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     Announcement of the 2018 Mary E. V. McClanahan Graduate Essay Prize Summary: Classics Graduate students are invited to submit essays to be judged by a committee of three faculty members. The writer of the essay judged to be the best will
  • Image credit (painting): Charles Partridge Adams, American (1858 鈥 1942), 鈥淪unrise on the Mountains at the Head of Moraine Park, Near Estes Park, Colorado鈥 (cropped), c. 1920, oil paint on canvas, 48 x 68 录 x 3 inches framed. Gift of Philip, Albert, and Charles P. Adams Jr., sons of the late Charles Partridge Adams, CU Art Museum, 91福利社, 86.1825. Photo: Jeff Wells, 漏 CU Art Museum, 91福利社
    The Consortium of PhD Programs in Literatures and Cultures is an innovative effort to maximize the benefits of intellectual and administrative collaboration while granting participating students autonomy in their pursuit of
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    Professor Elspeth Dusinberre - Archaeology, Imperialism, and What It Means To Be Human. Understanding how the Achaemenid Empire worked, the processes and effects of imperialism, can鈥攊f we wish鈥攁llow us a different glimpse into our own lives as well.
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    Religion and the Economics of the Sea at the Bronze Age-Iron Age transitionBarbara Kowalzig, NYU Monday, April 23 5PM in HUMN 135 The paper explores fundamentally new conceptions of maritime economic and social connectivity taking
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    Subaltern Women, Sexual Violence, and Trauma in Ovid's AmoresDr. Jessica Wise Classics Department, Colorado CollegeFriday, April 20 3:30 PM in HUMN 1B80 Subaltern Women, Sexual Violence, and Trauma in Ovid's AmoresA study of
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    McNair Scholars are from underserved backgrounds and demonstrate strong academic potential for graduate school. They are first-generation and low-income students, or students historically underrepresented in graduate education,
  • Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire, Photo 漏 Tate, Gallery, London
    Lecture by Brian McGing, Trinity College DublinRome Behaving Badly: Appian鈥檚 Critique of Roman Imperialism During the RepublicMonday, April 9, 2018 5:00 - 6:30 PM HUMN 135 Joseph Mallord William Turner The Decline of the
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    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
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    Greece in Transition in the Age of Alexander
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    McClanahan Lecture SeriesThe Lost City of Sikyonpresented by Sarah JamesTuesday, February 27, 2018 7:00 PM in HUMN 250 Sikyon is probably the most important ancient Greek city that you鈥檝e never heard of. Known for centuries from
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