Classics and Ancient History Society: The University of Queensland

Classics and Ancient History Society: The University of Queensland 🏺UQ’s Classics and Ancient History Society 🌳 Check our linktree for our events and website!

Founded in 1949, the Classics and Ancient History Society (CAHS) is one of the oldest student societies at UQ, and the oldest classical studies students' society in Australia. With a long history of entertaining and educating UQ students enrolled, or just interested in, Classical Languages and Ancient History, CAHS is you go to club at UQ for all things ancient history! Joining CAHS is an easy way

to meet other students whose interest and better judgement has compelled them to pursue the study of dead people and really dead languages. It’s a society that allows the patricians to fraternize with the plebs at a variety of social events as well as offering academic support programs to assist in cultivating your Ciceronian wits. We're a welcoming bunch, and really hope you're interested.

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Our 2021 executives are:
President: Chris Wood
Secretary: Emily Boon
Treasurer: Ethan Clark-Kistowski
Vice-President (Ancient History): Emily Hutton
Vice-President (Classical Languages): Sarah Vanden Berg
Social Media Manager: Arabella Green

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Visit our website at www.cahsociety.com
Send us an email: [email protected]
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Classics & Coffee is on ✨Wednesday✨ this week. We will be discussing women and children in Greek Tragedy so please come ...
31/08/2026

Classics & Coffee is on ✨Wednesday✨ this week. We will be discussing women and children in Greek Tragedy so please come along.

(If you saw the first version of this post, no you did not)

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Classics & Coffee is a weekly event that we host on alternating days (unless otherwise noted) where we discuss a topic in ancient history that is of interest to our members and execs and might not necessarily be discussed in class. There is no need to have prior knowledge of the topic, in fact we encourage you to come along and learn something new !! The chats are very casual and, depending on funding, might involve a free coffee. So please come along and say ‘hi👋’ to your fellow classics and ancient history enthusiasts !!

Classics & Coffee is on ✨Wednesday✨ this week. We will be discussing women and children in Greek Tragedy so please come ...
31/08/2026

Classics & Coffee is on ✨Wednesday✨ this week. We will be discussing women and children in Greek Tragedy so please come along.

🏛️

Classics & Coffee is a weekly event that we host on alternating days (unless otherwise noted) where we discuss a topic in ancient history that is of interest to our members and execs and might not necessarily be discussed in class. There is no need to have prior knowledge of the topic, in fact we encourage you to come along and learn something new !! The chats are very casual and, depending on funding, might involve a free coffee. So please come along and say ‘hi👋’ to your fellow classics and ancient history enthusiasts !!

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday 25th of August, to discuss colonisation and the act of ‘civilisation’ in the ancient world. Pa...
24/08/2026

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday 25th of August, to discuss colonisation and the act of ‘civilisation’ in the ancient world. Particularly, how the Roman empire relied on ‘slow’ colonisation.

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Meeting 1pm @ the Pizza Caffe/Bagel Boys Terrace, Tuesday 25th August.

There is only a week left to submit your applications for the Honours Seminar !!After having to postpone it last semeste...
24/08/2026

There is only a week left to submit your applications for the Honours Seminar !!

After having to postpone it last semester, we are bringing back the humanities honours seminar hosted by UQ CAHS, UQ History Society, UQ Archaeological Society, UQ Advanced Humanities Society (New!) and UQ Student Philosophy Association (New!).

This is an opportunity for Honours students to gain speaking experience by sharing their honours topics or process in a short (5-10minute) presentation.

We’re looking for speakers who are currently completing their honours year is one of the following fields:
- Ancient History
- Classical Languages
- History
- Archaeology
- Philosophy
- Religious Studies
- Western Civilisation

We will do our best to allow everyone who wants to, an opportunity to speak, however, there are limited places and applications will be accepted on a first come first serve basis.

The newest topic for classics and coffee is LECANOMANCY! Also known as ‘dish divining’. Come along to discuss the ancien...
19/08/2026

The newest topic for classics and coffee is LECANOMANCY! Also known as ‘dish divining’.

