Past Events



Department Colloquium: Cam Grey (Penn) "Seismic Riskscapes of the Late Fourth Century CE"

Feb 24, 2022 at -

Speaker: Cam Grey, Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania

Title: "Seismic… Read More



Department Colloquium: Wesley Hanson (Penn) "Empire and Language in Pliny the Elder's Natural History"

Feb 10, 2022 at -

Speaker: Wesley Hanson, Lecturer University of Pennsylvania

Title: "Empire and Language in Pliny the… Read More



Department Colloquium: Clifford Ando (University of Chicago) "Roman law and republican domination"

Feb 3, 2022 at -

Speaker: Clifford Ando, David B. and Clara E. Stern Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago

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Department Colloquium: Virginia Closs (University of Massachusetts Amherst) "Before and After: Cycles of Destruction and Renewal in Martial’s Rome"

Jan 27, 2022 at -

Speaker: Virginia Closs, Associate Professor of Classics, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Title: "Before… Read More



Department Colloquium: Mario Telò (University of California, Berkeley) "Aristophanic Gyno-Futures: Reproduction Transness Disability"

Jan 20, 2022 at -

Speaker: Mario Telò, Professor of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley

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First Friday Meeting -- "Latin Pedagogy: Historical Considerations and Current Developments"

Dec 3, 2021 at -

Please join us for the final First Friday for the semester on December 3 (2:45 - 4:15 pm, on Zoom) on "Latin Pedagogy: Historical Considerations and Current… Read More



Penn History of Art Colloquium: Brian Rose (Penn) "Provenance Research from the Ancient Mediterranean to the 21st Century"

Nov 12, 2021 at -

Speaker: Brian Rose, James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaelogy and Professor of Classical Studies

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First Friday Meeting -- Session on Classical Studies’ traditional and increasingly contested identification with “The West” or “Western Civilization.”

Nov 5, 2021 at -

The First Friday session on November 5th (2:45 - 4:15 pm, Cohen 337) will be introduced by Hanzhao (Roo) Kuang, Bridget Murnaghan, and Theodora Naqvi and will focus on Classical Studies’ traditional and increasingly… Read More



Department Colloquium: Emily Wilson (Penn) "Iliad 24: A Reading from My Translation"

Nov 4, 2021 at -

Speaker: Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania) Professor of Classical Studies

Title: "Iliad 24: A Reading… Read More