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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



Department Colloquium: Sheila Murnaghan (Penn) "Champion of History, Inveterate Liar: Biographies of Heinrich Schliemann for Young Readers"

Nov 18, 2021 at -

Speaker: Sheila Murnaghan, Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Professor of Greek and Faculty Director, Post-baccalaureate Program in… Read More



Department Colloquium: Mathias Hanses (Penn State University) "'I Rode to Rome at Night’: The Ancient Mediterranean World in the Early Writings of W. E. B. Du Bois"

Nov 11, 2021 at -

Speaker: Mathias Hanses, Assistant Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Penn State University

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First Friday Meeting -- The so-called Dorian Invasions

Oct 1, 2021 at -

Please join us for our next First Friday meeting on October 1st, 2:45 - 4:15 pm (note the new time slot)​, in Cohen 337. The topic is the so-called Dorian Invasions; the session will be led by Odysseas Espanol… Read More



First Friday Meeting -- First session on "The Black Aeneid"

Sep 10, 2021 at -

Our first First Friday of the semester will actually be on the second Friday of the month - Friday, September 10th from 1:45 - 3:15 PM in 337 Cohen Hall. The topic for this session will be "The Black Aeneid." Julia… Read More