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Summer School 2019
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Death & Hereafter (?)
In the Greek & Roman World
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August 16th – 18th, 2019
St. Angela’s Residences
(Clogherevagh, Sligo)

The Sligo Branch of the Classical Association in Ireland welcomes you all to our Summer Conference 2019, to be held at St. Angela's Residences, Sligo.


You will find a link to the brochure and registration form here. This document contains details on the ticket price as well as the booking form and pertinent information.

For further information please contact
dmagshamhrain@hotmail.com.

The Classical Association acknowledges the assistance it has received from Sligo Tourism.


Useful Information:

All activities will take place in the assembly room St Angela’s Residence

The venue is 7.5km from Town Centre - 10 mins drive. Buses will meet the Dublin Train at 14:15 & 16:15.

Contacts on the day:

Kathleen Conlon
086 104 0101

Damhlaic mag Shamhráin
087 239 7419

Aileen McGovern
083 861 2909

Accomodation:

St. Angela’s Luxury Apartments (SALA)

Web: www.sala.ie
Email: info@sala.ie
Tel: 071 911 9911 / 071 917 2100
Mobile: 086 600 5106 / 086 441 4725 / 086 124 7775

Special conference rates available.
Rooms, apartments with full self-catering facilities.

Breakfast & lunch in canteen by arrangement.

Convenience store on site and supermarket (MACE) nearby at Hazelwood.
Taxi service on call.


 

Friday, 16th of August

17.30

Registration & Reception

19.00

CAI Annual General Meeting

19.50

Official Opening by Chairperson of the Classical Association.

20.00

Keynote Lecture: Prof Andrew Smith (UCD)
‘Life After Death in the Classical World’

21.00

Outing to Dromahaire for  drinks & supper.

 

Saturday, 17th of August

9.00

CAI Central Council Meeting

10.00

Lecture: Prof John Curran
(Queens University Belfast)
"Josephus and the Jewish View of Death"

11.00

Coffee/Tea break

11.30

Lecture: Bishop Kevin Doran (Elfin)
'Saul of Tarsus: The Christian Input'

12.30

Lunch

13.30

Lecture: Dr John O'Grady
(UCD)
'The Art and Artifacts of Classical Death'

14.30

Lecture: Dr Maeve O'Brien
(Maynooth University)
‘Ovid's Metamorphoses: Poetic Answers’

15.15

Coffee/Tea break

15.45

Lecture: Prof Andrew Smith
(UCD)
‘Transcending Death’

19.00

Reception

19.30

Annual Dinner of the Association

 

Sunday, 18th of August

10.00

Outing - Trip on board "The Rose of Innisfree"

Picnic to follow on the Lake Isle  of Innisfree. "there, for peace comes dropping slow"

Pickup at Parke's Castle at 10.30 with drop-off in Sligo Town and Parke's Castle.

 
 
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