UCL Greek & Latin

16/03/2026

A one-off screening of the rarely seen silent epic film Jone o Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (Jone or The Last Days of Pompeii, 1913, dir. Giovanni Enrico Vidali) will be held in the 500-seat Bloomsbury Theatre from 6 to 8.30 pm on Saturday 9 May 2026. Immerse yourself in the romance and menace of Pompeii’s last days, ending with the terror of its citizens as the volcano Vesuvius erupts and destroys their city in spectacular fashion. The screening will be accompanied by live piano and percussion performed by the professional silent film musicians John Sweeney and Jeff Davenport. Tickets cost £12 and you can book BELOW. This event is part of the activities of the Greek & Latin research project Museum of Dreamworlds as well as the bicentennial celebrations of UCL.

Experiencing the last days of Pompeii through silent cinema Presented by UCL Department of Greek and Latin Enjoy an early evening screening of a rarely seen yet extraordinary Italian epic from 1913, about romance and menace during the last days of Pompeii, ending with the terror of its citizens as t...

18/03/2025

S. V. Keeling Memorial Lecture 2025
Ursula Coope (Oxford) will deliver a talk entitled: ‘Aristotle on the Perception of Motion’
Time and place: Tuesday 18th March, 17:00-19:00; Wilkins Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, UCL, Gower St, London, WC1E 6BT
The lecture is free to attend, but please register following the link below.
The Keeling Memorial Lecture is organised by the Keeling Centre for Ancient Philosophy at UCL and the Department of Philosophy, in conjunction with the Department of Greek & Latin.

Prof. Ursula Coope (Oxford) will give the Keeling Lecture on Tue 18 March, 2025: 'Aristotle on the Perception of Motion'.

20/12/2024

Check out this blog post about Aristophanes at chickensed, by Dr Giovanna Di Martino!

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02/12/2024

Check out this event at the Freud museum hosted by our own Prof Miriam Leonard

Image credit: Bob King Creative (Creative Design) and Seamus Ryan (Artwork Photography)   This ticket is for IN-HOUSE access to this event. Doors

24/10/2024

'Peace’ by Aristophanes at Chickenshed, 1st Nov, 6-7 pm.

Join us for a special performance of Peace by Aristophanes, a timeless comedy first staged in 421 BCE. Premiering just days before a peace treaty between Athens and Sparta, this play’s message of hope is as relevant today as ever.

Some of our students are taking part to the performance. Our colleague Dr Giovanna Di Martino worked on this as a dramaturg and translator, she will give two talks after the event, one in Oxford and the other in Bristol.

See below some links for booking!

demonstration performance (1st Nov, 6-7pm) https://www.chickenshed.org.uk/events/aristophanes

Oxford talk
http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2024/11/04-inclusive-theatre-community-building-and-aristophanes

Bristol talk https://www.tickettailor.com/events/universityofbristoldepartmentoftheatre/1428322

The Institute of Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition (IGRCT) and Theatre at Bristol Seminars (TaBS) present an interdiscip...

14/10/2024

check out this upcoming lecture at the IAS!

Lecture Friday 15th November 2024 at 12:00

20/09/2024

Myths and Musicals: In Conversation with Hadestown
Wed 23 Oct 3-4:30pm,
IN PERSON https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/myths-and-musicals-in-conversation-with-hadestown-in-person-tickets-970330393327

ONLINE https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/myths-and-musicals-in-conversation-with-hadestown-online-tickets-970334375237

Join the UCL Greek and Latin department for a celebration of the award-winning West End musical Hadestown, featuring cast and crew from the show. Our expert panel of West End performers and academics from UCL and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama will discuss all things myths and musicals, questioning why Orpheus still resonates with us today. There will also be an opportunity for an exclusive Q&A with the Hadestown team.

A celebration of the award-winning West End musical Hadestown, featuring cast and crew from the show.

23/07/2024

Congratulations to our BA student Carlo De Cristofaro for winning the Arts & Humanities Medal 2024! Well done, Carlo!

Congratulations to Carlo De Cristofaro, BA Classics, on being awarded the UCL Arts & Humanities Faculty Medal.

19/07/2024

Congratulations to our very own Prof Phiroze Vasunia, who has been elected as a new fellow of the British Academy!!

The British Academy has today elected 86 leading scholars from the humanities and social sciences to its Fellowship.

18/07/2024

From Rome’s ideal woman to Medusa and the Stone Butch. Here's a fascinating blog post by Poppy Shortmoor and Ella Bosworth-Gerbino, two students in our Department at UCL.

https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/che/2024/06/10/from-romes-ideal-woman-to-medusa-and-the-stone-butch-challenging-a-conventional-classics-curriculum/

18/07/2024

Dr Mairéad McAuley joins Mary Beard to discuss Allia Potestas and her unusual domestic arrangement. She examines what the lines on her tombstone reveal about Roman morality and the sexual politics of the time. BBC Radio 4, ‘Being Roman with Mary Beard’ (from 9 min, 42 sec)

03/07/2024

UCL Department of Greek and Latin
MA Studies Open Event 11 July 2024, 12:00-13:00

Now that most finalists have received their UG examination results, the Department of Greek and Latin at UCL is holding an open event on Thursday 11 July on Zoom from 12:00 to 13:00 for anyone thinking about doing a taught MA. Maria Wyke (Director of our MA programmes) and Phiroze Vasunia (in-coming Head of Department) will talk about UCL’s MA in Classics and the MA in The Reception of the Classical World, and about postgraduate life in our UCL Classics community. There will also be an opportunity for Q&A.

You can register here to attend the open event (and to get a Zoom link). Potential MA applicants can also contact Maria Wyke directly to discuss the MA programmes, if they cannot attend the event.

For further information on the programmes, see The MA in Classics and The MA in the Reception of the Classical World pages on our website. And for our academic staff:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/people/academic-staff

Queries? Please contact our MA administrator, Wendy Leung.

Peter AgócsGreek lyric song, especially Pindar and Bacchylides; genre in ancient literature; narrative in Greek lyric; collective memory.Aylin AtacanArchitectural history, visuality and architectural representation, spatial narrative, cinema and architecture.Elena Cagnoli FiecconiAncient philosophy...