Faculty of Classics

Faculty of Classics

Oxford has the largest Classics department in the world, with unparalleled teaching, library and museum resources and a range of extracurricular activities, including performances of Greek plays and various societies.

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Title	Description	People	Date	Captions
Antigone through a digital lens, with Creation Theatre	Creation Theatre's Artistic Director Dr Helen Eastman talks about digital theatre, Creation's award-winning approach to digital work, and how they have used it both to interpret and to intervene in Sophocles' ancient tragedy.	Helen Eastman, Giovanna Di Martino, Claire Barnes	26 September, 2024
Marco Martinelli and Teatro delle Albe: Italy and Community Theatre	A podcast episode with Marco Martinelli	Marco Martinelli, Giovanna Di Martino, Claire Barnes	23 April, 2024
Choreographing Sophocles	A podcast episode with Leo Aylen and David Wiles	Leo Aylen, David Wiles	5 June, 2023
Classics Faculty Ancient Drama Prize 2022	Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Senior Research Fellow in Classics Education, chats with the winners of the faculty's exciting new performance competition for young people from across the UK.	Sydney Mann, Bianca Khanna, Aiko Hoshiko, Grace Barry, Isla Parlett, Jack Beswick	25 July, 2022
Queering the Past(s)	A podcast episode with Nancy Rabinowitz, Marcus Bell, and Eleonora Colli	Nancy Rabinowitz, Marcus Bell, Eleonora Colli	6 July, 2022
The Medea Project: Theatre for Incarcerated People	A podcast episode with Nancy Rabinowitz, Rhodessa Jones, and Angela Wilson	Nancy Rabinowitz, Rhodessa Jones, Angela Wilson	1 June, 2022
Episode 7: Everywhere	In this final episode, Katrina talks to Leo, Alice and Aimee about how Oxford has nurtured their passion for the ancient world, what connects Lizzo to Classics, and how understanding the past can be a force for good.	Aimee Cousins, Leo Kershaw, Alice Main, Katrina Kelly	18 February, 2022
Reimagining Tragedy from Africa and the Global South	A podcast episode with Mark Fleishman and Mandla Mbothwe	Mandla Mbothwe, Mark Fleishman	5 January, 2022
Episode 6: Wales	This episode features Boudica, a tortoise, Pegasus and Chris Martin, and that’s before we meet our panellists!	Reem Ahmed, Lewys Griffiths, Ellie Williams, Katrina Kelly	17 December, 2021
Tragic Form in Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire	Naomi Weiss delivers a public lecture on Kamila Shamsie's award-winning novel, Home Fire	Naomi Weiss	15 December, 2021
The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro: New Visions of Tragedy in 21st-Century America	Rosa Andújar delivers a talk on the work of the award-winning playwright Luis Alfaro	Rosa Andujar	15 December, 2021
A People’s History of Classics	Edith Hall and Henry Stead in conversation about their book, A People’s History of Classics: Class and Greco-Roman Antiquity in Britain and Ireland 1689 to 1939	Edith Hall, Henry Stead	15 December, 2021
Episode 5: The North of England	In this episode, we discuss Classics and employability, the tremendous breadth of the discipline, the thrill of philosophy, and how you can discover what fascinates you.	Cristina Chui, Llewelyn Morgan, Amy Thompson, Katrina Kelly	1 November, 2021
Episode 4: Midlands	In this episode, we talk about coming to Classics without any ancient languages; Bertie’s first love and how Classics took her into the world of Facebook…	Alexander Moore, Eleanor Newman, Roberta Thomson, Katrina Kelly	6 October, 2021
