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 … Continued
The UNC Department of Classics presents Menander’s Tyche and the Fortunes of Ancient Greek Poetry Anna Uhlig, University of California, Davis Thursday, 23 March 2023, 5:00pm MU 104 Over the course of the twentieth century – the so-called “century of papyrology” – … Continued
How should we cope with life’s vicissitudes? Do forces outside of our control impinge upon our ability to live meaningful and good lives? Are love and reason fundamentally at odds with each other? Join the Department of Philosophy and the … Continued
The Department of Philosophy and the Department of Classics at UNC Chapel Hill are pleased to invite you to join us for a two-part discussion series (free & open to the public) at Flyleaf Books that will cover the social … Continued
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’ … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
DATE CHANGE: Joe Goodkin, “Blues of Achilles” Wednesday, October 20th An Adaptation of the Iliad in Song. Join us for a live performance of Joe Goodkin’s original composition, a retelling of Homer’s Iliad in seventeen songs: “The Blues of Achilles.” … Continued
The Classics department is pleased to announce a virtual workshop, organized as part of Professor Jen Gates-Foster’s collaboration with the ERC-funded Desert Networks Project. The purpose of this workshop is to create an analytical framework for understanding the complex and … Continued
Professor Patricia Rosenmeyer will present a lecture on Latin epistolography for the Mahindra Center Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome at Harvard University on September 29, 2021. This talk explores how Roman letter writers (Cicero, Seneca, Ovid) … Continued