NORTH STAFFS BRANCH OF THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION
Chairman: Father Anthony Dykes; Treasurer: Mr Richard Wallace; Secretary: Mr Stephen Clifford
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Events 2012/2013
NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY ANCIENT LANGUAGE IS REQUIRED TO ENJOY AND TAKE PART IN OUR EVENTS,
OTHER THAN THE READING GROUPS
READING: (in English Translation) of Livy Books I & II (Lucretia, Coriolanus, etc)
7.30 pm, Monday 29 October 2012
Priest's House, St Wulstan's, Church Lane, Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 0EF
Copies will be available, but please bring the Penguin Classics edition, if you are able.
LECTURE: John Davie (University of Oxford)
'SHAKESPEARE AND THE CLASSICS'
7.30 p.m., Thursday 15 November 2012
Common Room, Keele Hall, University of Keele, ST5 5BG
Joint meeting with the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies
LECTURE: Professor Roy Gibson (University of Manchester)
'THE VILLAS OF PLINY THE YOUNGER'
7.30 p.m., Tuesday 11 December 2012
St Wulstans's (RC) Primary School, Church Lane, Wolstanton, ST5 0EF
Joint meeting with the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
PLAY READING: (in English translation) of Aeschylus' Eumenides
7.30 p.m., Monday 28 January 2013
Priest's House, St Wulstan's, Church Lane, Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 0EF
The Roman Theatre at Orange.
Copies will be available, but please bring the Penguin Classics edition, if you are able.
LECTURE: Gaye Blake-Roberts (Director, the Wedgwood Museum)
'CLASSICAL INSPIRATIONS OF WEDGWOOD CERAMICS'
7.30 p.m., Thursday 7 March 2013
Raven Mason Suite, Keele Hall, University of Keele, ST5 5BG
Joint meeting with the Friends of Keele
LECTURE: Aimee Schofield (University of Manchester)
'A BOLT FROM THE BLUE: HOW CATAPULTS CHANGED THE FACE OF ANCIENT WARFARE'
5.30 pm, Wednesday 17 April 2013
The Library, Clayton Hall Business & Language College, ST5 3DN
SILCHESTER COACH TRIP
ANNUAL COACH TRIP, Saturday 11 May 2013.
As usual we will depart by coach from Keele, about 9.00 a.m., returning late the same evening. On our outward journey, we shall visit the Littlecote Villa site in Wiltshire, then Silchester Roman Town, stopping for an evening meal on our return journey. Admission is free for both sites. Members are invited to bring packed lunches to eat at the coach park before going round Silchester Roman Town and excavations.
The 'Orpheus' Mosaic - subject to interpretation.
Silchester, the Amphitheatre
Final details of costs will be given with confirmed bookings, but these are expected to be similar to 2012, exclusive of evening meal, depending on final costs of group entry etc, i.e. abouit £24. Further details will appear on this site before the trip.
The booking form may be downloaded here.
Annual General Meeting
The AGM of the Branch will take place in late June or early July, at 7.30 pm.
Latin and Greek Reading Groups 2012/13
Greek A Greek Reading Group meets at a private house in Newcastle every three or four weeks, generally on a Tuesday evening. The group is continuing to work through the JACT Greek Anthology, a collection that provides an introduction to Classical authors from Homer onwards. The next meeting will be on Tuesday 21 May 2013, when we shall continue Iliad VI, reading lines already assigned to members. Some prior knowledge of Greek is required, but the atmosphere is relaxed and support is provided.
Latin The next meeting will be in the Senior Common Room, First Floor, Keele Hall, University of Keele, at 7.30 p.m., on Wednesday 15 May 2013. As a change from the extracts from the Psalms in the Vulgate, the group is reading Brevissima, with the notes, vocabulary and translation provided, from numbers 850-900. After this meeting, the group will turn to
All welcome - all events except coach trips are free of charge
Last year's programme and annual report
Classics Teachers
There is a termly meeting of Staffordshire Classics Teachers, at a private house in Newcastle. It is held on a Saturday morning, and operates as a mutual support group for people teaching Classical subjects in any shape or form. New members are always most welcome. The meeting is very informal and lunch is provided. The next meeting is at 11 a.m. on Saturday 19 October 2013. Please email the address below for further information.
Board Game for Schools
The Branch is pleased to announce that, through the generosity of the Hellenic Society, we now hold a copy of the new board game Pots! The Game, suitable for age 10 and upwards. This is available to be borrowed at no charge by Schools in our area, and is a fast paced game for 3 - 6 players, bidding against each other to acquire the biggest and best collection of Greek vases. The Hellenic Society has made it available as part of its own Schools Programme since, as well as being good fun and instilling a general interest in Greece, the game has useful images and details of Greek vases in the British Museum. It should be of particular interest to any school students looking at Greek Art modules, but could also be used with older Minimus groups, to extend their interest to Greece as well as Rome. Interested schools can request a loan at the termly meeting above, or direct from this Branch (below).
For further details, please contact the Hon. Secretary: Stephen Clifford, Tel: 01630-647765, email: northstaffsca@yahoo.co.uk