Professor David Pyle, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford and Curator, “Volcanoes” Exhibition, Weston Library, Oxford: “Visions of Vesuvius”. 

Join us for a special event being held jointly with the Institute of Classical Studies in London (Senate House, Malet St.) on Wednesday 19 February 2020 at 18:00. Professor Michael Scott, who co-presented the BBC TV documentary series ‘Italy’s Invisible Cities’, is giving a talk on ‘Invisible Herculaneum’. There will be a reception to follow. Michael Scott, whose BBC series […]

Please join us for this virtual conference on 7 November 2020 2:00-6:00 pm sponsored in conjunction with the Institute of Classical Studies, London. Programme: Nigel Wilson, Oxford University and Herculaneum Society: “Digital restoration of classical texts: a parallel to the Herculaneum papyri” Silvia Soncin, York University: “Diet at 79AD Herculaneum: A Metabolic Approach” Ira Rabin, […]

Join us for an online lecture by Professor Steven Tuck of Miami University, Ohio, on Saturday 27 February at 4:00 pm. To register please email herculaneum@classics.ox.ac.uk. Abstract: This lecture proposes answers to the questions of who – if anyone – survived the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, and where any survivors relocated. After creating […]

We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting Professor Estelle Lazer of the University of Sydney and Dr Erica Rowan of Royal Holloway College, London via Zoom at our AGM Meeting on Saturday 16 October.  Prof Lazer will begin the proceedings with her talk at 10.30 BST on “Preserved in Ash: Victims of a Mass Disaster,” followed by Dr Rowan on “Diet and Daily Life […]

Saturday 26 February 2:30-4:30 p.m. GMT: the Society is pleased to host two distinguished speakers to present the latest research on Pliny the Younger’s letters and the eruption of Vesuvius. Prof. Pedar Foss, De Pauw University: “Ashy Tuesday-Wednesday: The date and sequence of the AD 79 Vesuvian eruption.” Prof. Foss is author of the forthcoming Pliny and the Eruption […]

An afternoon of talks in honour of Herculaneum Society trustee Prof. Annalisa Marzano’s teaching and research is being held at the University of Reading 11 May 2-5 PM. The event is hybrid and the link to join remotely is . Programme below. For more details, please contact Dr J. W. Hanson at j.w.hanson@reading.ac.uk. Rome: City and […]

The Society’s Annual General Meeting for members will take place on 5 November 2022, 2:30 p.m. After the meeting, at 3:30, Dr Amin Benaissa, Tutor in Classics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (from October Associate Professor of Papyrology at Christ Church) will speak on “Mary Elizabeth Dicker: Britain’s first woman papyrologist”, whose contribution to the development […]

On Monday 5 December at the Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles, Oxford, there will be an hour of talks starting at 17:00 hrs on the joint research project of the University of Kentucky and the University of Oxford scanning and digitising the Herculaneum Papyri. Prof. Bob Fowler, Friends of Herculaneum Society: “Herculaneum: The Villa and […]

The School of History, Classics and Archaeology of Newcastle University is delighted to announce the International Workshop ‘The Herculaneum Papyri: Texts and Interpretations’, organised by Dr Nick Freer and Dr Tom Coward. The event will take place at Newcastle University in the Armstrong Reception Rooms (ARMB.G.69-70) on the 20th and 21st June 2024. All those […]

The Society is very pleased to invite you to hear a talk by Prof. Alison Cooley on “Tales from the tunnels: the early years of Bourbon excavation at Herculaneum,” presenting research from her forthcoming book on Herculaneum. The talk will take place on 9 November 2024, 3:30 p.m. in the Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles, […]