Classics Between the Wars with Dr Daisy Dunn

Author and classicist Dr Daisy Dunn discusses the classical threads at the heart of her new book - ‘Not Far from Brideshead: Oxford between the Wars’.
Dr Dunn examines the place of classics in the early twentieth century, from the performance of new translations of Euripides by Gilbert Murray, to the subversion of ancient history by the Nazis. She uncovers how classics became a unifying language for Oxford classics scholars like Maurice Bowra, E. R. Dodds and Gilbert Murray.
What role did the classical past play in contemporary culture between the two world wars? Why did it become part of the national conversation? Daisy answers these questions and more in conversation with Professor Paul Cartledge, Emeritus A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Clare College, Cambridge.
This was a public event, hosted on Tuesday 12 April 2022.