Filling The Gap: New Considerations of the East Pediment of the Athenian Parthenon From the ancient writer Pausanias, we learn that the east pediment of the Athenian Parthenon depicted the birth of Athena. However, the figures in the center of the pediment were probably destroyed as early as in early Christian times, and for more...
From Classical Rhetoric to Ethnohistory in Post-Conquest Mexico: Education of a Native Elite, and its Consequences.
Please join us on Monday, February 26 at 5 PM for Prof. Dr. Andreas Schachner (German Archaeological Institute, Istanbul, and University of Würzburg, Germany) for his talk entitled “A New Look at an Ancient...
Please join us for a talk by Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge) entitled “Plutarch and the History of Greek Poetry” on Monday, March 4 at 5 PM in Dodd 248. Reception to follow. All...
The UCLA Department of Classics and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture present a Reception of Hellenic Culture Lecture Series featuring Anthony Kaldellis (University of Chicago) on Tuesday, March 12 at 5 PM. The lecture entitled “Who Invented the “Modern Greeks,” and Why?” will be held in Dodd 248 followed by a reception.
The UCLA Department of Classics presents a talk by Alex Dressler (University of Wisconsin-Madison) on Thursday, April 4 at 4:00 PM. The lecture entitled “The Way and Its Poor: Bareness of...
Annual UCLA Joan Palevsky Lecture Professor Nandini Pandey, Johns Hopkins University “The Colorblindness Gap: From Roman Diversity Beyond Affirmative Action?“
At the urging of the faculty of the UCLA Classics department, and in light of the situation on campus, the conference on Plato and Lyric has been cancelled. Conference Schedule:...
This lecture planned for Monday, May 13th has been cancelled. A City in Transition: Reflections on Recent Investigations at Morgantina (Sicily) This talk highlights the results of recent excavations carried...
