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October 2008
Friday, October 17th
- Aquila Theatre Company presents The Iliad
- Homer's epic story of Achilles and the Trojan War is one of the greatest works in world literature. Aquila's innovative production, under Peter Meineck, Producing Artistic Director, tells the main parts of the story in an action packed performance. Free and open to the public.
- 7:30 pm, Concert Hall
November 2008
Wednesday, November 12th
- "Bathing with a Goddess (for your country's sake)"
- Keyne Cheshire '94, Associate Professor of Classics at Davidson College Callimachus' Hymn 1 to Zeus tells the story of how Teiresias (as a young man) sees Athena (and his own mother!) naked, and is blinded for his transgression. The poem gives this Theban story a (fictional) ritual setting: the bathing of Athena's statue in the river in Argos. The talk will treat the ritual function of this Teiresias story for this fictive Argive ritual, but will also suggest the ultimately Alexandrian relevance of the hymn as a whole.
- 4:30 pm, Library Athenaeum
February 2009
Saturday, February 14th
- "Ancient Colonization: Postmodern Perspectives on an Ancient Phenomenon"
- Annual Classics Comps Symposium
- 4:00 pm, Library Athenaeum
February 2010
Saturday, February 13th
- "Elemental, my dear Empedocles: Earth, Air, Water and Fire in the Classical World"
- Department of Classical Languages Annual Comps Symposium
- 2:00 pm, Library Athenaeum
February 2011
Saturday, February 12th
- "Certamen Gloriae: Competition in the Ancient World"
- Annual Classics Comps Symposium with presentations from: Nate Bech, Morgan King, Jim Klein, Jerry McIntyre and Troy Samuels.
- 3:00 pm, Library Athenaeum
March 2011
Wednesday, March 30th
- "Claiming an Icon: Gaius Marius in the Late Republic"
- Kathryn Steed, Assistant Professor of Classical Languages, presents her current research as part of the ongoing Classics Discussions series.
- 4:30 pm, LDC 330
April 2011
Thursday, April 14th
- Vigil in Remembrance of the Looting of the Iraq National Museum
- Join us for an illustrated lecture by Nancy Wilkie, William H. Laird Professor of Classics, Anthropology and the Liberal Arts, in remembrance of the ransacking of the Iraq National Museum and the looting of countless archaeological sites throughout Iraq. Of the approximately 15,000 priceless objects looted from the museum, 5,000 are still missing.
- 8:00 pm, Leighton 304
October 2011
Wednesday, October 26th
- "What's Hecuba?" Tragic emotions and the performance of Euripides' Trojan Women
- Clara Hardy, Chair and Professor of Classical Languages, presents her current research as part of the ongoing Classics Discussions series.
- 5:00 pm, LDC 104
January 2012
Tuesday, January 10th
- "Tranquility and its Discontents: securus in Lucan's de Bello Civili"
- Chico Zimmerman, Hazel Lillian Amland Grose Professor of Classics, discusses his current work as part of the ongoing Classics Faculty Scholarship Discussion Series
- 5:00 pm, LDC 104
February 2012
Saturday, February 11th
- Playing False: Betrayal in the Ancient World
- Carleton Classics Senior Symposium 2012. Intrigue, treachery, espionage: betrayal was everywhere in the ancient world, but there was nothing simple about individuals' loyalties or the choices they made. Betrayal took many forms, but at its core was a choice to privilege one interest that led to real or perceived damage to others. The Carleton Department of Classics’ senior classics majors explore instances of betrayal in Ancient Greece and Rome such as early Christian martyrs, the mistrial of generals, virgin sacrifice and the legacy of Constantine. Each talk will last fifteen to twenty minutes in addition to question and answer sessions and a panel discussion on the larger topic of betrayal.
- 3:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
April 2012
Saturday, April 21st
- Retirement Reception for Jackson Bryce
- Please join us to offer best wishes to Jackson on his retirement after 40 years at Carleton.
