2023 EVENTS

Semester 1 Events:

Sunday Series: Adrian Heyworth-Smith Lecture – February 5

Location: Forgan Smith Building, Room E302

Time: 1:45pm start for 2-4pm

Join the Friends of Antiquity for the Heyworth-Smith Memorial Lecture: Shopping for the Home from 5th Century BCE Athens to Pompeii in the 1st Century CE, presented by Professor Ray Laurence, Professor of Ancient History, Macquarie University.

Synopsis: Love it or loathe it, shopping plays a central part in human existence in the 21st century. Whether for perishables or non-perishable goods, when we return home, we sort our purchases and disperse them so that they can be found for retrieval in an attempt to avoid “Where did I put that?” conversations. This Sunday Series sets out to encapsulate human approaches to selection, acquisition and storage in the ancient world and will show that shopping has a long history, whether in democratic Athens or imperial Rome. However, there were major differences to the place of shops and shopping in these two ancient cultures that will be presented to you. Pompeii will be used as a case study to answer: how did shopping shape the artefact assemblages found in houses across the city? Moreover, the talk will allow you to consider the actions and contexts for the choice of material goods that we know so well from Pompeii and contemplate how shopping as a process of selection and transaction shaped the archaeological record.

Register at https://alumni.uq.edu.au/event/session/22297
HASS Orientation Day – February 13

Location: UQ Centre

Time: 10am-12pm

Join us at HASS Orientation Day at our CAHS stall to talk all things Classics and Ancient History and purchase your 2023 Membership and Merchandise!
UQ Market Day – February 15

Location: Great Court

Time: 10am-2pm

Join us at our CAHS Market Day stall to talk all things Classics and Ancient History and purchase your 2023 Membership and Merchandise!
Welcome Lunch – February 20

Location: R. D. Milns Antiquities Museum

Time: 1-3pm

Join us at the R. D. Milns Antiquities Museum for our CAHS Welcome Lunch to talk all things Classics and Ancient History and meet the executive and fellow historians, with a welcome and introduction from one of the museum’s staff about the events coming up in Semester 1 (this event is done in partnership with the R. D. Milns Antiquities Museum).
Special Event Night – March 2

Location: TBC

Time: 4:30pm for 5-8pm

More info coming soon (this event is done in partnership with UQHS, UQAS, UQEELS and MIMS).
Ancient History Day – March 18

Location: TBC

Time: 9am-4pm

More info coming soon

Registration opening soon: https://alumni.uq.edu.au/event/session/22302
Pyanopsia Festival – March 21

Location: R. D. Milns Antiquities Museum

Time: 5:30pm start

More info coming soon (this event is done in partnership with the R. D. Milns Antiquities Museum).
Museum Masterclass TBC – April 17

Location: R. D. Milns Antiquities Museum

Time: 10am-1pm

More info coming soon (this event is done in partnership with the R. D. Milns Antiquities Museum).
Movie Night – May 16

Location: Steele Building, Room 262

Time: 6pm start

More info coming soon (this event is done in partnership with the UQ Film Appreciation Society).