2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Global Antiquities
Jason Neelis (Wilfrid Laurier University) will be presenting a Global Antiquities workshop entitled "Capillary Networks in a Contact Zone: Upper...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
In his tragedy The Trojan Women, Euripides makes use of verbal, visual and structural allusions to the recently built Parthenon...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Global Antiquities
In Plato’s Euthydemus, Socrates offers a famous protreptic argument—that is, one intended to exhort his audience to practice philosophy. Socrates'...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Art History
Much has been written about the interest in Greek and Roman antiquity and its appropriation under National Socialism, but among...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
The consequences of the increasingly striking interventions by humans on their living environment, with the various types of pollution that...
10:00 PM - 11:45 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
This event is now postponed until the fall. Date to be announced. Kick Off for the Marathon Reading of the Aeneid:...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
This event is now postponed until the fall. Date to be announced. Kick Off for the Marathon Reading of the Aeneid:...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Global Antiquities
The historian Diodorus Siculus tells us that Alexander left a memorandum with his last orders. These included a supply of...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
My paper first examines the Latin literary portrayals of two fictional women—both described as what ancient Greeks and Romans called...
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Until recently, modern Europe and the cultures that derive from it accorded an unquestioned privilege to the Classical traditions they...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
For more than three hundred years during the Late Bronze Age, from about 1500 BC to 1200 BC, the Mediterranean...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Global Antiquities
In 1993 the tomb of Shi Rao, a low-level local official working for the Governor of the Donghai commandery who...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Global Antiquities
The study of over a dozen horses buried at Phaleron represents one of the largest scientific studies of horses in...
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Real and suspected plots to overthrow democracy periodically dominated life in classical Athens, but scholars have been slow to see...
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by NU Ancient Philosophy Workshop
The NU Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop Series will host University of Illinois, Chicago's Justin Vlasits.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
The Department of Classics is delighted to present Jackie Murray (University of Kentucky) on Friday, October 8, at 3:00-5:00 PM CST. Title:...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
This year’s Academic Directions Fair for incoming students will be virtual. The Department of Classics presentation is on September 8th...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Join us for congratulations and friendly conversation at the Classics Graduation Meetup event on Sunday, June 13th, 2-3pm. In the...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Classics Expo and Awards Ceremony on June 3 will showcase research by undergraduate students. Email classics@northwestern.edu for for more information.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Global Antiquities is delighted to present Ann Gunter (Professor of Art History, Classics, and in the Humanities), "A Culture of...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Art History
Interactions of Slavery and Visual Culture in Ancient Rome Northwestern University Department of Art History presents the Warnock Lecture Series This lecture...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
An afternoon with Famoro Dioubate: a performance and discussion of the poetic and musical heritage of West African song and...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
“The Values of Athens” in Contemporary White Ethnonationalism Classical scholars who are familiar with the admiration for ancient Sparta among contemporary...
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
The Suppliants Project by Theater of War Productions featuring performances by David Zayas (Dexter), David Denman (The Office), Andrea Patterson...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
"One Dark Wall: Waking Up to the Aeneid in 1985" Join professor Francesca Tataranni (Department of Classics) and filmmaker CA Davis...
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by The Classics Cluster
Please join the Classics Cluster for a talk presented by our own Jennifer Weintritt titled "Editing Gender Fluidity in an...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
The Global Antiquities Research Workshop presents Dr. Oya Topçuoğlu: Going, Going, Gone!—The Online Market in Mesopotamian Antiquities in Times of Conflict Please...
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
“What is a Classic Text?” Classical Receptions Workshop: Glenn Most (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa/University of Chicago) on Tuesday, February 5th,...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Global Antiquities is delighted to present Loubna El Amine (Political Science), “The political status of women in the ancient Confucian...
All day, sponsored by Department of Classics
AntigoneNOW Available On-Demand NOV 12–19 In the midst of a bombed-out city still feeling the aftershocks of war, the rebellious and intense...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
"Subalternity in the Roman Metropole" Please join the Department of Classics for an online lecture with Amy Richlin, UCLA, on October...
