Department of Classical Studies

Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University

English courses offered by DCS

Invitations

1–29 Nov

Exhibition: Růžena Dostálová (22. 4. 1924 – 18. 9. 2014)

The travelling panel exhibition will commemorate the important Czech Byzantologist Růžena Dostálová, whose birth is one hundred years old this year. You can find it on the 1st floor of Building D.

21 Nov

La storia del diavolo e del demagogo. Un topos millenario

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

A text unknown before the 2021 edition is presented: the Latin poem De partibus by Cristiano da Camerino written perhaps in Perugia at the end of the 14th century.

7–11 Jul 2025

Suburban Camp: Quick and easy to become a Roman

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

A brand new programme of the traditional summer suburban camp, during which children in grades 1-5 of primary school will learn about Roman history and the everyday life of ancient man. Organised by the Department of Classical Studies, Faculty of Arts MU.

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9 May 2023

Call for Papers: Literature and Totalitarianism

The Conference aspires to contribute to comparative approaches regarding perceptions and narrations of totalitarian regimes. We are accepting proposals until August 31, 2023.

28 Apr 2023

Lectures by Miqayel Badalyan

On 25 and 27 April, lectures by Miqayel Badalyan, Director of the Historical and Archaeological Museum of Erebuni in Yerevan, were held at our Department. The public lecture Ancient History of Armenia was given in the presence of the Armenian Ambassador Mr. Ashot Hovakimian.

6 Feb 2023

Students taught the Doggie and Pussycat Latin

As part of a course on Latin translations of modern works, they translated the first chapter of All About Doggie and Pussycat into Latin.

27 Sep 2022

Evolution of Direct Discourse Marking from Classical to Late Latin

If you read a work by Cicero or Seneca and then open The Pilgrimage of Egeria, Augustine, or Gregory of Tours, you will soon notice that Late Latin authors quote authorities differently. They provide a perfect example of synthesising two potentially conflicting traditions – “classical” and “biblical”. The book Evolution of Direct Discourse Marking from Classical to Late Latin examines how the system of direct discourse marking developed over the centuries.

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