Syllabus of Lectures for 2026-27

 

Lectures take place on Wednesdays at 5.10 pm.

 

 

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Wednesday 23 September 2026

            Dr Alex Imrie (University of Edinburgh)

More than a Copy-Paste: Cassius Dio’s “biographical history” of the civil wars, AD 69 and 193

 

            Meadows Lecture Theatre

This lecture is hosted jointly with the University of Edinburgh Department of Classics as their official ‘Opening Lecture’ of the new academic year.

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Wednesday 28 October 2026

Dr Brigid Ehrmantraut (University of St Andrews)

Invented Women in Medieval Irish Adaptations of Classical Literature: Genealogy, Creativity, and Narrative Symmetry

 

40 George Square, Lecture Theatre A

 

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Wednesday 2 December 2026

            Dr Anna Judson (University of Durham)

            The tablet-makers of Pylos: experiments in making Linear B tablets

 

40 George Square, Lecture Theatre A

 

 

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Wednesday 20 January 2026

Dr Leah Lazar (University of Manchester)

Rhodian Power and Coinage in Hellenistic Anatolia

 

Location tbc.

    

 

       

Wednesday 24 February 2027

Prof. Costas Panayotakis (University of Glasgow)

The material culture of Atellane farce and the Latin mime: problems and new perspectives

 

Location tbc.

 

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Wednesday 31 March 2026

Dr Fraser Hunter (NMS)

TBC

Displaying Roman Scotland: a curator’s perspective

 

Location tbc.

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