
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.
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
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.
Wednesday 31 March 2026
Dr Fraser Hunter (NMS)
TBC
Displaying Roman Scotland: a curator’s perspective
Location tbc.
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