Professor Tim Shea and Melanie Godsey will be presenting papers, “Deathscapes and lifescapes between the sea and the asty: the Phaleron cemetery” (J. Buikstra, E. Prevedorou, and T. Shea), and “The Early Iron Age and Archaic Period around Porto Rafti … Read more
How does Herodotus’ Histories explain the success of the Greeks against the vastly superior force of the Persians? This talk discusses an important but neglected causal motif in the work, that of surpassing physis (‘nature’). It also demonstrates Herodotus’ … Read more
Donald Haggis and colleagues present an overview of agropastoral production, mobilization, processing and consumption of food at Azoria, in eastern Crete, in the article “Commensal Politics and Identity Performance at Azoria an Archaic City on Crete,” a contribution to a … Read more
Conversations/Conversazioni The Language of Objects: Susan Sellers and Hérica Valladares Tuesday, November 8, 2022 – 6:00pm CET AAR Lecture Room Via Angelo Masina, 5 Rome, Italy Susan Sellers (2023 Resident) and Hérica Valladares (2009 Fellow, 2023 Resident) will explore hidden … Read more
Professor of Classics Sharon L. James has edited and published a volume of essays on the Roman elegiac poet Propertius. Golden Cynthia: Essays on Propertius, from the University of Michigan Press, includes two substantial posthumous essays by the late Barbara … Read more
On Saturday, 6 November 2022, the Orange County Historical Museum is organizing a program on Preston H. Epps, the long-time Classics professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Featuring remarks from Preston Mitchell, Epps’ grandson and author of … Read more
Jen Gates-Foster’s fieldwork and public programming project at Old Fort is featured in an article in this month’s Carolina Arts and Sciences. The work is a component of the Catawba Vale Cooperative , a collaboration of the Department of Classics, … Read more
As part of the Department of Classics Visiting Lecture Series, Professor Justin Leidwanger (Stanford University) will present on his research on connectivity in the ancient Mediterranean. In Dr. Leidwanger’s words: “Contemporary scholarship on the ancient Mediterranean world routinely invokes … Read more
During the 2021-22 academic year, Cole Warlick, a PhD student in Classical Archaeology at UNC, was the Ackland Art Museum Digital Content Fellow. Cole’s fellowship was part of the university’s Humanities for the Public Good Program, which aimed to offer … Read more
UNC Department of Classics: Herington Poetry Reading Tuesday, November 1st, 2022, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Murphey 104 Information and Requirements are as follows: Prizes of $250 will be awarded to the winners, one in Greek and one in Latin. All … Read more