Classical Association of Ireland Dublin Branch
2023 Summer School hosted by Maynooth University
18-19 August 2023
Programme of Events:
RENEHAN HALL, SOUTH CAMPUS,
ST PATRICK’S COLLEGE, MAYNOOTH
FRIDAY, 18 AUGUST
17.30 -18.30 Registration
18.15 -19.00 Visit College Chapel
19.15 Reception
20.00 Official Opening
20.10 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jane Masséglia (University of Leicester)
‘Hoodies with Knives: a field guide to the Romans of Inner Anatolia.’
SATURDAY, 19 AUGUST
9.00-10.00 CAI Annual General Meeting
10.00 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jane Masséglia (University of Leicester)
‘The new Trojan War mosaic at Rutland Roman Villa.’
11.00 Coffee/Tea break
11.30: The Brian O’Connell Memorial Lecture ‘Visions, Miracles, and the Pursuit of Happiness.’
Professor Andrew Smith (UCD).
12.30 Lunch in Pugin Hall
14.00 Dr. Eoghan Moloney (MU)
‘Overwhelmed by disaster? Surviving Athens’ Golden Age.’
15.00 Coffee/Tea break
15.30 Dr. Kerry Phelan (MU)
‘Clashes in the Courtroom – why the Athenians didn’t apologise for their hecklers’
16.30 Dr. Jon Davies (Newcastle University)
‘Banditry, Resistance and 'Terrorism': Josephus on Anticolonial Resistance.’
18.00 CAI Central Council Meeting
20.00 Conference Dinner in Pugin Hall
CAI Summer School Brochure 2023
See brochure below for full details including registration and accommodation options.
Contact Dr Maeve O'Brien (maeve.obrien@mu.ie) with any query.