Early projects concerned with digitizing ancient papyri concentrated on making images and textual data of published papyri available online. Recently, focus has shifted to developing an editorial platform that… Read More
The gospels of Mark and Matthew famously blame Herodias for the violent death of John the Baptist, and Flavius Josephus presents her as a scheming, nagging wife, whose burning ambition caused the downfall of… Read More
Cognitive studies are having an increasing impact on classical studies. In this paper, I will discuss what a cognitive approach to literature would entail, and zoom in on the issue of ‘mindreading’: the… Read More
In this talk I will 'think out loud' about the purpose behind national histories of the sort written by Berossus and Manetho. Specifically, why is it important that they be continuous, from the origins of organized… Read More
"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
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
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
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