- 1:30 pm, Severance Great Hall
October 2012
Monday, October 22nd
- Froggy Bottoms or Look Out for Falling Kings: Politics in Roman Fable
- The latest talk in the Classics Faculty Discussion Series, by Chris Polt, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Languages
- 4:30 pm, LDC 244
January 2013
Saturday, January 26th
- Memoria, Memoranda, Monumenta: Memory In The Ancient World
- Annual Classics Comps Symposium with talks by: Emma Brobeck, Kyle Markwalter, Quinn Stewart and Mellisa Udhayananondh
- 3:00 pm, Library, Athenaeum
February 2013
Tuesday, February 5th
- Love is a Rhythmical Art: A New Translation of Ovid's, "Ars amatoria"
- Christopher Brunelle, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at St. Olaf College
- 7:30 pm, LDC 335
April 2013
Friday, April 12th
- Nancy Wilkie Retirement Celebration: Film showings
- Films showing impacts of illicit artifact trade: 7:30pm "The Manuscripts of Timbuktu," and 8:30 pm "On the Trail of the Tomb Robbers"
- 7:30 pm, Boliou 104
Saturday, April 13th
- Wilkie Retirement: “Saving the Archaeological Past for Our Future”
- Professor Patty Gerstenblith, De Paul University, chair of the U.S. State Department Cultural Properties Advisory Committee
- 9:00 am, Weitz Cinema
- Nancy Wilkie Retirement Celebration: Alumni Panel
- Panel of Carleton archaeology and SoAn alums: John Doershuk 1980, Michael Madson 1994, and Jennifer Cerny Niquette 1996
- 10:30 am, Weitz Cinema
October 2013
Thursday, October 24th
- "Mixing Past and Present in Sallust"
- The latest talk in the Classics Faculty Discussion Series, by Kathryn Steed, Assistant Professor of Classical Languages. Pizza provided.
- 4:30 pm, LDC 104
January 2014
Saturday, January 25th
- "Monsters and Monstrosity in Classical Antiquity"
- 2014 Classics Senior Symposium: talks by Rachael Dodd, Tyler Gebauer, Will Schedl and Michael Tolan with guest respondent Christopher Polt
- 3:00 pm, Library Athenaeum
May 2014
Tuesday, May 13th
- Classics Faculty Discussion: That Friend-Request from Dad:
- Shame and Friendship Between Unequal Parties in Terence's "Brothers," Clara Hardy, Professor of Classical Languages
- 4:30 pm, LDC 104
November 2014
Tuesday, November 11th
- "Iambic Poetry in the Geographical Tradition:
- The World Writ Small," Hans Wietzke '02, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Languages
- 4:30 pm, LDC 244
January 2015
Saturday, January 24th
- So You Want to Be a Hero? The Hero's Toolkit in Classical Antiquity
- Annual Classics Senior Comps Symposium with presentations by: Emma Burd, Josh Davids, Stella Fritzell and Patrick Stephen
- 2:30 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
April 2015
Thursday, April 9th
- Sophocles in the Wild West: Murder at Jagged Rock (a translation)
- Keyne Cheshire ’94, is Associate Professor in the Classics Department at Davidson College. He will be reading excerpts from his new book.
- 4:30 pm, LDC 104
May 2015
Thursday, May 7th
- Learning to Love & Learnéd Loving: Intertextuality in the Ars Amatoria
- It's Chico Zimmerman's turn to speak in the ongoing Classics Faculty Discussion Series.
- 4:30 pm, LDC 104
January 2016
Saturday, January 23rd
- Ancient Bodies Unveiled:
- Dissecting and (Re)Contructing the Corpus of Classical Antiquity. Annual Classics Senior Comps Symposium
- 2:30 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
April 2016
Monday, April 11th
- Engineering Water & Branding Urban Lifestyles in Ovid's Roman Empire
- Engineering Water and Branding Urban Lifestyles in Ovid's Roman Empire, Bridget Langley, University of Washington
- 4:30 pm, Language and Dining Center 104
Thursday, April 21st
- Authors, Addressees, and Patronage:
- Toward an Astronomy of Ancient Authorship, Hans Wietzke '03, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Trinity University
- 4:30 pm, Language and Dining Center 104
October 2016
Thursday, October 20th
- "The Mazi Archaeological Project:
- Regional Survey in an Ancient Greek Borderland," Alex Knodell, Co-Director of Archaeology, and Assistant Professor of Classics
- 12:00 pm, Language and Dining Center 104
January 2017
Thursday, January 19th
- Special Classics Table, Talk by Chris Cloke
- "Landscapes of the Lion: Agricultural and Pastoral Economies in Ancient Nemea, Greece"
- 12:00 pm, LDC 104
Saturday, January 21st
- Achilles in Wonderland: 2017 Classics Symposium
- Seniors Alex Claman, Erin Patrick and Sara McAuliffe will present their research on the topic of ‘imaginary spaces’ in the classical world.
