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"Forging Kinships" Symposium - Wolf Humanities Center

Feb 21, 2020 at

Forging Kinships invites scholars from multiple disciplines and academic institutions to think upon how the bonds of kinship are created, lived, and realized. The organizing theme of this day-long symposium focuses… Read More



Department Colloquium: Carol Raddato

Apr 16, 2020 at



Department Colloquium: Caroline Petit

Apr 9, 2020 at



Department Colloquium: Sheila Ager

Apr 2, 2020 at



Department Colloquium: Wiebke-Marie Stock (Notre Dame) "A daemon within? Plotinus and Iamblichus on our allotted guardian spirit"

Mar 26, 2020 at

Title: A daemon within? Plotinus and Iamblichus on our allotted guardian spirit



Department Colloquium: Liana Brent (Penn) "Not All Roads Lead to Rome"

Mar 19, 2020 at

Title: Not All Roads Lead to Rome



CANCELLED Department Colloquium: Andrea Augenti (University of Bologna) "What do we talk about when we talk about late antique cities? An archaeological point of view"

Mar 5, 2020 at

More than 30 years ago, a debate that took place in the journal Archeologia Medievale marked a turning point in the study of post-Roman urbanism. The subject was: can we consider late antique cities… Read More



Department Colloquium: Kim Bowes (Penn) “Beyond GDP: Getting by in the Roman world”

Feb 27, 2020 at

Title: Beyond GDP: Getting by in the Roman world 



Department Colloquium: Melissa Lane (Princeton) "On the appellation ‘Thirty Tyrants’: a paradox and an anachronism"

Feb 20, 2020 at

Title:  On the appellation ‘Thirty Tyrants’: a paradox and an anachronism



Department Colloquium: Maria Xanthou (Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, Princeton University) "A tale of two resilient cities: regional interaction of population, environment, and resources in Olynthus and Potidaea"

Feb 13, 2020 at

 My study sets out to examine the potential link and affinities between two ancient Graeco-Roman resilient cities, Olynthus and Potidaea. It focuses on the impact of natural catastrophes and… Read More