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Hellenistic Literature in Context: Poetic Voices and Cultural Experience under Empire
209 Scheide Caldwell House 209 Scheide Caldwell HouseThis reading group will meet beginning in the Spring 2022 semester to read and discuss works of scholarship on the development of poetry and art in the Hellenistic period, with a particular focus on their interaction with the historical development of an imperial multiculturalism. Themes and topics for discussion include: -Hellenistic literature in the context […]
Flame Conference 2022
PAW is co-sponsor of the FLAME 2022 Conference This conference will bring together an international group of scholars who have worked on Princeton’s FLAME project, as well as leading scholars on the late antique and early medieval economy worldwide. Over three days, speakers will present new findings centred on the research priorities of the […]
Theorizing Women in the Ancient World Reading Group
This project puts feminist and gender theory in dialogue with primary sources from the eastern Mediterranean and North Africa. A multi-departmental and cross-disciplinary group, we look together at primary sources from various religious, geographical, and linguistic traditions spanning roughly 500 BCE to 500 CE. During the 2020–2021 academic year, we will discuss the female prophetic […]