Professor Kathryn Morgan, UCLA Department of Classics, lectures on “Know Thyself: Ancient Proverbs and the Road to Wisdom," (as part of International Greek Language Day). Kathryn Morgan is Professor of Classics in the Department of Classics at UCLA. Her interests range broadly over Greek literature of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. She regularly teaches...
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“The Influence of Vergil’s Epic Program on Gabriel Pereira de Castro’s Poem Ulisseia ou Lisboa Edificada (1636)” CMRS is hosting twice-monthly Works-in-Progress Happy Hours to promote intellectual exchange and collegiality while most of us are continuing to work and learn remotely. The Happy Hours are open to UCLA faculty and graduate students and consist of...
The objectively awesome Classics 51B Material Culture Club is back! Please join us for a casual conversation led by 51b’s TA Jasmine Akiyama-Kim. This session will explore the turbulent year following Nero’s death, in which four claimants to the throne must articulate their relationship to the absent Julio-Claudian emperor. Join us on Friday, Feb. 12th...
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Please join us for a casual conversation led by 51b’s TA Camille Acosta on Friday, Feb. 19th at 1PM via Zoom. This session will unpack issues in the study of migrant burials in ancient Greece, and give voice to people often overlooked by Classical archaeologists. All are undergraduate students are welcome! To join the discussion, please access this...
Graduate Workshop February 24th - "Bestiality and Female Lust in the Roman and Chinese Novel" by Tianran Liu The UCLA Classics Graduate Workshop is a bi-weekly seminar for graduate students in Classics and related fields; the purpose of the workshop is to provide a venue in which graduate scholars can showcase their ongoing research and...
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Please join us for a casual conversation led by Getty curatorial assistants Judith Barr and Nicole Budrovichon Friday, Feb. 26th at 1PM via Zoom. This session will present case studies, tracing the voyage of a mosaic from France and the serendipitous discovery of an Etruscan cinerary urn in a Pittsburgh department store! All are undergraduate students are...
