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We are delighted to invite you to the next lecture in our Semester 1, 2026 Classics and Ancient History research seminar series. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(39, 53, 64);"><b>Monday 4</b><sup><b>th</b></sup><b> May 2026 12.15pm </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(39, 53, 64);"><b>Zoom link</b>:
</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);"><a href="https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/89574510422" data-outlook-id="b2179c0f-7bad-4845-9a27-476e2e9de069" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/89574510422</u></a></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Prof. Bob Cowan & Tamara Neal</span></p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Jamie Nguyen</span><span style="font-weight: 500;"> (University of Sydney / The Scotch College)</span></div>
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<span style="text-transform: none;"><b><i>Who Speaks for Antiquity?</i> Rethinking Relevance as Latin$B!G(Bs Defence through Classical Reception in Australian Schools.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(39, 53, 64);"><b>Abstract: </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This paper responds to the ongoing crisis of Latin uptake in secondary schools by arguing that the problem is not only methodological but epistemological. The
study of Latin continues to be justified through frameworks that do not resonate with contemporary learners. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Drawing on the Australian context, I argue that its decline is the result of successive and intersecting historical, cultural and pedagogical forces. Once
central to a moral and intellectual education shaped by colonial classicism, Latin has lost authority within an educational and political culture that prioritises utility and market outcomes. This has produced a paradox: Latin is marginalised for its perceived
lack of utility yet persists as a form of elite cultural capital.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The paper determines that traditional defences of the subject have remained static and increasingly unconvincing. Even recent pedagogical innovations, while
promising, often fail to address the deeper issue of <i>relevance</i>. A historiographical analysis of Latin textbooks as a part of my thesis reinforces this claim. Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, textbooks have negotiated the tension between grammatical
rigour and engagement yet consistently positions students as recipients rather than producers of meaning. Changes in pedagogical methodologies have not led to a fundamental shift in the learner$B!G(Bs role.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In response, this paper proposes Classical Reception, grounded in Reader-Response Theory and Self-Determination Theory, as a way forward. I argue that we
must reconceptualise the textbook as an active mediator of meaning. Ultimately, there must be a reception-driven model that integrates language, culture and interpretation through thematic and contemporary inquiry. It is by positioning students as participants
in an ongoing dialogue with the past that the issue of Latin's relevance has the potential to be resolved. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(39, 53, 64);"><b>Biography: </b></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;">Jamie is a Latin teacher at The Scotch College in Melbourne. A passionate advocate for Classics, Jamie</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.066667px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px; background-color: white;">$B!G(B</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;">s
research focuses on reception strategies. </span></p>
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