- 3:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
February 2017
Thursday, February 9th
- "Rethinking the Maya Settlement System: Lessons from LiDAR"
- Special Classics Table, an Archaeology talk by Thomas Garrison of the University of Southern California
- 12:00 pm, Language and Dining Center 104
March 2017
Thursday, March 9th
- "The Classical Debt: From Ancient Athens to Modern Austerity"
- Johanna Hanink, Associate Professor of Classics at Brown University
- 4:30 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
September 2017
Wednesday, September 20th
- No new pleasures under the sun: from Lucretius to Montaigne
- Nathan Gilbert, Carleton Class of 2007, will give a talk on his current research.
- 4:30 pm, Leighton 304
October 2017
Tuesday, October 3rd
- Oh the Screed that you'll read: Sarah Ruden on Translating
- Poet and translator of many classical & early Christian texts, will discuss and answer questions on the theory and practice of translation.
- 12:00 pm, Language and Dining Center 104
January 2018
Saturday, January 20th
- 'Hidden Figures," Classics Senior Symposium
- Senior Comps presentations by: Lillian Snortland, Emma Buechner, Rebecca DeLand and Emma Starr with special guest respondent, Judith Hallett
- 2:30 pm, Library Athenaeum
February 2018
Thursday, February 22nd
- The Torture of Prometheus
- David Mirhady, Professor of Classics at Simon Fraser University
- 12:00 pm, LDC 104
May 2018
Monday, May 14th
- Ancient Graffiti: Case Studies from Pompeii and Herculaneum
- A talk by Matthew Loar, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- 4:30 pm, LDC 104
June 2018
Friday, June 8th
- Classics Department Reception for Graduates and their Families
- 2:30 pm, Japanese Garden (rain: Watson Hall Lounge)
September 2018
Thursday, September 27th
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Talk (in English) with professors, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
October 2018
Thursday, October 4th
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Talk (in English) with professors, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
Thursday, October 11th
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Talk (in English) with professors, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
Thursday, October 18th
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Talk (in English) with professors, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
Thursday, October 25th
- The Experience of Ancient Greek Sacrifice
- Classics newest professor, Jake Morton, will give a talk about his ongoing research. Pizza will be provided.
- 12:00 pm, LDC 104
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Talk (in English) with professors, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
November 2018
Thursday, November 1st
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Talk (in English) with professors, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
Thursday, November 8th
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Talk (in English) with professors, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
January 2019
Thursday, January 10th
- An Island Too Far: Southern Euboea in Aegean Prehistory
- Speaker: Dr. Zarko Tankosic, Higher Executive Officer, Norwegian Institute at Athens
- 12:00 pm, Language and Dining Center Room 104
Saturday, January 26th
- Constructing and Projecting Identities in the Ancient World
- Senior classics majors give their comps presentations at the Annual Classics Symposium.
- 2:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
February 2019
Thursday, February 21st
- A Discussion of Ancient and Modern Comedy
- Join Emmy-Winning Comedy Writer Lew Morton (Veep, Futurama, SNL) and Classics professors for a discussion of ancient and modern comedy.
- 12:00 pm, LDC 104
June 2019
Friday, June 14th
- Classics Reception for Seniors and Families
- 2:30 pm, Japanese Garden (Rain Location: Watson Hall)
September 2019
Thursday, September 26th
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Converse (in English) with profs, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
October 2019
Thursday, October 3rd
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Converse (in English) with profs, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
Thursday, October 10th
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Converse (in English) with profs, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
Thursday, October 17th
- Classics Table: Following the Romans through Greece
- A report on summer research by Prof Jake Morton & student research partners: Patrick Mullins, Isabel McFadden, & Gabe Nass
- 12:00 pm, LDC 104
Tuesday, October 22nd
- The Food of Ancient Rome--Lunches in LDC
- Come try Ancient Roman dishes such as fried dates in honey, beef burgundy, lamb stew, leeks fried with olives and farro porridge.
- 11:30 am
Wednesday, October 23rd
- The Food of Ancient Rome--Lunches in LDC
- Come try Ancient Roman dishes such as fried dates in honey, beef burgundy, lamb stew, leeks fried with olives and farro porridge.
