CAI Summer School hosted by Maynooth University, August 18-19 2023

CAI Summer School Schedule MU August 2023
Friday, August 18, 2023 - 17:30 to Saturday, August 19, 2023 - 23:00
Renehan Hall, South Campus, Maynooth University

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. 

Conference website/booking

Contact Dr Maeve O'Brien ([email protected]) with any query.