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UCT Classics Classics at the University of Cape Town Classics Section of the School of Languages and Literatures at the University of Cape Town.

Highlights from our annual Classics end-of-year dinner on the last day of lectures.
29/10/2026

Highlights from our annual Classics end-of-year dinner on the last day of lectures.

Tomorrow!
19/10/2026

Tomorrow!

Later this month: 20 October 2026, Beattie 114 at 17h00, Dr Matthew Shelton (UCT) on Homer in Zulu and Southern Sotho. All welcome!

Later this month: 20 October 2026, Beattie 114 at 17h00, Dr Matthew Shelton (UCT) on Homer in Zulu and Southern Sotho. A...
06/10/2026

Later this month: 20 October 2026, Beattie 114 at 17h00, Dr Matthew Shelton (UCT) on Homer in Zulu and Southern Sotho. All welcome!

Later today Leo Kershaw (Oxford) will be speaking on Greek tragedy and the Black Consciousness Movement. All welcome!
22/09/2026

Later today Leo Kershaw (Oxford) will be speaking on Greek tragedy and the Black Consciousness Movement. All welcome!

Richard Whitaker's long-awaited translation of Virgil's poems of the lives, loves, sufferings and songs of herdsmen has ...
09/09/2026

Richard Whitaker's long-awaited translation of Virgil's poems of the lives, loves, sufferings and songs of herdsmen has now been published. African Pastoral features 31 superb images by South African and international artist William Kentridge. The volume can be downloaded as a FREE PDF, or bought as a printed book.

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Don't miss Professor Roman Roth's inaugural lecture on Rome's Mediterranean empire next week (Wednesday 2 September; 18h...
24/08/2026

Don't miss Professor Roman Roth's inaugural lecture on Rome's Mediterranean empire next week (Wednesday 2 September; 18h00). RSVP via the link.

Universities are characterised by curiosity, rigorous inquiry and the willingness to challenge established thinking. One of the ways we celebrate these values at the University of Cape Town (UCT) is through the UCT Inaugural Lecture series, where newly appointed professors share the research journey...

The 2026 Mezzabotta Memorial Lecture will be given by Amy Russell (Brown) on “Rethinking the Roman People”. 13 August 20...
13/08/2026

The 2026 Mezzabotta Memorial Lecture will be given by Amy Russell (Brown) on “Rethinking the Roman People”. 13 August 2026 at 17h00 in Beattie 114. All welcome!

Whitaker on Wilson in Wired. https://www.wired.com/story/the-new-odyssey-movie-is-sparking-a-right-wing-backlash-this-fe...
24/06/2026

Whitaker on Wilson in Wired.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-new-odyssey-movie-is-sparking-a-right-wing-backlash-this-female-scholar-knows-it-well/

Whitaker (UCT Classics) tells WIRED he believes that academic translators have a duty to “try to represent as faithfully and accurately as possible the value systems they find in the ancient text.”

Emily Wilson’s 2017 translation of Homer’s epic—the first by a woman—was called a woke “abomination” by online reactionaries. Christopher Nolan’s film is facing similar critiques.

Yesterday's honours workshop on medieval and renaissance manuscripts of works by Classical authors (with a focus on Vale...
16/05/2026

Yesterday's honours workshop on medieval and renaissance manuscripts of works by Classical authors (with a focus on Valerius Maximus) in the Grey Collection at the National Library of South Africa.

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