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Kirk Ambrose: 122nd Distinguished Research Lecture

Jan. 2, 2024

Kirk Ambrose In fall 2023, Professor Kirk Ambrose was selected as a 2023-4 Distinguished Research Lecturer. This prestigious award, one of the highest honors bestowed on the Boulder faculty, recognizes colleagues with a distinguished body of academic and/or creative achievement and prominence, as well as contributions to 's educational...

Bronze Head of Artemis from Vis 4th-3rd c BCE

AIA lecture: Interconnectivity and Local Responses: A View from the eastern Adriatic island of Brač

Dec. 12, 2023

Interconnectivity and Local Responses: A View from the eastern Adriatic island of Brač Wednesday, January 24th at 7:15pm Eaton Humanities #250 & Zoom ( REGISTER HERE ) Free and open to the public Abstract: Inhabitants of the islands off the coast of southern Croatia were exposed to the ebb and...

St. Sebastian pleads for the life of those afflicted with the “plague of Justinian” (c.6 CE); oil painting by Josse Leferinxe, end c. 15 CE

“Art would get us through it”: Plague and Poetry from Vergil’s Bees toEmily St. John Mandel’sStation Eleven

Nov. 30, 2023

“Art would get us through it”:* Plague and Poetry from Vergil’s Bees to Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven Friday, January 19, 5:00pm Eaton Humanities #250 Free and open to the public Download the program This event is sponsored by the Department of Classics, the Center for Humanities and the...

pot used in ancient beer brewing

McClanahan Lecture: Defining Beer in the Ancient World

Oct. 26, 2023

Defining Beer in the Ancient World By Travis Rupp Wednesday, November 29, 7:00pm Eaton Humanities #250 & Zoom Free and open to the public Download the poster ABSTRACT This lecture will be a deep dive into the academic debate over what constitutes beer throughout history and how it was initially...

Wheat field with mountain in background

AIA lecture: Environmental Change in Ancient Anatolia

Oct. 26, 2023

Environmental Change in Ancient Anatolia Professor John M. Marston Wednesday, November 8th at 7:00pm Eaton Humanities #250 & Zoom ( REGISTER HERE ) Free and open to the public ABSTRACT Identifying how societies make decisions about agricultural practices is important for understanding why some agricultural systems flourish over hundreds or...

Phocion (left), Petain (right)

McClanahan Lecture: Phocion the Good and Philippe Pétain, Marshal of France: Parallel Lives?

April 9, 2023

Phocion the Good and Philippe Pétain, Marshal of France: Parallel Lives? Professor Peter Hunt Thursday, April 20, 7:00 p.m. Hale Science Building Room 230 & Zoom ( REGISTER HERE ) Free and open to the public Download the poster ABSTRACT This lecture imagines how the Greek biographer Plutarch might write...

Hermopolis covered in mist

McClanahan Lecture: Uncovering the City of the Baboon: New excavations at Hermopolis Magna, Egypt

March 7, 2023

Uncovering the City of the Baboon: New excavations at Hermopolis Magna, Egypt Professor Yvona Trnka-Amrhein Thursday, March 16, 7:00 p.m. Hale Science Building Room 230 & Zoom ( REGISTER HERE ) Free and open to the public Download the poster ABSTRACT In January 2023, ’s Classics Department and the Egyptian...

Isis from the Tomb of Nefertari

AIA lecture: Imagining a Greek Home for an Egyptian Goddess: Time, Landscape, and Architecture in Greek Sanctuaries to Isis

Jan. 12, 2023

Imagining a Greek Home for an Egyptian Goddess: Time, Landscape, and Architecture in Greek Sanctuaries to Isis Professor Lindsay Mazurek Wednesday, January 25 at 7:00pm Hale Sciences 270 or via Zoom Free and Open to Public REGISTER HERE ABSTRACT When Isis first arrived on Greek shores in the 3rd century...

The Torment of Saint Anthony, attributed to Michelangelo

McClanahan Essay Prize: Athanasius Strikes Back

Dec. 19, 2022

McClanahan Essay Prize Lecture Athanasius Strikes Back: The Life of Antony as a Rebuttal of the Vita Apollonii Jacob Horton, University of Colorado Boulder Thursday, January 26, 2023 | 5:00 p.m. | Eaton Humanities 135 By the 5th century CE, Christian hagiography had become a preeminent form of literature in...

Temple of Apollo at Syracuse

AIA lecture: "New Technologies and Architectural Insights on a 6th-century BCE Temple in Sicily"

Nov. 22, 2022

New Technologies and Architectural Insights on a 6th-century BCE Temple in Sicily Professor Philip Sapirstein Wednesday, November 30 at 7:00pm Paleontology Hall ( Museum of Natural History ) or via Zoom Free and Open to Public REGISTER HERE ABSTRACT This talk presents a recent digital and architectural restudy of...

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