tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post5771895240069121506..comments2024-03-26T05:04:15.369+00:00Comments on The Edithorial: Classics & Poverty in the Furthest NorthEdith Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518971064140009711noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-15372807852648185342013-11-24T21:29:21.779+00:002013-11-24T21:29:21.779+00:00Oh no I missed your talk! That's really annoyi...Oh no I missed your talk! That's really annoying. <br /><br />Your comments on Aberdeen are accurate. It is a place of tremendous wealth and affluence, but also grinding poverty. If you had taken a trip out Royal Deeside the mansion houses are quite extraordinary. Also mentionable though with regards to Classics and the Aberdeen/ the wider Grampian region is, of course, Calgacus, 'that speech' and the battle of Mons Graupius. There is also a vestige of Aberdeen University's proud Classical history: there is a Classical Studies reading group, a Classics section in the library, the teaching of Latin and (koine) Greek to undergraduates, classes on Classical philosophy and one dedicated Classicist post in the history faculty.In the Divinity department there are also a few people with a Classical background. or those who have an interest in Classical history- including myself.<br /><br />Really sorry to have missed your talk! I missed Mary Beard's one up here a few years ago too.<br /><br />Erlend<br />www.classicaltimeline.co.ukErlendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03854528556692898657noreply@blogger.com