Natalie Haynes: Stone Blind

10/10/2022

19 October, 6pm, Senate Room, Senate House. Please see the events page to book for this event in aid of the The Hellenic & Roman Library.

Presidential Lecture

14/09/2022

Professor Tim Cornell's Presidential Lecture will be on Tuesday 8 November, 5.30pm, G35 Senate House, London: ‘The Consular Fasti and the early history of the Roman Republic’

Miss Joyce Reynolds, FBA

14/09/2022

The Society is sorry to announce the death of Miss Joyce Reynolds, FBA, President of the Roman Society 1986-1989, on 11 September at the age of 103.

Library closed on 19 September 2022

14/09/2022

The Library will be closed on Monday 19 September for the funeral of Her Majesty The Queen.

Society Email

25/01/2022

The email address, office@romansociety.org, is now working again. If you have sent an email in the last 10 days, and have not yet received a reply, then please re-send your message. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Society Email

23/01/2022

We are having problems with the email: office@romansociety.org. Please use office@romansociety.org.uk until the usual address is fixed.

Library evening and Saturday opening

07/10/2021

We are pleased that the library is now able to open on Saturdays (10am-4:30pm) and to resume extended opening hours on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings (6-8pm) during term time. Opening hours are currently: Monday to Friday: 9.30am - 6.00pm - extended to 8.00pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays in term time Saturday: 10.00am - 4.30pm. Please continue to book your visits on the library website.

Upcoming events

07/10/2021

Tuesday 19 October at 6pm. Online event: Nero. The Man Behind Myth. Behind the scenes with the curator, Thorsten Opper. Wednesday 27 October, 2021, 5.30-8pm. City of Rome colloquium. Court Room, Senate House. Please email if you would like to attend to guarantee a place, as numbers will be limited due to social distancing restrictions at Senate House: office@romansociety.org

New Discoveries Across the Empire

14/05/2021

Online event. Saturday 19 June, 2021, 2.00-5.45pm This year, the Archaeology Committee Biennial Conference highlights new discoveries throughout the Empire, while Professor John Wilkes will conclude with a lecture to help us look forward to RAC/TRAC Split which will now take place 6-8 April, 2022. For joining instructions by zoom, contact: office@romansociety.org

Wood and Ceramic: introducing digital methods with Classics Library special collections.

14/05/2021

Online event. Thursday 1 July, 2021, 5pm UK time. Booking required: https://ics.sas.ac.uk/events/event/24399 This event will involve short presentations on the history of the collections, their unique features, and some of the novel uses to which the digital models have been put, demonstrations of some of the platforms used, and questions and discussion with the participants.