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Anthony Kaldellis | Who Invented the “Modern Greeks,” and Why?
Dodd 248The 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 at 5 PM. The lecture entitled “Who Invented the “Modern Greeks,” and Why?” will be held in Dodd 248 followed by a reception.
Alex Dressler | The Way and Its Poor: Bareness of Life in Roman Aesthetic Theory
Dodd 248The 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 Life in Roman Aesthetic Theory,” will be held in Dodd 248 followed by a reception.
Nandini Pandey | “The Colorblindness Gap: From Roman Diversity Beyond Affirmative Action?”
Fowler MuseumAnnual UCLA Joan Palevsky Lecture Professor Nandini Pandey, Johns Hopkins University “The Colorblindness Gap: From Roman Diversity Beyond Affirmative Action?“
CANCELLED: International Conference on “Plato and Lyric Poetry” Change of venue: May 10 – May 11 Dodd Hall 248
Dodd Hall 248At the urging of the faculty of the UCLA Classics department, and in light of the situation on campus, the conference on Plato and Lyric has been cancelled. Conference Schedule: Friday May 10th, 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....
CANCELLED: Alex Walthall | A City in Transition: Reflections on Recent Investigations at Morgantina (Sicily)
Dodd 247This 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 out at the archaeological site of Morgantina in central Sicily, work which has focused on a modestly appointed house of Early Hellenistic date and a...
Plato and Lyric Poetry Conference Oct. 18-19
Dodd 248Conference 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 Plato” Pindar’s Nomos basileus fragment (Fr. 169 Sn.-M.) is one of his most celebrated and controversial texts. Papyrus discoveries have extended our textual knowledge of...
Giuseppe Pezzini | The Veil of the Name: Comedy in the Aeneid
Dodd 248Please 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 in the Aeneid,” in Dodd 248. All are welcome! Description: The lecture will explore an important yet neglected ingredient of Virgil’s recipe in the Aeneid, namely...
Jonathan Prag | “Crossreads and I.Sicily: digital and interdisciplinary approaches to the epigraphy of ancient Sicily”
Dodd 248The 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 the epigraphy of ancient Sicily,” will be held in Dodd 248. Description: “Crossreads and I.Sicily: digital and interdisciplinary approaches to the epigraphy of ancient Sicily”...
Christopher Moore | “The Plurality of Virtue.”
Dodd 248The UCLA Department of Classics is pleased to present a lecture by Professor Christopher Moore, Pennsylvania State University entitled "The Plurality of Virtue."