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The Destruction of Memory (Film Screening)

April 26, 2017

THE DESTRUCTION OF MEMORY Film Screening Wednesday, April 26 at 5:30pm in HUMN 1B50 Over the past century, cultural destruction has wrought catastrophic results for humanity, and has been steadily increasing. The Destruction of Memory looks at why this has happened, and how the push to protect and rebuild has...

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Jackie Elliott wins Humboldt fellowship for Berlin

April 10, 2017

Jackie Elliott is extremely grateful to be the recipient of a Humboldt fellowship for experienced researchers , which will take her to Berlin for the 2017-18 academic year. During that time, she will work on a relatively new project, on the second century satirist, Lucilius. Jackie appreciates the help of...

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The Department of Classics welcomes Yvona Trnka-Amrhein

March 9, 2017

We are delighted to announce that Yvona Trnka-Amrhein will be joining the faculty in fall 2017. Yvona Trnka-Amrhein (Ph.D. Harvard 2013) studies Greek literature of the Hellenistic and Imperial periods, especially the novel, biography, and history. She is particularly interested in interactions between Greek, Latin, and Egyptian literature and culture...

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2017 Fountain Symposium

March 4, 2017

Continuity and Change in Late Antiquity

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Summer Online Greek - 2017

Feb. 24, 2017

BEGINNING CLASSICAL GREEK ONLINE - SUMMER 2017 Introductory Greek 1 June 5 - July 7 Introductory Greek 2 July 10 - August 11 Tuition and Fees: $1588 ($3176 for both courses) Instructor: Sam Kindick For more information, contact Professor Lauri Reitzammer ( reitzammer@colorado.edu ) http://www.facebook.com/ClassicalGreekOnlineAtCU www.colorado.edu/classics/ No affiliation with the...

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McClanahan Lecture: Forgotten Cities

Feb. 22, 2017

Forgotten cities hidden in plain sight: archaeology and ancient landscapes in Greece presented by Professor Dimitri Nakassis Archaeology is usually associated with excavation, a process that brings the past into the present by peeling away layers, revealing ancient surfaces and structures along with their associated artifacts. In places like Rome...

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Grad Colloquium: Transgressive Language in the Ancient World

Feb. 3, 2017

Transgressive Language in the Ancient World Keynote Address by Dr. Amy Richlin, UCLA “The Rise of the Low: Classics and the Study of the Abject” February 3-4, 2017 The 񱦵 Classics Graduate Colloquium seeks papers from current graduate students addressing how the taboo, censorship, profanity, obscenity, or...

Andy Cain wins College Scholar Award

Jan. 17, 2017

Andy Cain has won a College Scholar Award that will allow him to extend his autumn 2017 sabbatical through spring 2018, as he completes his current major research project, Jerome’s Commentaries on the Pauline Epistles: Their Sources, Methods, and Influence (to be submitted to Oxford University Press). Many congratulations to Andy!

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Dec. 21, 2016

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Winner of McClanahan Essay Prize - Elizabeth Deacon

Nov. 30, 2016

Congratulations to Elizabeth Deacon , winner of this year’s Mary E. V. McClanahan Graduate Essay Prize. Elizabeth is fourth-year PhD student working on Apuleius. She receives the $1500 prize for her essay “Diotima and Isis: The Platonic Model behind the Metamorphoses ’ Eleventh Book”. She will present her essay as...

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