Episode 3: South West England	In this episode, we discover what links Virgil to Devon, why Classics is relevant today, Justin’s love for languages, which transferable skills Classics gives you, and why, in Molly’s view, Classics and English is the best degree available in Oxford!	Rebecca Armstrong, Molly Gibson-Mee, Justin Vyvyan-Jones, Katrina Kelly	20 September, 2021
Episode 2: Scotland	We talk about the Classics Admissions Test, growing up in Fife, Jess’ work with the Clydeside Project, things that get into a ‘fankle’ (Arlene explains all!), and how we’d love for more teachers to teach Classics in Scotland!	Bill Allan, Jessica Curry, Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Katrina Kelly	13 September, 2021
Episode 1: Northern Ireland	We talk about what ‘Classics’ really means and its place in the 21st century; we discuss Greek vases, ‘Irish modesty’, provincial art, the Sogdians; and we highlight the particular barriers that Northern Irish students may face, and how to overcome them!	Sarah Cullinan Herring, Jenyth Evans, Peter Stewart	31 August, 2021
Queer Andromeda	A podcast with Hannah Greenstreet and Charlotte Vickers	Hannah Greenstreet, Charlotte Vickers	20 August, 2021
A Bread Factory	A podcast with Patrick Wang and Michael Lippman.	Patrick Wang, Mike Lippman	20 August, 2021
Greek Tragedy and the Contemporary Actor	A podcast with Zachary Dunbar and Stephe Harrop	Zachary Dunbar, Stephe Harrop	7 May, 2021
Greek Tragedy at the National Theatre of Prague during the Nazi occupation (1939 – 1945)	Alena Sarkissian gives public lecture, subtitled 'Theatre as a space of Spiritual Contemplation', on Greek Tragedy in the Czech Republic under Nazi Occupation.	Alena Sarkissian	12 February, 2021
University Classical Plays	Representatives from University College London and Oxford University discuss their respective classical plays, a rich university tradition for each which has been forced to adapt significantly during the Covid-19 pandemic.	David Bullen, Lewis Bentley, Elena Bashkova, Zoë De Barros, Marcus Bell, Alison Middleton	17 January, 2021
Classics in Communities	A podcast with Arlene Holmes-Henderson and Mai Musié.	Mai Musié, Arlene Holmes-Henderson	17 January, 2021
Medea - A Mirror for the 21st Century	Avery Willis Hoffman, Fran Amewudah and Shivaike Shah talk about the BAME Medea project	Avery Willis Hoffman, Fran Amewudah, Shivaike Shah	9 December, 2020
Reading Greek Tragedy Online	A podcast with Paul O'Mahony, Joel Christensen, and Lanah Koelle	Paul O'Mahony, Joel Christensen, Lanah Koelle	9 December, 2020
Ancient Theatre Around the Black Sea	A podcast with Edith Hall and Rosie Wyles	Edith Hall, Rosie Wyles	9 December, 2020
Sicily and Ancient Greek Theatre	A podcast episode with Oliver Taplin and Giovanna Di Martino	Oliver Taplin, Giovanna Di Martino	9 December, 2020
East and West in Ancient Drama	A podcast with Michael Scott and Marchella Ward	Michael Scott, Marchella Ward	9 December, 2020
APGRD/TORCH panel discussion of 'We Are Not Princesses'	Nur Laiq (TORCH Global South Visiting Fellow), Hal Scardino (producer) and Fiona Macintosh (APGRD) discuss We Are Not Princesses, a documentary about Syrian women living as refugees in Beirut telling their stories through the ancient Greek play, Antigone.	Fiona Macintosh, Nur Laiq, Hal Scardino	18 June, 2019
'The Mask of a Very Definite Purpose': Edith Wharton and the Classics	The annual Classics & English lecture given in May 2019: Isobel Hurst (Goldsmiths) discusses Edith Wharton and the Classics.	Isobel Hurst	3 June, 2019
Homer and the Discovery of the Pacific	An APGRD public lecture given in May 2019: Henry Power (Exeter) discusses Homeric resonances in the work of Alexander Pope, John Keats, and Thom Gunn.	Henry Power	21 May, 2019
Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage	Melinda Powers (CUNY) discusses modern American adaptations of Greek tragedy.	Melinda Powers	10 April, 2019
Martin West Memorial Lecture 2019 - Perspectivism and the Homeric simile - Prof Stephen Halliwell	Martin West Memorial Lecture 2019	Stephen Halliwell	3 April, 2019
The Dancer and the Ubermarionette: Duncan, Craig and Modernist Performance	An APGRD / DANSOX public lecture given in February 2019: Olga Taxidou (Edinburgh) discusses the work of Isadora Duncan and Edward Gordon Craig.	Olga Taxidou	25 March, 2019
Classics and Social Justice	An APGRD public lecture in October 2017: Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz (Hamilton College) tells us about her work bringing Classics into prisons.	Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz	20 March, 2019
The Politics of Greece's Theatrical Revolution, ca. 500 - ca. 300 BCE	An APGRD public lecture given in April 2018: Peter Wilson (Sydney) discusses the relationship between Greek theatre and politics.	Peter Wilson	20 March, 2019
Gestures and Postures: the construction and reception of the tragic in Jean-Georges Noverre's dance-drama Agamemnon Vengé	An APGRD / DANSOX public seminar given in November 2018: Nicole Haitzinger (Salzburg) discusses Noverre's use of gesture and the tragic.	Nicole Haitzinger	20 March, 2019
Tragedy's Endurance	An APGRD public lecture from March 2018: Erika Fischer-Lichte (Freie Universität Berlin) speaks on the subject of her recent book, Tragedy's Endurance.	Erika Fischer-Lichte	19 March, 2019
Emily Wilson: A Reading	A public reading at the APGRD from November 2017: Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania), discusses and reads from her new translation of Homer's Odyssey.	Emily Wilson	19 March, 2019
Josephine Balmer: A Reading	Poet, classical translator, research scholar and literary critic, Josephine Balmer reads from her latest collection, The Paths of Survival - inspired by the surviving fragments of Aeschylus's lost tragedy, Myrmidons.	Josephine Balmer	13 March, 2019
Likely Terpsichore? (Fragments), a solo durational dance work	Created by APGRD Artist in Residence Marie-Louise Crawley	Marie-Louise Crawley	4 December, 2018
The Gaisford Lecture 2018: The Greeks and a short long History of the Joke - Dr Nick Lowe	Gaisford Lecture 2018	Nick Lowe	27 June, 2018
The Fowler Lecture 2018: Livy's Faliscan schoolmaster (5.26-7)	The Fowler Lecture 2018 delivered by Professor Christina Kraus 'Livy's Faliscan schoolmaster (5.26-7)'.	Christina Kraus	18 June, 2018
The Fowler Lecture 2017: Fragmentations and Forgettings: (An)atomizing Classics in English Modernist Fiction David Scourfield	The 2017 Fowler Lecture, delivered by Professor David Scourfield of Maynooth University.	David Scourfield	13 November, 2017
Late Gandharan Chronology: The 3rd to 6th Century Period, Concluding Discussion	Problems of Chronology in Gandharan Art (Session 6, 24th March 2017) with Dr. Kurt Behrendt and Peter Stewart	Kurt Behrendt, Peter Stewart	25 July, 2017
On the Chronology of Stupa Relic Practice in Afghanistan and Dharmarajika, Pakistan, and its Implications for the rise of Popularity of Image Cult, How Can We Use Inscriptions to Help us Date Gandhāran Art?	Problems of Chronology in Gandharan Art (Session 4a, 24th March 2017) with Wannaporn Rienjang, Stefan Baums	Wannaporn Rienjang, Stefan Baums	25 July, 2017
Welcome and Introduction, Numismatic Evidence and the Date of Kanishka, Buddhist Art’s Late Bloomer: The Genius and Influence of Gandhara	Problems of Chronology in Gandharan Art (Session 1, 23rd March 2017) with Dr. Peter Stewart, Joe Cribb and Prof. Monika Zin	Peter Stewart, Joe Cribb, Monika Zin	25 July, 2017
