Dionysus: Lord of Misrule - Ronald Hutton

About this episode

Ronald Hutton discusses the historical and cultural significance of Dionysus in this lecture.

This lecture was recorded by Ronald Hutton on the 6th May 2026 at Barnard’s Inn Hall, London Professor Hutton is Professor of History at the University of Bristol. He took degrees at Cambridge and then Oxford Universities, and was a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He is now a Fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Historical Society, the Society of Antiquaries and the Learned Society of Wales, and has won awards for teaching and research. He has lectured all over the world, authored t...

People in this episode

Guest: Ronald Hutton

Topics covered

• Dionysus
• history
• mythology
• lectures
• education

Keywords

• Dionysus
• Ronald Hutton
• history
• mythology
• Barnard’s Inn Hall
• London
• lecture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Bristol, British Academy, Royal Historical Society, Society of Antiquaries, Learned Society of Wales

Places: Barnard’s Inn Hall, London

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