Past Events



Department Colloquium: Sarah Murray (University of Toronto) “Gender and the Economy in Early Iron Age Greece”

Sep 21, 2023 at -

Speaker: Sarah Murray, Associate Professor of Classics, University of Toronto

Title: “Gender and the Economy in Early Iron Age Greece”



Department Colloquium: Ann Blair Brownlee (Penn) “From Orvieto to Philadelphia: Attic Black-Figure Vases in the University of Pennsylvania Museum”

Sep 7, 2023 at -

Speaker: Ann Blair Brownlee, Associate Curator Emerita, University of Pennsylvania Museum

Title:“From Orvieto to Philadelphia: Attic Black-Figure Vases in the University of… Read More



Department Colloquium: Marek Wecowski (University of Warsaw) "Greek Political Patronage in the Archaic and Early Classical Period"

Sep 14, 2023 at -

Speaker: Marek Wecowski, Dr Habil., Faculty of History, University of Warsaw; currently, Bekker (NAWA) visiting fellow, University of… Read More



Kyle West Dissertation Defense

Jul 13, 2023 at

Kyle West will defend his dissertation "Disability in the World of Cicero".
 
All are welcome. Please join us for this significant moment in a graduate career!
 



Max Dietrich Dissertation Defense

Jun 21, 2023 at

Max Dietrich will defend his dissertation, "Writing Roman Civil War".
 
All are welcome. Please join us for this significant moment in a graduate career!



Penn-Leiden Colloquium on Ancient Values XII: Meanings and Values of the Sacred in Greco-Roman Antiquity

Jun 20, 2023 - Jun 22, 2023 at -

The Conference is free and open to the Public. No registration required. The Conference will be held live and in person.



Julia Simons Dissertation Defense

May 8, 2023 at

Julia Simons’ dissertation defense:
 
TUBERCULOSIS IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD
 
We will also raise a glass to toast Julia immediately after the defense in the 2nd Floor Lounge of Cohen Hall!
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Senior Colloquium

Apr 20, 2023 at -

Senior Colloquium is devoted to celebrating this year’s graduating majors in Classical Studies and Ancient History, and reflecting on what their work tells us about what it means to do Classical Studies and… Read More



Student reading of Emily Wilson's translation of Oedipus Tyrannos

Apr 19, 2023 at

Just down the hall from the Penn Museum’s famous sphinx, the Wolf Humanities Center’s Read More



CAS Graduate Student Conference: The Aftermath of Conflict: Responses to Human and Material Trauma in the Ancient World

Apr 14, 2023 - Apr 15, 2023 at -

Friday, April 14th, 2023

Keynote Address

5:30 – 6:45 pm

Professor Kashi Gomez (University… Read More