lectures
Though ancient Greece and Rome boasted the superiority of the grape, beer production and consumption was at the core of Mediterranean diet and nutrition dating back to the Bronze Age.Travis Rupp, CU Boulder adjunct professor
Jason Pedicone from The Paideia Institute 5:00 PM in HUMN 1B80 Image from Society for Classical Studies May, 2017 NewsletterThis talk tells the story of the founding and growth of the Paideia Institute, and provides some lessons
Elegizing the Roman Theater:Ars Amatoria 1.89-134 Winner of the 2017 Mary E.V McClanahan Essay Graduate Prize, Samuel L. Kindick, will present his paper, "Elegizing the Roman Theater: Ars Amatoria 1.89-134", on Monday, December 4
Wednesday, November 29 7:00 PM in HUMN 150 presented by Tyler LansfordClassical Rhetoric in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Among Shakespeare’s ‘Roman’ plays, Julius Caesar is arguably the most Roman in both substance and form: not
Talk by Professor Deborah Kamen, University of Washington on Monday, October 23 at 5:00 PM in Humanities 250 Banter at festivals, biting satire on the comic stage, invective in the courtroom, forbidden slanderous speech, and
Travelers and Immigrants in Greek Mythology presented by Professor Lauri ReitzammerWednesday, October 11th 7:00 PM in HUMN 250 Greek Mythology is filled with travelers, wanderers, immigrants, exiles, and refugees. This lecture
Talk by Greta HawesTracking Heracles through Pausanias: local myth and panhellenic knowledgeMonday, September 25 5:00 PM HUMN 250 Heracles is everywhere in Pausanias’ Description of Greece. He was the ‘panhellenic hero par
Forgotten cities hidden in plain sight: archaeology and ancient landscapes in Greecepresented by Professor Dimitri Nakassis Archaeology is usually associated with excavation, a process that brings the past into the present by
Congratulations to Elizabeth Deacon, winner of this year’s Mary E. V. McClanahan Graduate Essay Prize. Elizabeth is fourth-year PhD student working on Apuleius. She receives the $1500 prize for her essay “Diotima and Isis: The
McClanahan Lecture SeriesRevisiting the Column of Trajanpresented by Associate Professor Diane ConlinWednesday, November 16, 2016 at 7PM in HUMN 150