It is being delivered by the Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival team. Saturnalia has been commissioned by Northumberland County Council on behalf of the Hadrian’s Wall Partnership for the Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival. Visit the FAQs page for more information about the events. If you are concerned or unsure, please check the Saturnalia Facebook page in the first instance. Saturnalia will go ahead in most weathers.You can visit any time within the stated opening hours of 4:30pm until last entry at 7pm.Saturnalia is free to attend, and no booking is required.What do you bring? Just yourselves, we’ll take care of the rest. This is a party at your place, your bit of wall, your slice of history. They are your guides, your fellow revellers These mischief makers, these noise-makers, these light-bearers, these fire-lighters Most importantly, a celebration of all of us, right nowĪ chance to capture the moment, to carpe the diem Saturnalia it’s a night of mischief, magic and misruleĮvery 100 years a hardy band of mischief makers arrive to make merryĪ celebration along the wall, its ancient stones bursting with storiesĪ celebration of Saturn, god of time, growth, abundance and peace “Saturnalia makes you feel part of a community.A travelling installation made up of music, creative lighting, fire, interactive projection and an entertaining troupe of mischief and merrymakers. “It really is an event where we are trying to reach out to the broader Brock community and invite them to come and find out a little bit more about us,” says von Stackelberg. The event is open to all interested students, who are invited to explore spaces in the department, such as the archaeology lab, the museum and the workroom, that they may not have had an opportunity to experience yet. It’s a way for faculty to express how much we appreciate our students.” “The students are quite excited by the fact that this is something the faculty are putting on purely for the students’ enjoyment. “Historically, Saturnalia was a festival of inversion, when the people in authority served the people who would normally not be in authority,” she says. In recognition of the role reversal of the original Saturnalia, the department’s event is an opportunity for the faculty to give back to students, says Department Chair and Associate Professor Katharine von Stackelberg. Faculty and staff volunteer their time to organize the event and donate materials and prizes. “The core success of Saturnalia might be that all of our colleagues who are involved working behind the scenes do so happily,” says Associate Professor Carrie Murray, who initiated the original event in 2012. When it could not be held in person in 2020 due to COVID-19 public health restrictions, the event was moved online, and last year it was modified to meet social distancing requirements. In its 10th year at Brock, Saturnalia has become a popular feature in the department. The festival could last up to a week and bore similarities to later mid-winter festivals, including Christmas, New Year and Twelfth Night. 17 and involved banqueting, gift-giving, games, role-reversal and general merry-making as well as public religious observances. In Roman times, the Saturnalia festival began on Dec. Students are encouraged to dress up, with a prize going to the best toga costume, and, in a nod to the modern holiday season, the best holiday sweater. Participants can also engage with artifacts in the archaeology lab and take in the Pompeian graffiti projects by students from CLAS 3P31 Art and Archaeology of Pompei. Activities will include a games room, where students can collect prize tickets playing Roman games of chance, and a department-wide scavenger hunt. Held from 5 to 7 p.m., the evening features a variety of Roman-themed activities, prizes and light refreshments. “It’s an opportunity to embrace everyone’s company and celebrate that we’re a community of people who really love learning about ancient Greece and Rome,” says Fanny Dolansky, Associate Professor and one of the organizers for this year’s event. 8 when the Department of Classics and Archaeology holds its 10th annual Saturnalia event.īased on an ancient Roman festival, the event gives students the opportunity to connect with each other and with faculty in a fun environment while learning about the ancient Mediterranean world. Brock University students are invited to experience a bit of ancient Roman Thursday, Dec.
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