Please join us on Monday, October 28 at 4pm for Professor Giuseppe Pezzini (Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford) who will be speaking on “The Veil of the Name: Comedy…
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Jonathan Prag | “Crossreads and I.Sicily: digital and interdisciplinary approaches to the epigraphy of ancient Sicily”
Published: October 7, 2024The UCLA Department of Classics presents a talk by Jonathan Prag (Oxford University) on Friday, November 22 at 12:00 PM. The lecture entitled “Crossreads and I.Sicily: digital and interdisciplinary approaches to…
Read MorePlato and Lyric Poetry Conference Oct. 18-19
Published: October 3, 2024Conference Schedule: Friday October 18th, 2024: 9 am. Breakfast 9.25 am Opening remarks Session 1 9.35 am-10.35 am. Glenn Most (University of Chicago): “Pindar’s nomos basileus (Fr. 169 Sn.-M.) in…
Read MoreProfessor Francesca Martelli’s new book is available now
Published: July 25, 2024Hearty congratulations to Prof. Francesca Martelli on the publication of her new book, *Souvenirs of Cicero: Shaping Memory in the Epistulae ad Familiares*!!! The book is now available here.
Read MoreStudent Projects of Prof. Kelly Nguyen’s Asian and Asian American reception of Greco-Roman classical antiquity class
Published: June 10, 2024Spring 2024 Class Photo (not all students present in the photograph) In Spring 2024, Prof. Kelly Nguyen designed and taught the first course ever to focus specifically on Asian and Asian…
Read MoreCANCELLED: Alex Walthall | A City in Transition: Reflections on Recent Investigations at Morgantina (Sicily)
Published: April 19, 2024This 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…
Read MoreNandini Pandey | “The Colorblindness Gap: From Roman Diversity Beyond Affirmative Action?”
Published: April 4, 2024Annual UCLA Joan Palevsky Lecture Professor Nandini Pandey, Johns Hopkins University “The Colorblindness Gap: From Roman Diversity Beyond Affirmative Action?“
Read MoreAlex Dressler | The Way and Its Poor: Bareness of Life in Roman Aesthetic Theory
Published: March 14, 2024The 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…
Read MoreRichard Hunter | “Plutarch and the History of Greek Poetry”
Published: February 26, 2024Please 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…
Read MoreAnthony Kaldellis | Who Invented the “Modern Greeks,” and Why?
Published: February 20, 2024The 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…
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