lectures

  • Statue of "Rape of the Sabine Women" by Giambologna, 1583
    Elegizing the Roman Theater:Ars Amatoria 1.89-134 Winner of the 2017 Mary E.V McClanahan Essay Graduate Prize, Samuel L. Kindick, will present his paper, "Elegizing the Roman Theater: Ars Amatoria 1.89-134", on Monday, December 4
  • Picture of Marlon Brando being Julius Caesar
    Wednesday, November 29 7:00 PM in HUMN 150 presented by Tyler LansfordClassical Rhetoric in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Among Shakespeare’s ‘Roman’ plays, Julius Caesar is arguably the most Roman in both substance and form: not
  • Greek painting on potery
    Talk by Professor Deborah Kamen, University of Washington on Monday, October 23 at 5:00 PM in Humanities 250 Banter at festivals, biting satire on the comic stage, invective in the courtroom, forbidden slanderous speech, and
  • picture of Greek painted pottery
    Travelers and Immigrants in Greek Mythology presented by Professor Lauri ReitzammerWednesday, October 11th 7:00 PM in HUMN 250 Greek Mythology is filled with travelers, wanderers, immigrants, exiles, and refugees. This lecture
  • Greek painting
    Talk by Greta HawesTracking Heracles through Pausanias: local myth and panhellenic knowledgeMonday, September 25 5:00 PM HUMN 250 Heracles is everywhere in Pausanias’ Description of Greece. He was the ‘panhellenic hero par
  • poster for mcclanahan lecture by dimitri nakassis on feb 2, 2017
    Forgotten cities hidden in plain sight: archaeology and ancient landscapes in Greecepresented by Professor Dimitri Nakassis Archaeology is usually associated with excavation, a process that brings the past into the present by
  • cover image from Apuleius Golden Ass
    Congratulations to Elizabeth Deacon, winner of this year’s Mary E. V. McClanahan Graduate Essay Prize. Elizabeth is fourth-year PhD student working on Apuleius. She receives the $1500 prize for her essay “Diotima and Isis: The
  • column of Trajan at night
    McClanahan Lecture SeriesRevisiting the Column of Trajanpresented by Associate Professor Diane ConlinWednesday, November 16, 2016 at 7PM in HUMN 150
  • Who's Buried in Philip's Tomb?
    Who's Buried in Philip's Tomb?Dr. Jeanne Reames, University of Nebraska-OmahaThursday, October 20, 2016 at 5pmEaton Humanitites 2501610 Pleasant St ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ CO 80309 In northern Greece on the afternoon of November 8, 1977, Manolis Andronikos
  • rupp talk poster
    Join us forThe Beginnings of Beer in the Ancient Worldby Travis RuppLongmont Public Library on Thursday, October 13 at 7PMRegistration Required
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