Copy of Inaugural invitation: design by UCD Classical Society
The UCD Classical Society is delighted to announce that their annual Inaugural lecture will take place in person in April, after a two-year hiatus! The Classical Society Inaugural lecture, a tradition that stretches back more than 100 years, is a highlight in the calendar of both the Society and the UCD School of Classics, and we are delighted each year to welcome past and present staff and students, among others, for an evening of Classics and chat! The details of this year’s lecture are as follows:
Professor Edith Hall (Durham University)
“Classics and Social Class in Ireland, 1689-1922“
7 April 2022, 7 pm
Location: The Fitzgerald Camber (1st floor of the new Student Centre, University College Dublin)
Our colleagues in the Classical Association of Ireland (CAI) are pleased to announce that the Latin Summer School 2022 is now taking bookings! The summer school offers an immersive two-week course that is open to secondary-school students from age 12 upwards. The course will be taught by very experienced Latin teachers and is aimed at complete beginners. The summer school will be held in a hybrid format, whereby students can attend either virtually (through Zoom) or in person (held in Trinity College Dublin). Click on the document below for more details or email the organiser, Dr Cosetta Cadau, at cosetta.cadau@mu.ie.
With lots of new resources coming on-stream soon, this is the perfect time to take stock of what is currently available for teachers, students and members of the public on our website and also to point out some upcoming highlights!
In podcast land, we are continuing with our popular “Greek gods in under five minutes” series! Over the coming weeks and months, our wonderful podcasters Eleanor and Maria will introduce us to Apollo, Artemis, Hermes and Dionysus! Last week, we also launched a second podcast series! These podcasts deal with things we often get wrong about the ancient world, again in under five minutes! We began with an introduction to the surprisingly colourful world of ancient buildings and temples. You will find this and all of our podcasts under the “podcast” tab. Happy listening!!
We are currently building up our stock of resources for the Junior Cycle, particularly for the core component of the specification, so keep an eye out for our upcoming resources on daily life, looking in particular at objects and artefacts associated with daily life. These will join our current resources on mythology (including a new resource on the connection between Greek mythology and the names for certain birds, etc. – click on the image above for a copy of this resource!) and Greek and Latin classroom posters! For the Senior Cycle, both outgoing and incoming, a video on Greek art will soon join our videos and PowerPoints on Alexander, Virgil, Greek funerary practices, Greek tragedy and Roman architecture!
Our Transition Year resources are ever-expanding! In addition to the extensive core manual and accompanying PowerPoint, you will find resources for Ancient Greek (wordsearch), the Parthenon, the Casino at Marino and Heracles & Monsters! Soon, we will be adding a walking tour of Classics-associated sights in Ireland!
We are delighted to announce the return of our mythology podcast: once again, sit back and allow our wonderful podcasters, Eleanor Kellett and Maria Wood, to introduce you to some of the main gods from the Greek Pantheon, each in under five minutes! This time around, we will meet Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes and Dionysus! Keep an eye on our Twitter (@ClassicsUCD) so you don’t miss any episodes!
Also (*drum roll*), we will soon be launching a new series of short podcasts on the wonderfully broad topic of ‘Interesting Things in the Ancient World’! Have you ever wondered whether statues and temples were a riot of colour in the ancient world? Would you like to know more about ancient pirates, or the Amazons? If so, this is the series for you! More details to follow soon!
Access Classics is delighted to announce that the new cohort of students in the UCD Access Classics module have taken over the @AccessClassics Twitter feed! Over the coming months, our wonderful students will be using @AccessClassics to spread the word about all things Classical – we can’t wait to see what you come up with! You will find the feed on the right-hand side of our webpages, and please consider supporting our students by following @AccessClassics!
Have you ever wondered what careers you can go into after studying Classics, or what transferrable skills you can gain through a Classics degree? Well, wonder no more! Maynooth University is running “Careers with Classics”, an online event open to undergraduate and postgraduate students of all Irish universities, and to Transition Year and 5th- and 6th-year pupils in secondary school. The event will tackle questions such as: Where do Classics graduates work? What skills can I gain from Classics, and where can I use these skills?
The event will be hosted by Maynooth University on Microsoft Teams on Thursday, 16 September 2021, 14:00-16:00. More information can be found here. To register you interest, please contact Dr Cosetta Cadau at cosetta.cadau@mu.ie.
Attention all Transition Year teachers! We are delighted to announce that we can supply schools with a tailored certificate for their students who complete the Access Classics TY Unit, or complete aspects of it as part of a Unit. Simply get in touch (bridget.martin@ucd.ie; access.classics@ucd.ie), and we can tailor the certificate to your school! If you have not seen our TY Unit yet, you will find the Teaching Manual, accompanying PowerPoint and additional resources under the Transition Year Unit tab. We would be delighted to answer any and all questions and would love to hear from any teachers planning to use the Unit!
Access Classics is excited to be part of the virtual Creative Arts Summer School 2021! This free Summer School, which is funded by the Department of Education and Skills Programme for Access to Higher Education (PATH) fund, aims to introduce participants from underrepresented groups to different pathways to higher education. It is a collaborative project run by the National College of Art and Design, MTU Crawford College of Art, Marino Institute of Education, RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences, University College Dublin, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, and Trinity College Dublin. During the Summer School, participants will be given the opportunity to participate in a virtual programme of, for example, creative arts workshops, campus tours and informative talks on course options and various student supports. Access Classics will give their workshop “Classics: The ancient world today” on 24 June. You can find more information on this exciting initiative here and here.
Congratulations to all winners and finalists of the Young Classicist Awards 2021! UCD Access Classics’ Dr Christopher Farrell and Dr Bridget Martin were delighted to act as judges, alongside Dr Cosetta Cadau (Department of Ancient Classics, Maynooth), Gina Mockler (UCD School of Education) and Dr Charlie Kerrigan (Department of Classics, Trinity), and were very impressed with the imagination, research and standard of the entries! Massive congratulations to all students and schools involved and to Seamus O’Sullivan for his fantastic organisation of the awards! Full details on the winning entries can be found here.
Access Classics is delighted to be shortlisted for the Best Education Outreach Award for the Education Awards 2021! Congratulations to all those shortlisted – more information on each can be found here. We look forward to meeting everyone virtually during the online ceremony in May!
Access Classics 