EVENTS and initiatives: the classics society
Auditor: Tadhg Keane (
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Vice Auditor: Helen Hughes
Treasurer:Kyra Taylor
Secretary: Helen Murray (
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P.R.O: Kaitlin Hanley
Safety Officer: Orlaith Costello O.C.M: Molly Aitken
For anyone wishing to join, contact us by email:
classics
socs,nuigalway.ie
28th September 2011: Prof. Brian Arkins (Galway) on "Ancient Greek and Victorian Attitudes to Homosexuality"
14th November 2011: Ms Michael-Ann Bevivino, archaeologist and art historian, on "Even better than the real thing? Irish copies of ancient statuary"
25th January 2012: Professor Robert Segal (University of Aberdeen) on "The myth of Gaia"
March 15th to 20th: Trip to Rome
23rd February 2012: Margaret Heavey Memorial Lecture: Prof. Philip Hardie (University of Cambridge) on "Narcissus and Pygmalion in Ovid’s
Metamorphoses"
All are welcome at the Society's guest speaker events, which where possible include a reception after the lecture. Full details of each event are circulated close to the date among members and via Blackboard.