# Event Details - **Event Name**: Donald Russell Memorial Lecture 2026 - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 22 Oct, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Thu, 22 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: The fourth annual Donald Russell Memorial Lecture will be given by Professor Anne Sheppard on the uses of rhetoric by Platonist philosophersAbout this EventSaying it in Style: Some Uses of Rhetoric by Platonist Philosophers in Late AntiquityThe philosophers of the fourth, fifth and sixth centuries AD were well educated in rhetoric and made good use of what they had learned in the rhetorical schools, both in their commentaries on Plato and in other forms of writing. The first part of the lecture will focus on how Proclus and his contemporary, Hermias of Alexandria, deploy the theory of three styles, as an example of their use of tools drawn from the rhetorical tradition of literary criticism. The second part will consider the influence of rhetoric on the writing of encomia by Synesius and by Proclus’ pupil, Marinus, on the composition of hymns by Synesius and Proclus, and on the writing of a Platonic dialogue by Aeneas of Gaza.Professor Anne SheppardProfessor Anne Sheppard is Professor Emerita of Ancient Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. She wrote her DPhil on Proclus under the supervision of Donald Russell. Her publications include Studies on the 5th and 6th essays of Proclus’ Commentary on the Republic (1980), Aesthetics. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art (1987), Greek and Roman Aesthetics (with Oleg Bychkov, 2010), The Poetics of Phantasia. Imagination in Ancient Aesthetics (2014) and Plotinus. Ennead I.8. On the Nature and Source of Evil (2025).The Donald Russell Memorial Lecture was established by the President and Fellows of St John’s College, Oxford, in 2023 to celebrate and honour the contribution of Professor Donald Russell FBA (1920-2020) to the discipline of Classics, and his exceptionally generous support for Classics at St John’s. The lectures are dedicated to the fields of Classical studies in which Professor Russell had particular interest, including the art of Greek and Latin prose, rhetoric, and imperial Greek literature. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/oxford/donald-russell-memorial-lecture-2026/100001990765561384 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Garden Quad Auditorium, St John's College - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Oxford - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Garden Quad Auditorium, St John's College - **lat**: 51.7560544 - **long**: -1.2589484000000084 - **full address**: Garden Quad Auditorium, St John's College, St Giles', Oxford, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Donald Russell Memorial Lecture 2026 - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/e1dffdb9ac6099771872370ca2d288185d8c553a42b35e123b85f8e79e35c080-rimg-w1200-h600-dc010101-gmir.jpg?v=1783359854 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Donald Russell Memorial Lecture 2026 being held? - **A:** Donald Russell Memorial Lecture 2026 takes place on Thu, 22 Oct, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Thu, 22 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Garden Quad Auditorium, St John's College, St Giles', Oxford, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Donald Russell Memorial Lecture 2026? - **A:** Donald Russell Memorial Lecture 2026 is organized by St John's College. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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