UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
CLASSICS LECTURES OFFERED TO JACT GROUPS AND SCHOOLS
Mr Franco Basso
Faculty of Classics
fggb2@cam.ac.uk
Topics in Greek literature and culture, as requested;
Greek and Latin historians, especially Herodotus,
Plutarch and Tacitus
Professor Paul Cartledge
Clare College, CB2 1TL
pac1001@cam.ac.uk
‘The Olympic games: ancient and modern’
‘Democracy Ancient and Modern’
‘A Spartan education’
Other subjects by arrangement
Dr James Clackson
Jesus College, CB5 8BL
jptc1@cam.ac.uk
‘Cracking the code: Linear B’
‘The Volscians speak Back: Latin and its neighbours’
‘Lugete o Veneres Cupidinesque – Catullus and IndoEuropean’
Any topic on ancient languages/comparative philology
Mr Nicholas Denyer
Trinity College, CB2 1TQ
ncd1000@cam.ac.uk
'The Origins of Justice'
‘Why doesn’t the earth fall?’
‘Zeno’s Stadium Paradox'
‘Heraclitus on war and peace’
Professor Simon Goldhill
King's College, CB2 1ST
sdg1001@cam.ac.uk
Topics in Greek Literature and Culture,
as requested
Dr Neil Hopkinson
Trinity College, CB2 1TQ
nh229@cam.ac.uk
Alexandria and its poets
Poetic texts for GCSE and A-level on request
Professor Geoff Horrocks
St John's College, CB2 1TP
gch1000@cam.ac.uk
'The Linguistic Detective - evidence for the pronunciation
of Greek and Latin'
'The Language of Epic - why no one ever spoke like
Homer'
'Terence and the Principle of Co-operation'
Professor Richard Hunter
Trinity College, CB2 1TQ
rlh10@cam.ac.uk
Topics in Greek and Roman Literature and Culture, by
arrangement
Dr Christopher Kelly
Corpus Christi, CB2 1RH
cmk11@cam.ac.uk
‘History. Lies and Jeffrey Archer: In Defence of the
Emperor Nero’
‘Christians to the Lions: A Good Idea?’
Professor Martin Millett
Fitzwilliam College, CB3 0DG
mjm62@cam.ac.uk
Topics in Roman Archaeology and the archaeology of
Roman Britain, by request
Dr Paul Millett
Downing College, CB3 1DQ
pcm1000@cam.ac.uk
'The malign influence of Thucydides'
'The trial and death of Socrates'
'Athenian democracy, warts and all'
'Slave revolts and resistance in the ancient world'
'City and countryside in the Greek world'
'Neighbours - ancient Greek style'
Other talks are available on most aspects of Greek history
Professor Stephen Oakley
Emmanuel College, CB2 3AP
spo23@cam.ac.uk
Topics in Latin literature, as requested
Cicero A-level set-book
Virgil A-level set-book
Livy A-level set-book
‘How ancient texts survive’
‘The Roman conquest of Italy’
‘Ovid and the fun of being in love’
Dr Rosanna Omitowoju
King’s College, CB2 1ST
rso20@cam.ac.uk
‘May the best man win: competition and aggression
in ancient Greek Culture’
‘Sex and the single girl; rape, seduction and marriage in
Menander’
‘The Young Person’s Guide to becoming a Citizen; the
Lesson of tragedy’; sex and the city, 500BC
Various topics in Greek Literature/Culture/History, by
arrangement
Professor Robin Osborne
King’s College, CB2 1ST
ro225@cam.ac.uk
Topics in Greek History, Art and Archaeology, by request
Dr John Patterson
Magdalene College, CB3 0AG
jrp11@cam.ac.uk
Topics on the City of Rome and Roman Italy, and other
historical topics, as requested.
Professor David Sedley
Christ’s College, CB2 3BU
dns1@cam.ac.uk
'Lucretius' (general, or a single book or topic)
‘Socrates and Plato’ (in relation to any Plato set texts)
‘Greek philosophers on the nature of god’
‘Plato’s Cave’
Dr Nigel Spivey
Emmanuel College, CB2 3AP
njs11@cam.ac.uk
Topics on Greek, Roman and Etruscan art and
archaeology, by request/arrangement
Dr Oliver Thomas
St John’s College, CB2 1TP
orht3@cam.ac.uk
‘Hermes: a god for today’
‘Ancient Greek Music’
Happy to take requests for topics in Greek Literature
Dr Rupert Thompson
Selwyn College, CB3 9DQ
rjet1@cam.ac.uk
‘Why is Greek still a living language but Latin isn’t?’
‘The decipherment of Linear B’
Other topics in the history of the Greek and Latin
languages by arrangement
Dr Caroline Vout
Christ’s College
cv103@cam.ac.uk
Topics in Greek and Roman art, Roman imperial history,
and reception of Classics, as requested
Dr Christopher Whitton
Emmanuel College, CB2 3AP
clw36@cam.ac.uk
Topics in Roman literature and set texts by arrangement
For further information about Cambridge Classical events and facilities, please contact the
Schools Liaison Officer
Snailmail:
Faculty of Classics
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge, CB3 9DA
Email: schools.liaison@classics.cam.ac.uk
talks at JACT lectures/8A1
October 2011