21 March 2018
Mary Beard helps us to celebrate The Classical Now and five years of the Jamie Rumble Memorial Fund at King's!
The Department of Classics was delighted to host renowned classicist and public intellectual, Mary Beard, at King's in March 2018. Mary is a former alumna of King's (where she taught from 1979–1983), and it was a pleasure to welcome her back to our campus in central London.
The Department of Classics was delighted to host renowned classicist and public intellectual, Mary Beard, at King’s in March 2018.
Mary is a former alumna of King’s (where she taught from 1979–1983), and it was a pleasure to welcome her back to our campus in central London.
Mary delivered the fifth Jamie Rumble Fund Lecture in Classical art – ‘Mistaken Identities? Roman Emperors in Modern Art’ – in the Bush House Auditorium. 400 people joined us to hear the lecture – and to enjoy a private, late-night extended view of The Classical Now exhibition in the Bush House Arcade and Somerset House East Wing. The Department of Classics hosted the drinks reception after the event, and we were delighted that so many people were able to join us.
The lecture formed part of the cultural programme accompanying The Classical Now at King’s. It also marked the fifth anniversary of the Jamie Rumble Memorial Fund, founded in the Department of Classics by Sandra Rosignoli, a former alumna of King’s. To read more about the Rumble Fund and its work, click here to download the fifth-anniversary brochure.