Biennial Symposia

The 魅影直播 Graduate Group Symposium is a biennial event sponsored by the Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics, and History of Art. This weekend-long symposium is organized and led entirely by a committee of graduate students with the goal of facilitating interdisciplinary scholarship between graduate students in Archaeology, Classics, History of Art, and all related fields. Planned and organized entirely by students, the biennial symposia are one of the Graduate Group's most significant shared enterprises. 

2023 Symposium (November 10-11)

Timecraft: From Interpreting the Past to Shaping the Future 

This year, the symposium is centered on the concept of timecraft. The 14th BMC Biennial Symposium organizing committee consists of Katie Breyer, Mallory Fitzpatrick, Kari Fossum, Devin Lawson, Yusi Liu, Meri莽 脰z枚l莽er, Katy Rosenthal and Alexis White.

Please join the GGACHA Group for our second hybrid symposium on November 10th and 11th. The keynote speaker is Dr. Sarah Symons (McMaster University), she will deliver a lecture titled "The birth of the hours: short time measurement in ancient Egypt." The symposium will be accompanied by an exhibition. Please register for remote participation in the keynote address via Zoom: . To participate in the symposium, please register via Zoom: . 

For more information about the symposium's schedules, panels, and presenters, please check out our .

This Poster offers the schedule for the 2023 Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics, and History of Art Symposium, which takes place on Friday November 10th at 1:00 pm and on Saturday November 11th at 9am.

Previous Symposia

(March 25-26)
 

13th Biennial Graduate Group Symposium, Kinesis: Movement and Mobility Poster

 

(Nov. 15-16)

(Nov. 3-4)

 

 

2017 Graduate Symposium - Figurine Heads


 

Metropolis Symposium

2013 - Home: Departure and Destination

 

Laurie Simmons, Walking House, 1994

2011 - Feed Your Head: Food as Material and Metaphor

 

Arcimboldo Portrait

2009 - Thievery: The Anxiety of Influence and Appropriation

 

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2007 - To the Ends of the Earth: Journeys Ancient to Modern

 

Macrobius Map

2005 - After Death and Afterlife: The End or Beginning?

 

Death Mask of Napoleon Bonaparte

 

2003 - Head to Toe: (Un)Covering the Human Body

 

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2001 - Amateur or Professional: Experts, Dabblers, Hirelings and Hacks

 

Dying Gaul, restored by Buzzi

 

1999 - Decline: All Good Things Must Come to an End?

 

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1997 - All for One or One for All? (Re)constructing Identity in the Ancient World

 

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