Syllabus of Lectures for 2025-26

 

Lectures take place on Wednesdays at 5.10 pm.

 

The venue for September and October (the first and second lectures) is the Meadows Lecture Theatre, William Robertson Wing (Doorway 4, Teviot Place). The venue for the third lecture, in November, is the Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Doorway 1, Old Medical School, Teviot Place. The venue for the remaining lectures in January, February and April will be confirmed in early January.

 

A wine reception in the McMillan Room (William Robertson Wing) follows each lecture.

 

§

Wednesday 17 September 2025

            Prof. Andrew Burnett FBA (British Museum)

            The Greek context of the invention of Roman coinage

Prof. N. Keith Rutter Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the

Classical Association of Scotland

 

Wednesday 22 October 2025

Dr Maria Mili (University of Glasgow)

Who was the Thessalian goddess Ennodia? Variations of the Thessalian Pantheon

 
 

Wednesday 26 November 2025

            Dr John Reid (Chair, Trimontium Trust, Melrose)

Presenting Early Scotland’s Experience of the Roman Empire to a 2020s Audience

 

~

 

Wednesday 21 January 2026

Prof. Polly Low (University of Durham)

The Athenian Exception?  Thucydides (and others) on the urge to rule

           

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Prof. Monica Gale (Trinity College, Dublin)

Word on the Street: Catullus and Roman Graffiti

 

Wednesday 1 April 2026

Prof. John Wilkins (University of Exeter)

Galen, the Greco-Roman Elite and the Herculaneum Sewer

 

§