2019
UCD Festival 2019
The UCD Festival was held on the 8th of June this year. A big thank you to the Roman soldiers who returned this year and had a great presence outside O'Reilly Hall. Many thanks to Dr Jo Day who organised the 'Greeks, Romans and Egyptians' event in the Classical Museum. Thanks also to everyone who helped out on the day. We look forward to next year's festival.
UCD Classical Society Inaugural Lecture
The Inaugural lecture was held on the 25th April 2019 and was attended by many of our alumni, students and staff. Prof. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (University of Cambridge) gave a very interesting lecture entitled 'Arcana imperii: soft power and the secrets of the Augustan Revolution'.
Congratulations to Lisa Murnane and Oscar McHale
The Bachelor of Arts Stage 2 Scholarship and Patrick Semple Medal were awarded to
Lisa Murnane for Greek and Roman Civilisation and to Oscar McHale for Latin. Both were invited to the University awards ceremony in the O’Reilly Hall on the 8th March. Congratulations to Lisa and Oscar!
Access Classics
We were excited to launch our new initiative Access Classics this term. The programme allows academic staff from UCD’s School of Classics to offer workshops/indicative talks to secondary schools and institutions for further adult education. The aim of Access Classics is to work closely with each school to determine and deliver the best option for working with teachers and students to grow the discipline, delivering support to teachers and students, by helping to create teaching resources and talks on topics in Ancient History, Classical Civilisation, Greek and Latin languages, and the on-going impact of Greek and Roman civilisation on the modern world. We also can arrange visits to the UCD School of Classics Museum or even bring parts of our museum collection to your school.
Special thanks to the team who pioneered the pilot programme for Access Classics this semester, Dr Bridget Martin, Ms Tasneem Filaih and Dr Christopher Farrell.
The Classical Museum Seminar Series
The Classical Museum Seminar Series continued in 2019. The themes that were explored during the semester ranged from Latin funerary inscriptions to the First Scientific Mummy Unwrapping Ceremony. Many thanks to our former Assistant Curator Kaylin Bednarz who has continued to co-ordinate this event.
Congratulations to Eleanor Kellett
Congratulations to School of Classics' Eleanor Kellett on winning a BA Stage 2 Scholarship for her excellent performance in Greek and Roman Civilization.
Pictured above Dr Alexander Thein, Denise Griffin & Dr Martin Brady.
Many congratulations to School of Classics' Denise Griffin who was awarded the Callaghan Scholarship for Latin at University College Dublin's awards day, we were delighted to share the special occassion with her.
Many congratulations to School of Classics' PhD student Suzanne Lynch on the award of a travel bursary to carry out research at the Irish Institue of Hellenic Studies at Athens and a second bursary to attend the annual meeting of the UK Classical Association in Leicester.
2019
The Classical Museum Seminar Series
Please join us for the 2019 Museum Seminar Series at 5:30pm, Tuesday 12 November in the UCD Classical Museum (K216). Dr Amanda Kelly (UCD) will be presenting on Contacting the Dead, through the medium of White Ground Lekythoi, and there will be a small reception to follow.
The Museum Seminar Series aims to increase research within the museum and the UCD School of Classics with a series of presentations on topics that range from museum artifacts to cultural heritage.
Please RSVP via email ((opens in a new window)kaylin.bednarz@ucd.ie).
All welcome!
The next seminar in the Museum Seminar Series will be on Tuesday 3rd of December, at 5:30pm. Further details TBC.
UCD Classics Research Seminar
Please find a list of UCD Classics Research Seminar dates for Trimester 1, 2019-20, as follows:
- 8th October 2019: Christopher Farrell (UCD), ‘Xenophon's Mania: women and learning the “kingly” art’
- 5th November 2019: Ahuvia Kahane (Trinity), ‘Shadows and time: Homeric dolichoskion and the nature of temporality in the ancient world’
- 19th November 2019: Lisa Hau (Glasgow), ‘The “Fragments” of Polybius compared with those of Duris and Phylarchus: were they all "tragic" historians?’
- 26th November 2019: Jonathan Davies (Maynooth), 'Bursting the bubble: "barbarian" historians and Greek historiography'
All seminars are at 5.30 on Tuesdays in the School of Classics seminar room (K217 Newman Building, UCD, Belfield).
All interested parties are welcome.
For further information contact (opens in a new window)Prof. Michael Lloyd K215, School of Classics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
September 2019 - Graduation
Congratulations to all who graduated on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th of September 2019.
Eric Espejo, Latin and GRC
Kate Moller Doyle, Latin
Chiara Morgan and Susan Kelly
Eleanor Kellett and Lea McClenaghan
Dr Hong Xu (PhD Classics) with her supervisor Assoc. Prof. Philip de Souza
Dr Hong Xu (PhD Classics) with supervisor Assoc. Prof. Philip de Souza and husband Fiachra Keegan
Congratulations to Dr Eoghan Finn
Congratulations to Dr Eoghan Finn who successfully defended his PhD thesis viva on the 22nd August 2019. Dr Finn is pictured below with Dr Jon Coulston.
UCD Festival 2019
The UCD Festival was held on the 8th of June this year. A big thank you to the Roman soldiers who returned this year and had a great presence outside O'Reilly Hall. Many thanks to Dr Jo Day who organised the 'Greeks, Romans and Egyptians' event in the Classical Museum. Thanks also to everyone who helped out on the day. We look forward to next year's festival.
Very Many Thanks to Tasneem
The School bid farewell to Interim School Manager, Tasneem Filaih. We would like to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation, and wish Tasneem great success in her future endeavours.
UCD Classical Society Inaugural Lecture
The Inaugural lecture was held on the 25th April 2019 and was attended by many of our alumni, students and staff. Prof. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (University of Cambridge) gave a very interesting lecture entitled 'Arcana imperii: soft power and the secrets of the Augustan Revolution'.
Congratulations to Lisa Murnane and Oscar McHale
The Bachelor of Arts Stage 2 Scholarship and Patrick Semple Medal were awarded to
Lisa Murnane for Greek and Roman Civilisation and to Oscar McHale for Latin. Both were invited to the University awards ceremony in the O’Reilly Hall on the 8th March. Congratulations to Lisa and Oscar!
Access Classics
We were excited to launch our new initiative Access Classics this term. The programme allows academic staff from UCD’s School of Classics to offer workshops/indicative talks to secondary schools and institutions for further adult education. The aim of Access Classics is to work closely with each school to determine and deliver the best option for working with teachers and students to grow the discipline, delivering support to teachers and students, by helping to create teaching resources and talks on topics in Ancient History, Classical Civilisation, Greek and Latin languages, and the on-going impact of Greek and Roman civilisation on the modern world. We also can arrange visits to the UCD School of Classics Museum or even bring parts of our museum collection to your school.
Special thanks to the team who pioneered the pilot programme for Access Classics this semester, Dr Bridget Martin, Ms Tasneem Filaih and Dr Christopher Farrell.
The Classical Museum Seminar Series
The Classical Museum Seminar Series continued in 2019. The themes that were explored during the semester ranged from Latin funerary inscriptions to the First Scientific Mummy Unwrapping Ceremony. Many thanks to our former Assistant Curator Kaylin Bednarz who has continued to co-ordinate this event.