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Penn History of Art Colloquium: Brian Rose (Penn) "Provenance Research from the Ancient Mediterranean to the 21st Century"

Nov 12, 2021 at -

Speaker: Brian Rose, James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaelogy and Professor of Classical Studies

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First Friday Meeting -- Session on Classical Studies’ traditional and increasingly contested identification with “The West” or “Western Civilization.”

Nov 5, 2021 at -

The First Friday session on November 5th (2:45 - 4:15 pm, Cohen 337) will be introduced by Hanzhao (Roo) Kuang, Bridget Murnaghan, and Theodora Naqvi and will focus on Classical Studies’ traditional and increasingly… Read More



Department Colloquium: Emily Wilson (Penn) "Iliad 24: A Reading from My Translation"

Nov 4, 2021 at -

Speaker: Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania) Professor of Classical Studies

Title: "Iliad 24: A Reading… Read More



Department Colloquium: Sheila Murnaghan (Penn) "Champion of History, Inveterate Liar: Biographies of Heinrich Schliemann for Young Readers"

Nov 18, 2021 at -

Speaker: Sheila Murnaghan, Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Professor of Greek and Faculty Director, Post-baccalaureate Program in… Read More



Department Colloquium: Mathias Hanses (Penn State University) "'I Rode to Rome at Night’: The Ancient Mediterranean World in the Early Writings of W. E. B. Du Bois"

Nov 11, 2021 at -

Speaker: Mathias Hanses, Assistant Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Penn State University

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First Friday Meeting -- The so-called Dorian Invasions

Oct 1, 2021 at -

Please join us for our next First Friday meeting on October 1st, 2:45 - 4:15 pm (note the new time slot)​, in Cohen 337. The topic is the so-called Dorian Invasions; the session will be led by Odysseas Espanol… Read More



First Friday Meeting -- First session on "The Black Aeneid"

Sep 10, 2021 at -

Our first First Friday of the semester will actually be on the second Friday of the month - Friday, September 10th from 1:45 - 3:15 PM in 337 Cohen Hall. The topic for this session will be "The Black Aeneid." Julia… Read More



Department Colloquium: Eric Orlin (University of Puget Sound) "The Carmen Saeculare: Prayer and Performance"

Dec 2, 2021 at -

Speaker: Eric Orlin, Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, University of Puget Sound

Title: "… Read More



CANCELED - Department Colloquium: Ava Shirazi (Haverford College) "Aeschylus' Paintings"

Nov 4, 2021 at -

 

We, unfortunately, had to cancel the AvA Shirazi talk this week, but have scheduled another talk in its place:  

Speaker: Emily… Read More



Department Colloquium: Christopher Parmenter (Penn) "Frank M. Snowden, Jr., Race, and the Ancient Roots of American Modernity"

Oct 28, 2021 at -

Speaker: Christopher Parmenter, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities at the Wolf Humanities Center,… Read More