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Summer 2025
All times are British times (BST)
MONDAYS:
- 14.00-15.30: Ovid in Pontos – the Poems of Old Age
- 19.00-21.00 GMT/BST: Tony Keen is currently on research sabbatical and will return in the summer (hopefully with his new book)
THURSDAYS
FRIDAYS
DAY SCHOOLS:
SATURDAYS
- 26 April (!): Celtic Saints – Between pious legends and archaeology
- 10 May (!): The new World Heritage Sites: The Appian Way
- 7 June (!): Women on the Roman Frontiers
- 19th July: Silkroad Studies: The archaeology of the Sultanate of Rum
- 19 August: The first years without summer? 536AD and its aftermath in archaeology and history.
Upcoming events
Our Programme
- 2026 Summer Term
- Iron Age and Roman Wales
- The Roman Empire in the 4th century
- Leptis Magna and the Tripolitania – Romes Gate to the Sahara
- Roman Mediolanum – from the market at the Po crossing to the capital of the West.
- SILKROAD STUDIES: Trade in and around the Sahara
- Scandinavia before the Vikings
- Catastrophe IV: The end of the Bronze Age – The 3.2k event and the Sea People
- Like Phoenix from the Ashes: The City of Rome from 1300- 1650
- Novel Discussion Group Summer 2026
- Mornings with a Masterpiece: Sea Music – Debussy, Delius and Vaughan Williams
- Jeremiah 21-32
- Lost Languages: the Story of Decipherment
- Ancient World
- World Archaeology
- Art History
- History other than Ancient History
- Latin
- Literature
- Music
- Religion and Theology
- Past courses (recordings still available)
- The MANCENT conferences
- 7th MANCENT Roman Army Conference: The Roman Army – what survives?
- 6th MANCENT Roman Army Conference: Living with the Roman Army
- 5th Roman MANCENT Conference: The Roman army and Mining in Scotland and elsewhere
- 2017 MANCENT conference: Rivers, Harbours and the Roman Army
- Producing for the Legion or Production by the Legion?
- Roman Gask Project lecture 2020 -Thousand years in Glenesk, the changing life of a Scottish glen.
- The MANCENT blog
- 31 Dec 2024: Welcome to a new year and the festival of Janus
- Blog 30 Sept 24: Why talk about the Silkroad in China?
- Mornings with a Masterpiece: Comparing Notes
- Mornings with a Masterpiece: Haydn’s String Quartets
- Roman villas in Gaul and Germany: the homes of the invaders and fashion victims?
- What has a German writer to do with the Grand Tour
- Roman Britain on screen
- MANCENT blog: A Chinese Garden in North Staffordshire
- Why talk about Silkroad in the Indian Ocean?
- Thinking about Religion in Roman Britain
- MANCENT 2023 Programme now out
- Why study Greek and Roman Myths by Tony Keen
- Today we are 12 years old!
- MANCENT Booking form
- Event Calendar April to July 2026
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- Latest Blog Post: Ancient Olympia in the Autumn?