Events

The School supports a wide and varied programme of events, from lectures and seminars to film screenings and workshops. They are all - unless otherwise stated - free and open to everyone who wishes to attend.

You can find details of events which have already taken place in our archive.

Forthcoming events

See our full calendar of events taking place across the School or view individual seminar schedules by topic.

Events calendar

Our events calendar offers a day-by-day overview of what is happening in the School.

Australian soldiers visit the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens a few weeks before the German invasion of Greece in April 1941.

Leverhulme Visiting Professor David M Pritchard will undertake a national speaking tour of Britain on 'Children of Athena: The Armed Forces of Ancient Democratic Athens'.

Australian soldiers visit the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens a few weeks before the German invasion of Greece in April 1941.

The first lecture by Leverhulme Visiting Professor David M Pritchard before embarking on a national speaking tour.

Open antique book with dense blackletter text framed by braided cords.

Explore how Alice Thornton's and Isabella Whitney's writing found new audiences hundreds of years after their deaths.

Cover image of Gender & History journal

The 2026 Gender & History Annual Lecture will be on '"An illegal and dishonourable deed": The sale of children by their parents in the Roman Empire (200-600 CE)'.

Portrait of a serious-looking man in a red patterned shirt, standing indoors beside dark wooden paneling in warm, subdued light.

The 2026 Black History Month Lecture will be given by Professor Stephen A. Small (Berkeley).

Historical illustration of a Black officer in a blue uniform and bicorne hat, raising a curved sword while riding a brown horse.

The 2026 ECGH Annual Lecture in the History of Slavery will be on 'Silencing the Past: From Haiti to the Peloponnese'.

A poster proclaims "L'etat c'est chacun nous" with a figure standing over the words

Professor Chabal's inaugural lecture will be, 'Age of identity: Democracy and difference in contemporary Europe'.

Some of our guest and inaugural lectures are recorded and are available to watch and listen to online.