Edith Hall: Achilles in Green

OUCS Speaker Event with Edith Hall

4 February 16:00

Achilles in Green: The Iliad and the Anthropocene 

Event recording copyright Oxford University Classics Society, 2023.

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Speaker: Prof. Edith Hall

Chair: Justin MS Vyvyan-Jones (OUCS President)

With thanks to: Charlotte Perry (Vice-President); Marianne Morgan (Treasurer); Harry Dearlove-Still (Secretary); Ambrose Pailing (IT Officer); Oliver Cadogan (Auxiliary Treasurer); James Beggs (Auxiliary Webmaster). Further thanks to the Ioannou Centre for Classical Studies, Oxford, for their kind hospitality.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/N83ncL1nUTU

Our most sincere thanks go out to our speaker.

 
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Edith Hall is Professor of Classics at Durham University

She specialises in Ancient Greek literature but engages with all aspects of Greek and Roman history, society and thought. She is renowned for her studies on ethnicity, class and gender in ancient sources.

Edith has published many widely-acclaimed books, including Inventing the Barbarian, Classics and Class, and Aristotle's Way.

Edith is known for her extensive appearances on radio and television, as well as her continuing dedication to making the ancient world accessible to new audiences.