Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire, Photo © Tate, Gallery, London

Rome Behaving Badly

April 9, 2018

Lecture by Brian McGing, Trinity College Dublin Rome Behaving Badly: Appian’s Critique of Roman Imperialism During the Republic Monday, April 9, 2018 5:00 - 6:30 PM HUMN 135 Joseph Mallord William Turner The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire , Photo © Tate, Gallery, London The 2nd century AD Greek historian,...

Photograph of squat jar, tan with brown slip decoration, from the side against a neutral gray background.

2006.17.T, Mycenaean Squat Jar

April 6, 2018

A Late Helladic I squat jar.

Photograph of grey-ware spouted jug, glossy black covers its entirety, from the side against neutral gray background.

2006.31.T, Grey-ware Spouted Beaker

April 6, 2018

A late 2nd or early 1st millennium B.C.E. grey-ware spouted beaker.

Photograph of relief mould-made bowl, from side, against neutral gray background.

2006.14.T, Hellenistic Mould-Made Bowl ("Megarian" Bowl)

March 21, 2018

A 2nd century B.C.E. relief mould-made bowl from the Peloponnese.

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Race in the Ancient World

March 19, 2018

On genetics, whiteness, and "historian hearsay bullsh*t": How to talk about race in the ancient world after Charlottesville Denise McCoskey Professor of Classics Affiliate in Black World Studies Miami Univerity (Ohio) Monday, March 19 5:00 PM in HUMN 135 For more information contact Dimitri Nakassis

Photograph of cylindrical pyxis with lid in place, from the side against a neutral gray background.

2006.38ab Early Minoan Cylindrical Pyxis with Lid

March 16, 2018

A c. 2,700 B.C.E. cylindrical pyxis with lid.

Greek coin

2018 Fountain Symposium

March 3, 2018

Greece in Transition in the Age of Alexander

Picture of city of Sikyon, a Roman statue, and Roman coins

McClanahan Lecture: The Lost City of Sikyon

Feb. 27, 2018

McClanahan Lecture Series The Lost City of Sikyon presented by Sarah James Tuesday, February 27, 2018 7:00 PM in HUMN 250 Sikyon is probably the most important ancient Greek city that you’ve never heard of. Known for centuries from only brief mentions in Classical literature, intensive archaeological work only began...

Painted Greek Pottery

Brewing Beer in the Ancient World

Jan. 24, 2018

Though ancient Greece and Rome boasted the superiority of the grape, beer production and consumption was at the core of Mediterranean diet and nutrition dating back to the Bronze Age. Travis Rupp, CU Boulder adjunct professor and beer archaeologist at Avery Brewing Company, will discuss the origins of beer production...

Jason Pedicone speaking to a group of students in Greece

How to Build a Humanities Start Up

Dec. 7, 2017

Jason Pedicone from The Paideia Institute 5:00 PM in HUMN 1B80 Image from Society for Classical Studies May, 2017 Newsletter This talk tells the story of the founding and growth of the Paideia Institute, and provides some lessons and advice Jason Pedicone has gleaned from the experience, which are designed...

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