Recent Archaeological Excavations and their Relevance to Chronology	Problems of Chronology in Gandharan Art (Session 2, 23rd March 2017) with Dr. Abdul Samad, Anna Filigenzi, Luca Olivieri.	Abdul Samad, Anna Filigenzi, Luca Olivieri	25 July, 2017
On Some Similarities between Gandharan Toilet-Trays and the Earliest Buddhist Art of Northern India	Problems of Chronology in Gandharan Art (Session 3, 23rd March 2017) with Prof. Ciro Lo Muzio	Ciro Lo Muzio	25 July, 2017
The Maker’s Share in the Making of the Greek City	The Maker's Share in Ancient Greek Art (27th September 2016) with Dr. Alain Duplouy	Alain Duplouy	25 July, 2017
Individuality and Innovation in Greek Sculpture: A View from the Athenian Agora	The Maker's Share in Ancient Greek Art (27th September 2016) with Prof. Andrew Stewart	Andrew Stewart	25 July, 2017
Craft Apprenticeships and Multi-Craft Competencies in Classical Antiquity	The Maker's Share in Ancient Greek Art (27th September 2016) with Dr. Eleni Hasani.	Eleni Hasaki	25 July, 2017
Transmission and Transformation of the Visual Repertoire: The Vase-Painter’s Choices	The Maker's Share in Ancient Greek Art (27th September 2016) with Prof. François Lissarrague	Francois Lissarrague	25 July, 2017
Working the Makers or Making the Workers? Agency and Status in Athenian Sculpture	The Maker's Share in Ancient Greek Art (26th September 2016) with Dr. Helle Hochscheid	Helle Hochscheid	25 July, 2017
Response	The Maker's Share in Ancient Greek Art (27th September 2016) with Dr. Jas Elsner	Jas Elsner	25 July, 2017
Collingwood, Agency, and the Archaeological Imagination: Style as Intention in Late Classical Attic Sculpture	The Maker's Share in Ancient Greek Art (26th September 2016) with Prof. Peter Schultz	Peter Schultz	25 July, 2017
The Maker's Share in Ancient Greek Art: Welcome and Introduction	The Maker's Share in Ancient Greek Art (26th September 2016) with Dr. Peter Stewart	Peter Stewart	25 July, 2017
The Foundry Cup	The Maker's Share in Ancient Greek Art (27th September 2016) with Dr. Serafina Cuomo.	Serafina Cuomo	25 July, 2017
Beware of Athenians Signing Pots	The Maker's Share in Ancient Greek Art (27th September 2016) with Dr. Thomas Mannack.	Thomas Mannack	25 July, 2017
The Gaisford Lecture 2017: Was Anacreon more inclined to lust or drunkenness?	Professor Hans Bernsdorff gives the 2017 Gaisford Lecture.	Hans Bernsdorff	13 June, 2017
Positioning Gandharan Buddhas in Chronology: Significant Coordinates and Anomalies	Problems of Chronology in Gandharan Art (Session 5, 24th March 2017) with Juhyung Rhi.	Juhyung Rhi	5 June, 2017
Is it Appropriate to Ask a Celestial Lady's Age?	Problems of Chronology in Gandharan Art (Session 4b, 24th March 2017) with Robert Bracey.	Robert Bracey	5 June, 2017
On Some Similarities between Gandharan Toilet-Trays and the Earliest Buddhist Art of Northern India	Problems of Chronology in Gandharan Art (Session 3, 23rd March 2017) with Ciro Lo Muzio.	Ciro Lo Muzio	5 June, 2017
Style as a Fragment of the Ancient World: A View from the Iron Age Levant and Assyria	Classical Art Research Centre Special Lecture, 8th May 2017. With Marian Feldman.	Marian Feldman	5 June, 2017
Director Wayne Jordan discusses Oedipus (Abbey Theatre 2015)	The Abbey Theatre's artistic director Wayne Jordan talks to Professor Fiona Macintosh, about his acclaimed 2015 production of Sophocles' Oedipus.	Wayne Jordan, Fiona Macintosh	3 May, 2017
Bodies and Texts: Attitudes towards Ancient Tragedy	Professor Ruth Webb (Université Charles-de-Gaulle Lille III), examines attitudes towards tragedy from the Second Sophistic to Late Antiquity	Ruth Webb	10 January, 2017
