Past Events

Spring 2009

Enrica Sciarrino (University of Canterbury, Classics)

"Rethinking Latin Prose Writing"

Enrica Sciarrino (University of Canterbury, Classics) and Siobhan McElduff

(University of British Columbia) Workshop on "Theory and Practice of Translation in the Ancient Mediterranean"

Spring 2007

Andrew Riggsby (University of Texas at Austin, Classics)

"Playing the Blame Game"

Jennifer Ebbeler (University of Texas at Austin, Classics)

"The Honeyed Sword: Epistoary Strategies in Augustine's Correspondence"

Susan Lape (USC, Classics)

"Before Race: Theorizing Athenian Citizen Identity"

Workshop sponsored by the Center for Law, History and Culture

Christopher Faraone (University of Chicago, Classics)

"Magic and Medicine in the Roman Imperial Period: Two Case Studies"

Fall 2006

Maud Gleason (Stanford)
"The Identities of Herodes Atticus: Marriage and Commemoration in a Bi-Cultural Context"

Tom  McGinn (Vanderbilt, Classics; American Academy in Rome, Andrew W. Mellon Professor-in-Charge)
"Something Old, Something New... Augustan Legislation and the Challenge of Social Control" Co-sponsored by the Classics Department and the Center for Law, History and Culture

Claudia Moatti (USC, Classics)

"Roman Law and Local Law: Realpolitik in the Roman Empire"

Workshop s ponsored by the Center for Law, History and Culture

2006 UCLA-USC Greek Seminar

Imagining the Greek Past: Art, Archaeology and Artists at Work

Bryan Burns (USC, Classics)

"Epic Reconstructions: Homeric Palaces and Mycenaean Architecture"

John Papadopoulos (UCLA, Classics & Archaeology)

"The Art of Antiquity: Piet de Jong as Artist of the Past"

Eric Shanower (artist & author, Age of Bronze)

"Bronze Age Greece in the Modern Graphic Novel"