lectures
Jarrett Welsh Associate Professor at the University of TorontoMonday, 8th October 4:30 pm - HUMN 135 No work of late-antique scholarship can rival Nonius Marcellus’ De compendiosa doctrina for the sheer number of Latin literary
How to make a Roman temple robber: rhetoric and abuse from Ciceronian Rome to Lord Elgin presented by Professor Isabel KösterWednesday, September 19, 2018 7:00 PM in HUMN 250 Stealing from a sanctuary was one of the worst crimes a
Professor Elspeth Dusinberre - Archaeology, Imperialism, and What It Means To Be Human. Understanding how the Achaemenid Empire worked, the processes and effects of imperialism, can—if we wish—allow us a different glimpse into our own lives as well.
Religion and the Economics of the Sea at the Bronze Age-Iron Age transitionBarbara Kowalzig, NYU Monday, April 23 5PM in HUMN 135 The paper explores fundamentally new conceptions of maritime economic and social connectivity taking
Subaltern Women, Sexual Violence, and Trauma in Ovid's AmoresDr. Jessica Wise Classics Department, Colorado CollegeFriday, April 20 3:30 PM in HUMN 1B80 Subaltern Women, Sexual Violence, and Trauma in Ovid's AmoresA study of
Lecture by Brian McGing, Trinity College DublinRome Behaving Badly: Appian’s Critique of Roman Imperialism During the RepublicMonday, April 9, 2018 5:00 - 6:30 PM HUMN 135 Joseph Mallord William Turner The Decline of the
On genetics, whiteness, and "historian hearsay bullsh*t": How to talk about race in the ancient world after Charlottesville Denise McCoskey Professor of Classics Affiliate in Black World Studies Miami Univerity (Ohio)Monday, March
McClanahan Lecture SeriesThe Lost City of Sikyonpresented by Sarah JamesTuesday, February 27, 2018 7:00 PM in HUMN 250 Sikyon is probably the most important ancient Greek city that you’ve never heard of. Known for centuries from
Though ancient Greece and Rome boasted the superiority of the grape, beer production and consumption was at the core of Mediterranean diet and nutrition dating back to the Bronze Age.Travis Rupp, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ adjunct professor
Jason Pedicone from The Paideia Institute 5:00 PM in HUMN 1B80 Image from Society for Classical Studies May, 2017 NewsletterThis talk tells the story of the founding and growth of the Paideia Institute, and provides some lessons