Faculty-grants

With Professor Yusur Wajih Al-Madani Friday, November 3 4:30 PM in the Center for British and Irish Studies (Norlin M549) 2017 George Norlin Award Recipient Professor Yusur Al-Madani: 'Such a Transformation!' Shakespeare Re-made, Sulayman Al-Bassam's Richard III, an Arab Tragedy For more than three decades, Professor Yusur Wajih Al-Madani of...

with Professor Deborah Kamen, University of Washington Monday, October 23 5:00 PM in HUMN 250 Banter at festivals, biting satire on the comic state, invective in the courtroom, forbidden slanderous speech, and violent acts of hubris: Athenian insults and abuse ranged from benign to deeply offensive. In this talk, I...

With Lorella Zanardo Thursday, Oct 12 5:00PM in HUMN 250 Watched by millions on people, the scathing documentary "Women's Bodies" denounces the pervasive, manipulative exploitation of the woman's body in Italian TV and on the Web. In Zanardo's words, "it all started with the observation that women- real women- are...

GSLL Presents on October 2, 2017at 6pm in Macky 230, University of Colorado Boulder "The Poesy of Class".

April 27, 29*, May 5, 8, and 12 at 7:30 pm, April 30 at 6:00 pm, May 6 and 13 at 4:00 pm, and May 7 at 2:00 pm at the Dairy Arts Center, Carsen Theatre.

2017 Mediterranean Seminar Spring Workshop on the subject of “Mysticism and Devotion" Location: “Skybox” (top floor) Duane Physics Building University of Colorado Boulder Friday, 04/21/2017 @ 9:15am Workshop sessions will present three workshop papers and a presentation by our first featured scholar, Prof. Amy Remensnyder. Workshop papers: • Marla Segol...

Tony Woodman, University of Virginia Monday, April 17 4:30 pm in HUMN 135 In recent years Horace's Epodes have become increasingly topical, being the recipient of com­mentaries by Cavarzere, Mankin and Watson. Horace's ninth epode is one of his most famous poems and has as its subject the battle of...

Rule of Law vs. Equity in the Lawcourts of Classical Athens Monday, 04/10/2017 4:30PM Humanities 250 University of Colorado Boulder With Professor Sara Forsdyke, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor There has been a long-running debate about the extent to which the ideal of the rule of law determined the decisions...

“Digital Methodologies for Recovery and The Stainforth Library of Women's Writing” 04/05/2017 5:30PM British and Irish Studies Room Norlin Library University of Colorado Boulder Digital Humanities projects that aim to recover texts or authors are the most “alive” when they are under construction, in medias res , and a mess...

Across his eclectic literary oeuvre Xenophon displays a remarkable interest in women and their role and value in society...