Date | Event | Place | More details |
|---|---|---|---|
29 March | Goldsmiths, University of London | Poetry and the Olympics - ancient and modern | |
28 April | University of Reading | Celebrate like it's 776 BCE: the ancient Olympics and other festivals | |
8 May | Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House | The ancient Olympics and contemporary academic values | |
22 May | UCL | Martin Polley | |
24 May | Newcastle, Staffs | North Staffs Branch, CA | |
1 June - 15 Sept | Petrie Museum, UCL | Fit bodies: statues, athletics and power exhibition | |
9 June | Senate House | Annual General Meeting, Lecture & Reception | |
11 June | Italian Cultural Institute | Heroes and Games | |
13 June | Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House | John Barron Memorial Lecture | |
14-15 June | British Museum | Sport and Competition in Ancient Greece and Rome | |
14 June | UCL | Olympic Angles | |
15 June | British Museum | Lectures to explore aspects of the ancient and modern competition | |
16 June | British Museum | Hands on activities and encounters designed to bring the past to life | |
16 June | British Museum | Annual General Meeting followed by a series of lectures celebrating the London Olympics | |
18 June | Open University London Regional Centre | Athletic Foundations: identity,heritage and sport | |
19 June | Petrie Museum, UCL | A debate around the Fit Bodies exhibition | |
20 June | British Academy | Training, cheating, winning, praising: athletics and shows in papyri from Ancient Egypt | |
23 June | British Museum | The Olympic Games and sport across ancient cultures | |
28 June | Leeds City Museum | Classics in our Lunchtimes | |
28 June | UCL | The Pursuit of Olympic Ideals - physical, neural and aesthetic | |
30 June | King's College London | Representing Victory | |
3 July- 10 August | Hellenic Centre | The First Modern Olympic Games, Athens 1896 | |
5-6 July | Senate House, London | Ancients and Moderns, 81st Anglo-American Conference of Historians | |
6 July-22 Sept | Sir John Soane's Museum | Stadia: sport and vision in architecture | |
26 July | Leeds City Museum | Classics in our Lunchtimes | |
14 August | The Hub, Edinburgh | Athletes and Ideals |