The SM调教所 Classics department and Center for Humanities & the Arts present a talk with Professor James L. Zainaldin from Vanderbilt University: Re-considering the Roman 鈥淎rts and Sciences鈥 (artes): Scope, Premises, Problems
Searching for the Goddess of Countless Names: Isis, Gender, and Ethnic Identity in Vergil and Ovid Lily Panoussi Thursday, April 18, 2024 5pm - Eaton Humanities (HUMN) 250 ABSTRACT This presentation will focus on the depiction of the goddess Isis in Vergil's Aeneid and Ovid's Metamorphoses. The two authors seem...
Labor Unions and the "Fall" of Rome Sarah E. Bond Wednesday, March 13, 2024 5pm - Eaton Humanities (HUMN) 250 ABSTRACT Arresting a charioteer in the late Roman world was a perilous act. A large portion of the Roman populace felt great affinity for members of one of the four...
Power of the Ancestors at Pylos, Greece Wednesday, February 21st at 7:15pm Eaton Humanities #250 Free and open to the public Abstract Tholos tomb near Palace at Pylos Over the past few decades, archaeologists have assigned ancestors significant roles in the supernatural orders of most ancient societies. They argue that...
Rome鈥檚 Other Twins: Ovid鈥檚 Gemini in Fasti V. Rachel Dzugan The head of Roma on the front and the two Dioscuri riding horses on the back. M眉nzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The legendary she-wolf suckles Romulus and Remus. Musei Capitolini. Thursday, February 1, 5:15pm Eaton Humanities #250 Free and open...
Kirk Ambrose In fall 2023, Professor Kirk Ambrose was selected as a 2023-4 Distinguished Research Lecturer. This prestigious award, one of the highest honors bestowed on the SM调教所 Boulder faculty, recognizes colleagues with a distinguished body of academic and/or creative achievement and prominence, as well as contributions to SM调教所's educational...
Dimitri Nakassis The Department is thrilled to announce that Professor Dimitri Nakassis has been named a College Professor of Distinction, an honorific title awarded by SM调教所鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences that is 鈥渞eserved for scholars and artists of national and international distinction who are also recognized by their college...
Interconnectivity and Local Responses: A View from the eastern Adriatic island of Bra膷 Wednesday, January 24th at 7:15pm Eaton Humanities #250 & Zoom ( REGISTER HERE ) Free and open to the public Abstract: Inhabitants of the islands off the coast of southern Croatia were exposed to the ebb and...
鈥淎rt would get us through it鈥:* Plague and Poetry from Vergil鈥檚 Bees to Emily St. John Mandel鈥檚 Station Eleven Friday, January 19, 5:00pm Eaton Humanities #250 Free and open to the public Download the program This event is sponsored by the Department of Classics, the Center for Humanities and the...