- 11:30 am
Thursday, October 24th
- The Food of Ancient Rome--Lunches in LDC
- Come try Ancient Roman dishes such as fried dates in honey, beef burgundy, lamb stew, leeks fried with olives and farro porridge.
- 11:30 am
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Converse (in English) with profs, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
Friday, October 25th
- The Food of Ancient Rome--Lunches in LDC
- Come try Ancient Roman dishes such as fried dates in honey, beef burgundy, lamb stew, leeks fried with olives and farro porridge.
- 11:30 am
Tuesday, October 29th
- Classics Table: Alex Knodell and his summer research students
- Talks by Alex Knodell and his summer reserach students
- 12:00 pm, LDC 104
November 2019
Tuesday, November 5th
- Classics Table: Professor Cynthia Damon, guest speaker
- Professor Damon will give a talk titled, Livy on the Invasion of Macedonia in 169 BC
- 12:00 pm, LDC 104
Thursday, November 14th
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Converse (in English) with profs, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
Wednesday, November 20th
- Latin Investiture
- 11:10 am, Library Athenaeum
January 2020
Thursday, January 16th
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Converse (in English) with profs, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
Thursday, January 23rd
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Converse (in English) with profs, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
Saturday, January 25th
- Where's the Line: Defining and Negotiating Boundaries in Antiquity
- Senior Classics Majors give their comps presentations in the annual Classics Symposium.
- 3:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
Thursday, January 30th
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Converse (in English) with profs, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
February 2020
Thursday, February 6th
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Converse (in English) with profs, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
Tuesday, February 11th
- The Food of Homer and the Bronze Age
- Bon Appetit and the Classics Department present: The Food of Homer and the Bronze Age. Lunches in LDC February 11-14th.
- 11:30 am
Wednesday, February 12th
- The Food of Homer and the Bronze Age
- Bon Appetit and the Classics Department present: The Food of Homer and the Bronze Age. Lunches in LDC February 11-14th.
- 11:30 am
Thursday, February 13th
- The Food of Homer and the Bronze Age
- Bon Appetit and the Classics Department present: The Food of Homer and the Bronze Age. Lunches in LDC February 11-14th.
- 11:30 am
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Converse (in English) with profs, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
Friday, February 14th
- The Food of Homer and the Bronze Age
- Bon Appetit and the Classics Department present: The Food of Homer and the Bronze Age. Lunches in LDC February 11-14th.
- 11:30 am
Thursday, February 20th
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Converse (in English) with profs, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
Thursday, February 27th
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Converse (in English) with profs, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
March 2020
Thursday, March 5th
- Classics Table
- Look for the Gorgon Shield: Converse (in English) with profs, majors, potential majors, and people just interested in Classical Studies.
- 12:00 pm, East Dining Hall
May 2020
Monday, May 18th
- Clara Shaw Hardy at Content with ATHENS 415: THE CITY IN CRISIS
- This should prove to be a thoughtful discussion with an engaging narrative that draws readers into Athens' crisis.
- 7:00 pm, Content Bookstore, 314 Division Street, Northfield
September 2020
Thursday, September 10th
- Methods in the Archaeology of Greece Webinar:
- Join Professors Jack L. Davis and Alex R. Knodell for Archaeological Survey and Regional Approaches to the Study of Aegean Landscapes
- 11:00 am
October 2020
Thursday, October 1st
- "Joe's Odyssey," a special Classics Table event
- Joe Goodkin's Odyssey is an original musical composition for solo acoustic guitar and voice.
- 12:30 pm, online
Tuesday, October 20th
- Food and Medicine in the Ancient Mediterranean - Lunches in LDC
- Lunches in LDC Oct 20-23: Explore the foods that balance your humours and your internal elements.
- 11:00 am, LDC
Wednesday, October 21st
- Food and Medicine in the Ancient Mediterranean - Lunches in LDC
- Lunches in LDC Oct 20-23: Explore the foods that balance your humours and your internal elements.
- 11:00 am, LDC
Thursday, October 22nd
- Food and Medicine in the Ancient Mediterranean - Lunches in LDC
- Lunches in LDC Oct 20-23: Explore the foods that balance your humours and your internal elements.
- 11:00 am, LDC
Friday, October 23rd
- Food and Medicine in the Ancient Mediterranean - Lunches in LDC
- Lunches in LDC Oct 20-23: Explore the foods that balance your humours and your internal elements.
- 11:00 am, LDC
