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Department Colloquium: Jeremy McInerney (Penn) "Eos: Africana Receptions of Ancient Greece and Rome"

Sep 17, 2020 at

In July the Penn Classics department held an online meeting in conjunction with the EOS/Africana reception reading group. That workshop focused on Franz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth… Read More



Department Colloquium: Paula Fredriksen (Department of Comparative Religion, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem) “The Many Gods of Ancient Jewish ‘Monotheism’”

Sep 10, 2020 at

Title: The Many Gods of Ancient Jewish 'Monotheism'



Emily Wilson to give Virtual Graduation Speech

May 18, 2020 - May 22, 2020 at -

To celebrate the class of 2020, Emily Wilson is giving a graduation speech online. You can find the speech here (skip to 19:00 minutes in): https://www.… Read More



Daily Digital Event: Emily Wilson Reads Odyssey Translation

May 18, 2020 - Jun 8, 2020 at -

For the next 24 days, Emily Wilson is posting videos of herself reading small passages from her translation of the Odyssey. You can find the readings here:… Read More



FACULTEA: w/ Prof. Sheila Murnaghan, hosted by the Classics Board

Apr 16, 2020 at

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VIRTUAL FACULTEA with Prof. Cynthia Damon

Mar 26, 2020 at

Thursday, March 26, 6.00-7.00 EST



Dissertation Defense: Amy Lewis "Aristophanes and the Poetics of Low Comedy

Feb 28, 2020 at

Amy Lewis will defend her dissertation, 

Aristophanes and the Poetics of Low Comedy

with a public presentation on

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The Center for Ancient Studies' 12th Annual Graduate Student Conference: "Movement, Mobility, and the Journey: Ancient Actions and Perspectives”

Feb 28, 2020 at

This conference brings together early scholars from numerous fields to address the questions surrounding motion in the ancient world.  The Keynote Lecture will begin at 6PM, Friday, Feb 28th… Read More



Italian Studies-Schoenberg Institute Lecture: Anna Corrias (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto) "Riddles and Puzzles: Pythagoras in the Italian Quattrocento"

Mar 4, 2020 at

Using LJS 438, a late 15th -century collection of Greek philosophical works into Latin,… Read More



Italian Studies-Schoenberg Institute Lecture: Professor Maddalena Signorini (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy) "Texts on Flyleaves: An Investigation on Petrarch’s Writing Uses"

Feb 27, 2020 at

Petrarch, the famed 14th-century Italian humanist, was a prolific inscriber of notes, glosses, and texts within the manuscripts in his private collection. This lecture will explore notations found in the flyleaves of… Read More