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Across a Narrow Sea: Ancient Greeks and Romans in the eastern Adriatic

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000

Across a Narrow Sea: Ancient Greeks and Romans in the eastern Adriatic Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 12/02/2020 - 00:00

Often neglected by Classical scholars, the coastal region of Dalmatia in southern Croatia held significant appeal to the ancient Greeks and Romans for over a thousand years.

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McClanahan Lecture: In the Shadow of Argos

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McClanahan Lecture: In the Shadow of Argos Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 11/05/2020 - 00:00

McClanahan Lecture Series

In the Shadow of Argos:
Landscape Histories of the Western Argolid
Dr. Sarah James, University of Colorado ��«��Ƶ

Thursday, November 5th 2020 | 7:00 p.m. | Virtual Webinar

Mountain ranges in the western Argolid; credit: D. Nakassis

Since 2014, a joint CU ��«��Ƶ-Canadian archaeological team has studied the mountainous valleys along the Inachos River, west of the city of Argos in southern Greece, as part of the Western Argolid Regional Project (WARP). Inhabited for more than 6000 years, Argos was a major center of political and cultural power for millennia benefitting from both its position on the fertile Argive Plain and its ready access to the sea. While Argos and the rest of the Plain have garnered much attention from historians and archaeologists, the western Argolid has long been characterized as merely a corridor for inland traffic instead of a dynamic landscape at a crossroads in the region. Now, thanks to WARP’s efforts, it has its own story to tell that highlights how this seemingly liminal space responded to the tides of history.

This lecture is free and will be hosted on Zoom.
Register Today!
After you register, the link to the lecture will be sent to your email on November 4.

This lecture is sponsored by Mary E.V. McClanahan. CU Classics is grateful for her generous support.

View the PDF poster here

Come and hear how this area of Southern Greece has responded to the tides of 6,000 years of inhabited history.

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Congratulations to Sarah James!

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 14:11:00 +0000

Congratulations to Sarah James! Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 08/26/2020 - 08:11

The Department of Classics congratulates Sarah James on her tenure and promotion to Associate Professor!

Sarah James (Ph.D. UTexas Austin 2010) studies the archaeology of Hellenistic Greece, particularly of the northeast Peloponnese from the 3rd-1st centuries B.C. Her numerous publications treat the economies and socio-cultural histories of this region through the lens of ceramics, including her 2018 book Corinth VII.7 Hellenistic Pottery: The Fine Wares (ASCSA Princeton). As a field archaeologist, she has directed excavations at the ancient Greek cities of Corinth and Sikyon and co-directed a pedestrian survey of the northwestern Argolid plain (the Western Argolid Regional Project). Her new research project focuses on the activities of Greeks and Romans in the eastern Adriatic, with excavations starting in 2021 on the island of Brač, Croatia.

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Congratulations to our Faculty Award Winners!

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Congratulations to our Faculty Award Winners! Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 04/29/2020 - 00:00

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Sarah James Awarded Seed Grant!

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Sarah James Awarded Seed Grant! Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 04/21/2020 - 12:12

The Department of Classics congratulates Sarah James!

Sarah James has been awarded a CU Research and Innovation Seed Grant, a major grant that will support two seasons (in 2021 and 2022) of the Classics Department’s new archaeological project! The project is a collaboration with the University of Split that focuses on the island of Brač in Croatia, the second-largest island in the Adriatic and one with great archaeological potential. The Brač Island Project will explore the archaeology of the island’s coastal regions from the 1st millennium BC to the 6th c. AD. Among the many regions impacted by the Greeks and Romans in the ancient Mediterranean, the eastern Adriatic coast and its islands are one of the least studied. Sarah and her team will excavate a native Liburnian hillfort that had significant contacts with Greek material culture from the 11th-3rd c. BC and conduct field surveys around two other ancient sites on Brač that have shown evidence of Greek and Roman contacts based on previous studies (see the attached photo of the area of Bol). The project’s research goals are to inform larger discourses about Greek colonization and trading contacts in the pre-Roman Mediterranean and about the effects on regional populations of integration first into the Roman Republic and later into the Empire. Sarah and her team are in a unique position to be leaders in this new area of Classical studies because theirs is among the first American projects to work in Croatia. The team were originally set to begin excavations next month, but instead the first season has now been rescheduled for May 2021. We look forward to sharing many more updates as the work progresses!

