Past Events



Department Colloquium: Jeremy McInerney (Penn) "The Arta Polyandrion: Recreating Memory in the Landscape"

Apr 13, 2023 at -

Speaker: Jeremy McInerney, Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania

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Facultea with Dr. Kate Meng Brassel, hosted by the Classics Board

Apr 13, 2023 at -

Graduate and undergraduate students welcome! Snacks provided.

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Ben Abbott Dissertation Defense

Apr 12, 2023 at -

Ben Abbott will defend his dissertation, "Forging the Anchor: Antiochus I and the Creation of the Seleucid Empire".
 
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Amelia Bensch-Schaus Dissertation Defense

Apr 3, 2023 at -

Amelia Bensch-Schaus will defend her dissertation, "The Two Voices of Homer: Iliadic and Odyssean Receptions in Tragedy and the Argonautica".
 
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Gavin Blasdel Dissertation Defense

Mar 29, 2023 at -

Gavin Blasdel will defend his dissertation, "Honors, Politics, and Community in Roman Athens"
 
All are welcome. Please mark your calendar to join us for this significant moment in a graduate career!



Friday Conversation: Cam Grey: “The Inclusive Classroom: a Discussion Prompted by Claude Steel’s Whistling Vivaldi”

Apr 21, 2023 at -

Please join us for a Friday Conversation with Cam Grey: “The Inclusive Classroom: a Discussion Prompted by Claude Steel’s Whistling Vivaldi”.

 



Friday Conversation: Brian Rose and Jonathan Katz (Art History) “Being Gay in Academia”

Mar 24, 2023 at -

Please join us for a Friday Conversation with Brian Rose and Jonathan Katz (Art History) “Being Gay in Academia.”



Hyde Lecture John Ma (Columbia): "Only Connect: Practicing Joined-Up Ancient History. On a Few Lines of Tacitus's Histories"

Mar 16, 2023 at -

Every spring, the Graduate Group in Ancient History hosts a week-long visit by a distinguished ancient historian, made possible by a gift by Walter Woodburn Hyde (1870-1966, Professor of Greek and Ancient History at… Read More



Department Colloquium: Rhodessa Jones (The Medea Project) "Whose Classics?"

Mar 30, 2023 at -

Speaker: Rhodessa Jones, Founder / Artistic Director: The Medea Project: Theatre for Incarcerated Women/ HIV Circle

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Department Colloquium: Laura Jansen (University of Bristol) “The Chemical Poetics of Anne Carson’s Euripides”

Apr 6, 2023 at -

Speaker: Laura Jansen, Associate Professor (Reader) in Classics & Comparative Literature and Research Fellow at the… Read More