Classics and Ancient History Society: The University of Queensland

The newest topic for classics and coffee is LECANOMANCY! Also known as ‘dish divining’.

Come along to discuss the ancient art of vessel divination, and get the chance to take a look at a Roman replication lamp used in this practice!

We’ll be meeting in Michie 536 from 5pm for a 5:30 start. Tomorrow: Thursday the 20th of August

We hope to see you there!

It’s Back !! And it’s bigger than ever !!
 
After having to postpone it last semester, we are bringing back the Humanities Honours Seminar hosted by UQ CAHS, UQ History Society, UQ Archaeological Society, UQ Advanced Humanities Society (New!) and UQ Student Philosophy Association (New!).
 
This is an opportunity for Honours students to gain speaking experience by sharing their honours topics or process in a short (5-10minute) presentation.
 
We’re looking for speakers who are currently completing their honours year is one of the following fields:
·      Ancient History
·      Classical Languages
·      History
·      Archaeology
·      Philosophy
·      Religious Studies
·      Western Civilisation
 
We will do our best to allow everyone who wants to, an opportunity to speak, however, there are limited places and applications will be accepted on a first come first serve basis.

It’s time for ancient games night! 🃏🀄️

Join us after dark for an evening of ancient board games, pizza, and drinks (non-alcoholic) to celebrate the start of Semester 2.

Attendees will be able to participate in a range of ancient board games. Two-player games will include Merelles (ancient Nine-Man’s-Morris) and Senet (an Egyptian game from the Bronze Age), while there’ll also be multi-player games like Tali (knucklebones) and Iactus (dice). Prizes are on offer for both winners and participants, so all attendees are encouraged to test their skills!

Location is still TBC, but will be confirmed soon!

Numbers are strictly limited, so register on our rubric to secure your spot today!

We hope you are all looking forward to our viewing of THE ODYSSEY! We are excited to announce that we will be having drinks and discussions after the movie At Sixes and Sevens.

All ticket-holders will have received an email to RSVP to this through a Google form. This form will also be in our bio for anyone wanting to join us who did not get tickets for the film.

Please note that as this is a Friday evening, we cannot guarantee that there will be space for you if you do not RSVP.

Announcing our first Classics & Coffee for Semester Two !! Come join the wonderful Angus, as well as other execs and members to discuss the most incompetent rulers of the ancient world !!

📍Pizza Caffé, St Lucia
📆 5th of August
⏰ 1pm-2pm

Classics & Coffee is a weekly catch up to discuss a chosen topic in classics and ancient history. Each week, one of our lovely executives will lead the meeting and choose a topic for us to explore, however, you do not need any knowledge of the topic to participate. Please come along, grab a coffee, and meet other ancient history lovers !!

What’s on in August with CAHS ?!?!?

We are happy to present all our confirmed events for the month of August !! We hope you can join us as we start up our weekly ☕️📜Classics & Coffee 📜☕️ catchups and 📚CLAMO📚 studying sessions for another semester !! We also have plenty of one off events including 💬🧐Conversations & Curiosities🧐💬 and the 🌟HASS Ball🌟!!

The most up to date version of events can be found on our website and please see our individual event posts for more details as they are released.

If you want to keep up with everything that happens in the society we encourage you to join our Discord server, but please send us a DM or email if you have any questions !!

🔗 Links for our website, memberships, and other socials can be found in our bio !!

Salvete! χαίρετε!

Clamo is back for Sem 2! If you are studying Latin or Ancient Greek, come along to our weekly study group on Wednesdays 11-1pm at the Bagel Boys/Pizza Cafe Terrace.

It is perfect for anyone looking for some extra help with their language classes, or anyone just looking for like-minded people to study and chat with.

Come along with your questions, translations and any other homework!

Semester two is here and so is the CAHS welcome picnic! Join us on the great court for free pizza, drinks, and snacks 🍕🥤

11am - 1pm on Tuesday 28th of July

Tickets are FREE for members, or $5 for non-members. All are welcome!

This is a great chance to make some friends (or catch up with old ones) before the semester gets busy📚

We hope to see you there :D

Come find us at Semester 2 Market Day tomorrow !! We will be at stall 162 with the rest of our HASS family !!

🗓️ Wednesday 22nd July
⏰ 10am-2pm
📍 Forgan Smith Lawns (Stall 162)

Also shout out to UQ Archaeological Society UQ History Society and UQ English and Literature Society (UQEELS) out red and blue neighbours !!

This Thursday will be our Classics & Ancient History SWOTVAC Study Day !!

Whether you have assignment questions, need some more language tutoring, or just want some company while you study, we will have the space for you.

CAHS Execs and Members will be sat at Merlo from 10am-4pm to help out with any of your assessment woes.

When: Thursday 4th June
Time: 10am-4pm
Where: Merlo Coffee

We will also provide some study snacks to keep you all going.