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Sparta Live!

Join us for an online programme of lively workshops themed around the history, archaeology and legacy of ancient Sparta.

  • Learn the facts about this fascinating ancient culture that's inspired Hollywood films, documentaries, fiction and graphic novels
  • Challenge misconceptions that have led to its misappropriation
  • Celebrate the 2,500-year anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)!

The programme is hosted jointly by the Centre for Spartan & Peloponnesian Studies and the City of Sparti, Laconia, Greece – the site of ancient Sparta.

Leonidas at Thermopylae, by French artist Jacques-Louis David, 1814 (oil on canvas). The work currently hangs in the Louvre in Paris, France. © Creative Commons
 

Sparta Live workshops

The current Sparta Live series will run on selected Thursdays from 5-6 pm (UK time).

We will be joined by international experts from the fields of Spartan history and archaeology to explore different aspects of the ancient Spartan civilisation and culture. 

We look forward to meeting you!

Upcoming events

  • Thursday 27 March - Dr Giorgos Zachos (Academy of Athens), Thermopylai 1897 - 1899. The tomb of Leonidas in the service of the Great Idea and the response of the archaeological excavation. 
  • Thursday 3 April - Dr Nadia Seremtakis (University KU Leuven), Burning memory: on Greek death, politics and the everyday.
  • Thursday 1 May - Dr Lucio Mara Valletta (Independant Researcher, EPHE/UMR 8210 - Anhima, Paris), Research on Laconia in the Bronze Age and the transition to the Iron Age
  • Thursday 9 May - Eleni Manou (Independant Researcher), Tsakonia, a Dorianising Land
  • Thursday 15 May - Dr Neil Bar (Bar-Ilan University), Xerxes and his Barbarian Horder Returns: The Battle of Thermopylae, Ephialtes, and the Cultivation of Xenophobia by the Greek Golden Dawn

To be added to the mailing list for the Sparta Live! series, please email chrysanthi.gallou@nottingham.ac.uk

 Past events

Spring 2024
 
Autumn 2023
 
Spring 2023
 
Autumn 2022
 
Autumn 2021 series
 
Spring 2021 series
 
Autumn 2020 series
 
Summer 2020 series
 

 

Chrysanthi Gallou photo

Exciting topics we are covering include the Battle of Thermopylae, Spartan women, and the legacy of ancient Sparta in modern politics.

We are thrilled that the Mayor of the modern-day city of Sparti will be joining us to give their unique insight into these famous ancestors.

Dr Chrysanthi Gallou
Director of the Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies

 

Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies

University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

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