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McClanahan Lecture: Forgotten Cities

Feb. 22, 2017

Forgotten cities hidden in plain sight: archaeology and ancient landscapes in Greece presented by Professor Dimitri Nakassis Archaeology is usually associated with excavation, a process that brings the past into the present by peeling away layers, revealing ancient surfaces and structures along with their associated artifacts. In places like Rome...

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Grad Colloquium: Transgressive Language in the Ancient World

Feb. 3, 2017

Transgressive Language in the Ancient World Keynote Address by Dr. Amy Richlin, UCLA “The Rise of the Low: Classics and the Study of the Abject” February 3-4, 2017 The University of Colorado Boulder Classics Graduate Colloquium seeks papers from current graduate students addressing how the taboo, censorship, profanity, obscenity, or...

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Winner of McClanahan Essay Prize - Elizabeth Deacon

Nov. 30, 2016

Congratulations to Elizabeth Deacon , winner of this year’s Mary E. V. McClanahan Graduate Essay Prize. Elizabeth is fourth-year PhD student working on Apuleius. She receives the $1500 prize for her essay “Diotima and Isis: The Platonic Model behind the Metamorphoses ’ Eleventh Book”. She will present her essay as...

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McClanahan Lecture Series - NOV 16

Nov. 16, 2016

McClanahan Lecture Series Revisiting the Column of Trajan presented by Associate Professor Diane Conlin Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 7PM in HUMN 150

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Who's Buried in Philip's Tomb?- October 20 at 5 PM

Oct. 20, 2016

Who's Buried in Philip's Tomb? Dr. Jeanne Reames, University of Nebraska-Omaha Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 5pm Eaton Humanitites 250 1610 Pleasant St Boulder CO 80309 In northern Greece on the afternoon of November 8, 1977, Manolis Andronikos opened an unlooted tomb, revealing spectacular grave goods. Soon, he announced he’d...

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Guest Lectutre by Dr. Dieter T. Roth - OCT 13 3PM

Oct. 13, 2016

Join the Department of Religious Studies as the present : Evil in Marcion's Conception of the "Old Testament" God' A guest lecture by Dr. Dieter T. Roth Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany Thusday, October 13, 2016 in HUMN 350 at 3PM Marcion was one of the most significant "heretics" of the...

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The Beginnings of Beer - OCT 13

Oct. 13, 2016

Join us for The Beginnings of Beer in the Ancient World by Travis Rupp Longmont Public Library on Thursday, October 13 at 7PM Registration Required

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CMEMS Invited Speaker, Lisa Bailey - OCT 11

Oct. 11, 2016

Please join us for a public lecture by Professor Lisa Bailey, University of Auckland “Servants of God, Servants of the Church: Service and Religion in Early Mediaeval France” Tuesday, October 11 at 5PM in HUMN125 Co-sponsored by the Department of Classics and History. Everyone welcome.

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2016 Fountain Symposium

March 5, 2016

Rome and the Hellenistic World

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2015 Fountain Symposium

April 4, 2015

Power and Politics in the Greek World

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