Events



“Only Dissertators” Classical Studies Colloquium

Aug 28, 2025 at -

We seize upon the open first colloquium slot of the year to call an “only dissertators” colloquium. Recognizing that dissertation work is often solitary and yet is also core to our intellectual community, the… Read More



Penn Public Lecture: Phiroze Vasunia (University College London) "Anger"

The Penn Public Lectures on Classical Antiquity and the Contemporary World
Sep 9, 2025 at -

Feeling: Literature in Ancient Greece and India



Penn Public Lecture: Phiroze Vasunia (University College London) "Desire"

Sep 10, 2025 at -

Feeling: Literature in Ancient Greece and India



Department Colloquium: Jordan Christopher (LMU) "Family Structure and Political Development in Republican Rome and Zhou China"

Sep 18, 2025 at -

Speaker: Jordan Christopher, Lecturer in the Department of Classics and Archaeology, Loyola Marymount… Read More



Department Colloquium: Jeffrey Green and John Mulhern (Penn) Joint Discussion of "Schematic Uses of Ancient Political Thought"

Jeffrey Green and John Mulhern
Sep 25, 2025 - Jun 6, 2025 at -

Speakers: Jeffrey Green, Professor of Political Science; Andrea Mitchell Endowed Director… Read More



Department Colloquium: Mark Wilson Jones (Cambridge)

Oct 2, 2025 at -

Speaker: Mark Wilson Jones, Visiting Professor, Ax:son Johnson Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture,… Read More



Department Colloquium: A.E. Stallings (Oxford)

Oct 16, 2025 at -

Speaker: A.E. Stallings, Oxford Professor of Poetry 2023-27

Abstract: TBA



Department Colloquium: Ronnie Ancona (Hunter CUNY) “Martha Graham, Isamu Noguchi, and Greek Myth-Based Dances”

Oct 23, 2025 at -

Speaker: Ronnie Ancona, Professor Emerita of Classics at Hunter College and The Graduate Center CUNY



Department Colloquium: Jinyu Liu (Emory)

Oct 30, 2025 at -

Speaker: Jinyu Liu, Professor of Roman History, Emory University

Abstract: TBA