Past Events



Kyle West Dissertation Defense

Jul 13, 2023 at

Kyle West will defend his dissertation "Disability in the World of Cicero".
 
All are welcome. Please join us for this significant moment in a graduate career!
 



Max Dietrich Dissertation Defense

Jun 21, 2023 at

Max Dietrich will defend his dissertation, "Writing Roman Civil War".
 
All are welcome. Please join us for this significant moment in a graduate career!



Penn-Leiden Colloquium on Ancient Values XII: Meanings and Values of the Sacred in Greco-Roman Antiquity

Jun 20, 2023 - Jun 22, 2023 at -

The Conference is free and open to the Public. No registration required. The Conference will be held live and in person.



Julia Simons Dissertation Defense

May 8, 2023 at

Julia Simons’ dissertation defense:
 
TUBERCULOSIS IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD
 
We will also raise a glass to toast Julia immediately after the defense in the 2nd Floor Lounge of Cohen Hall!
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Senior Colloquium

Apr 20, 2023 at -

Senior Colloquium is devoted to celebrating this year’s graduating majors in Classical Studies and Ancient History, and reflecting on what their work tells us about what it means to do Classical Studies and… Read More



Student reading of Emily Wilson's translation of Oedipus Tyrannos

Apr 19, 2023 at

Just down the hall from the Penn Museum’s famous sphinx, the Wolf Humanities Center’s Read More



CAS Graduate Student Conference: The Aftermath of Conflict: Responses to Human and Material Trauma in the Ancient World

Apr 14, 2023 - Apr 15, 2023 at -

Friday, April 14th, 2023

Keynote Address

5:30 – 6:45 pm

Professor Kashi Gomez (University… Read More



Department Colloquium: Jeremy McInerney (Penn) "The Arta Polyandrion: Recreating Memory in the Landscape"

Apr 13, 2023 at -

Speaker: Jeremy McInerney, Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania

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Facultea with Dr. Kate Meng Brassel, hosted by the Classics Board

Apr 13, 2023 at -

Graduate and undergraduate students welcome! Snacks provided.

Contact: pennclassicsboard@gmail.com for… Read More



Ben Abbott Dissertation Defense

Apr 12, 2023 at -

Ben Abbott will defend his dissertation, "Forging the Anchor: Antiochus I and the Creation of the Seleucid Empire".
 
All are welcome. Please mark your calendar to join us for this significant moment in a… Read More