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Department Colloquium: Elena Isayev (Exeter) "Ancient Wandering and Permanent Temporariness"

Oct 8, 2020 at

Title: Ancient Wandering and Permanent Temporariness



Department Colloquium: Cam Grey (Penn) "Localizing Risk in the Late Roman World"

Oct 1, 2020 at

Title: Localizing Risk in the Late Roman World



Department Colloquium: Phiroze Vasunia (UCL) “After Babel: Reading the Literatures of the Roman Empire”

Sep 24, 2020 at

Title: After Babel: Reading the Literatures of the Roman Empire



Department Colloquium: Jeremy McInerney (Penn) "Eos: Africana Receptions of Ancient Greece and Rome"

Sep 17, 2020 at

In July the Penn Classics department held an online meeting in conjunction with the EOS/Africana reception reading group. That workshop focused on Franz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth and Margot… Read More



Department Colloquium: Paula Fredriksen (Department of Comparative Religion, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem) “The Many Gods of Ancient Jewish ‘Monotheism’”

Sep 10, 2020 at

Title: The Many Gods of Ancient Jewish 'Monotheism'



Emily Wilson to give Virtual Graduation Speech

May 18, 2020 - May 22, 2020 at -

To celebrate the class of 2020, Emily Wilson is giving a graduation speech online. You can find the speech here (skip to 19:00 minutes in): https://www.… Read More



Daily Digital Event: Emily Wilson Reads Odyssey Translation

May 18, 2020 - Jun 8, 2020 at -

For the next 24 days, Emily Wilson is posting videos of herself reading small passages from her translation of the Odyssey. You can find the readings here:… Read More



FACULTEA: w/ Prof. Sheila Murnaghan, hosted by the Classics Board

Apr 16, 2020 at

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VIRTUAL FACULTEA with Prof. Cynthia Damon

Mar 26, 2020 at

Thursday, March 26, 6.00-7.00 EST



Dissertation Defense: Amy Lewis "Aristophanes and the Poetics of Low Comedy

Feb 28, 2020 at

Amy Lewis will defend her dissertation, 

Aristophanes and the Poetics of Low Comedy

with a public presentation on

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