KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANNOUNCED

We are honoured to announce that our keynote speaker for the conference will be Professor Douglas Cairns (University of Edinburgh) who will be speaking to us about 'Honour and Shame: Modern Perspectives and Ancient Values'.

A Glaswegian, Douglas Cairns graduated with MA (Hons) in Classics, University of Glasgow, in 1983 and received the PhD in Greek, University of Glasgow, in 1987. He has been Lecturer in Greek, University of St Andrews, 1986; Post-doctoral Fellow, Leverhulme Trust, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, 1987-8; Lecturer in Classics, University of Otago, 1988-92; Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Leeds, 1992-9; Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Glasgow, 1999-2004; Research Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, 1993-5 (held at Georg-August Universität, Göttingen).

He was appointed to Chair of Classics at Edinburgh, 1 September 2004 and was Head of Classics 2004/05. He was Head of School from 2005 - 8. He currently holds a Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust (2008-11). In 2008 he was Visiting Professor in Classics, Kyoto University, Japan.