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Classics and Ancient History Society: The University of Queensland

Address: The University of Queensland 4072 St Lucia, QLD, Australia

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23.01.2022 The first session of this year's Critical Dialogues will commence at 5:00pm on Thursday the 4th of March! The theme for this session is Porphyry and Human Sacrifice in which we will investigate the third century philosopher, Porphyry’s, ‘About Abstinence’ discussing human sacrifice! Come join UQ Honorary Research Fellow Dr Yvette Hunt in discussing how human sacrifice appears across the ancient world. The readings up for discussion in this session are now available for download on the CAHS website! https://cahsociety.com/critical-dialogues/

18.01.2022 Tyrants and dictators beware, today CAHS celebrates the Ides of March! Due to the Senate House being temporarily unavailable to us, come down to Michie 211 from 5:30pm for our lecture event with Associate Professor Tom Stevenson on the conspiracy against Caesar! Spots are limited, and free registration is essential! Don’t end up like Cicero and miss your invitation to Caesar’s ‘special banquet’, follow the link to secure your spot: https://idesofmarch-event.getqpay.com (If ...you already have a ticket, but can no longer attend, please be sure to let us know!) For more info, check out our Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/8uucHQxVm A reminder to anyone wishing to purchase CAHS merchandise at the event to please bring cash! We look forward to seeing you all there! #MemeMonday

18.01.2022 With Mid-Semester Exams just around the corner, don’t forget that CAHS’ Classical Languages Mentoring Program, CLAMO, is here to help! Check out our website for more information: https://cahsociety.com/clamo/ This weeks Zoom Link: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/89810417703

17.01.2022 No better way to kick off the first day of a fresh new semester than with the first Meme Monday of 2021! For all of you who have followed in Caesar’s footsteps, head on down to the Michie Building Forecourt from 1:00pm-2:30pm and join us for the CAHS Welcome Lunch!!! #MemeMonday

17.01.2022 This year’s Worldwide Reading Event is fast approaching! As part of the Festival Europeean Latin Grec, CAHS will be participating in a virtual reading of Apuleius’ ‘Metamorphoses’ (The Golden Ass)! If you would like to participate in CAHS’ reading group for this event, please register here: https://forms.gle/CDYGRWqP7Z1V5esW8 Check out our Facebook event for more information: https://fb.me/e/6lvOUerk4 ... Learn more about this year’s Worldwide Reading event here: http://festival-latingrec.eu/lecture-publique-2021/

15.01.2022 Saturday the 20th of March is the UQ Friends of Antiquity Annual Ancient History Day! The Friends of Antiquity are hosting a range of lectures on topics from all around the ancient world throughout the day! This year the event will focus on ‘Spectacles in the Ancient World’! Be sure to purchase your tickets to Ancient History Day online at the following link, where you can also check out the program for the day! https://alumni.uq.edu.au/event/session/7376

14.01.2022 Don’t let the demons win! Perfect your conversational Latin tomorrow at session two of Conuiuium Latinum! More information on our website: https://cahsociety.com/conuiuium-latinum/ #MemeMonday #Latin #AncientHistory #UQ

08.01.2022 Many thanks to all our co-conspirators who joined us for the CAHS Ides of March lecture event! We had an amazing turn out, booking to entire event capacity! An extra big thank you to Tom Stevenson for sharing his insights into the world of Julius Caesar with us all and making tonight's event possible!

07.01.2022 A huge thank you to everyone who attended today's CAHS Welcome Lunch! We had an amazing turn out for our first event of the year and the Executive Team is excited to see you all again at events throughout the semester!