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Italian Studies-Schoenberg Institute Lecture: Professor Maddalena Signorini (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy) "Texts on Flyleaves: An Investigation on Petrarch’s Writing Uses"

Feb 27, 2020 at

Petrarch, the famed 14th-century Italian humanist, was a prolific inscriber of notes, glosses, and texts within the manuscripts in his private collection. This lecture will explore notations found in the flyleaves of… Read More



Conference, "Hermogenes and Hellenistic-Roman Temple Building in Greece and Asia Minor: Messon – Teos – Magnesia – Sardis"

Mar 28, 2020 at

New excavations in Turkey have rekindled interest in Hermogenes, the Hellenistic architect whom Vitruvius credits with a number of temple innovations (e.g. the eustylos and pseudodipteros temple types). The… Read More



Katz Center Seminar: Pratima Gopalakrishnan (Yale University) “Useful Bodies in the Ancient Jewish Household”

Mar 18, 2020 at

“Useful Bodies in the Ancient Jewish Household”

Pratima Gopalakrishnan, Yale University (current Katz Center Fellow)

Wednesday, March 18; 3:00-5:00pm… Read More



Katz Center Seminar: Gregg E. Gardner (University of British Columbia) “Lighting the Way: Doorways into the Late-Antique Jewish Home”

Mar 4, 2020 at

“Lighting the Way: Doorways into the Late-Antique Jewish Home”

Gregg E. Gardner, University of British Columbia (current Katz Center Fellow)

Wednesday,… Read More



PSCO February 20: Melissa Cradic and Liana Brent: “Tales from the Crypt: Interactions between the Living and the Dead in the Ancient Mediterranean.”

Feb 20, 2020 at

We are delighted to invite you to the first spring semester meeting of the Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins on Thursday, February 20 in Claudia Cohen Hall. As part of our broader conversation about… Read More



SENIOR COLLOQUIUM

Apr 23, 2020 at

Thurs. April 23, 4.30-6.00pm

SENIOR COLLOQUIUM

Location: 402 Cohen

Senior Colloquium is devoted to celebrating this year’s graduating majors in… Read More



FACULTEA: w/ Prof. Cynthia Damon, hosted by the Classics Board

Mar 19, 2020 at

Thurs. March 19, 6.00-7.00pm

FACULTEA: w/ Prof. Cynthia Damon, hosted by the Classics Board

Location: Classical Studies Lounge, 2nd floor of Cohen Hall

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FACULTEA: w/ Prof. Joseph Farrell, hosted by the Classics Board

Feb 20, 2020 at

FACULTEA: Thursday, February, 2020 – 6:00–7:00pm

Location: Classical Studies LIBRARY (269 Cohen Hall)… Read More



Discovering Language and Humanities Data

Feb 7, 2020 at

You are cordially invited to celebrate Penn’s 2019-2020 Academic Theme, the Year of Data, with an event co-sponsored by the Linguistic Data Consortium, the Price Lab for Digital Humanities and Van Pelt Library… Read More



Jill and John Avery Lecture in the History of Art - Milette Gaifman (Yale University) "The Compressed Image and the Modern History of Greek Art"

Mar 26, 2020 at

Today, when we speak of a compressed image, we typically mean a digital image whose size has been reduced by deleting or grouping together some of the initial file’s components. The lecture shows how various… Read More