Come along to discuss the ancient art of vessel divination, and get the chance to take a look at a Roman replication lamp used in this practice!

We’ll be meeting in Michie 536 from 5pm for a 5:30 start. Tomorrow: Thursday the 20th of August

We hope to see you there!

It’s Back !! And it’s bigger than ever !! After having to postpone it last semester, we are bringing back the Humanities...
18/08/2026

It’s Back !! And it’s bigger than ever !!
 
After having to postpone it last semester, we are bringing back the Humanities Honours Seminar hosted by UQ CAHS, UQ History Society, UQ Archaeological Society, UQ Advanced Humanities Society (New!) and UQ Student Philosophy Association (New!).
 
This is an opportunity for Honours students to gain speaking experience by sharing their honours topics or process in a short (5-10minute) presentation.
 
We’re looking for speakers who are currently completing their honours year is one of the following fields:
·      Ancient History
·      Classical Languages
·      History
·      Archaeology
·      Philosophy
·      Religious Studies
·      Western Civilisation
 
We will do our best to allow everyone who wants to, an opportunity to speak, however, there are limited places and applications will be accepted on a first come first serve basis.

It’s time for ancient games night! 🃏🀄️Join us after dark for an evening of ancient board games, pizza, and drinks (non-a...
08/08/2026

It’s time for ancient games night! 🃏🀄️

Join us after dark for an evening of ancient board games, pizza, and drinks (non-alcoholic) to celebrate the start of Semester 2.

Attendees will be able to participate in a range of ancient board games. Two-player games will include Merelles (ancient Nine-Man’s-Morris) and Senet (an Egyptian game from the Bronze Age), while there’ll also be multi-player games like Tali (knucklebones) and Iactus (dice). Prizes are on offer for both winners and participants, so all attendees are encouraged to test their skills!

Location is still TBC, but will be confirmed soon!

Numbers are strictly limited, so register on our rubric to secure your spot today!

We hope you are all looking forward to our viewing of THE ODYSSEY! We are excited to announce that we will be having dri...
07/08/2026

We hope you are all looking forward to our viewing of THE ODYSSEY! We are excited to announce that we will be having drinks and discussions after the movie At Sixes and Sevens.

All ticket-holders will have received an email to RSVP to this through a Google form. This form will also be in our bio for anyone wanting to join us who did not get tickets for the film.

Please note that as this is a Friday evening, we cannot guarantee that there will be space for you if you do not RSVP.

Announcing our first Classics & Coffee for Semester Two !! Come join the wonderful Angus, as well as other execs and mem...
03/08/2026

Announcing our first Classics & Coffee for Semester Two !! Come join the wonderful Angus, as well as other execs and members to discuss the most incompetent rulers of the ancient world !!

📍Pizza Caffé, St Lucia
📆 5th of August
⏰ 1pm-2pm

Classics & Coffee is a weekly catch up to discuss a chosen topic in classics and ancient history. Each week, one of our lovely executives will lead the meeting and choose a topic for us to explore, however, you do not need any knowledge of the topic to participate. Please come along, grab a coffee, and meet other ancient history lovers !!

What’s on in August with CAHS ?!?!? We are happy to present all our confirmed events for the month of August !! We hope ...
02/08/2026

What’s on in August with CAHS ?!?!?

We are happy to present all our confirmed events for the month of August !! We hope you can join us as we start up our weekly ☕️📜Classics & Coffee 📜☕️ catchups and 📚CLAMO📚 studying sessions for another semester !! We also have plenty of one off events including 💬🧐Conversations & Curiosities🧐💬 and the 🌟HASS Ball🌟!!

The most up to date version of events can be found on our website and please see our individual event posts for more details as they are released.

If you want to keep up with everything that happens in the society we encourage you to join our Discord server, but please send us a DM or email if you have any questions !!

🔗 Links for our website, memberships, and other socials can be found in our bio !!

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