Detail from Cy Twombly’s “Bacchus”

Pentheus’ Myth Beyond Euripides

Oct. 26, 2023

Pentheus’ Myth Beyond Euripides Tuesday, November 14, 5:30 p.m. Eaton Humanities Building, #190 Speaker: Dr. Bartłomiej Bednarek Humboldt Fellow, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich Assistant Professor, University of Warsaw Euripides’ Bacchae is the only well-preserved, relatively early text that presents, at substantial length, a disturbing but fascinating image of Dionysus, which...

Imagery from Ancient Greece

Patronage and Clientelism in Archaic & Early Classical Greece: A Hypothesis

Sept. 7, 2023

Patronage and Clientelism in Archaic & Early Classical Greece: A Hypothesis Monday, October 16, 5:00 p.m. Eaton Humanities Building, #125 Speaker: Marek Weçowski , University of Warsaw Sponsored by CU Boulder's Center for Humanities and the Arts (CHA) , the Bruce D. Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization...

St. Sebastian pleads for the life of those afflicted with the “plague of Justinian” (c.6 CE); oil painting by Josse Leferinxe, end c. 15 CE

Call for Papers: Plague and Pandemic in the Ancient World

June 8, 2023

Call for Papers The 2024 鶹Ƶ Classics Graduate Colloquium conference: Plague and Pandemic in the Ancient World Friday, 19 th – Saturday 20 th January, 2024 Keynote Address by Hunter Gardner (University of South Carolina) Through the very trauma they inflict, plagues and pandemics stir conflict and...

Space and Spectacle Keynote Poster

Grad Colloquium: Space and Spectacle - Keynote

Jan. 31, 2020

2020 Classics Graduate Colloquium conference: Space and spectacle in the ancient world Vision, Power, and Identity in Roman Culture Keynote: Dr. Sarah Levin-Richardson, University of Washington Friday, January 31, 5:00pm Eaton Humanities, 1B80 View more about the conference here . Sponsored by the Department of Classics, UGGS, CHA, and the Benson Center

Palmyra Theatre

Grad Colloquium: Space and Spectacle

Jan. 31, 2020

SPACE AND SPECTACLE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD January 31 – February 1, 2020 Friday: Humanities 1B80 at 5:00pm Saturday: Center for British and Irish Studies, Norlin Library from 10:15am - 6:00pm Friday - Keynote Address 5:00 - Humanities 1B80 Dr. Sarah Levin-Richardson, University of Washington Vision, Power, and Identity in...

Anaximander with sundial reinisher landes museum

Grad Colloquium: Time in Antiquity

Oct. 12, 2018

Time in Antiquity October 12-13, 2018 Friday 6:00 PM Keynote Address by Peter Bing, University of Toronto, "Tombs of Poet's Minor Characters" Eaton Humanities HUMN 250 Saturday 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM British and Irish Studies Room in Norlin Library Roman Mosaic of philosopher with sundial, 3rd century CE, Rheinisches...

poster image rape of sabine women

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 鶹Ƶ Classics Graduate Colloquium seeks papers from current graduate students addressing how the taboo, censorship, profanity, obscenity, or...