Herculaneum: Contexts, Present Progress and Future Prospects
2025-10-13 09:30 - 2025-10-14 17:00 UTC | Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU, United Kingdom
Belvedere floor, Villa of the Papyri
This conference offers insights from leading international researchers on Herculaneum, which like Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE, but survived in a better state of preservation than its neighbour, and uniquely yielded up, in the form of hundreds of charred papyrus scrolls, the only intact library found in the Greco-Roman world. Papers will consider the impact of its discovery in the 18th century, the current state of research in Herculaneum papyrology and archaeology, exciting new digital developments, and possibilities for the future. The conference is co-sponsored with the Institute of Classical Studies and the American Friends of Herculaneum on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the Society’s founding. We thank also the School of Advanced Study, University of London, the Herculaneum Conservation Project, and the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford, for their generous support.
Download the full programme here.
This event is now fully booked.

Richard Janko on Herculaneum Papyri
2025-11-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU, United Kingdom
Professor Richard Janko, University of Michigan and trustee of the American Friends of Herculaneum, will deliver the Autumn Lecture of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies on “Deciphering the Herculaneum Papyri”. The event takes place Thursday 20 November, 6pm in Room G7, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. No booking is required, and all are welcome. This lecture will also be filmed and available to watch on the Hellenic Society YouTube channel.

Friends/Members visit to Fishbourne and Chichester: Palace, Pavements and Roman Streets
2026-09-19 00:00 - 23:59
Details to be confirmed.

AGM and Lecture, University of Warwick, Coventry
2026-11-07 00:00
Details and timings to be confirmed.

Herculaneum Society Congress, Bay of Naples, 2027
2027-10-29 00:00 - 2027-10-30 23:59
Details of the Society’s 10th Congress are yet to be finalised, and registration will open in the autumn.
Please note that there may also be an optional special event for members/friends in Rome on the evening of Wednesday 27 October, before travelling down to the Bay of Naples on Thursday 28 October – to be confirmed.
