Sicily in the Flavian World An Academic Conference and Tour of Ancient Sites Organisers : Antony Augoustakis and  Joy Littlewood Southern Italy and Sicily (including nearby islands) are featured in Flavian literture, most prominently Silius Italicus’ Punica among others, as places with a rich Greco-Roman history, exceptional fertility and idyllic landscapes. These southern regions also...Read More

Classical Languages Summer School in Sicily – “Searching for happiness; life and death in Greece and Rome” Dr. George Gazis, Dr. Chiara Blanco and Prof. Heather Reid will be leading the Classical Languages Summer School in Siracusa, Sicily, from 2-13 August 2021,  looking for happiness in the writings of the past. Siracusa, with its great...Read More

INTERMEDIATE LATIN Week 2 Sunday 9th – Friday 14th August 17:00 – 19:00 Italian time (UTC+2) This ‘refresher’ online Latin course will consist of 6 x 120-minute classes which will take place between the 9th and 14th of August 2020. As we are based in Sicily, we will read a selection of passages from Cicero’s...Read More