Past events

IGRCT events 2022

Donors' Celebration (2022/23)

The Donors' Celebration for the 2022/23 academic year was delivered by Professor Jackie Murray, Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Kentucky. Prof. Murray delivered a lecture on 'Race and Racecraft in Greek Epic,' using Apollonius' Argonautica as a case study. In her lecture, Prof. Murray dismantled the myth of Greek heroes battling monsters by showing how it was mobilised to justify dehumanising violence committed by the Argonauts against indigenous herders. Prof. Murray also led a workshop for undergraduate and postgraduate students, entitled 'Doing something different with language,' during which she discussed with students her work on Patois Iliad, a creolizing translation of Homer's poetry.

Sixth Annual Morse Lecture

The annual Morse lecture, which took place on 13 May 2022, was delivered by Prof. Dean Hammer, John W. Wetzel Professor of Classics and Professor of Government at Franklin & Marshall College. Prof. Hammer's lecture, 'Communities of Strangers: Citizenship, Identity, and Belonging', explored issues of identity and fragmentation between ancient Rome and the modern nation-state.

Donors' Celebration (2021/22)

The annual Donors' Celebration took place on 9 March 2022. This year's event was a stripped-down, text-only performance of 'HERE SHE COMES', an epic poem based on The Bacchae, written and performed by SJ Brady and produced by the By Jove Theatre Company. The performance was followed by a Q&A with SJ Brady, David Bullen (By Jove co-director), and Christine Plastow (By Jove co-director).