UPDATE: COVID-19 response, 16th March 2020
Due to the ongoing global situation with COVID-19, the Manchester & District Branch of the Classical Association has made the local decision to suspend all its public-facing activities for the remainder of 2019/20. These are: the performance scheduled for 25th March (Stephe Harrop, Alcestis in Bits); the Director’s Screening of Cleft Lip scheduled for 22nd April; the Annual Whitehead Lecture scheduled for 13th May (Maria Wyke); the Reading Competition scheduled in June; and the Texts Day scheduled for this month.
We are re-scheduling some of these events to take place in the 2020/1 academic year. Please see the website over the coming months for details of these, where you can also sign up to our mailing list to receive regular updates.
Manchester & District Classical Association
Programme of Speakers and Events 2019-20
All events take place from 6-7pm, with refreshments from 5.30pm, unless otherwise stated.
These events are free and open to the public, but please do sign up on Eventbrite (links are given for each event below). After each event there will be an opportunity for members to join the speaker for informal drinks and dinner (at their own expense).
Wednesday 9th October 2019
Kate Cook (Durham) and Jennifer Cromwell (ManMet)
Exploring Ancient Egypt and Greece through Assassin’s Creed
Room SG.16, Samuel Alexander Building,
University of Manchester (Oxford Road, M13 9PL)
Please register via Eventbrite
This talk will be jointly hosted with the Hellenic Society.
Wednesday 27th November 2019
Jane Draycott (Glasgow)
Prostheses in Antiquity: Everything You Never Knew You Wanted to Know
Manchester Central Library, Event Space 1,
St Peters Square, Manchester M2 5PD
Please register via Eventbrite
This talk will be jointly hosted with the Roman Society.
Wednesday 22nd January 2020
Caroline Barron (Birkbeck, London)
“A dupe to the puffs and tricks of all kinds of dealers!” Fake Latin inscriptions and their Collection in Eighteenth Century England
Portico Library,
57 Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3HY
Please register via Eventbrite
Wednesday 5th February 2020
Chris Mowat (Sheffield)
LGBTQ+ History Month Special Event
Castration envy: Queerness and the galli priests of Cybele
in Republican Rome
Manchester Central Library, Event Space 1,
St Peters Square, Manchester M2 5PD
Please register via Eventbrite
25th March 2020
Stephe Harrop (Liverpool Hope)
Classics and Storytelling. Alcestis: in Bits
Performance, followed by discussion with Author and Performer
Manchester Central Library, Event Space 1,
St Peters Square, Manchester M2 5PD
Please register via Eventbrite
22nd April 2020
‘Cleft Lip’ (Dir. Erik Knudsen, 2018)
Film Screening with Guest Introduction from Director, Erik Knudsen.
You can watch the trailer here.
This event will take place from 6-7.45pm (with refreshments from 5.30pm as usual)
Number 70 Oxford Street,
Manchester Metropolitan University (the old ‘Cornerhouse’ cinema)
Please register via Eventbrite
If you have any questions about our public events, please email the branch Secretary, Kat Mawford, at [email protected]