Bloomsbury Summer School

Fascinated by ancient civilisations?

Monday 4 to Friday 8 July

Course Director: Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (Cardiff University)

Monday 4 July

10:45* – 11:00
Students assemble in BSS Common Room or login to Zoom*

11:00 – 11:30
BSS Director’s Welcome Address

11:30 – 13:00
1. Constructing Prophetic Divination

Welcome Lunch in BSS Common Room (14:00 Short optional tour of UCL with the Director)

14:30 – 15:45
2. Ancient Near Eastern Sources

16:15 – 17:30
3. Greek Sources

Tuesday 5 July

10:00 – 11:15
4. Biblical Sources

11:45 – 13:00
5. Prophecy and Ecstasy

14:15 – 15:30
6. Prophets and Temples

16:00 – 17:15
7. Prophets and Kings

Wednesday 6 July

10:00 – 11:15
8. Prophets and Gender

11:45 – 13:00
9. Amos

14:15 – 15:30
10. Hosea

16:00 – 17:15
11. Jonah

Thursday 7 July

10:00 – 11:15
12. Isaiah: Part 1

11:45 – 13:00
13. Isaiah: Part 2

14:15 – 15:30
14. Isaiah: Part 3

16:00 – 17:15
15. Isaiah: Part 4

Friday 8 July

10:00 – 11:15
16. Isaiah: Part 5

11:45 – 13:00
17. Isaiah: Part 6

14:15 – 15:30
18. Isaiah: Part 7

16:00 – 17:15
19. Isaiah: Conclusion

17:15 – 19:00
End-of-Course Drinks Party and Online Social (guests welcome)

* All times are London UK time; Zoom waiting room opens 15 minutes prior to the start.

NB: Timetables, once published, are unlikely to change, but remain provisional until the first day of the course.