Professor Pierre Destrée (University of Louvain) gives a talk titled "On the Value of Comedy. Aristotle and the Second Book of the Poetics" in Gilman 108. Abstract: "This paper attempts to reconstruct the main points of the lost Poetics II on comedy. I will argue that there is no reason to think that, contrary to the […]
The Baltimore Society of The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) welcomes Shane Thompson (North Carolina Wesleyan University) for a talk titled "Egyptian Conceptions and Manifestations of Borders and Cultural Hegemony in the Late Bronze Age Southern Levant." The talk will take place in Gilman Hall 50.
Sanchita Balachandran, Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum Conservation Institute, will give a talk at the Walters Art Museum on Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 6–7:30pm. Registration for event here. About the Speaker Sanchita Balachandran is Director of the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute, the center for technical research and conservation for all Smithsonian museums and collections. […]
The Classics Department welcomes Dr. Amy Russell, Associate Professor of History and Classics in the Department of History at Brown University, whose visionary work on The Politics of Public Space in Republican Rome won the Goodwin Prize. She will give a talk titled "Women and Roman politics: citizenship and belonging" with a reception to follow. Abstract: "Women could […]
Professor Ted Gellar-Goad of Wake Forest University presents a lecture titled "Fractals and Queer Time in Plautus’ Epidicus" in Gilman 108. Abstract: "Plautus’ Epidicus, his second-shortest play, has what’s been described as “the ancient world’s most mind-boggling plot.” But its plot isn’t so mind-boggling if we think of it as like a fractal, a mathematical phenomenon built out […]
The Baltimore Society of The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) welcomes Travis Parno of Historic St. Mary's City for a talk titled "Unearthing St. Mary's 1634 Fort." The talk will take place in Gilman Hall 50.
"The Impact of the Israel-Hamas War on Israeli Domestic and Foreign Policy". Details TBD.
Light reception offered at 5:00pm Lecture to begin 5:30pm Please visit again for additional details
Join us for a lecture by Prof. Hannah Pollin-Galay of Tel Aviv University titled, “Occupied Words: What the Holocaust Did to Yiddish”.
Prof. Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi of The Hebrew University presents a lecture titled “Figuring Jerusalem: Hebrew Writers Imagine Jerusalem”
The Baltimore Society of The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) welcomes Eric Cline of George Washington University for a talk titled "1177 BC and After: The Collapse and Survival of Civilizations." Room TBD.
Dr Catherine P. Foster (Argus Cultural Property Consultants) will give a talk titled "Beyond Borders: International Collaborations in Cultural Heritage" in Gilman 130G. Abstract: "This paper explores the inspiring stories and transformative initiatives that unite nations, institutions, and individuals in safeguarding and celebrating our collective legacy. Join us as we showcase the power of collaboration […]