A conference to celebrate the career of John Sharwood Smith, the founding father of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers. Friends of Classics will be very welcome; they need not be members of JACT. Booking details can be found under Metadidaskalos Conference on the JACT website.
 
10:30 am         Arrival and Coffee

11:00 am         Recalling:
                 John’s contribution to JACT and classical scholarship
                 Chair: Stephen Harrison
                 Speakers: Nick Sharwood Smith, David Taylor, Chris Stray, James Morwood

12:00 noon       Retelling 1: History
                 Chair: Stephen Harrison
                 Paul Cartledge: Revisiting JESS’ Greece and the Persians
                 Tom Harrison: Herodotus in the 20th century

1:00 pm          Light buffet lunch

1:45 pm          Retelling 2: Homer and Tragedy
                 Chair: Stephen Harrison
                 Barbara Graziosi: Hector and Andromache
                 Pat Easterling: Tragedy from antiquity to the renaissance
                 Edith Hall: the gods in Greek tragedy - Agamemnon and Medea

3:15 pm          Tea

3:30 p.m.        Final discussion: looking ahead
                 Chair: David Taylor

4:00 pm          Close