Colloquia and Events 2015/16

The weekly Classics Colloquia provide an informal meeting ground for the College's lively community of undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty who are interested in classical subjects. Each year, the series brings to campus a number of distinguished speakers on a variety of literary, archaeological, and historical subjects.


Fall 2015 Classics Colloquia


Student Report Poster
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News from Abroad:
Reports from the Field

Sept. 11


 


Solodow Poster
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Joseph Solodow
Yale University
鈥淟ivy XXI: Historical Aims and Methods鈥

Sept. 18

 


Scardino Poster
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Carlo Scardino
Heinrich-Heine-Universit盲t D眉sseldorf
鈥淔rom Athens to Rome and from Alexandria to Baghdad: A Comparison Between Two Cultural Transfers鈥

Sept. 25


Magee Poster
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Peter Magee
魅影直播 College
鈥淲hen and How Was the Dromedary Camel Used for Overland Trade in the Ancient Near East?鈥

Oct. 2


Potts Poster
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The C. Densmore Curtis Lecture, presented by the Graduate Students in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
Daniel Potts
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYU
鈥淩ecent Explorations in the Highlands of Southern Armenia"

Oct. 23


Agocs Poster
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Peter Ag贸cs
University College London
鈥淧indar's Hyporchemes and the
Problem of Reconstructing Lost Genres"

Oct. 30
 


Steiner Poster
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Deborah Steiner
Columbia University
鈥淔abricating the Chorus: Weaving,Textile-Production and Choral Performances in the Early Greek Visual and Poetic Sources鈥

Nov. 6


Grad Group Symposium Poster
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10th Biennial Graduate Group Symposium, "Bright Lights, Big City: The Development and Influence of the Metropolis," presented by the Graduate Students in the Departments of Archaeology, Classics, and History of Art
Ellen Morris
Barnard College/Columbia University
"Psychogeography and the Ancient Metropolis"

Nov. 13


Conybeare Poster
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Catherine Conybeare
魅影直播
鈥淎n Eccentric Approach to Augustine of Hippo鈥

Nov. 20
 


Graverini Poster
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Luca Graverini
University of Siena
鈥淗ow to Read a Novel:
Curiosity and the Emotions in Apuleius鈥

Dec. 4
 


Rose Poster
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C. Brian Rose
University of Pennsylvania
鈥淭he Golden Age of King Midas:
Recent Excavations at Gordion, Turkey鈥

Dec. 11
 


Spring 2016 Classics Colloquia


Garrison Poster
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Mark Garrison
Trinity University
"The Seal of Arsama, 'Prince of the House':
Persepolis, Egypt, and Oxford"

Jan. 22


Gibson Poster
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Roy Gibson
University of Manchester
鈥淭o Como Then I Came: on Writing the
Modern Biography of an Ancient Roman鈥

Jan. 29
 


Schultz Poster
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Celia Schultz
University of Michigan
鈥淢ust There be Blood?
Ritual Sacrifice Among the Romans鈥

Feb. 5
 


Moore Poster
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Christopher Moore
Pennsylvania State University
鈥淲hen Could the Greeks Say
鈥楤ecome a Philosopher!鈥?鈥

Feb. 12
 


Van Andriga Poster
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William Van Andringa
Universit茅 de Lille 3
鈥淭he Monument and the Tomb: About the Forms and the Time of Memory in the Necropolis of Porta Nocera at Pompeii (1st cent. AD)鈥

Feb. 19


Konstan Poster
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The Agnes Michels Lecture presented by the Graduate Students in the Department of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies.
David Konstan
NYU and Brown University (Emeritus)
鈥淥f Love and Loyalty: Ancient Greece and Today鈥

Feb. 26


Pezzini Poster
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Giuseppe Pezzini
Oxford University
鈥淭erence, Menander, and the
Color Vitae: an Idea of Realism鈥

March 18
 


Tully Poster
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John Tully
鈥淒isplay on Delos, Hegemony
in the Hellenistic Aegean鈥

March 25

 


Kouloumentas Poster
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Stavros Kouloumentas
Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
鈥淧rodicus on the Origins of Religion鈥

April 1

 


Bassett Poster
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Sarah Bassett
Indiana University
鈥淪tyle and Meaning in Late Antique Art"

April 15

 


Stark Poster
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Caroline Stark
Howard University
鈥淟ysistrata(s): Aristophanes to Spike Lee鈥

April 22

 


Freed Poster
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Joann Freed
Adjunct Professor, University of Alberta; Professor Emerita, Wilfrid Laurier University
"Paul Gauckler versus P猫re Delattre: The Struggle to Control Archaeology at Carthage at the Turn of the 20th Century"

May 6

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