张巍｜另眼看古典学⑥：Essai à la française——“法式论说文”
August 15, 4pm AEST (UTC+10)
School of Humanities Common Room (Room 822, Level 8, Mungo MacCallum Building) and
Zoom: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/82326237855)
Steven Hunt (University of Cambridge)
Classics Revival in the UK—carpe diem!
Abstract:
From about 2014 the four regions of the British government have undertaken reviews of each of the education systems under their responsibility. While Scotland and Wales have widely consulted stakeholders and have taken more skills-based and cross-disciplinary approaches, England went for a more traditional model, with a strong emphasis on disciplinary knowledge with school seen as preparation for university scholarship. It is therefore perhaps unsurprising that Latin and Classical Studies more widely fitted the English Government’s worldview and received more support and attention than at any time since the mid 1970s. This support has come at a cost, however: a preference for a defined pedagogical approach, a stilted understanding of what ‘The Classics’ is, and a traditionalist and outdated view of how and what it is being taught today in schools and universities. The subject community, teachers and educationalists were originally excluded from the early discussions of what a classics curriculum might look like ‘for everyone’. It is only now, with a new and possibly less enthusiastic (towards Classics) Labour government that the subject community has drawn together more effectively to influence any forthcoming decisions on education policy matters.
This paper will briefly review the current situation and explore the important parts played ‘behind the scenes’ by the subject community, the charity Classics for All, and others in developing Classics for every pupil in the British education system. In it, I hope to point out what has and hasn’t ‘worked’ (which might be beneficial for others in a similar position) and what we in British schools have in mind for the future.
Biography:
Steven Hunt is Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Cambridge. After completing his PGCE Steve taught Classics for twenty years in comprehensive schools in Greater and Inner London and in rural Hertfordshire. Specialising in Latin, he also taught Ancient Greek, Classical Civilisation and Ancient History from GCSE to A-level. For eight years he was a mentor for the PGCE in Classics at Cambridge, and he became the course leader in 2008. His recent books include Hunt, S. and Bulwer, J. (forthcoming 2024). Classics in Schools Worldwide: an international survey. (London, Bloomsbury), Hunt, S. (2023). Starting to Teach Latin. 2nd edition. (London, Bloomsbury) and Hunt, S. (2022). Teaching Latin; contexts, theories and practices. (London, Bloomsbury).
Papers this semester will be presented on campus live streamed via Zoom (unless otherwise indicated). The on-campus location will either be the V. Gordon Childe Centre Boardroom, Level 4, Madsen Building, or the School of Humanities Common Room (Room 822, Mungo MacCallum Building).
The Zoom address for this and all sessions during semester 2 is: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/82326237855
For further information, email: benjamin.brown@sydney.edu.au
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ASCS 46 (3-5 February 2025, Australian National University, Canberra ACT)
Call for Papers Closing Soon
The ASCS Executive and the Conference Organising Committee is pleased to invite abstracts and panel proposals for the ASCS 46th Annual Meeting and Conference. This event will be hosted at the Australian National University in Canberra ACT.
We hope as many as possible will participate in person but the conference will be hybrid and online attendance is welcome.
Further details about the conference and guidelines as to how to submit an abstract or panel proposal can be found at http://www.ascs.org.au/news/index.html
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 23 August 2024.
All completed forms (in word) should be emailed to ascs46abstracts@gmail.com.
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We are excited to announce the schedule of Online Lectures on Roman Greece for the latter half of 2024. All talks will last one hour, followed by discussion:
Estelle Strazdins (ANU): Herodes Atticus: the Hero of Marathon? 29 August: 9:00 UK; 16:00 Beijing; 18:00 Canberra https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/96121900278?pwd=V9kbZUIL1mHh6eyRDP7mKDRyBxc387.1
Meeting ID: 961 2190 0278
Passcode: 486363
Giorgos Mitropoulos (NHRF): Women in Roman Greece: Persons, Activities and Networks
23 September: 12:00 UK; 13:00 CET; 19:00 Beijing
https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/99791483890?pwd=t5Mqm2DLMaCntNSl6H0Bt3mAJQQPTQ.1
Meeting ID: 997 9148 3890
Passcode: 074687
Nikki Vellidis (Oxford): From Myth to Mundane: Mosaics in Imperial Era Greece
24 October: 9:00 UK; 10:00 CET; 17:00 Beijing
https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/96207314374?pwd=L6O8C3f2MuTL6BCeCSHkM4WGLSLGAw.1
Meeting ID: 962 0731 4374
Passcode: 285658
Sophia Zoumbaki (NHRF): Foreigners from the West in Greek Towns
7 November: 9:00 UK; 10:00 CET; 17:00 Beijing
https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/99086467162?pwd=uEqg3QeukcKLyBugnqvcf8eu1M0qN3.1
Meeting ID: 990 8646 7162
Passcode: 584926
Banban Wang (Heidelberg/TU Braunschweig): Adaptation, Anchoring or Appropriation? The epigraphic landscape of Roman Delphi (189 BCE-4th C. CE)
5 December: 9:00 UK; 10:00 CET; 17:00 Beijing
https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/92092309369?pwd=vSbn0bWOfb7Jb6e4R6HkvYfj1qPnhp.1
Meeting ID: 920 9230 9369
Passcode: 704171
