Professor David Pyle, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford and Curator, “Volcanoes” Exhibition, Weston Library, Oxford: “Visions of Vesuvius”. 

Join us for a special event being held jointly with the Institute of Classical Studies in London (Senate House, Malet St.) on Wednesday 19 February 2020 at 18:00. Professor Michael Scott, who co-presented the BBC TV documentary series ‘Italy’s Invisible Cities’, is giving a talk on ‘Invisible Herculaneum’. There will be a reception to follow. Michael Scott, whose BBC series […]

Please join us for this virtual conference on 7 November 2020 2:00-6:00 pm sponsored in conjunction with the Institute of Classical Studies, London. Programme: Nigel Wilson, Oxford University and Herculaneum Society: “Digital restoration of classical texts: a parallel to the Herculaneum papyri” Silvia Soncin, York University: “Diet at 79AD Herculaneum: A Metabolic Approach” Ira Rabin, […]

Join us for an online lecture by Professor Steven Tuck of Miami University, Ohio, on Saturday 27 February at 4:00 pm. To register please email herculaneum@classics.ox.ac.uk. Abstract: This lecture proposes answers to the questions of who – if anyone – survived the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, and where any survivors relocated. After creating […]