11 December 2019
Kings academics advocate Classics education at the British Museum
Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson
On Friday 6 December, three King’s Classics academics supported the British Museum’s Troy Study Day for schools.
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Professor Edith Hall, Dr Ellen Adams and Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson supported British Museum curators and learning professionals to deliver a day full of workshops and lectures on the A Level Classical Civilisation and Ancient History specifications. The day was extremely popular, attracting a capacity audience of 100 sixth form students and 15 teachers (with a long waiting list of interested schools who sadly could not be accommodated this time).
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Professor Hall gave three lectures on Greek theatre and the plenary lecture on The World of the Hero (in which she enthused a great number of the audience to visit Butrint in Albania!). Dr Adams used her specialist knowledge of Greek pottery to lead a gallery tour for small groups of teachers and students. Dr Holmes-Henderson and Professor Hall worked with the Schools and Young Audiences team at the British Museum to design additional curriculum-linked Classics events for 2020, as the demand from schools is clearly strong.
A highlight for attendees at the day was a talk from Dr Vicky Donnellan, curator of the excellent Troy: myth and reality exhibition and a subsequent visit to the exhibition to see the many objects on loan from museums and galleries around the world. This was certainly a rare treat, and one which we all enjoyed - academics included!
Visit the ACE website to find out more about the project.
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