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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

Title… Read More



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



Department Colloquium: Eric Orlin (University of Puget Sound) "The Carmen Saeculare: Prayer and Performance"

Dec 2, 2021 at -

Speaker: Eric Orlin, Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, University of Puget Sound

Title: "… Read More



CANCELED - Department Colloquium: Ava Shirazi (Haverford College) "Aeschylus' Paintings"

Nov 4, 2021 at -

 

We, unfortunately, had to cancel the AvA Shirazi talk this week, but have scheduled another talk in its place:  

Speaker:… Read More



Department Colloquium: Christopher Parmenter (Penn) "Frank M. Snowden, Jr., Race, and the Ancient Roots of American Modernity"

Oct 28, 2021 at -

Speaker: Christopher Parmenter, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities at the Wolf Humanities Center,… Read More



Department Colloquium: Solange Ashby (UCLA) "Isis, Mistress of the Southern Lands"

Oct 21, 2021 at -

Speaker: Solange Ashby, President's Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA

Title: "Isis, Mistress of the… Read More



Department Colloquium: Sukaina Hirji (Penn) "White Blindness, and Knowing One's Limits in Plato's Alcibiades"

Dec 9, 2021 at -

Speaker: Sukaina Hirji, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania

Title: "White… Read More



Department Colloquium: Ari Bryen (Vanderbilt University) "The Trials of Aelius Aristides"

Oct 7, 2021 at -

Speaker: Ari Bryen, Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University

Title: "The Trials of Aelius Aristides"