The Virgil Society

THE Virgil Society was founded in 1943, and its first President, the poet T.S. Eliot, delivered What is a Classic? as his Presidential Address in the following year. The purpose of the Society was and remains to unite all those who cherish the central educational tradition of Western Europe. Of that tradition Virgil is the symbol. Membership is open to all those who are in sympathy, whether they read Latin or not.

There are normally five or six meetings each year in London, held on Saturday afternoons in Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU.

The speakers include both amateur and professional scholars, many of them Virgilians of international repute. Lectures are followed by refreshments, giving an opportunity to meet the speaker and other members of the Society.

Most lectures are published in full in the Proceedings of the Virgil Society, which also include some reviews of works relevant to Virgil. There is also a Newsletter, which appears twice a year.

MEETINGS FOR 2011-2012

All meetings this year will take place in Senate House room G22/26. The Society is grateful to the Institute of Classical Studies for its generous hospitality and continued support.

Please note that meetings (apart from the May meeting) will now start at 2.30pm rather than 3 pm.

Saturday, October 29th 2.30 pm
DISCUSSION MEETING
Ordering the Words in Virgil

Saturday, December 3rd 2.30 pm
ANTHONY HOLBOURN
Virgil and Humanity

Saturday, January 28th 2.30 pm
NAOKO YAMAGATA
Female Warriors in the Aeneid and the Japanese Tale of the Heike: Camilla, Amazons and Tomoe

Saturday, March 10th 2.30 pm
STEVEN GREEN
Roman Responses to the End of the Aeneid

Saturday, May 26th
11.30 Reading the Poet: Pastoral Songs
(John Hazel and Carlotta Dionisotti)
LUNCH
2.30 pm Annual General Meeting
3.00 PROFESSOR JASPER GRIFFIN
Presidential Address: Aeneas, Pietas, and the Gods

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