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Events from the 01 January 2026 - 31 December 2026 Reset
Network on Ancient Epistolography
Durham/Edinburgh/Glasgow Network on Ancient Epistolography Second Meeting Durham 1st May 2026 Organizers: Roy Gibson, Janja Soldo, Andrew Morrison
01 May 2026
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
CL007, Classics and Ancient History Department / Online
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Workshop
- Department of Classics and Ancient History
Jane Grenville, "Pevsner and Classicism in the North Riding of Yorkshire"
Classical Architecture in the North East series
07 May 2026
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Heritage Centre, 7 Owengate
- Lecture
- Department of Classics and Ancient History
The 5th Homeric Symposium
This event is organised by Amrita Anand (PhD Candidate in the department) and Emma Brandel (alumna and PhD Candidate in the department since October 2026)
09 May 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
CL007, Classics and Ancient History Department
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Workshop
- Department of Classics and Ancient History
Writing from the Margins: New Approaches to Ancient Authorship
This conference seeks to re-envision ancient authorship by exploring the roles played by socially marginalised and overlooked groups in the creation, preservation, and dissemination of ancient texts.
13 May 2026 - 15 May 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
WB-0003-0004, Waterside Building (Durham Business School)
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Workshop
- Department of Classics and Ancient History
Pippa Steele (Cambridge), Semata and the epistemological position of early Greek alphabetic writing
Durham Classics & Ancient History research seminars, Epiphany term
13 May 2026
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CL108, Classics and Ancient History Department / Online
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Classics and Ancient History
Em. Prof. Samuel N.C. Lieu, "The Battle of Aigospotamoi (405 BCE) – Historiography versus Topography"
Visiting lecture by Em. Prof. Samuel N.C. Lieu FBA, MAE
13 May 2026
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CL007, Classics and Ancient History Department
- Lecture
- Research event
- Department of Classics and Ancient History
Tom Biggs (St Andrews), Sequence and Simultaneity: Rereading Gnaeus Naevius and Livius Andronicus
Durham Classics & Ancient History research seminars, Epiphany term
20 May 2026
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CL108, Classics and Ancient History Department / Online
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Classics and Ancient History
Alex Mullen (Nottingham), TBA
Durham Classics & Ancient History research seminars, Epiphany term
27 May 2026
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CL108, Classics and Ancient History Department / Online
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of Classics and Ancient History
Plateuripidizein. An Interdisciplinary Dialogue on Plato and Euripides
This conference is organised by Dr Giulia Bernardini, Dr George Gazis and Penelope Volpi (PhD Candidate at the University of Milan)
28 May 2026 - 30 May 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
CL007, Classics and Ancient History Department
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Workshop
- Department of Classics and Ancient History
June Anthony Geraghty, "Vanbrugh and Cicero: The architecture of Castle Howard and Seaton Delaval reconsidered"
Classical Architecture in the North East series
18 June 2026
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Heritage Centre, 7 Owengate
- Lecture
- Department of Classics and Ancient History