Department of Classics

4/29 Dr. Jennifer A. Rea lecture

mpranger — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:00:15 +0000

Please join the Department of Classics for a public lecture by Dr. Jennifer A. Rea,

Aeneas and Turnus, Luca Giordano, 1634-1705.

“There Must be Some Way Out of Here: Endgames and Individual Expression in Aeneid 12.” The lecture will begin at 4:30 on Monday April 29 in Bryant Hall 209. Please call 662-915-1152 or 662-915-7020 if you need more information or special assistance.

4/24 Dr. Lisa Kahn lecture

mpranger — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:43:25 +0000

Please join the Department of Classics and the Memphis/Mississippi chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America for a public lecture by Dr. Lisa Kahn, “A Brewery in Western Gaul.” The lecture will begin at 7:30 on Wednesday, April 24 in the University Museums meeting room. Please call 662-915-1152 or 662-915-7020 if you need more information or special assistance.

Article on Dr. Lucy Turnbull in View From Ventress

mpranger — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:07:20 +0000

Retired Professor of Classics Dr. Lucy Turnbull is featured in the 2012 View from Ventress, a publication of the College of Liberal Arts.

Retired classics professor known for bravery and ‘rare talent’ in teaching — View From Ventress.

3/7 Chris Bobonich, lecture

mpranger — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:20:40 +0000

On March 7, beginning at 4:00 p.m. in Bryant 207, Chris Bobonich, Professor of Classics and Philosophy at Stanford University will conduct a seminar on a paper he has sent, “The Puzzling Nature of Moderation”. If you are interested in attending at would like a copy of the paper, please contact Dr. Steven Skultety, skultety@olemiss.edu.

VIDEOCAST – “David Moore Robinson: The Archaeologist as Collector” / News / The American School of Classical Studies at Athens

mpranger — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:08:30 +0000

The American School of Classical Studies in Athens has posted a videocast of Whitehead Professor Alan Shapiro’s lecture on David Moore Robinson, former UM Professor of Classics and the source of much of the University Museums’ Robinson collection.

VIDEOCAST – “David Moore Robinson: The Archaeologist as Collector” / News / The American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

The digitization of Vatican manuscripts has begun!

blcook — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:31:28 +0000

Only 256 Latin manuscripts so far but the CHECK THEM OUT!

Socrates (re)condemned, in Chicago!

blcook — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:36:29 +0000

Read the report of the trial in the Chicago Tribune!

KOINĒ Reading Group every Wed.

jfenno — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 02:02:35 +0000

Jesus at the House of Martha and Mary
Luke 10C; woodcut from the Doré Bible: http://www.swartzentrover.com/cotor/bible/Dore/doreNT/DoreNT03.htm

Interested in reading some of the New Testament, in the original Greek? Or are you just curious about the ancient text? If so, you are invited to our KOINĒ Reading Group, which meets Wednesdays at 4:30 pm in Bryant 006, the conference room on the ground floor. Consider yourself invited, once and for all times! The tentative plan is to meet every week at the same time and place.

Κοινή (Koinē) is the “common” or “universal” Greek in which the Christian Bible was written. Reading and learning the language of this text will be the focus of our meetings. Anyone interested in practicing his/her Greek is welcome to attend, whether as a novice or an expert. Copies of the text will be made available to those who do not yet have one. Special efforts will be made to explain the text to current students of Greek 101 and 201. We’re reading in Luke this term.

2/20, 5:00 Gerry Schaus lecture

mpranger — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:16:07 +0000

Please join us for a lecture, “Greek Pillar Worship and the Goddess of Childbirth at Stymphalos,” by Dr. Gerry Schaus of the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, WWilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada.

The lecture will be held in Bryant Hall 209, beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 20, 2013.

3/25 Francesca Tronchin lecture.

mpranger — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:07:57 +0000

19th c. excavators at Pompeii. Pompeii, Recent Excavations, 1892–94, Edizioni Esposito. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004.51.1.

Please join the Classics Department for a lecture by Dr. Francesca Tronchin of the Department of Art History at Rhodes College entitled “The Archaeology of Sculpture Collecting in Pompeii and around the Bay of Naples”, Monday, March 25, 4:30 p.m. in Bryant Hall 209.