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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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
January 2020
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
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
