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Public lectures

The APGRD has been running its lecture series since 1998 to which everybody - including the general public - is invited. Events are usually held during term time at the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles', Oxford. We are proud to host a wide range of speakers, from leading academics to creative practitioners. 

Events of type: public lecture

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Poster advertising A Latin Play: Vindices, with a production photograph of a group of performers stood in disarray around a table with a meal on it.
VINDICES: a play in Latin (matinee performance + in conversation)
A new play loosely based on Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus
Micol Jalla (director) and actors
Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles
A headshot of Janet Suzman
Janet Suzman in conversation
Dame Janet Suzman in conversation with Edith Hall
Janet Suzman, 
Edith Hall
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre
Production photograph of Brie Larson centre stage as Elektra, with a floor-length fur coat slung over one should and a microphone in the other hand, she has a shaved head and is wearing a yellow punk-style t-shirt.
Elektra: Daniel Fish in conversation with Helene Foley
A prerecorded interview with director Daniel Fish, discussing his 2025 adaptation of Elektra
Daniel Fish (Director)
APGRD YouTube
Three actors can be made out in the background but are out of focus, in the foreground is a camera filming them.
The Art of Filmed Theatre: Greek Tragedy captured by the National Theatre
Talk accompanied by digital content and followed by discussion
Erin Lee, 
Jess Richardson
JdP, St Hilda's College
A black and white photograph of Kimberly Johnson
Labor Omnia Vincit: The Pleasures and Perplexities of Didactic Poetry & Verse Translation
A reading by poet & translator Kimberly Johnson followed by a conversation with Professor of Poetry, A.E. Stallings.
Kimberly Johnson, 
A.E. Stallings
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre
A photograph from a performance of Na Peirsigh, showing actors gathered around a table full of candles, looking upwards.
Na Peirsigh: Conor Hanratty in conversation
Conor Hanratty talks to Edith Hall about directing the Irish-language version of Aeschylus' Persians
Conor Hanratty
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre
A photo from rehearsals for The Other Place, showing Emma D'Arcy (Annie) and Alexander Zeldin (director) examining a script.
The Other Place: Alexander Zeldin in conversation
Alexander Zeldin discusses his new version of Sophocles' Antigone
Alexander Zeldin
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre
Students of Chickenshed performing The Toy Makers Child, in brightly coloured costumes.
Inclusive Theatre and Community-Building: Dave Carey and Marco Martinelli
Creative producer Dave Carey and theatre director Marco Martinelli in conversation with Giovanna Di Martino
Marco Martinelli, 
Dave Carey
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre
Image of a red figure Attic kylix showing the suicide of Ajax.
The three changes of scene in extant Greek tragedy, with special attention to the suicide of Aias
Public lecture
Michael Ewans
Outreach Room, Ioannou Centre
A photo from a performance of Sophocles' Trackers, Patroklos Skafidas.
Voicing Unacoustics in Sophocles’ Ichneutai
Public lecture
Konstantinos Thomaidis
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre
A sixteenth century emblem of Hecuba, depicting a figure holding a mask up to their face
Plots and Painted Tyrants: Performing Hecuba in the sixteenth century
The ninth annual Classics and English lecture
Carla Suthren
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre
A scene from a black-figure vase showing women weaving at a loom.
Reworking Epic: Across Time, Media and Cultures
One-day event on epic and its receptions
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre
A photo of Dimitri Papaioannou
Dimitris Papaioannou @ Oxford
Public lecture
Dimitris Papaioannou
Taylor Institution Main Hall
An image of two comic figures, styled after a Greek vase painting.
The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art
Public lecture
Alexa Piqueux
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre
PHOEBE GIANNISI AT THE ONASSIS FESTIVAL ANTIGONE NOW, NEW YORK, 2016. PHOTO: BEOWULF SHEEHAN
The Poetry of Phoebe Giannisi - Readings, Performance, Conversation
Public lecture, performance
Phoebe Giannisi, 
Brian Sneeden, 
Laura Jansen
Harvard University and online
A cropped photo showing the prop of a boat from the Odyssey, with a blue overlay.
NT's Odyssey: Emily Lim in conversation with Lucy Jackson
The director of the National Theatre's Odyssey discusses her stage adaptation of the epic.
Emily Lim, 
Lucky Jackson
Online
The front cover to Paterson Joseph's novel, The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
Paterson Joseph In Conversation
Paterson Joseph discusses his debut novel The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho with Mai Musié
Paterson Joseph, 
Mai Musié
MBI Al Jaber Auditorium, Corpus Christi College, Oxford
photograph of Phia Ménard’s play Mother House depicting a broken cardboard structure in the foreground, with smoke or dust falling from above the structure, and a figure seated on the floor in the background
Creative Precarities: Performing Ruins in the 21st century
Public lecture
Ezra Baudou
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre