Past Events



Maria Kovalchuk Dissertation Defense

Apr 19, 2024 at -

If you are unable to attend in person, please use this Zoom link.

Maria Kovalchuk

will defend her… Read More



Nathaniel Solley Dissertation Defense

Apr 12, 2024 at -

If you are unable to attend in person, please use this Zoom link.

Nathaniel Solley

will… Read More



Irene Elias Dissertation Defense

Apr 12, 2024 at -

IRENE ELIAS

will defend her dissertation

ELITISM AND IDENTITY AT THE ROMAN-ERA SYMPOSIUM
 
All are welcome. Please join us for this significant moment in a graduate career!



Past Events The Penn Public Lectures on Classical Antiquity and the Contemporary World Department Colloquium: Joseph Medeiros (Performer) "The Odyssey, Book 2: Gathering" Performance

Joseph Medeiros, Broadway and Off-Broadway Actor
Apr 19, 2024 at -

This event will take place near 47th and Osage in West Philadelphia. If you plan to attend, please email gishkrau@sas.upenn.edu to find out if there… Read More



Department Colloquium: Joseph Medeiros (Performer) "The Odyssey: Beginnings; a performance of Homer in Greek"

Joseph Medeiros, Broadway and Off-Broadway Actor
Apr 18, 2024 at -

*4:15-4:45 pm: Coffee and cookies in Cohen Hall 2nd Floor Lounge. All are welcome.



Department Colloquium: Sara Myers (UVA) “Bodies and Boundaries: Narrative Patterns in Ovid’s Italian Rape Myths”

Sara Myers, Professor of Classics, University of Virginia
Apr 11, 2024 at -

*4:15-4:45 pm: Coffee and cookies in Cohen Hall 2nd Floor Lounge. All are welcome.



Past Events The Penn Public Lectures on Classical Antiquity and the Contemporary World Department Colloquium: John Bodel (Brown) "Roman teamsters: muliones (muleteers) and the (dis)organization of land transport in the Roman empire"

John Bodel, W. Duncan MacMillan II Professor of Classics, Brown University
Apr 4, 2024 at -

*4:15-4:45 pm: Coffee and cookies in Cohen Hall 2nd Floor Lounge. All are welcome.



Kate Meng Brassel moderates a discussion between Jhumpa Lahiri and Ramie Targoff on "Reception, Tradition, and Translation"

Mar 5, 2024 at -

Kate Meng Brassel moderates a discussion between Jhumpa Lahiri and Ramie Targoff on "Reception, Tradition, and Translation" hosted by the US Ambassador at the Villa Taverna in Rome.



Emily Wilson will give Lecture III: "The Wisdom of Stories" as part of the Gennadius Library's 2023-24 Thalia Potamianos Lecture Series

Emily Wilson
May 8, 2024 at -

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