Past Events

Many empires and cultures left their mark on Ancient Near East throughout its long history, including two giants: the Persian and the Greco-Roman Empires.

Jordan Rogers will defend his dissertation,

Vicinitas in Urbe: Neighborliness and Urban Community in Republican Rome
 
with a public presentation on

Friday 9 April 2021, 2pm-… Read More

Our next First Friday will be this Friday, April 2nd from 2-3:30 PM. On our final First Friday of the semester, we will be reflecting on First Fridays past, thinking about next steps, and sharing resources for taking… Read More

Wes Hanson will defend his Classical Studies dissertation,

Suetonius' Organizational Craft

with a public presentation on

Friday 26 March 2021, 2-3:30pm (Philadelphia time).

Our next First Friday will be this Friday, March 5th from 2-3:30 PM. This month our topic of discussion will be white supremacy in Classical Studies – from use of the ancient studies by alt-right white supremacists… Read More

This is a meeting to talk about creating a Google calendar for the department. How public we make certain kinds of events will require some discussion, and we’ll need input from all interested members of the CLST… Read More

Title: "Why Read Homer in 2021?"

Speaker: Sheila Ager, Professor and Dean of Arts, University of Waterloo

Hyde Lecture: "Power and Precarity: Murdering Royal Women in the Hellenistic… Read More

Our next First Friday will be this Friday, Feb 5 from 2-3:30 PM. This month, we will be doing a session on anti-racist pedagogy led by Professor Kate Meng Brassel and Jamiella Brooks, Associate Director of the CTL.… Read More

Isabella Reinhardt will defend her dissertation,

Language and Reality in Early Greek Thought
 
with a public presentation on

Friday 15 January 2021, 11am-12:30pm (… Read More