[Usyd_Classics_Events] Todd Lecture Rebecca Langlands 17th September

Tue Aug 18 14:49:31 AEST 2026

Dear all,

We are delighted to invite you the Todd Lecture 2026.

Tamara

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School of Humanities

Classics & Ancient History at Sydney
[The University of Sydney]
[Sex knowledge and perceptions of the past]

Exempla: the beating heart of philosophical traditions
Professor Rebecca Langlands | University of Exeter

Thursday, 17 September | Chau Chak Wing Museum
Reception- Sounds Cafe from 4pm
Lecture- 5:00pm doors for 5:15pm start

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rebecca Langlands is Professor of Classics, with particular interests in Latin literature and Roman culture, ethics and exemplarity, the history of sexuality and classical reception. She is the author of Sexual Morality in Ancient Rome(CUP 2006), Sex, Knowledge and Receptions of the Past (edited with Kate Fisher, OUP 2015), Exemplary Ethics in Ancient Rome (CUP 2018) and Literature and Culture in the Roman Empire, 96-235. Cross-Cultural Interactions (edited with Alice König and James Uden, 2020).
She is the co-director of the Sexual Knowledge Unit<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/k_YKCROND2uQkkLrzT9f6kh1c2zU?domain=t.e2ma.net> (with Jana Funke, Ina Linge and Kate Fisher), and also of the award-winning Sex and History<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/7-h7CVARKgCXLLAlRUzhrWhEBP3d?domain=t.e2ma.net> project which works with museums, schools, charities and young people to promote empowering discussion of contemporary sexual issues.

A reception will precede the event at Sounds Cafe from 4pm.

ABOUT THE TODD LECTURE:
The Todd Memorial Lecture commemorates the life and work of Professor Frederick Augustus Todd, former Professor of Latin and Dean of the Faculty of Arts from 1930 to 1937. The lecture is delivered by a distinguished classical scholar with an international reputation.

The series is sponsored by the University of Sydney's School of Humanities in conjunction with Classics and Ancient History and the Classical Association of NSW.

Venue
Chau Chak Wing Museum
Nelson Meers Auditorium
University Place (Across from the Quadrangle)
Camperdown Campus
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Image: Sex, Knowledge and Perceptions of the Past Edited by Kate Fisher and Rebecca Langlands

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