On October 4 and 5, Prof. Zach Herz will host speakers from three continents in Boulder, CO for a conference entitled "An Empire of Correspondence." The conference will feature talks on the role of imperial letters in social, legal, and political life throughout Roman history. Anyone who wishes to watch...
The CU Classics department and Center for Humanities & the Arts present a talk with Professor James L. Zainaldin from Vanderbilt University: Re-considering the Roman “Arts and Sciences” (artes): Scope, Premises, Problems
Searching for the Goddess of Countless Names: Isis, Gender, and Ethnic Identity in Vergil and Ovid Lily Panoussi Thursday, April 18, 2024 5pm - Eaton Humanities (HUMN) 250 ABSTRACT This presentation will focus on the depiction of the goddess Isis in Vergil's Aeneid and Ovid's Metamorphoses. The two authors seem...
Labor Unions and the "Fall" of Rome Sarah E. Bond Wednesday, March 13, 2024 5pm - Eaton Humanities (HUMN) 250 ABSTRACT Arresting a charioteer in the late Roman world was a perilous act. A large portion of the Roman populace felt great affinity for members of one of the four...
Power of the Ancestors at Pylos, Greece Wednesday, February 21st at 7:15pm Eaton Humanities #250 Free and open to the public Abstract Tholos tomb near Palace at Pylos Over the past few decades, archaeologists have assigned ancestors significant roles in the supernatural orders of most ancient societies. They argue that...
Rome’s Other Twins: Ovid’s Gemini in Fasti V. Rachel Dzugan The head of Roma on the front and the two Dioscuri riding horses on the back. Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The legendary she-wolf suckles Romulus and Remus. Musei Capitolini. Thursday, February 1, 5:15pm Eaton Humanities #250 Free and open...
Kirk Ambrose In fall 2023, Professor Kirk Ambrose was selected as a 2023-4 Distinguished Research Lecturer. This prestigious award, one of the highest honors bestowed on the CU Boulder faculty, recognizes colleagues with a distinguished body of academic and/or creative achievement and prominence, as well as contributions to CU's educational...
