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May 7, 2015
The Department of Classics 2015 Student Awards Ceremony was held on Friday, April 24, in the Learning Services Building courtyard. Special thanks are owed to Dr. Philip Waddell, who organized this year's wonderful event and served as master of…
May 7, 2015
The Association of Ancient Historians will hold its annual meeting at the University of California at Santa Barbara on May 7-9, 2015. More information can be found here.
May 5, 2015
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.
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April 24, 2015
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…
April 22, 2015
The Erskine Caldwell Latin Translation Competition will be held on Tuesday, April 21, 6:30-7:30 pm in LSB 246.
April 22, 2015
The Erskine Caldwell Greek Translation Competition will be held on Wednesday, April 22, 8:30-9:30 am in LSB 246.
April 17, 2015
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…
April 15, 2015
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…
April 10, 2015
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…
April 8, 2015
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
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April 2, 2015
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…
April 2, 2015
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…