The Gaisford Lecture 2016: Transmitting Tragedy	The Gaisford Lecture 2016: Transmitting Tragedy, delivered by Patrick Finglass	Patrick Finglass	2 November, 2016
Macedonian Lawgiver Kings and the Young: ΝΕΟΤΗΣ ΓΕΓΥΜΝΑΣΜΕΝΗ: The David Lewis Lecture 2016	The 2016 David Lewis Memorial Lecture, delivered by Professor Miltiades B. Hatzopoulos of the International Hellenic University. Introduced by Robert Parker.	Miltiades B. Hatzopoulos, Robert Parker	31 October, 2016
Playwright Frank McGuinness in conversation with Fiona Macintosh	Acclaimed playwright Frank McGuinness talks with Fiona Macintosh about his work adapting Greek tragedies for modern theatre, particularly Antigone and Medea.	Frank McGuinness, Fiona Macintosh	11 August, 2016
Director Jonathan Kent in conversation with Fiona Macintosh	Theatre director Jonathan Kent discusses his work with Greek tragedies, including Medea with Diana Rigg in 1992-1994; Hecuba with Clare Higgins in 2004; and Oedipus with Ralph Fiennes in 2008 at the National Theatre.	Jonathan Kent, Fiona Macintosh	11 August, 2016
The Oresteia at the Globe Theatre (2015)	Director, Adele Thomas, and playwright / translator, Rory Mullarkey, talk about their production of Aeschylus' Oresteia at the Globe Theatre, London in 2015	Adele Thomas, Rory Mullarkey	11 August, 2016
E. M. Forster’s Tragic Interior	David Scourfield, of Maynooth University, discusses E. M. Forster's relationship with Greek tragedy in the APGRD's second, annual Classics and English Lecture	David Scourfield	10 August, 2016
Medea, a performance history (ebook)	A free to download, interactive/multimedia ebook by the APGRD, on the production history of Euripides' tragedy Medea	Fiona Macintosh; Claire Kenward; Tom Wrobel	9 August, 2016
Director Ian Rickson on Sophocles' Electra at the Old Vic (2014)	Director Ian Rickson talks about his 2014 production of Sophocles' Electra at the Old Vic, London, starring Kristin Scott Thomas as Electra	Ian Rickson	9 August, 2016
Playwright Marina Carr in conversation with Fiona Macintosh	Playwright Marina Carr discusses her adaptation of Euripides' Hecuba, which premiered at the RSC in 2015, and her long-standing relationship with Greek Tragedy	Marina Carr, Fiona Macintosh	9 August, 2016
Poet and Playwright Gwyneth Lewis on writing Clytemnestra	Poet and playwright, Gwyneth Lewis discusses her relationship with Greek tragedy and her play Clytemnestra.	Gwyneth Lewis	9 August, 2016
Actor Helen McCrory discusses Medea with Edith Hall	Helen McCrory talks about her title role in the acclaimed 2014 production of Euripides' Medea at the National Theatre	Helen McCrory, Edith Hall	9 August, 2016
Alumni Day 2015 - Microscopic and Macroscopic. Rhythmic prose and historical themes in Plutarch's 'Lives' and Appian's 'Civil Wars'	Gregory Hutchinson on rhythmic prose and historical themes in Plutarch's 'Lives' and Appian's 'Civil Wars'	Gregory Hutchinson	20 July, 2016
Alumni Day 2015 - Rosetta, Philae and Beyond: Decoding Ancient Texts in the Digital Age	Rosetta, Philae and Beyond: Decoding Ancient Texts in the Digital Age.	Alan Bowman	10 June, 2016
The Don Fowler Lecture 2016: Interpretation and the Metaphor of Authority	The 2016 Don Fowler Memorial Lecture, delivered by Professor Alison Sharrock of the University of Manchester.	Alison Sharrock	6 June, 2016
The Power of 7 - The Campaign for graduate scholarships in Classics at Oxford	The Power of 7 - The Campaign for graduate scholarships in Classics at Oxford	Teresa Morgan, Chris de L'isle, Jane Masséglia	3 July, 2015
The Gaisford 2015 Lecture: Pearls before Swine? The Past & Future of Greek	The Gaisford 2015 Lecture: Pearls before Swine? The Past & Future of Greek	Edith Hall	9 June, 2015
