BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN URL:https://studentevents.bham.ac.uk/ents/event/ics/1808/ VERSION:2.0 X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-CALNAME:Classics 125: Birmingham Past (1808) BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:GMT Standard Time X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=4SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:BST TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:UoB Xtra CREATED:20250411T112617 DESCRIPTION:Celebrate 125 years of Classics at Birmingham with a packed pr ogramme. This session explores the teaching of Classics here at Birmingha m\, with our expert panel sharing key figures from the department's histo ry.\n\nhttps://studentevents.bham.ac.uk/ents/event/1808/\n DTEND:20250625T154500 DTSTAMP:20260429T194106Z DTSTART:20250625T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20250416T101215 LOCATION:On campus SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Classics 125: Birmingham Past UID:3434e3fb-96ed-4e5e-aa96-3d67769f6cec URL:https://studentevents.bham.ac.uk/ents/event/1808/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Celebrate 125 years of Classics at Birmingha m with a packed programme. This session explores the teaching of Classics here at Birmingham\, with our expert panel sharing key figures from the department's history.

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The University of Birmingham and the Classics de partment are celebrating reaching 125 years!

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On Wednesday 25&nb sp\;June\, join us on campus for a series of talks about the study of the Ancient World in the Midlands\, in the past\, present\, and future! The events are \;entirely free\, and open to everyone. Classics 125 is pr esented by the Department of Classics\, Ancient History\, and Archaeology .

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Register your place now.

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Session 1: Birmingham Past

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Explore key figures fro m the history of classics teaching at the University of Birmingham\, with our expert panel. Discover the stories of:

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E. A. Sonne nschein (1851-1929)\, the first Professor of Classics at the University a nd a founder of the Classical Association\, as shared by Dr Christopher S tray
Louis MacNeice (1907-1963)\, Irish poet\, playwright\, an d BBC producer\, as shared by Professor Stephen Harrison
E. R. Dodds (1893-1979)\, best known for discussion of the Greeks and the ' \;irrational'\;\, as shared by Professort Judith Mossman
Ge orge Thomson (1903-1987)\, the scholar who pioneered a Marxist interpreta tion of Greek drama\, as shared by Dr Henry Stead

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Image : \;Aerial view University of Birmingham campus\, Edgbaston\, 1930s\, UA10/38\, Cadbury Research Library

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