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 […]

We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting Professor Estelle Lazer of the University of Sydney and Dr Erica Rowan of Royal Holloway College, London via Zoom at our AGM Meeting on Saturday 16 October.  Prof Lazer will begin the proceedings with her talk at 10.30 BST on “Preserved in Ash: Victims of a Mass Disaster,” followed by Dr Rowan on “Diet and Daily Life […]