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PUBLIC TALKS

Christopher is an experienced speaker, having taught classics and philosophy subjects at Melbourne and Monash Universities. He has a particular interest in community education. In 2002, he founded the University of Melbourne's Classics Summer School, which he ran for 15 years. He also taught in La Trobe University's "La Trobe in the City" programme in 2012 and 2013.

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Since 2018, Christopher has delivered the Hellenic Museum Summer School each January, exploring a variety of aspects of the history and culture of ancient Greece.

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Christopher regularly gives public talks relating to the ancient Greek and Roman world to community groups. If you would like Christopher to present a lecture to your group, please get in touch.

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You can also sign up to the mailing list to be informed about future public lectures and related events.

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SELECTED PAST LECTURES

Inside the Ancient Roman Home
at the Johnston Collection (2024)

The Birth of Church Architecture
at the Johnston Collection (2023)

The Parthenon, Medea and the Temple of Boom
at the National Gallery of Victoria (2023)

Connected Worlds – Final Journeys: Afterlife and Underworld
at Melbourne Museum (2022)

The Legacy of Ancient Greek Architecture in Melbourne
at the Johnston Collection (2022)

The Roman Ruins of Split and the Architect Robert Adam
at the Johnston Collection (2019)

Debate: "Was Achilles a Hero or Just a Very Naughty Boy?"
Humanities 21's Festival of Homer (2018)

No Rest for the Holy: The Post-Mortem Travels of Saints’ Bodies in the Adriatic
Australians Studying Abroad (2018)
 
Diocletian's Palace: from Emperor's retirement
home to a refuge from the barbarians
U3A Stonnington (2018)

Greek & Roman Interference in Ancient Dalmatia: The Continuation of Trade by Other Means
Australians Studying Abroad (2017)

Roman Dalmatia: from Pirates to Emperors
U3A Hawthorn Summer School (2017)

Moral Relativism, Socratic Method and the Value of Self-Consistency
Existentialist Society (2016)

Ancient Wisdom, Modern Conversations
Organisation Development Australia (2016)

Architecture: from Pagan Rome to
Christian Church
Anglican Parish of the Parks (2016)

The Tale of Diocletian’s Palace, Split, Croatia
Australians Studying Abroad (2016)

Why Did the Ancient Greeks have a Love-Hate Relationship with their Myths?
Greek Orthodox Community
of Melbourne and Victoria (2014)

Aristotle's Views on How to Direct One's Life
Existentialist Society (2013)

Different Visions of the Afterlife in Ancient Greece
CG Jung Society Of Melbourne (2011)

Classical Mythology and Greek Religion
Sea of Faith in Australia (2010)

UPCOMING LECTURES

PODCASTS

Listen to me talking on the
When in Rome podcast,
Emperors of Rome podcast
or The Hellenistic Age Podcast
Hellenic Museum Summer School
6-10 January 2025



 
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