We Are Sparta - Residential lecture course

Cambridge University, Institute of Continuing Education 

Perceptions of Sparta in Antiquity and the Modern World (7 x 90 minute lectures) 2015 – 2018 

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From Imagination to Image

Annual National Gallery Lecture - National Portrait Gallery of Australia

November 2018 

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Socratic Dialogue in the 21st Century, Cities and Civilisation

Sarajevo School of Philosophy 

November 2018 

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Confucius

Bristol Festival of Ideas, Institute of Ideas, Bristol University 

November 2016 

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The Trouble with Troy

Royal Geographical Society Hong Kong

October 2016

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Was Socrates Atheist?

Manchester University

March 2016

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Bronze Age Gender Politics

The Voltaire Lecture, British Humanist Association 

April 2016 

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Greeks and Romans

November 2015 - British School at Ankara – Annual Lecture

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Bettany Hughes and Mary Beard in conversation

Royal Geographical Society

October 2015

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History Or Story? 

York University

September 2015

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Buddha, Confucius and Socrates

European Researcher’s Night  

September 2015

 

Rape in Antiquity

BBC History Magazine, ​Glyndebourne Event with Fiona Shaw

August 2015

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Panel Participant In Sessions

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Inspiring Women, Reflect and Represent, Diversity Forum, Women – the Great Disappearing Act 

2010 - present. 

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Icons - What Is An Historical Icon?

June 2015 - Althorp Literary Festival and Chalke History Festival 

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Ideas That Make Us Human 

May 2015 - The Raymond Williams Lecture Hay Festival 

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Democracy – Ancient or Modern?

May 2015 - Democracy Conference - Middlesex University 

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The Vote – What is Democracy?

May 2015 - Donmar Warehouse 

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Mary Renault

May 2015 - Hay Festival

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Socrates and the Visual Culture of Golden Age Athens

May 2015 - British Museum

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Dubai – Festival of Literature and Literacy

March 2015 

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Mekkah to Medina: New Evidence

March 2015 - Royal Geographical Society

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Jaipur Literary Festival and Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

January 2015 

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Citizens and the Ideas That Make Us

November 2014 - EU Cultural Centre

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Ancient Greek Women – Their Tragedy

Sep 2014 - National Theatre - In conjunction with the National Theatre production of Medea 

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Eros - Philosophy and Praxis

June 2014 - The South Bank Centre 

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Athens and Socrates; Why We Need to Care

May 2014 - Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College, London - 25th Anniversary Lecture 

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The Myth Of Muthoi

March 2014 - Keynote – Oxford University Classics Department Public Lecture 

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Athens the Stage Set for Socrates and Aristophanes

February 2014 - A G Leventis Annual Lecture, UCL 

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Socratic Love

February 2014 - Introduction to Robin Lane Fox - 24th Runcimann Lecture, King’s College London

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The Peril of a Passion for the Past

November 2013 - The Athens Dialogues, Kings College London, Onassis Foundation

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Divine Women

November 2013 - Cambridge Limmud Conference

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What Is Justice?

October 2013 - Howard League For Penal Reform - Plenary Session at Oxford University

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BBC 100 Women

October 2013 - Bettany selected as one of BBC’s ‘100 Global Game Changers’ to talk about women and religion and to launch the nationwide, cross-party ‘Inspiring Women’ campaign - BBC /BBC World 

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The Reception of the Classical World

June 2013 - Seminar, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, University of Oxford

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Cambridge University, Institute of Continuing Education

November 2012 - Residential lecture course 'Meet the Spartans’ - Perceptions of Sparta in antiquity and the modern world (7 x 90 minute lectures) 

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Dorothy Buchan Lecture

November 2012 - 'She-Spartans' - Leicester University

Islam and the Humanities

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26-28 September 2012 -Plenary paper - International Advisory Board of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI) and the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) - Oxford University 

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Re:Think Festival, Manchester

September 2012 - Festival of ideas in conjunction with the BBC’s Religion and Ethics Department. Presented a paper and discussion session ‘Fact and Faith: the role of history in religious broadcasting’ 

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Public and Professional History

September 2012 - Seminar/workshop at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

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Mansion House – Classics For All

July 2012 - Delivered a rationale (and associated film) outlining why ALL should have access to the classics.

