Lectures

Upcoming Events

The Afterlife of Agrippina (Daniel P. Harmon Visiting Lecture)

Mary T. Boatwright (Duke University)

April 25 2025, 3:30 - 5pm

CMU 120 and on Zoom

Gender of Leadership in Ancient Synagogues (hosted by Stroum Center)

Bernadette Brooten (Brandeis University)

May 6 2025, 7 - 8:30pm

THO 101

Jewish and Christian Women Desiring Women in the Early Roman Empire (hosted by Stroum Center)

Bernadette Brooten (Brandeis University)

May 8 2025, 4 - 5:30pm

Zoom

Ron Athey's Tragic

Tom Sapsford (Boston College)

May 9 2025, 3:30 - 5pm

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Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire (co-sponsored by History and Labor Studies)

Sarah Bond (Iowa)

May 12 2025, 4 - 5pm

CMU 120

Atheism and theodicy in classical Athens

Joshua Billings (Princeton)

May 16 2025, 3:30 - 5pm

Past Events

The Sophist at Home: Herodes Atticus' Villa at Marathon and its Egyptian Sanctuary - Fri, Jan 31 2014
Sympathy: The Early Life of An Idea - Fri, Jan 24 2014
Youth and Rejuvenation in Tacitus' Agricola and Dialogus - Fri, Nov 22 2013
The Garden of Flora: New Discoveries at the Roman Seaside Villas of Stabiae Near Pompeii - Fri, Nov 8 2013
Ancient Roman Slavery and American History - Wed, Oct 23 2013
Prof. Blondell to present at GeekGirlCon 2013 - Sat, Oct 19 2013
NB: THIS LECTURE ('Sympathy: The Early Life of An Idea') HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2014. - Fri, Jun 7 2013
University Lecture Series 2013: Jews, Greeks, And Romans in The Ancient World: From Marginalization to Multiculturalism - Wed, Apr 10 2013 , Thu, Apr 11 2013 , Fri, Apr 12 2013 , Sat, Apr 13 2013 , Sun, Apr 14 2013 , Mon, Apr 15 2013 , Tue, Apr 16 2013 , Wed, Apr 17 2013 , Thu, Apr 18 2013 , Fri, Apr 19 2013 , Sat, Apr 20 2013 , Sun, Apr 21 2013 , Mon, Apr 22 2013 , Tue, Apr 23 2013 , Wed, Apr 24 2013
The Borghese Mosaics, Its Gladiators, and Late Roman Spectacles of Death (Lecture sponsored by UW Art History) - Mon, Mar 4 2013
The Universal Polytheism: Interpretatio Graeco-Romana - Fri, Feb 22 2013
The Roman World Seen Through Portable Sundials - Thu, Feb 7 2013
Moral Concerns in the Reception of Roman Poetry in China - Fri, Nov 30 2012
Writing Greek Amulets in Roman Imperial Times - Fri, Nov 2 2012
Why do we know Plato: Byzantium and the Classics - Fri, Oct 12 2012
Cultural Poetics and Ekphrasis: Shield-Portraits and Shield Description in Imperial Epic - Fri, May 18 2012
Who, Sappho? - Fri, Apr 27 2012
The Study of Roman Art: Current Developments and Future Prospects - Thu, Feb 23 2012
Ambiguous Legacies: The Causa Curiana as mise en abyme in Cicero's Brutus - Fri, Feb 10 2012
What did an Athenian rhetor do? - Fri, Oct 28 2011