Past Events



Gilgamesh and the Translation of Philological Crises with Sophus Helle

Apr 6, 2022 at -

The Babylonian epic Gilgamesh holds a special place in the world literary sphere, as one of the oldest texts that continues to be widely read. Sophus Helle, who has recently published… Read More



Hermogenes Conference

Mar 26, 2022 at -

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

9:00
Welcome, Brian Rose

9:10
Lothar Haselberger, “Hermogenes, the ‘First Inventor’ - What is at Issue?”

9:45
Yannis Kourtzellis, “The Late Classical… Read More



CANCELED - Penn’s Theater Arts Program Presents: Creating Diverse Collaborations in Theatre and Film with Khameleon Productions

Mar 25, 2022 at -

Join Shivaike Shah of Khameleon Productions to explore questions of diversity and collaboration by working with the text of the company's adaptation of Medea. Find out more about this event… Read More



Professor Emily Wilson: Dickinson College's 23rd Annual Christopher Roberts Lecture Series

Mar 4, 2022 - Mar 5, 2022 at -

23RD ANNUAL CHRISTOPHER ROBERTS LECTURES 

Each fall the Department of Classical Studies at Dickinson College invites noted scholars to present a lecture containing at least one significant,… Read More



First Friday Meeting - "Labor, Identity, and the Body"

Feb 4, 2022 at -

Please join us for the first First Friday of the spring semester: February 4, 2:45 - 4:15 pm, in Cohen 337. Kim Bowes will lead a discussion on "Labor, Identity and the Body."



Collaborator, Translator, Constructor

Apr 21, 2022 at

This third lecture in the series lays out several ways the study of antiquities may still be understood as mattering for the public today, focusing on the process of scholarship and specifically the acts laid out in… Read More



The Skills of World-Making

Apr 19, 2022 at

The second lecture in the series considers the development of expert skills required to invest in rebuilding the deep past — philology, dialogue and dialectic, understanding through migration, the preservation and… Read More



Public Matters: Prompts for the Study of Ancient Cultures

Apr 14, 2022 at

The first lecture in the series examines several moments in the ancient and early modern scholarship of antiquity when scholars framed their research questions in response to current sociopolitical needs and… Read More



Quintessence Theatre Presents: Seamus Heaney's The Cure At Troy

Jan 26, 2022 - Feb 20, 2022 at -

Quintessence Theatre Presents: Seamus Heaney's The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes