Programme for 2019
The summer school starts with registration from 4:00 pm on Sunday 28th July and ends at 11:00 am on Friday 2nd August, after a talk given by a visiting speaker.
There are six one-hour teaching sessions each day (four in the morning, two in the afternoon), covering all the topics listed below. Most of the sessions are run as seminars, with students encouraged to take an active part in the discussions. Each student takes four or five options (not including session 6, which is compulsory for all students) and we ask that you avoid topics which you have already studied in depth: these sessions are designed to be introductory courses, not revision classes.
N.B. The sixth teaching session about 'Myth' is compulsory for all students and involves a series of whole-school activities
There is also an evening session when students prepare extracts from an ancient comedy or tragedy for a live performance on the final night of the course, or help backstage with set design and costumes.
There is an hour and a half of free time in the afternoon which you can use as you please, either for wider reading or for recreational activities. As part of our "Facts at Five" activity, students have the option to attend talks put on by members of staff relating to the Ancient World or university applications for Classics and related subjects.
For students interested in languages, optional lunch-time sessions will provide an introduction to ancient languages other than Latin and Greek.
There are six one-hour teaching sessions each day (four in the morning, two in the afternoon), covering all the topics listed below. Most of the sessions are run as seminars, with students encouraged to take an active part in the discussions. Each student takes four or five options (not including session 6, which is compulsory for all students) and we ask that you avoid topics which you have already studied in depth: these sessions are designed to be introductory courses, not revision classes.
N.B. The sixth teaching session about 'Myth' is compulsory for all students and involves a series of whole-school activities
There is also an evening session when students prepare extracts from an ancient comedy or tragedy for a live performance on the final night of the course, or help backstage with set design and costumes.
There is an hour and a half of free time in the afternoon which you can use as you please, either for wider reading or for recreational activities. As part of our "Facts at Five" activity, students have the option to attend talks put on by members of staff relating to the Ancient World or university applications for Classics and related subjects.
For students interested in languages, optional lunch-time sessions will provide an introduction to ancient languages other than Latin and Greek.
Topics
(a summary of each class offered is available here)
Literature Greek comedy (an overview of the genre) Greek tragedy (an overview of the genre) Homer's Iliad Virgil's Aeneid Ancient epics Myths and the transmission of stories Classical Reception Cicero (works, life and times) Personal poetry History Minoans and Mycenaeans Athens (from a military or non-military perspective) Alexander the Great Finest years of the Roman Republic Julio-Claudian Emperors Fall of the Roman Republic Culture Art and Architecture Women and gender in antiquity Barbarians in the Ancient World Ancient Religion Philosophy Philosophy, from ancient to modern Socrates and the birth of philosophy Language An introduction to Ancient Greek An introduction to Latin Intermediate Latin (for those with GCSE Latin or higher) |
Daily schedule (The majority of the teaching takes place in the morning in order to create some space in the afternoons for private study and relaxation. The daily schedule is as follows:
08.15 breakfast 09.00 teaching session 1 10.00 teaching session 2 11.00-11.30 break 11.30 teaching session 3 12.30 teaching session 4 13:25-15.00 lunch (including optional sessions and talks) 15:00 teaching session 5 16:00 teaching session 6 17:00 free time 17.00-17.45 Optional 'Facts at Five' talks 18:30 evening meal 19:30-21.00 Drama 21.00-22.30 free time 
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