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SPACE AND SPECTACLE IN THE ANCIENT WORLDJanuary 31 – February 1, 2020 Friday: Humanities 1B80 at 5:00pm Saturday: Center for British and Irish Studies, Norlin Library from 10:15am - 6:00pmFriday - Keynote Address5:00 - Humanities 1B80Dr. Sarah Levin
Art and Civilization in the Protohistoric AegeanJames Wright - Bryn Mawr CollegeThursday, January 30th I 5:00p.m. I HUMN 135 An understanding of the production and use of art is important for grasping how societies are transformed into
The Hoplite Class as a Flexible Category in Greek Political ThoughtRichard Buxton - Colorado CollegeMonday, January 27th I 5:00p.m. I HUMN 1B90 Scholars have undermined the received wisdom that hoplites formed a “middle” class able to shift the
Ancient Greek Magic: New Finds and ApproachesDr. Jessica Lamont - Yale UniversityThursday, December 12th I 5:00p.m. I HUMN 250 Free and open to the public
McClanahan Graduate Essay Prize LectureVirgin Sacrifice? Menoikeus in Euripides' Phoenician Womenpresented by Jake Sawyer, University of Colorado BoulderMonday, December 2nd I 5 pm I HUMN 1B90 Free and open to the publicParking
McClanahan Lecture SeriesFugitive slaves in the ancient Greek and Roman worldsDr. Peter Hunt, University of Colorado BoulderWednesday, November 13th I 7 p.m. I HUMN 150 Free and open to the publicParking available just north of
AIA Lecture SeriesDigitizing Prehistory: Aegean Scripts in the 21st CenturyDr. Dimitri Nakassis, University of Colorado BoulderWednesday, October 30th I 7 p.m. I Paleontology Hall Free and open to the publicHenderson Building,
“Narrating the Saints: Paulinus of Nola and the Beginning of Verse Hagiography.”Michael Roberts, Robert Rich Professor Emeritus Wesleyan University “Prof. Roberts will explore the Natalicia (Birthday Poems) of Paulinus of Nola,
Fate and Astrology in Tacitus' AnnalsDr. Kelly Shannon-Henderson, Univeristy of AlabamaThe involvement of supernatural factors such as fate and fortune in historical events is a familiar preoccupation of ancient historians. In the case of Tacitus'