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Dr. Maxine Lewis, Lecturer in Classics at the University of Auckland, will present a lecture titled "Catullus Down Under: The Reception of Catullus' Poetry in New Zealand" at 5:00 p.m. in Learning Services Building 107.    Flyer      

You are cordially invited to attend the 2015 Department of Classics Awards Ceremony. The Department of Classics will honor both undergraduates and graduate students with a variety of awards. The ceremony is scheduled for Friday April 24, 4:30-6:00…

The Erskine Caldwell Greek Translation Competition will be held on Wednesday, April 22, 8:30-9:30 am in LSB 246.    

The Erskine Caldwell Latin Translation Competition will be held on Tuesday, April 21, 6:30-7:30 pm in LSB 246.     

There are two presentations at this week's UA Classics Graduate Student Colloquium (4/17): Jesse Muñoz, "The Roots and Development of the Greek Bucolic Genre" David Pickel, “The Etruscans at Lattara: An Unambiguous Identification” The colloquium…

Everyone is invited to join the Department of Classics for a 30-minute performance of Joe Goodkin’s Odyssey: A Folk Opera. Community members of all ages are welcome! The event will be April 15 at 5:00 p.m. in the UA Learning Services Building…

There are two graduate colloqiua this Friday (4/10): Stephanie Hutchings, "Greedy Gentlemen: An Expansion of (Stereo-) Typical Views in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses” Lucca Green, "Λευκοῦ Χλωροῦ ἱστορίης ἀπόδεξις ἥδε· Towards an Understanding of…

The 2015 Lectio Vergiliana, a reading of Book 2 of Vergil's Aenied ("The Fall of Troy") will take place on Wednesday, April 8, 9-2 pm, in Special Collections at the UA Main Library.  Catered Refreshments Will Be Served Flyer    

Dr. Yannis Galanakis of the University of Cambridge will present an AIA Kress National Lecture titled "The Diplomat, the Dealer and the Digger: Writing the History of the Antiquities Trade in 19th century Greece" on April 2 at 5:30 p.m. in Haury…

Professor Michael Galaty of Mississippi State University will present a lecture titled “Collective Memory, State Formation, and Nation Building: Examples from Egypt, Greece, and Albania” on April 2 at 2:00 pm in Music 146 (as part of the School of…

The 111th Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South will be held March 25-28 in Boulder, CO. More information can be found here.    

Matthew Harder will present “Herculean Cult and its Topographical Dominance in the Forum Boarium” and Michael Koletsos “Do We Need a Bigger Boat? A Possible Depiction of a Carcharodon Carcharias on the Pithekoussai Shipwreck Krater”. The colloquia…