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM, sponsored by Ancient Philosophy Workshop
The Northwestern Ancient Philosophy Workshop will be hosting Dr. Katy Meadows, of Indiana University, Bloomington. Professor Meadows will speak on...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Please join the Classics faculty, students, and friends to celebrate the launch of the 2020-2021 academic year at the Classics...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Join Classics at the virtual Weinberg Academc Directions Fair on Wednesday, September 2, 11am – 12pm. For more information visit...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Classics majors and faculty will convene virtually to celebrate the Class of 2020!
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
The Classics Expo and Murley Awards Ceremony will take place from 3-4 pm, virtually.
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Join Northwestern Classics for a lecture with Judith Hallett (Professor of Classics and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Emerita at the University of...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Art History
Northwestern University Department of Art History presents the Warnock Lecture Series. "Substance, surface, and space: looking at Roman relief sculpture with...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Join us for Professor Loubna El-Amine's talk, "Political Thought in Ancient China." El Amine is faculty for Northwestern University Political...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Nicole Spigner (Northwestern, African American Studies), will present a talk for the classical Receptions Workshop. Title forthcoming. A light lunch...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Join us for a talk with Professor Eric Cline (The George Washington University), who will present “1177 BC: Is the Collapse...
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by NU Ancient Philosophy Workshop
Olympiodorus on Rhetoric and Experience in Plato's Gorgias: A Defense of the Decent Politician
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
The Global Antiquities Research Workshop presents Professor Morag Kersel (Archaeology, DePaul University): The (W)Hole Story: People, Pots, and Planes along the...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Ancient Philosophy Workshop
"The Intellectualist Foundations of Plato's Republic"
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Join us for the winter installment of #ClassicsNow: The Urgency of Re-Imagining Antiquity series with Professor Johanna Hanink, Brown University,...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Professor Jonathan Hall's talk, "Colonizing the Past: The Case of Argos in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries," will...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Professor Glenn Most (University of Chicago and Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa) will present the talk “The Annunciation to Mary...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Join Martin Antonetti, the Director of Distinctive Collections at Northwestern, for a discussion of Northwestern Library's Horace collection, from 5:00-6:00...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Professor Gil Stein (University of Chicago) will discuss the Oriental Institute's Cultural Heritage Preservation Projects in Afghanistan from 12-2pm in...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Come take part in a book discussion with Taco Terpstra and Daniel Immerwahr from 12:00 to 2:00 pm in Kresge...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Join us for a tour of Classics-related works in the Block Museum of Art with Assistant Curator of Collections, Essi...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Professor Edith Hall (King’s College), will present the talk “Classics and Social Class, 1689-2019” as part of the #ClassicsNow: The...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Anne-Sophie Noel (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon) will present the talk "Three Oresteia in Spring 2019 (Washington DC, Lyon, Paris):...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Anne-Sophie Noel (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon) will present the talk "Do Objects Have Something to Say? Performance, Agency and...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Join us for "Making Classics Public," with Professor Sarah Bond (U Iowa) and Dr. Donna Zuckerberg for the talk, "Making...
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by NU Ancient Philosophy Workshop
"How Virtue is a Means to Contemplation"
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Anthropology Department
Celebrate the release of four new books by anthropologists: Robert Launay: Savages, Romans, and other Despots: Thinging about Others from Montaigne...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Taco Terpstra hosts a book party
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Join us for the award ceremony!
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Richard Payne (University of Chicago) lectures on "An Iranian Assyria: Empire, Religion, and Social Change in Late Antiquity" Organized by the...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Melissa Lane (Princeton) lectures on "Plato on the Nature of Rule" Organized by Political Theory Colloquium
All day, sponsored by Department of Classics
Organized by the Art History Department
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by English Department
This interactive workshop, “Theatre, Comparatism, and the ‘Classic’: Interactions between Shakespeare and the Greeks,” invites participants to ponder, along with Professor Fiona...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Free lecture and performance, From Homer to Freestyle Rap: Oral poetry in the 21st century – by Indianapolis-based rap artists,...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Lecture by Ryan Platte on his book "Equine Poetics"
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Robin Osborne (University of Cambridge) discusses fifth-century Greek art. This is part of the #ClassicsNow speaker series.
