Previous Events and Festival

Heffers Classics Festival 2012

The line-up for the 2012 Festival, Cambridge.

Please see the dedicated page on this blog for this years Festival!

Tickets now on sale!

Time

Speakers

Talk

Session One 10.30-11.15

Philip Hardie

Aeneas in the Americas: Virgil and the New World
 

Mary Beard

The Importance of Classics

 

David Gwynn

The Roman Republic

Session Two

11.45-12.45

Harry Sidebottom

The Classical World in Fiction

 

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

Herculaneum

 

Mark Walker

Hobbitus Ille: New Latin Translation of ‘The Hobbit’

 

Natalie Haynes

The Ancient Guide to Modern Life

Session Three

1.30-2.30

Adrian Goldworthy

Antony and Cleopatra

 

Michael Scott

Delphi

 

Charlotte Higgins

The Importance of Homer Today

     
Session Four3.30-4.00

Bettany Hughes

Q & A session and signing

Session Five

4.15-5.30

Tom Holland

When did the Roman Empire Fall?

     
 

Paul Cartledge

Spartans and Thermopylae

 

Mary Beard

Meet the Romans

 

Mary Beard, Tom Holland, Paul Cartledge & Michael Scott

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4 Responses to Previous Events and Festival

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  2. What a great day! I had such an enjoyable and interesting time listening to all the talks ~ it was well worth the trip from Kent. Thank you for putting on such an excellent event and I hope that you will be repeating it next year?

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