UCT Classics

Classics at the University of Cape Town.

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UCT announces the Alasdair Falconer Scholarship in Classics Honours: https://t.co/9aLKjxhmxf

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Later this month: Dr Matthew Shelton (UCT) on Homer in Zulu and Southern Sotho. All welcome!

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Our 2026 Postgraduate Ergasterion “Workshop” is happening next week! Come and hear about the research that some of our students are currently working on.

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Our 2026 Postgraduate Ergasterion “Workshop” is happening next week! Come and hear about the research that some of our students are currently working on.

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A new illustrated translation of the Eclogues, but a South African duo, Richard Whitaker and William Kentridge. Details here, free to download: https://t.co/dxb7zWZUGA

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Later this month: Leo Kershaw (Oxford) on Greek Tragedy and the Black Consciousness Movement. All welcome!

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Richard Whitaker’s long-awaited translation of Virgil’s poems of the lives, loves, sufferings and songs of herdsmen has now been published. African Pastoral features 31 superb images by South African and international artist William Kentridge:
https://t.co/pX8ANsFomj

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The next lecture in the UCT Inaugural Lecture series will be delivered by Professor Roman Roth on Wednesday, 2 September 2026 at 18:00 SAST. Read more about this and other updates: https://t.co/MuD1EvJ919

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Vice-Chancellor Professor Mosa Moshabela invites members of the university community and the public to the next UCT Inaugural Lecture, to be presented by Professor Roman Roth from the Faculty of Humanities on Wednesday, 2 September 2026 at 18:00 SAST in Kramer Lecture Theatre 2, Kramer Law Building, middle campus.

The lecture is titled "Fighting for Mediterranean Empire: Rome and Her Italian Allies, 200–91 BCE”.

Register now: https://t.co/278CTalGR4

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Professor Roman Roth will deliver his inaugural lecture, "Fighting for Mediterranean Empire: Rome and Her Italian Allies, 200–91 BCE", on Wednesday, 2 September 2026 at 18:00 SAST in Kramer Lecture Theatre 2, Kramer Law Building, middle campus. Register to attend: https://t.co/278CTal91w

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Looking forward to Professor Roman Roth’s inaugural lecture next month!

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VC Professor Mosa Moshabela invites members of the university community and the public to the two lectures to be held in September 2026 as part of the UCT Inaugural Lecture series. Read more: https://t.co/gLqKpJfoAf

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The 2026 Mezzabotta Memorial Lecture will be given by Amy Russell (Brown) on “Rethinking the Roman People”. 13 August 2026 at 17h00 in Beattie 114. All welcome!

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The 2026 Mezzabotta Memorial Lecture will be given by Amy Russell (Brown) on “Rethinking the Roman People”. 13 August 2026 at 17h00 in Beattie 114. All welcome!

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Today! All welcome.

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Later this month: Hamish Williams (Groningen) on Mary Renault’s The King Must Die. All welcome!

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Later this month: Hamish Williams (Groningen) on Mary Renault’s The King Must Die. All welcome!

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Today!

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Kenneth Haynes (Brown) will be speaking on Horace next week. All welcome.

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Kenneth Haynes (Brown) will be speaking on Horace next week. All welcome.

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Yesterday's honours workshop on medieval and renaissance manuscripts of works by Classical authors (with a focus on Valerius Maximus) in the Grey Collection at the National Library of South Africa.

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⚫ mAnJE ! MaNJe (an epic)

🎟️ Book here: https://t.co/fdINHhaksD

Magnet Theatre’s mAnJE! MaNJe (an epic) is a striking and imaginative production that draws on the story of Daedalus to reflect on the human condition in the age of the machine, big data and climate catastrophe.

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On Tuesday, Jakub Filonik (Silesia) will be giving a research seminar. All welcome!