Graduate students in Professor Nandini Pandey’s Fall 2017 Latin seminar on “Imagining Empire” will present 10-minute versions of their final paper topics for feedback from CANES students and faculty. Please come and join the conversation; …
Events
The Inscription of Place: Anatolian Rock Monuments and the Politics of Landscape
A Lecture by Ömür Harmansah Join us for the first “Reading and Writing Space” Borghesi-Mellon Workshop. Harmansah is an Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Illinois Chicago’s School of Art and Art History. …
Classics in the Community: The Warrior Book Club
Join PhD candidate Molly Harris on Thursday, December 7 for Bagels and Research hosted by The Morgridge Center for Public Service (Red Gym, Rm 154). In this presentation, Molly will describe the Warrior Book Club, …
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Aristotle’s Ethics
A lecture by Paula Gottlieb The Declaration of Independence hails the importance of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”, but what is the happiness that is to be pursued? If happiness is whatever any …
Modern Palmeritan Markets and Street Food in the Ancient World
Mary McHugh will give an interactive lecture entitled “Modern Palmeritan Markets and Street Food in the Ancient Roman World.” Sparked by a description from the Roman poet Martial, her talk will explore poetry, material culture, and …
The Origins of Mythic Representation in Greek Art
Join us for the Classics Society annual Fall lecture by Barry B. Powell, Bascom-Halls Professor of Classics Emeritus! What are the origins of the representation of myths in art? When does it begin? Why does …
New Ways of Analyzing Variation 46
The theme for this year’s linguistic conference is “Progress.” While the direction of language variation and change cannot be predicted or considered to constitute progress per se, the field of linguistics generally and language variation …
Promoting Social Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Engaging “Forgiveness” Texts in Bible Translation Performance
Join us for a lecture by Dr. Tshokolo Makutoane, Department of Hebrew at University of the Free State, South Africa In the hours before and after the release of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela from prison on …
Caesar or Cleopatra? Lucan’s Tragic Queen
Join us for a lecture featuring Andrew Feldherr, Chair of the Department of Classics at Princeton. The Neronian poet Lucan’s presentation of Cleopatra in his poem Bellum Civile (The Civil War) forms an important moment in the …
Go Big Read: Hillbilly Elegy Discussion
Hillbilly Elegy, this year’s Go Big Read book, is a personal reflection on upward mobility in America seen through the lens of a white, working-class family in the Midwest. Join classmates and ILS faculty and …