Past Events



Department Colloquium: Anna Uhlig (UC Davis) "Papyri without the Past: new approaches to cartonnage fragments"

Sep 8, 2022 at -

Speaker: Anna Uhlig, Associate Professor of Classics, University of California, Davis

Title:  "Papyri without the… Read More



Department Colloquium: Jodi Magness (UNC) "More than Just Mosaics: The Ancient Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel's Galilee"

Oct 13, 2022 at -

Speaker: Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Title: "More than Just Mosaics: The… Read More



Department Colloquium: Simcha Gross (Penn) "Good Fences Make Bad Neighbors: Communities on the Roman-Sasanian Frontier"

Apr 27, 2023 at -

Speaker: Simcha Gross, Assistant Professor, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania;… Read More



04/29-30 Graduate Conference Borders and Boundaries in the Ancient World

Apr 29, 2022 - Apr 30, 2022 at -

The Center for Ancient Studies 2022 Graduate ConferenceBorders and Boundaries in the Ancient World 

 

April 29, 2022

Keynote: 6:00-7:00pm, Rainey Auditorium

Transgressing,… Read More



Event with ACLS President Joy Connolly: “How Do We Design our Research Questions?”

Apr 20, 2022 at -

The Classical Studies Department cordially graduate students in the humanities you to a conversation with Joy Connolly, President of the ACLS, and the Classical Studies Department's 2022 Penn Public Lectures… Read More



Event with ACLS President Joy Connolly: "Building the Future of the Humanities"

Apr 18, 2022 at

The Department of Classical Studies cordially invites faculty and graduate students in the humanities to a campus-wide presentation on "Building the Future of the Humanities” with… Read More



Event with ACLS President Joy Connolly: “Being a 'Whole Scholar:' Readiness for Life Inside and Outside Academia"

Apr 15, 2022 at -

The Classical Studies Department cordially invites AAMW, ANCH and CLST Graduate Student to a private conversation with Joy Connolly, our… Read More



Gilgamesh and the Translation of Philological Crises with Sophus Helle

Apr 6, 2022 at -

The Babylonian epic Gilgamesh holds a special place in the world literary sphere, as one of the oldest texts that continues to be widely read. Sophus Helle, who has recently published… Read More



Hermogenes Conference

Mar 26, 2022 at -

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

9:00
Welcome, Brian Rose

9:10
Lothar Haselberger, “Hermogenes, the ‘First Inventor’ - What is at Issue?”

9:45
Yannis Kourtzellis, “The Late Classical… Read More



CANCELED - Penn’s Theater Arts Program Presents: Creating Diverse Collaborations in Theatre and Film with Khameleon Productions

Mar 25, 2022 at -

Join Shivaike Shah of Khameleon Productions to explore questions of diversity and collaboration by working with the text of the company's adaptation of Medea. Find out more about this event… Read More