Welcome back to a new quarter! We have a great group of speakers lined up for spring:
April 5th Andreas Schwab (Heidelberg/Wisconsin-Madison)
“From God to Genealogy: Achaemenid Royal Ideology in Xerxes’ Rhetoric (Hist. 7.8-11)” cosponsored with Rhetoric & Poetics
April 12th Nick Venable (UChicago, Classics)
“Roman Law, Social Knowledge, and Dispute Resolution in Coptic Hagiography”
April 26th Seth Richardson (UChicago)
“Obedient Bellies: Hunger and Food Security in Mesopotamia”
May 3rd Chris Faraone (UChicago)
“Empedocles the Poet, Philosopher, Scientist … and Magician?”
May 17th Benjamin Keim (Pomona College)
“Harmodius’ Sister, or Rethinking Women and Honor in Classical Athens”
May 20th Aglaia McClintock (Università degli Studi di Sannio)
“Nemesis, Augusta, Regina. A Representation of Imperial Justice”
May 23rd at 4:30 Thomas Benfey (Princeton, Near Eastern Studies)
“Religion and Skepticism from Sasanian Iran to the Abbasid Caliphate”
All meetings will be held in Classics 21 at 3:30 pm (unless otherwise noted).