Founders' Week: Geddes-Harrower Lectures - 'Greek Tragedy and its Reception'

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Founders' Week: Geddes-Harrower Lectures - 'Greek Tragedy and its Reception'
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Join Geddes-Harrower Chair of Greek Art and Archaeology, Professor Glenn Most, for this series of fascinating lectures.

'Greek Tragedy and its Reception'

  • Friday 13 February - ‘The Tragic Day’ - 5.30pm: Craig Suite, Sir Duncan Rice Library, Floor 7, University of Aberdeen
  • Saturday 14 February - ‘Suspense and Surprise in Greek Tragedy’ - 1.30pm: Seminar Room, Aberdeen Art Gallery, AB10 1FQ
  • Sunday 15 Februaru - ‘The Horrific Body in Sophocles’ 1.30pm: Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Art Gallery, AB10 1FQ
  • Monday 16 February - ‘Bifocal Reception: Hecuba vs. The Trojan Women 5.30pm: Craig Suite, Sir Duncan Rice Library, Floor 7, University of Aberdeen

The Geddes-Harrower Chair in Greek Art and Archaeology is a visiting Professorship, which, over the past century, has brought many of the world's foremost scholars of classical culture to Aberdeen. It was established through a bequest by John Harrower (Aberdeen's Regius Professor of Greek, 1886-1931), and is named in honour of Harrower and of his father-in-law, William Duguid Geddes (Regius Professor of Greek, 1855-85). 

Professor Glenn Most (Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago; Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin) is the Geddes-Harrower Chair in Greek Art and Archaeology for 2026. 

All lectures are free and open to the public. Lectures 1 and 4 will be followed by a drinks reception.

If you are unable to join us in person, you may request a link to join online, by emailing s.m.pugh@abdn.ac.uk 

Contact

No Booking Required. 

Contact s.m.pugh@abdn.ac.uk if more information is needed. 

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