LECTURES
Dr Michael Birrell will be giving the following lectures in 2012

CENTRE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION (CCE), SYDNEY UNIVERSITY
For price and venue contact: CCE, 160 Missenden Road, Newtown NSW 2042
Phone: (02) 9036 4789 or see their website: www.cce.usyd.edu.au

SALADIN AND THE CRUSADER STATES 14th January 2012   THE PHOENICIANS: ANCIENT SEAFARERS OF LEBANON 4th February 2012   ANCIENT WRITING: FROM CUNEIFORM TO THE ALPHABET 3rd March 2012   THE MYCENAEANS: WARRIORS OF THE BRONZE AGE 16th June 2012   THE OTTOMANS: HISTORY, ART AND ARCHITECTURE 4th August 2012

WORKERS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (WEA)
For price and venue contact: WEA, 72 Bathurst St, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Phone: (02) 9264 2781 or see their website: www.weasydney.nsw.edu.au

RAMESSES AND HIS TIMES: EGYPT DURING THE 19TH AND 20TH DYNASTIES Saturday 23rd June 2012   ANCIENT GREECE: ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY 28th July 2012   THE UMAYYADS: ISLAM’S FIRST DYNASTY 18th August 2012

MACQUARIE ANCIENT HISTORY ASSOCIATION (MAHA)
Museum of Ancient Cultures, Building X5B, Macquarie University www.ancienthistory.com.au

THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST Museum of Ancient Cultures, Building X5B, Macquarie Uni 5 Tuesday evenings 7.15-9pm 24th Jan - Byblos: the Phoenician ruins 31st Jan - Jerash: the Roman city 28th Feb - Petra: City of the Nabataeans 6th Mar - Baalbek: Roman Temples of Jupiter and Bacchus 13th Mar - Anjar and the Umayyads: Islam in the 8th Century Light supper included - gold coin donation - just come along!