The Sybille Haynes Lecture 2015: Pirates of Populonia? The Myth of Etruscan Piracy in the Mediterranean	The Sybille Haynes Lecture 2015: Pirates of Populonia? The Myth of Etruscan Piracy in the Mediterranean	Jean Turfa	27 May, 2015
The Don Fowler Lecture 2015: The Philosopher as Epic Hero: Augustan Poetry in Seneca's Letters	The Don Fowler Lecture 2015: The Philosopher as Epic Hero: Augustan Poetry in Seneca's Letters	Catharine Edwards	19 May, 2015
Digital Classics: Sharing the Wealth: Numismatics in a World of Linked Open Data	Digital Classics: Sharing the Wealth: Numismatics in a World of Linked Open Data	Andrew Meadows	30 April, 2015
Fragmentary Prose Authors in Athenaeus of Naucratis	Fragmentary Prose Authors in Athenaeus of Naucratis	S. Douglas Olson	1 April, 2015
Digital Classics: Trismegistos: A Tool for the Study of the Ancient World	Trismegistos: A Tool for the Study of the Ancient World	Mark Depauw	4 March, 2015
Digital Classics: The Digital Marmor Parium	The Digital Marmor Parium	Monica Berti	4 March, 2015
Digital Classics: Bringing People Together: Standards for Networking Ancient Prosopographies	Bringing People Together: Standards for Networking Ancient Prosopographies	Gabriel Bodard	4 March, 2015
Digital Classics: The Europeana Best Practice Network of Ancient Greek and Latin Epigraphy	The Europeana Best Practice Network of Ancient Greek and Latin Epigraphy	Pietro Liuzzo	10 February, 2015
Digital Classics: What is the TEI? And Why Should I Care?	What is the TEI? And Why Should I Care?	James Cummings	2 February, 2015
Digital Classics: Mapping the Ancient World: Countercartography, Networks and Bottomless Maps	Mapping the Ancient World: Countercartography, Networks and Bottomless Maps	Elton Barker	2 February, 2015
Helen of Troy – myth or reality?	Dr Bettany Hughes delivers her lecture - "Helen of Troy – myth or reality?" as part of the Classics Alumni Day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"	Bettany Hughes	9 June, 2014
Islam: Executioner or Heir of Antiquity	Tom Holland delivers his lecture - "Islam: Executioner or Heir of Antiquity" as part of the Classics Alumni Day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"	Tom Holland	9 June, 2014
Oxford Classics and the wider world	Mai Musié delivers her lecture - "Oxford Classics and the wider world" as part of the Classics Alumni Day - "From Helen to the Hijaz"	Mai Musié	9 June, 2014
Why Classical Reception - Classics Alumni Day 15th March 2014	Dr Fiona Macintosh delivers her lecture "Why Classical Reception" as part of the Classics Alumni Day - "From Helen to The Hijaz"	Fiona Macintosh	9 June, 2014
Grants for Schools Starting Classics - Classics Alumni Day 15th March 2014	Nicholas Barber CBE, Chairman of Classics for All delivers his lecture "Grants for Schools Starting Classics" as part of the Classics Alumni Day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"	Nicholas Barber	9 June, 2014
Matters of Perception in Latin Poetry and Philosophy - Classics Alumni Day 15th March 2014	Prof Tobias Reinhardt delivers his lecture - "Matters of Perception in Latin Poetry and Philosophy" as part of the Alumni day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"	Tobias Reinhardt	9 June, 2014
The Roman Empire's New Place in the World - Classics Alumni Day 15th March 2014	Prof Nicholas Purcell delivers his lecture "The Roman Empire's New Place in the World" as part of the Alumni day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"	Nicholas Purcell	9 June, 2014
Studying Classical Gems - Classics Alumni Day 15th March 2014	Prof Sir John Boardman delivers his lecture on "Studying Classics Gems" as part of the Alumni day - "Classics from Helen to the Hijaz"	John Boardman	9 June, 2014