2025 Summer

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)

TUESDAYS:

• 10.00-12.00 Isaiah 24-39
• 13.00-15.00 The Lost City of Ugarit
• 18.00-19.30: Livy and Prose Composition

THURSDAYS

• 13.45-15.45  The Calendar- Telling the Story of Time
• 14.00-16.00 SILKROAD STUDIES:   The Turks – from the Mongolian Nomads to Empire Builders
• 19.00-21.00  Sic Transit Gloria Mundi: The City of Rome from 300-800

FRIDAYS

• 14.00-16.00.  Temples up close: a tour of the great sites of Roman religion

SATURDAYS (Monthly)

• 10.30-12.30  Summer Novel Discussion Group

DAY SCHOOLS:

Mondays

•   10 -12.30 pm: 8th and 15th of Mayy:

  Mornings with a Masterpiece: Schubert’s Chamber Music: beyond the quartet

   

THURSDAYS

•   10 -12.30 pm: 9th  and16th of June

  Mornings with a Masterpiece: Schubert’s Chamber Music: beyond the quartet

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.
• 20 September: Tambora 1815: one small eruption in Indonesia – three years of consequences for the world
• 18 October: The new World Heritage Sites: Sado Island and the Edo Period Gold mining and trading in Japan