Past Events



Amelia Bensch-Schaus Dissertation Defense

Apr 3, 2023 at -

Amelia Bensch-Schaus will defend her dissertation, "The Two Voices of Homer: Iliadic and Odyssean Receptions in Tragedy and the Argonautica".
 
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Gavin Blasdel Dissertation Defense

Mar 29, 2023 at -

Gavin Blasdel will defend his dissertation, "Honors, Politics, and Community in Roman Athens"
 
All are welcome. Please mark your calendar to join us for this significant moment in a graduate career!



Friday Conversation: Cam Grey: “The Inclusive Classroom: a Discussion Prompted by Claude Steel’s Whistling Vivaldi”

Apr 21, 2023 at -

Please join us for a Friday Conversation with Cam Grey: “The Inclusive Classroom: a Discussion Prompted by Claude Steel’s Whistling Vivaldi”.

 



Friday Conversation: Brian Rose and Jonathan Katz (Art History) “Being Gay in Academia”

Mar 24, 2023 at -

Please join us for a Friday Conversation with Brian Rose and Jonathan Katz (Art History) “Being Gay in Academia.”



Hyde Lecture John Ma (Columbia): "Only Connect: Practicing Joined-Up Ancient History. On a Few Lines of Tacitus's Histories"

Mar 16, 2023 at -

Every spring, the Graduate Group in Ancient History hosts a week-long visit by a distinguished ancient historian, made possible by a gift by Walter Woodburn Hyde (1870-1966, Professor of Greek and Ancient History at… Read More



Department Colloquium: Rhodessa Jones (The Medea Project) "Whose Classics?"

Mar 30, 2023 at -

Speaker: Rhodessa Jones, Founder / Artistic Director: The Medea Project: Theatre for Incarcerated Women/ HIV Circle

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Department Colloquium: Laura Jansen (University of Bristol) “The Chemical Poetics of Anne Carson’s Euripides”

Apr 6, 2023 at -

Speaker: Laura Jansen, Associate Professor (Reader) in Classics & Comparative Literature and Research Fellow at the… Read More



Penn Grad Talk: Kyle West (Penn ANCH Grad Student) "Aging Virtuously: Cicero on Old Age, Disability, and Character"

Feb 24, 2023 at -

Speaker: Kyle West, Ancient History Graduate Student, University of Pennsylvania

Title: "Aging Virtuously: Cicero on… Read More



Department Colloquium: Peter Struck (Penn) "Porphyry on Reason: How an understanding of cultural difference shapes an understanding of cognition"

Feb 23, 2023 at -

Speaker: Peter Struck, Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania

Title:"Porphyry on… Read More



Department Colloquium: Suzanne Marchand (Louisiana State) "480 (BCE): The Modern Making of a World-Historical Date"

Mar 23, 2023 at -

Speaker: Suzanne Marchand, Professor of History, Louisiana State University

Title: "480 (BCE): The… Read More