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Lecture By Wendy Doniger, Professor Emeritus of the History of Religions at the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations,...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by NU Ancient Philosophy Workshop
Abstract coming soon
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Professor Kyle Harper, of University of Oklahoma, will present his talk "2000 Years of Public Health: From Ancients Plagues to...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Take a guided tour of the Block Museum's exhibit Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Andrea Rotstein (Tel Aviv University), will present "Iopas, Vergil's Phoenician Bard." Organized by the Classical Receptions Workshop.
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Glenn Most (U Chicago), will present his talk, "The Invention of Chaos," organized by the Classical Receptions Workshop.
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Professor Glenn Most (U Chicago), will present his talk "The Invention of Chaos" as part of the Classical Receptions Workshop.
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Edith Hall (King's College London) and Richard Kraut (Northwestern) discuss Aristotle. This event is organized by the Graduate Classics Cluster.
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Edith Hall (King's College London) will present "Why are the Furies Female:? A Brief History of Gender and Revenge." Organized...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by NU Ancient Philosophy Workshop
Please join the Ancient Philosophy Society for our second workshop of the quarter, featuring Professor Emily Fletcher from Wisconsin! Abstract: Coming...
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by NU Ancient Philosophy Workshop
Title: ‘Intelligibility, Intelligence, and Insight’ Aristotle claims that ‘intelligence’ (νοῦς) is the form of its objects. On its face, the idea appears...
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Sean Kelsey (Notre Dame) will discuss Aristotle's psychology. This event is organized by the Ancient Philosophy Workshop Series.
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
A talk by Professor Andrea Rotstein, Tel Aviv University The tendency to say similar things twice is a feature of Vergil’s...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Greg Anderson, of Ohio State University, will present his talk "Classics After the Ontological Turn: New Horizons of History and...
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Northwestern's Global Antiquities Group presents a Panel on Ancient Law.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
This social is a chance to network with Classics faculty and peers, catch up on the latest Classics news, and...
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
The Classics department will be showing Chiraq, Spike Lee's adaptation of Aristophanes' Lysistrata. This adaptation, set in Chicago, is one...
All day, sponsored by NU Ancient Philosophy Workshop
A conference sponsored by the Chicago Area Consortium in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy. For more information, visit https://erospoliscosmos.wordpress.com/.
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Considering Classics as a Major or Minor? Visit our table at the Weinberg Academic Directions Fair.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Terry McCabe will discuss City Lit's current production of Prometheus Bound.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Dan-El Peralta (Princeton) will present the talk "Documentalities: between the homeless shelter and classical literature." The event is co-sponsored by the...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Join a lecture with Sean Graney, Artistic Director of The Hypocrites, who will talk about the company’s latest project, a...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Shane Butler, Johns Hopkins University, works on Latin literature from antiquity through the Renaissance. His special interests include media history...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Classical Receptions Workshop with Stephanie Moser, University of Southampton
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Stephanie Moser, University of Southampton, will present "The Splendid Appearance of Things Mundane": Victorian Artists and the Allure of Ancient Egypt,...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
“The Motions of War in Plato’s Laws” Ryan Balot Professor of Political Science and Classics University of Toronto
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
This event is a Receptions Workshop for art history, global antiquities, and classics. There will be a panel on the...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Glenn Most, University of Chicago, will present “Weeping Heraclitus and Laughing Democritus,” as part of the Classical Receptions Workshop. The opposition...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Edith Hall, of Kings College London, will present the lecture: “Old and New Materialisms and Greek Tragedy.”
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Edith Hall, of Kings College London, will present the lecture: "Classicist Foremothers and Why they Matter."
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Classics will host a workshop with Helma Dik, U Chicago, about Latin and Greek texts in Perseus
