When and where

The seminar will take place between the 20th of October and the 10th of November and will be composed of four weekly meetings. The charming and fresh atmosphere of the Richard Eden Suite in Clare Hall, West Court, Cambridge, will be the location for the discussions.

How it works

Each meeting is composed of two hours. The guest speaker will introduce the classic by talking for half an hour. After that, each participant may briefly express their understanding of the work by addressing some questions to the other participants and the guest speaker. In order to be ready for the dialogue, everyone might read some pages of the work under scrutiny. The selection of pages is chosen by the guest speaker and is downloadable from the Clare Hall website: https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk

Lunch and refreshment

Before each seminar meeting, the Clare Hall dining hall will be available for lunch. After each event, the participants will enjoy a further informal exchange of viewpoints over a glass of juice or wine.

How to sign up

There are a few posts available to guarantee the close dynamics of the discussion and the full involvement of the participants. Those interested can even apply for just one meeting. To attend the seminar either as a participant or as an auditor, please register via https://the-betty-behrens-seminar-tickets.eventbrite.com

Program

Friday 20 October 2023

1.45pm, Clare Hall, Richard Eden Suite

Registration

2pm, Bartolomé de Las Casas’s Apologética historia sumaria (1552-1559)

Fernando Cervantes (University of Bristol)

Friday 27 October 2023

1.45pm, Clare Hall, Richard Eden Suite

Registration

2pm, Julius Caesar’s De bello Gallico (ca. 58-49 BC)

Cally J.-B. Hammond (Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge)

Friday 3 November 2023

1.45pm, Clare Hall, Richard Eden Suite

Registration

2pm, Bede‘s Ecclesiastical History of the English People (731)

Rosalind Love (Robinson College, University of Cambridge)

Friday 10 November 2023

1.45pm, Clare Hall, Richard Eden Suite

Registration

2pm, Sylvia Pankhurst ‘s The Suffragette Movement (1931) and Christabel Pankhurst ‘s Unshackled (1959)

June Purvis (University of Portsmouth)

For further information

davide.cadeddu@unimi.it

The Betty Behrens Seminar on Classics of Historiography