Past Events



SCS Event: Speaker, Bruce Frier, University of Michigan, "The Foundations of Roman Legal Culture: Ius, Lex, and Legal Certainty"

Sep 11, 2015 at -

"For the Roman jurists of the Classical period (30 BCE- 235 CE), one major problem was to establish their authority in determining law within trials. This talk reconsiders some well-known sources that show how they… Read More



CONFERENCE: The Language of the Past and the Future of Ancient Studies

Oct 16, 2015 - Oct 17, 2015 at -

This conference, the principal event sponsored by the Center for Ancient Studies in Fall 2015, will be a two-day, international, interdisciplinary conference on the study of ancient languages — in a word, philology… Read More



HYDE LECTURE TALK: Margie Miles, UC Irvine "Conserving the Parthenon: Temple, Church, Mosque, Ruin, Photo Op?"

Apr 15, 2015 at -

Teams of architects, conservators and stonemasons have been dismantling and reconstructing the Parthenon since the 1980s. The work is very careful, and has led to some exciting new discoveries about the original… Read More



Penn Museum: Great Wonders Lecture: Tom Tartaron "The Statue of Zeus at Olympia"

Apr 1, 2015 at -

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, in southern Greece, was counted as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and was even singled out for the awe it inspired in all who beheld it. It was a monumental work of art… Read More



Bettina Reitz Joosse, "Past and Future under a Fascist Obelisk: Aurelio Amatucci's Codex fori Mussolini"

Mar 30, 2015 at

A lecture sponsored by the Center for Italian Studies and the Consolato Generale d'Italia.… Read More