Events

To support A Day in Pompeii the Western Australian Museum has developed a range of activities for the whole family including lectures, a community-based exhibition and activities for the kids.

A series of seven lectures has been scheduled to accompany A Day in Pompeii. To attend the lecture, click on the 'register now' now link on the relevant lecture.

  • "Celadus ... adored by the girls!": Gladiators in Pompeii

    Asst/Prof Glenys Wootton
    Lecturer, Classics and Ancient History, University of Western Australia

    Join Glenys Wootton as she discusses how the remains of this ancient city provide an opportunity to explore the public fascination with gladiatorial combat, the most famous of all Roman spectacles.

    6.00pm, 11 June 2010

    State Library Theatre, State Library of Western Australia

    Admission by gold coin donation

    Registrations closed

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    The theatre. Source: © Museum Victoria

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  • The House of the Coloured Capitals, Pompeii: Investigation by an Australian team

    W/Prof John Melville-Jones

    Winthrop Professor emeritus, Classics and Ancient History, University of Western Australia

    Join John Melville-Jones as he presents this story of Australian archaeologists at work in Pompeii, and the fascinating evidence of daily life uncovered.

    6.00pm, 18 June 2010

    State Library Theatre, State Library of Western Australia

    Admission by gold coin donation

    Registrations closed

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    A view of Pompeii. Source: © Museum Victoria

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  • ‘Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice’: the story of Pompeii

    Dr Franco Pirajno
    Senior Geoscientist, Geological Survey of Western Australia; Adjunct Professor, School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia

    Franco Pirajno spent his childhood years in Pompeii and witnessed the 1944 eruption, which left an indelible influence in his young life and eventually led him to the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory where he obtained his doctorate in Geological Sciences following a thesis on volcanology.

    This lecture will discuss the geological aspects and results of significant volcanic eruptions, and the fate suffered by Pompeii and its inhabitants.

    6.00pm, 2 July 2010

    State Library Theatre, State Library of Western Australia

    Admission by gold coin donation

    Registrations closed

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    Street with stepping stones, Pompeii. Photo: Alago (wikimedia: no copyright limitations)*

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  • Romans Remains in Egypt: Living at the edges of the Empire

    Prof Salima Ikram

    Professor of Egyptology, American University in Cairo

    Join visiting expert Salima Ikram as she presents an overview of new discoveries made by the North Kharga Oasis Survey and the insights revealed into life in the Roman Empire abroad.

    6.00pm, 23 July 2010

    Perth Lecture Theatre, Central TAFE (entry from Francis St near William St)

    Admission by gold coin donation

    Registrations closed

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    19th century 'tags' in the 18th Dynasty Tomb of Paheri, El Kab, Egypt. Photo: James Tunmore

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  • The Gods of Pompeii: Worship, devotion and ritual in a Roman town

    Dr Bill Leadbetter

    Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education and Arts, Edith Cowan University

    Join Bill Leadbetter as he explores the complex grandeur of Roman religious life through the artefacts and remains from Pompeii and Herculaneum.

    6.00pm, 13 August 2010

    State Library Theatre, State Library of Western Australia

    Admission by gold coin donation

    Registrations closed

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    Roman Pompeii theatre. Source: © Museum Victoria

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  • The Romans on the Bay of Naples; Pompeii and its neighbours

    Presented in association with The Roman Archaeology Group and the University of Western Australia.

  • 1.30pm – 4.00pm, 28 August 2010

    Lecture program

    1) ‘Tread carefully, painters at work’: The House of Julius Polybius and others. Wall painters and painting at Pompeii Asst/Prof Glenys Wootton
    2) ‘This one’s not for the kids’: A candid look at Pompeiian Graffiti, Nathan Leber
    TEA BREAK
    3) ‘What lies beneath’: Sanitation in Pompeii and Herculaneum, W/Prof David Kennedy

    Social Sciences Lecture Theatre (Room G1.30), University of Western Australia

    Admission to lecture program is free

    Afternoon tea is $10 for non-members

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    Street with stepping stones, Pompeii. Photo: Alago (wikimedia: no copyright limitations)*

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  • Talking Walls: Graffiti from ancient Pompeii to 21st century Perth

    Dr Moya Smith

    Head of Department, Anthropology & Archaeology, Western Australian Museum

    Join Moya Smith as she considers the fascinating role of ancient graffiti in Pompeii, as well as graffiti in other parts of the world and from other times including Perth's urban graffiti.

    6.00pm, 3 September 2010

    State Library Theatre, State Library of Western Australia

    Admission by gold coin donation

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    Political graffiti: Street of Abundance (Via del Abbondanza), Pompeii. Photo: Steven North, WA Museum, 2010

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  • * Image source – wikimedia (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompeii-Street.jpg)

     

    This lecture series for A Day in Pompeii is proudly supported by Lotterywest and the Friends of the Western Australian Museum.

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Header illustration: Mount Vesuvius, © Museum Victoria