanced. Full details for 2026 will be confirmed in November and applications will open in mid-January. Places are not offered on a first-come, first-served... Read more »
Summer School
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae: Summer School...
TLL Summer School in Latin Lexicography: July 27–31, 2026 The Thesaurus linguae Latinae Institute invites applications for its annual Summer School in Latin Lexicography, scheduled to take place in Munich from July 27 to 31, 2026. Applicants should be doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, or professors whose research engages closely with ancient Latin vocabulary. In addition... Read more »
Conference/Workshop
Call for Papers: ‘Classical Thought...
Call for Papers Classical Thought and the German Reich (1871-1945) to be held online on 17th-18th September 2026 Conference Organiser Aaron Turner (Knapp Foundation/Royal Holloway, University of London) Confirmed Speakers Christoph Begass (Universität Heidelberg) Mauro Bonazzi (Università di Bologna) Suzanne Marchand (Louisiana State University) James I. Porter (University of California, Berkeley) Stefan Rebenich (Universität Bern)... Read more »