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Greeks and Romans for Fall 2009 is available in PDF format.


The 2008 edition of Vox Classica, our departmental newsletter, is available in PDF format.

Fall Term 2009


  • September 8 (Tues.), Jean Andreau (Paris - EHESS), ‘On some ‘‘Revisionist’’ Views of Roman Money,’ 5 PM, Gibson Room, Cocke Hall.
  • September 16 (Wed.), Jean Andreau (Paris - EHESS), ‘Was the Roman Economy a Market Economy?,’ 5 PM, Gibson Room, Cocke Hall.
  • September 21 (Mon.), Wolfgang Bernard (Rostock), ‘Plato’s Political Philosophy,’ 5 PM, Gibson Room, Cocke Hall.
  • September 22 (Tues.), Harry Gamble (Department of Religious Studies), ‘Codex Sinaiticus: The Production and Purpose of a Fourth Century Bible’ at 2 PM, Newcomb Hall 389 (Judaism & Christianity in Antiquity Colloquium)
  • September 24 (Thurs.), Jean Andreau (Paris - EHESS), ‘Bricks and Tiles of the Roman Region and the Contract of Locatio Conductio,’ 5:30 PM, Gibson Room, Cocke Hall.
  • September 25-26 (Fri. and Sat.), Conference on ‘Democratic Irrationality: Ancient and Modern,’ starting at 11 AM on Fri., 10:30 AM on Sat., Gibson Room, Cocke Hall. (Sponsored by Program in Political Philosophy, Policy, and the Law.)
  • October 16 (Fri.), Visit from the Center for Hellenic Studies.
  • October 22 (Thurs.), Jeff Rusten (Cornell University), ‘Thucydides’ Archaeology Tekmêria and the Hidden Organization of Book I,’ 5 PM, Gibson Room, Cocke Hall.
  • November 6 (Fri.), Emily Baragwanath (University of North Carolina),  ‘Memorializing Thermopylae:  Putting kleos in Context,’ 5 PM, Gibson Room, Cocke Hall.
  • December 3 (Thurs.), Stephen Trzaskoma (University of New Hampshire),  ‘Intertextuality in the Greek Novel: Chariton's Callirhoe,’ 5 PM, Gibson Room, Cocke Hall.

Spring Term 2010


  • February 11 (Thurs.), Rebecca Benefiel (Washington and Lee), ‘The Inscribed Nature of the Ancient City,’ 5 pm, Location TBA.
  • February 24 (Wed.), Carole Newlands (University of Colorado), Arthur Stocker Lecture, 5 pm, Location TBA.
  • March 2 (Tues.), Peter Bang (University of Copenhagen), TBA. (History and Classics)
  • March 16 (Tues.), Damien Nelis (University of Geneva), TBA. (Classics and History)
  • March 20 (Sat.), 13th annual Graduate Student Colloquium: Innovation and Progress in the Ancient World. Keynote Speaker: John Marincola, Florida State University.
  • March 23 (Tues.), Stephen Oakley (Cambridge University), TBA.
  • April 14 (Wed.), Christopher Pelling (Oxford University), TBA.