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Past Events

Apr
21
2023

Andrea Augenti Global Antiquites Workshop

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Global Antiquities

Andrea Augenti (University of Bologna) will be presenting "From the Ashes? Transformations of Italian Cities during Late Antiquity and the...

Apr
15
2023

Teaching Antiquities Symposium

All day, sponsored by Global Antiquities

Northwestern University’s Global Antiquities group is hosting a one-day symposium on the topic of “Teaching Antiquity.” This symposium will bring...

Jan
6
2023

Byzantine Influence On Old Rus': A Reassessment

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Global Antiquities

Sergey Ivanov (British Academy Fellow; Northwestern University Visiting Scholar) will be presenting a Global Antiquities Workshop in the Classics Seminar...

May
27
2022

POSTPONED Marathon Reading of the Aeneid

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:...

Sep
1
2021

Academic Directions Fair 2021

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...

Jun
13
2021

Department of Classics Graduation Meetup

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...

Jun
3
2021

Classics Expo and Awards Ceremony

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.

May
28
2021

Global Antiquities Lecture: Ann Gunter

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...

Nov
18
2020

Global Antiquities Online Lecture: Loubna El Amine

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...

Sep
25
2020

Classics Welcome Event

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...

Sep
2
2020

Weinberg Academic Directions Fair

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...

Jun
19
2020

Classics Class of 2020 Celebration!

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics

Classics majors and faculty will convene virtually to celebrate the Class of 2020! 

May
8
2020

CANCELLED: Political Thought in Ancient China

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...

May
1
2020

CANCELLED: Nicole Spigner

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...

Feb
20
2020

New Directions in Greek Archaeopolitics

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,...

Feb
4
2020

The Annunciation to Mary between Text and Image

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...

Jan
30
2020

Northwestern Library's Horace Collection

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...

Jan
17
2020

Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Afghanistan

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...

Nov
15
2019

Tour of Block Museum

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...

Nov
7
2019

“Classics and Social Class, 1689-2019”

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...

Oct
18
2019

Making Classics Public

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...

Jun
6
2019

Anthropology Four-Book Party

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...

May
22
2019

An Iranian Assyria

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...

May
20
2019

Plato on the Nature of Rule

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 

May
3
2019

Equine Poetics

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics

Lecture by Ryan Platte on his book "Equine Poetics"

Apr
5
2019

Censorship and Self-Censorship in India

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,...

Feb
6
2019

Caravans of Gold Guided Tour

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...

Feb
5
2019

Iopas, Vergil's Phoenician Bard

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.

Feb
4
2019

The Invention of Chaos

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.

Jan
29
2019

The Invention of Chaos

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.

Jan
18
2019

Panel on Aristotle

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.

Nov
16
2018

Intelligibility, Intelligence, and Insight

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.

Nov
2
2018

Panel on Ancient Law

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics

Northwestern's Global Antiquities Group presents a Panel on Ancient Law. 

Oct
26
2018

Classics Social

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...

Oct
24
2018

Chiraq Screening

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...

Oct
19
2018

Plato's Philosophy: Eros, Polis, Cosmos

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/.

Sep
24
2018

Weinberg Academic Directions Fair

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.