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Past Lunch talk Events

Fri, 4/19 · 12:00 pm1:30 pm · 209 Scheide Caldwell

What is slave agency and how did it affect the history of ancient societies?

Kostas Vlassopoulos, University of Crete

Program in the Ancient World
photograph of Kostos

Wed, 4/17 · 12:00 pm1:20 pm · 161 East Pyne

Lunch Seminar with Kostas Vlassopoulos

Kostas Vlassopoulos, University of Crete

Program in the Ancient World
photograph of Kostos

Fri, 4/5 · 1:00 pm2:30 pm · 209 Scheide Caldwell

Who’s your tent-buddy? The social worlds of Athenian women

Katherine Backler, Trinity College, Oxford

Program in the Ancient World
vase painted with Greek women bowing, receiving, etc.

Fri, 3/29 · 12:00 pm1:30 pm · 209 Scheide Caldwell

Clay, Sand, Water, Hand, Body, Mind, Form, God: Crafting Belief in Ancient Italy

John Hopkins, New York University

Program in the Ancient World
Terracotta head, 4th BCE, interior and front

Fri, 2/23 · 12:00 pm1:30 pm · 209 Scheide Caldwell House

Seeing and Hearing Divine Music in Ancient Greek Art

Carolyn M. Laferrière, Princeton University

Program in the Ancient World
Greek vase with painted images of Apollo, Artemis, and Leto

November 9, 2023 · 12:00 pm1:20 pm · 209 Scheide Caldwell House

The End of Popular Participation? City Politics in Post-Imperial Hispania

Damián Fernández, Northern Illinois University

Program in the Ancient World
six century theater overlooking the sea

photo of man

March 24, 2023 · 12:00 pm1:30 pm · 209 Scheide Caldwell

Narratives of Conquest, Materialities of Destruction: Rethinking the Roman Conquest

Manuel Fernández-Götz, Abercromby Chair of Archaeology School of History, Classics and Archaeology University of Edinburgh

Program in the Ancient World
Manuel headshot

March 22, 2023 · 12:00 pm1:30 pm · 209 Scheide Caldwell

Colonial Entanglements in Iron Age Iberia: Hybridization, Encounters, and Resistance

Manuel Fernández-Götz, Abercromby Chair of Archaeology School of History, Classics and Archaeology University of Edinburgh

Program in the Ancient World
Manuel headshot

November 11, 2022 · 12:00 pm1:30 pm · 209 Scheide Caldwell

The Scale of Space in the Roman World

Amy Russell, Brown University

Program in the Ancient World

November 4, 2022 · 12:00 pm1:30 pm · 209 Scheide Caldwell

Taxing the Rich in the Just City: Cicero and Dionysius on Fiscal Fairness

Andrew Monson, NYU

Program in the Ancient World
Two gold coins

September 23, 2022 · 12:00 pm1:30 pm · 209 Scheide Caldwell

Working for the Emperor: Behind the Scenes at Antium

Molly Swetnam-Burland, William and Mary

Program in the Ancient World
ancient vase or vessel

November 5, 2021 · 12:00 pm1:30 pm · 209 Scheide Caldwell

Lycophron, Cato, and the Invention of Italian History

David Potter, University of Michigan/Institute for Advanced Study

Program in the Ancient World
Photo of David Potter

March 26, 2021 · 12:00 pm1:30 pm ·

Roman Settlers in the Eastern Mediterranean: Comparing Delos and Phrygia

Sailakshmi Ramgopal, Columbia University

Program in the Ancient World
view of Mediterranean landscape

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