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The Role of the Public Intellectual in Classical Athens and Today - Institute of Advance Study Debate

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June 2012 - Institute of Advanced Study - a discussion at the Royal Society, London about the role of philosophy in Ancient Greece. Click here to watch.

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'Helen of Troy' Lecture Series

2012 - A Major public lecture series in North America following the sucess of Helen of Troy.

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Discussing the Historical Origins of King James Bible

2011 - Chaired a discussion examining the historical origins of the King James Bible - Royal Society. More details here. 

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Recording of Archbishop of Canterbury's speech "What should the Word of God sound like?" available here.

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The Past, Present and Future of Classical Reception

April 2011 - Oxford University, APGRD, Seminars in Classical Reception, Classics Faculty. 

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Socrates, Athens, Sparta and the Search for the Good Life, 

March 2011 - Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

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What Did The Greeks Ever Do For Us?

March 2011 - Institute of Ideas, Battle of Ideas

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Helen of Troy and the Women of Sparta

March 2011 - Butler College, Indianapolis

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Helen of Troy, Goddess, Princess, Whore

March 2011- University of St. Louis, Missouri

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Ta Erotika and the Hellenic Cup

February 2011 - Royal Holloway, Institute of Hellenic Studies, Annual Lecture

 

Ta Erotika and the Future of Education

September 2010 - Maastricht University, keynote for the opening of the European academic year

 

Royal Pharmaceutical Society

September 2010 - Annual Conference, Imperial College, London.

Chair of plenary session on the future of the relationship between the broadcast media and research institutions.

 

Communicating Culture

June 2010 - Keynote address - Festival of Postgraduate Research, University of Leicester 

 

Cultural Amnesia and Global Understanding

May 2010 - Muslim Heritage in Our World – International Conference at the Science Museum, Media, Education and the Cultural Connection – keynote speech

 

Akrotiri and the Women of the Bronze Age

2010 - St. Hilda’s College, Oxford University, Public Seminar

JACT Presidential Addresses

 

2010 - Akrotiri - JACT

Royal Holloway Launch

2009 – Bettany lanuched Royal Holloway's new MA in Public History with an address at Royal Holloway.

 

Helen of Troy And The Women Of Sparta

2009 – Cardiff Archaeology Festival, Cardiff University

 

JACT Presidential Addresses

2009 - Classics in the Market - JACT, Icons and Iconoclasm

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March 2009 - Bettany chaired a podcast of debate at the Royal Academy in conjunction with the Byzantium exhibition and Bettany's Radio 4 series Byzantium Unearthed, a landmark three part series that explored the meaning of Byzantium to both East and West.

 

‘...Bettany beautifully chaired our Icons and Iconoclasm panel discussion, deftly handling complex issues and a variety of perspectives, and making the links between ideas, issues, and speakers seamless. Her chairmanship contributed greatly to the evening’s success...’ 

- Dr. Alison Bracker, Events and Lectures Manager, Royal Academy of Arts.

 

The Classical World Today

November 2008 - Oxford University Classics Outreach Project – keynote for King Edwards’ conference organised for Secondary School and College Students

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Terrible, Excruciating, Wrongheaded and Ineffectual – Reworking Antiquity in Mass Culture, 2008 - Keynote at Classics For All conference organized by Reading University.

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Paper published by Cambridge Scholars Press within volume ‘Reworking Antiquity in Mass Culture

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Helen of Troy: Princess, Goddess, Whore

2008 - Cardiff Archaeological Institute, Magazines, Museums, the Media: Communicating History to a Wider Audience

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July 2008 - Anglo-American Conference of Historians at the Institute of Historical Research - Plenary panel session 

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Democratizing Danger: Brickbats and Bouquets for Mass-Market Scholarship

 

July 2008 - Institute of Historical Research paper

Women – The Challenge for Historians Ancient and Modern

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November 2006 - University College London, Appropriations of Antiquity, UCL

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The Women Who Loved Greece

July 2004 - Leeds International Medieval Institute, Leeds University

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We Are The Spartans

May 2004 - Manchester University inset day, Manchester Museum

History and the Mass Media

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2003 - Bristol University Archaeology and History Seminars