Pompeii and Herculaneum: does the past have a future?
Wed 26 November 2014
Institute of Continuing Education
A free public lecture at Madingley Hall by Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill.
With daily reports in the press about collapses in Pompeii and the calamitous state of the ancient remains, we may ask why it has proved so difficult to preserve this uniquely important site. Professor Wallace-Hadrill looks at the problem from the perspective of the sister-site of Herculaneum, where for over a decade he has been involved in a project to conserve this Roman city, in many ways more vivid and more at risk than Pompeii.
Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, OBE FBA, is the former Director of the British School at Rome (1995–2009), and former Master of Sidney Sussex College (2009–2013). He is author of several books, including Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum (1994), and Herculaneum: Past and Future (2011). He has contributed to many TV documentaries, including The Other Pompeii: Life and Death for BBC2 for which he was presenter. He continues to act as Scientific Director for the Herculaneum Conservation Project, and is Director of Research in the Faculty of Classics at Cambridge.
This talk is part of the Madingley Lecture series of free public talks given by leading authorities in their fields. The lectures take place at Madingley Hall, home of the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education (ICE).
Cost: Free
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