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.
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.
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.
Good news! The Classical Association of Ireland Teachers has produced an informative brochure setting out all the essential information about the new Senior Cycle Classical Studies curriculum. If your school already teaches Classical Studies or is thinking of introducing it, this is essential reading!
Calling all young Classicists! The Young Classicist Awards 2021 is now open for entries! This exciting initiative encourages secondary-school students to present a project on any aspect of Classics – this can be a craft, such as a poster or a painting, or it can involve some manner of performance, such as singing or recitation.
The awards categories are as follows:
Robin Miller Award – Senior. This award is for senior competitors, from 4th to 6th year.
Dionysus Award – Junior. This award is for junior competitors, from 1st to 3rd year.
Athena Award. This is open to all students, and it encourages students to connect their project to one of the UN sustainable development goals.
Palma Lingua Antiqua. This award is open to all students who have Ancient Greek and/or Latin as a substantial part of their project.
The deadline for entries is 23 April 2021, and all entries must be submitted digitally. Full details on entry requirements and dates, past winners and contact information can be found in the documents below. Access Classics was delighted to be part of the Young Classicist Awards last year, and we can’t wait to see all the great entries this year! Good luck to all!
For a copy of the brochure, poster, success criteria and application form, please click on the images below.
Would you like to learn more about undertaking a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in University College Dublin!? If so, the UCD School of Arts and Humanities is holding a Virtual Open Evening on Thursday, 28 January from 6.30pm, via Zoom.
This is a great opportunity for students to find out about the subjects you can take as part of a UCD Arts and Humanities degree (including Classics!) and where that degree can take you in life! You will also meet some current students and learn about their experiences of undertaking a BA degree at UCD!
The running order for the evening is:
Welcome from our Dean of Undergraduate Studies and overview of our courses: BA Humanities (DN530), BA Joint Honours (DN520) and BA Modern Languages (DN541)
Internships and popular career options
Student Experience and live Q&A.
You can find outmore or register to attend here (places are filling up fast!).
Our colleagues in the Classical Association of Ireland are delighted to offer a unique opportunity to secondary school students between the ages of 15 and 18 to learn Latin in a fun and immersive two-week course, conceived and created by Dr Cosetta Cadau. The course will be taught by very experienced Latin teachers and is aimed at complete beginners. More details can be found here. If you or your students would like to try some fun every-day Latin, check out this wonderful quiz created by Dr Cadau! (This is a Kahoot quiz that works best being played in classroom groups.) Congratulations to all involved in this exciting new initiative to promote Latin!
Our logo incorporates aspects of Hibernia, the personification of Ireland, and Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, highlighting the strong Classical tradition in Ireland. The ancient world has had, and continues to have, a huge and influential impact on Ireland’s culture and arts, underlining Ireland’s long and creative tradition of interacting with other cultures, times and societies. It is one of the aims of Access Classics to offer support to the dynamic and enthusiastic Classics community in Ireland to help Classics grow both in and outside the classroom.
In March 2020, UCD School of Classics was delighted to host the 2020 Young Classicist Awards, an exciting initiative run by the Classical Association of Ireland Teachers. Second-level students of Classical Studies, Latin and Greek (and those with an interest in the same) were given the opportunity to showcase their interest in Classics through a performance, presentation or craft. Access Classics had a great time running an object handling session for the students and looking at the many great entries. Congratulations to all those involved and especially to the winners! More information about the awards can be found here.
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