Notices

  • Parking at UQ: On weekends, Public Holidays, and Special University Holidays parking is free in all casual and permit parking areas, including the multi-level car parks at St Lucia (UQ Parking).

Looking Ahead
July 2018
Sunday
July 1		 Magic in a Later Latin Medical Text | Preliminary Talk: Ptolemaic Naval Policy and the Maritime Aphrodite
August 2018
Sunday
August 12		 The Archers of Athens | Preliminary Talk: To the Rhodian Winds: Protection Poetry for Sailing on the Ancient Sea
September 2018
Sunday
September 9		 The Strange Colours of Ancient Greece | Preliminary Talk: TBA
October 2018
Sunday
October 7		 The Phoenicians from Antiquity to the Arab Spring | Preliminary Talk: Betty Fletcher Travelling Scholarship Award
November 2018
Sunday
November 4		 Antiquities as Souvenirs in the First World War | Preliminary Talk: TBA
Sunday
November 18		 Friends of Antiquity Christmas Party

Past Events in 2012

December

Friends of Antiquity Christmas Party Sunday December 9
Friends of Antiquity Christmas Party

November

The Search for Homer's Greeks Sunday November 4
The Search for Homer's Greeks by Prof. Trevor Bryce.
The Excavation of Tell Halaf, Syria Sunday November 4
The Excavation of Tell Halaf, Syria by Mrs Vera Heath.

October

Saturnalia Friday October 26
Saturnalia
Sunday October 7
Democratic Principles and Aristocratic Spirit in Ancient Athens by Dr Luca Asmonti.
Sunday October 7
Gaius Marius, his Varicose Veins and the Small Hook by Dr John Ratcliffe.

September

The Dionysian Parade and the Prehistory of Comedy Sunday September 9
The Dionysian Parade and the Prehistory of Comedy by Prof. Eric Csapo.
The Mystery of the Ring Sunday September 9
The Mystery of the Ring by Mrs Juliet O'Brien.

August

A Cultural History of Olympia and its Monuments (Public Lecture) Thursday August 30
A Cultural History of Olympia and its Monuments (Public Lecture) by Prof. Judith Barringer.
Ancient History Day 2012 | Crime and Punishment in the Ancient World Friday August 24
Ancient History Day 2012 | Crime and Punishment in the Ancient World

July

The Incongrous Athletes of Satyric Drama Sunday July 1
The Incongrous Athletes of Satyric Drama by Dr David Pritchard.

June

Three Score Club: The Ancient Celts - Myth and Reality Wednesday June 20
Three Score Club: The Ancient Celts - Myth and Reality by Dr Dorothy Watts.
Renaissance Dialogues with the Classical Past Sunday June 3
Renaissance Dialogues with the Classical Past by Dr Victoria Bladen.
Camillus: Livy's Ideal Roman Sunday June 3
Camillus: Livy's Ideal Roman by Ms Stephanie Golding.

May

Greece through the Eyes of its Travellers Sunday May 6
Greece through the Eyes of its Travellers by Professor Alastair Blanshard.

April

The Public Image of Rome's Soldier Emperors Sunday April 1
The Public Image of Rome's Soldier Emperors by Dr Caillan Davenport.
Visions of Utopia in Lucian and Philostratus Sunday April 1
Visions of Utopia in Lucian and Philostratus by Mr Chris Mallan.

March

Seafaring Saviours of the Ancient Mediterranean Sunday March 4
Seafaring Saviours of the Ancient Mediterranean by Dr Amelia Brown.

February

The Classics in Music Sunday February 5
The Classics in Music by Emeritus Professor Bob Milns.