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Special Seminar
Professor Simon Goldhill
Cambridge

The Drama of Undoing: the Politics of Sophoclean Irony

Simon Goldhill is Professor of Greek at Cambridge and a fellow of Kings College. He has published widely on all aspects of Greek culture, literature, and its
> reception. He is extremely influential in study of Greek drama, being particularly renowned for his work on tragedy.

Recent publications include 'How to stage Greek tragedy today' (2007)
and (as ed.) 'Being Greek under Rome: Cultural Identity, the Second
Sophistic and the Development of Empire' (2007)

17 September, 2008
Time: 5-6 pm
Nicholson Museum
University of Sydney

4-22 January, 2009

The Classical Rome Summer School will take place in Rome from 4-22 January 2009. It will be followed by an optional extension tour of the Vesuvian region (21-26 January 2009).

The Summer School presents a unique opportunity to study the history and topography of Rome. Formal lectures on issues relating to Roman topography are
integrated with daily visits to Roman sites, museums, and day trips to important regional centres.

The teacher is Dr Paul Roche, from the University of Sydney.

The Summer School is open to university students, high school teachers and interested members of the public. You may enrol as a postgraduate coursework
or undergraduate student or attend as a not-for-credit participant. The units of study offered in Rome in 2009 are:

• ANHS 3611 Research Issues in Roman Studies
• ANHS 6901 Rome and the Politics of Space I: Emperors

The itinerary

• Sunday 4 January
  Flight departs from Sydney for Rome at 5.00pm.
• Monday 5 January
  Arrival in Rome Orientation Walk. Early dinner.
• Tuesday 6 January
  Museo della Civiltà Romana, Villa Giulia, Museo Montemartini,
  Evening Lecture, ‘Welcome to Rome’ dinner.
• Wednesday 7 January
  Walking tour of the route of the ancient Triumph, Capitoline
  Museums. Evening Lecture.
• Thursday 8 January
  Imperial Fora, Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Domitian’s Stadium,
  Mausoleum and Ara Pacis, Palazzo Altemps, Evening Lecture.
• Friday 9 January
  Palatine Hill and Antiquarium, Subura walk, Evening Lecture.
  Saturday 10 January
  Day trip to Ostia Antica, Parco Cafarella Aqueducts, Evening
  Lecture.
• Sunday 11 January
  Colosseum, Via Appia, Circus of Maxentius.
• Monday 12 January
  Free Day.
• Tuesday 13 January
  Trajan’s Column, Terme Diocleziano Museo Epigraphico,
  Museo Palazzo Massimo, Evening Lecture.
• Wednesday 14 January
  Santa Costanza, Palestrina: Temple of Fortune Primigenia and
  forum, Archeologico Nazionale Prenestino, Nemi, Evening Lecture.
• Thursday 15 January
  Temple of Claudius, San Stefano San Giovanni in Laterano, Lateran
  Baptistery, Evening Lecture.
• Friday 16 January
  Vatican Museums, St Peter's, Evening Lecture.
• Saturday 17 January
  Rome in the early middle ages: Trastevere, Campo Marzio, Via del Pelegrino, Cypta Balbi, Santa Maria in Cosmedin.
• Sunday 18 January
  Free Day.
• Monday 19 January
  SS. Cecilia, Prassede, Quattro Coronati, Maria Maggiore, and
  Clemente, Evening Lecture.
• Tuesday 20 January
  The Classical Baroque City, Trevi fountain, San Andrea Quirinale,
  Carlino, Via Sistina and Spanish Steps, Borghese Gardens,
  Borghese Gallery. ‘Farewell to Rome’ dinner.
• Wednesday 21 January
  Return flight departs from Rome Airport at 2.15pm.
  Thursday 22 January Flight arrives in Sydney at 8.00pm

Optional Extension trip
to the Vesuvius Region
21–26 January
The tour makes its way south to the picturesque town of Vico Equense. From this base, we will spend the next five days exploring the ancient cities that once lived in the shadow of Vesuvius. The itinerary includes:

• The temple of Jupiter Anxur at Terracina
• The Villa of Tiberius at Sperlonga
• The National Archaeological Museum at Naples
• Pompeii
• Herculaneum
• Cumae and Baiae
• Free time to visit the Amalfi Coast and the Island of Capri

The exact timing of site visits on the extension trip has
been kept open to make the most of the weather. The
extension trip includes:

• four nights accommodation and breakfasts
• travel from Rome to Vico Equense and from Vico
  Equense to Rome Airport
• three meals at restaurants in Vico Equense
• all entrances to sites and local guides where required
• background talks on sites

Sunday 25 January Return flight departs from Rome Airport at 2.15pm, returning Monday 26 January Flights return to Sydney at 8.00pm.

For costs and further information, download flyer (PDF)