Emily Baragwanath will be talking about Xenophon and Politics in the anthology of Johannes Stobaeus of Macedonia at an international workshop (in the Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati, May 2-4) examining the principles and techniques behind the … Read more
Emily Baragwanath gave a paper entitled ‘Clio’s challenge to Melpomene: Female Agency and Family (Dys)function in Herodotus’ at Clio and her Elder Sisters, a symposium in honour of Richard Rutherford, organized by Anna Clark and Bruno Currie. The colloquium took … Read more
Come meet students and faculty from the UNC Classics Department and learn more about our majors and minors, student groups, courses and awards, research and travel opportunities, and careers after Classics. All are welcome, and there is no need to … Read more
This is a feature that highlights new books by College faculty and alumni. This month’s featured book is “Dig It!: Archaeology for Kids” by UNC alumna Caitlin Sockin, with contributions from Carolina faculty members Benjamin S. Arbuckle and Hérica Valladares. … Read more
Professor Emily Baragwanath will be speaking about ‘Xenophon’s Women at Home’ at Wake Forest University, Department of Classics, on Monday, March 20, 3.30-5pm, Tribble A303. The talk arises from a couple of chapters of her nearly-completed monograph, which investigates the … Read more
Prof. Emily Baragwanath is co-organizer together with Luca Grillo (University of Notre Dame), Andrew Feldherr (Princeton University), and Christopher Krebs (Stanford University) of the upcoming international conference on ‘Rhetoric & Historiography: New Perspectives’, May 19-20, University of Notre Dame, Rome … Read more
On Tuesday, 7 March 2023, beginning at 5:00 PM in Murphey Hall 104, Professor Jennifer Gates-Foster (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) will present a lecture entitled, “Life at Berkou: A Newly-Discovered Roman Praesidium in Egypt.” A description follows: In … 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
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
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