Programme for 2018
The summer school starts with registration from 4:00 pm on Saturday 7th July and ends at 11:00 am on Thursday 12th July, after a talk given by a visiting speaker.
There are six one-hour teaching sessions each the 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 discussion. Each student takes four or five options (not including session 6, which is compulsory for all students) and you are strongly encouraged to avoid topics which you have already studied in depth: the sessions are designed as taster courses, not revision classes.
NB 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 you prepare extracts from a comedy or a tragedy for performance on the last 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. A new exciting addition this year is our "Facts at Five" activity where students will 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 who have a higher level of Ancient Greek, optional lunch time sessions will also be provided to extend their knowledge.
There are six one-hour teaching sessions each the 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 discussion. Each student takes four or five options (not including session 6, which is compulsory for all students) and you are strongly encouraged to avoid topics which you have already studied in depth: the sessions are designed as taster courses, not revision classes.
NB 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 you prepare extracts from a comedy or a tragedy for performance on the last 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. A new exciting addition this year is our "Facts at Five" activity where students will 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 who have a higher level of Ancient Greek, optional lunch time sessions will also be provided to extend their knowledge.
Topics
(a summary of each class offered is available here)
Literature Greek comedy (either one play in detail or an overview of the genre) Greek tragedy (either one play in detail or an overview of the genre) Homer's Iliad Virgil's Aeneid Ancient epics Myths and the transmission of stories Classical Reception History Minoans and Mycenaeans Athens, the birthplace of democracy Alexander the Great Finest year 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 Philosophy Philosophy ancient and 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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