Lectures and Videos List
Ancient Literature
Women in the ancient world with particular reference to Greek tragedy by Rosanna Omitowojou
Khameleon Productions: Introduction to Medea, This discussion with the producers of an all BAME Medea is a great resource for use in the classroom. Khameleon Productions’ adaptation of the play focuses on Medea’s “otherness” and exclusion.
Does Virgil Lie by Ingo Gildenhard
Modern and Ancient Heroes by Tim Whitmarsh
Philosophy
Nicholas Denyer ‘Aristotle on the round earth’
James Warren ‘Epicurus on Death’
Caroline Vout Myth and Religion: Encountering the Divine in Greece and Rome
Stephan Stephanides ‘Plato on the true self’
David Sedley ‘Socrates and the good life’
James Warren ‘The historical background to Socrates’ trial’
Ancient History
What did Tacitus Write? by Ingo Gildenhard
Why did Tacitus write his Imperial history year by year? by Ingo Gildenhard
Carol Atack: ‘Who Knows? The problem of political knowledge in Athenian Democracy’
Mary Beard: ‘Rome and its Neighbours’
Rosanna Omitowojou ‘Women in the Ancient World’
Linguistics
Linguistics and Linear B with Dr Pippa Steele
Writing in the Ancient World
Write Like the Ancients Introduction
Write Like the Ancients: Remembering the Dead
Write Like the Ancients: Rule of Law (How was writing used by governments in the Ancient World?)
Write Like the Ancients: Writing as Art.
Write Like the Ancients: Making it all Add Up: This is a more detailed look at how Linear B, an early form of Greek writing, was used for palace administration.
Language Learning
Latin Mini Lesson 1: Nouns Cases and Declensions with Dr Antonia Marie Reinke
Latin Mini Lesson 2: Verbs, Conjugations and Tenses (i) with Dr Antonia Marie Reinke
Latin Mini Lesson 3: Verbs, Conjugations and Tenses (II) with Dr Antonia Marie Reinke
Latin Mini Lesson 4: Adjectives with Dr Antonia Marie Reinke
Diversity in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Mary Beard “Whiteness” The Gifford Lectures
Tim Whitmarsh “Black Achilles: Skin Color in Ancient Greece”
Pippa Steele: “Linguistic Diversity in Roman Britain”
Robin Osborne: “Seeing the Other”
Khameleon productions Adaptation of Euripides’ Medea: an Introduction.
Archeology, Sculpture and Art
Greek and Roman Statues: stories, ancient and modern | Cambridge Taster Lecture Caroline Vout
A World of Make-Believe Nigel Spivey
Arthur Evans, the Ashmolean, and the display of Minoan Crete Yannis Galanakis
From sexual pursuit to rape: sexual violence in Athenian painted pottery Robin Osborne
The origins of the non-competitive sports day Robin Osborne
P. N. Ure and the Tyranny of the Archaeologist Robin Osborne
Urban Highlights Martin Millett
Nero and the art of dissolution Caroline Vout
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from Ancient Rome to Salvador Dali Mary Beard
Mistaken Identities: How to Identify a Roman Emperor Mary Beard
The Gifford Lectures
1. Introduction: Murderous Games - The Gifford Lectures Mary Beard
2. Whiteness - The Gifford Lectures Mary Beard
3. Lucretia and the politics of sexual violence - The Gifford Lectures Mary Beard
4. Them and us - The Gifford Lectures Mary Beard
5. Tyranny and Democracy - The Gifford Lectures Mary Beard
6. Classical Civilsation? - The Gifford Lectures Mary Beard
Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge
The Peplos Kore by Caroline Vout
The Townley Discobolus by Caroline Vout
Antinuous by Caroline Vout
A Heavyweight at Rest: The Terme Boxer Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge
Ask a Cambridge Expert: The Romans with Hannah Price
More on Philosophy, Religion and Literature
“Filling the Gaps” CA Predisential Lecture Robin Osborne
Pax Romana: civilising the barbarians or evil empire? Christopher Kelly, Tom Holland, GM Tamás, Angus Kennedy
“Our (Ancient) Greek Minds” Western Blinders - 2017 SIFK Inaugural Conference Simon Goldhill
How to Be an Atheist — The Ancient Greek Way Tim Whitmarsh
The arts of imitation in Latin prose: Pliny’s Epistles / Quintilian in brief Christopher Whitton
Greece vs Rome, with Boris Johnson and Mary Beard
Swears, Bears and Mother-in-laws: Forbidden Words **Warning: contains offensive language** James Clackson
Podcasts:
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps: Classical Greek Philosophy
History of Philosophy without any gaps - James Warren on Epicureanism
Greek and Roman Literature - Festival of Ideas 2014 Richard Hunter
In Our Time BBCR4
Horace - In Our Time BBCR4 Emily Gowers, William Fitzgerald, Ellen O’Gorman
Socrates - In Our Time BBCR4 Angie Hobbs, David Sedley, Paul Millett
Aristotle’s Biology - In Our Time BBCR4 Armand Leroi, Myrto Hatzimichali, Sophia Connell
Epicureanism - In Our Time BBCR4 Angie Hobbs, David Sedley and James Warren
Plato’s Republic - In Our Time BBCR4 Angie Hobbs, MM McCabe, James Warren
Zeno’s Paradoxes - In Our Time BBCR4 James Warren, Marcus du Sautoy, Barbara Settler
Plato’s Symposium - In Our Time BBCR4 Angie Hobbs, Richard Hunter, Frisbee Sheffield