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Five Questions for Sarah James

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 06:00:00 +0000

Five Questions for Sarah James Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 10/17/2019 - 00:00

Through pieces of pottery, archaeologist touches history in the Mediterranean

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Sarah James wins CHA Faculty Fellowship for 2019-20

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:48:05 +0000

Sarah James wins CHA Faculty Fellowship for 2019-20 Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 12/10/2018 - 09:48

We are delighted to announce that Sarah James has won a CHA Faculty Fellowship for 2019-20. She will be working on the manuscript for her second book, entitled The Archaeology of Hellenistic Economies: Corinth and Mediterranean Trade in the 4th-1st centuries BCE. This book marks a new direction in her research career. Most of her publications to date have focused on reconstructing the history of Corinth and its environs, but with this project she takes a Mediterranean-wide approach to understanding ancient trade patterns and how they change over time. The ancient Greek city of Corinth was located at an ideal crossing point between the Aegean and Adriatic Seas and thus connected the eastern and central Mediterranean. We know from ancient Greek shipwrecks that pottery was a common part of most cargoes, often as a valuable space filler for larger shipments of agricultural goods or metals or as packing containers themselves. When found at Corinth, this imported pottery offers good proxy data for the origin point and date of shipments. Sarah began research for this project in 2016 with the help of a semester-long NEH grant and at that time completed the first stage, which involved collecting data on more than 700 imports at Corinth. This initial work constitutes half of the total research required for this project and will form about one-third of the total length of the planned manuscript, which the American School of Classical Studies at Athens’ Princeton press has already agreed to accept it for review as part of its Hesperia supplements series.

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McClanahan Lecture: The Lost City of Sikyon

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:00:00 +0000

McClanahan Lecture: The Lost City of Sikyon Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 02/27/2018 - 00:00

McClanahan Lecture Series

The Lost City of Sikyon

presented by Sarah James

Tuesday, 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 only brief mentions in Classical literature, intensive archaeological work only began here in the late 1990s. The secrets of this prosperous trading city have been rapidly uncovered by Greek and Danish teams with the most amazing results coming in the past five years. Research has revealed a sprawling Archaic city of more than 40,000 people at a strategic point on the Corinthian Gulf. History may have forgotten Sikyon, but this public lecture shows how our new knowledge brings the city and its ancient past back to life in surprising ways.

Sponsored by Mary E.V. McClanahan an the Department of Classics.

1610 Pleasant St. Eaton Humanities 303-492-6257. Parking available just north of the Eaton Humanities building.

See the event poster.

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Sarah James: Corinth Excavations Archaeological Manual

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Sarah James: Corinth Excavations Archaeological Manual Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 04/28/2017 - 13:31

The Department of Classics celebrates Sarah James’ first co-authored book, available in digital and print editions.

This book represents the culmination of Dr. James’ twelve years working at Corinth.

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Across a Narrow Sea: Ancient Greeks and Romans in the eastern Adriatic

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McClanahan Lecture: In the Shadow of Argos

McClanahan Lecture Series

In the Shadow of Argos: Landscape Histories of the Western Argolid Dr. Sarah James, University of Colorado ��«����Ƶ

Thursday, November 5th 2020 | 7:00 p.m. | Virtual Webinar

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Congratulations to Sarah James!

The Department of Classics congratulates Sarah James on her tenure and promotion to Associate Professor!

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Congratulations to our Faculty Award Winners!

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Sarah James Awarded Seed Grant!

The Department of Classics congratulates Sarah James!

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Five Questions for Sarah James

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Sarah James wins CHA Faculty Fellowship for 2019-20

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McClanahan Lecture: The Lost City of Sikyon

McClanahan Lecture Series

presented by Sarah James

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 7:00 PM in HUMN 250

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Sarah James: Corinth Excavations Archaeological Manual

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In the Shadow of Argos:
Landscape Histories of the Western Argolid
Dr. Sarah James, University of Colorado ��«��Ƶ

Tuesday, February 27, 2018
7:00 PM in HUMN 250