Please join the Ancient Societies Workshop for our next meeting of the 2013-14 academic year.

Tuesday, April 29, 3:30PM
Classics 21

Jocelyne Nelis-Clément (CNRS | Ausonius, Université Bordeaux Montaigne) and Damien Nelis (Université de Genève)

on

“Time to write up: Ovid’s Fasti and Literary Epigraphy in Augustan Rome”

A reception will follow in the Classics lounge.

Persons with a disability who feel they may need assistance to participate fully are asked to contact Kathy Fox (773 702-8514) in advance.
For further information or any questions, please contact Kate Agnew (klagnew [at] uchicago).

Please join the Ancient Societies Workshop for our next meeting of the 2013-14 academic year.

Tuesday, April 22, 3:30PM
Classics 21

Walter Shandruk (UChicago, Classics)

on

“Networking your way through magical gems”

A reception will follow in the Classics lounge.

Persons with a disability who feel they may need assistance to participate fully are asked to contact Kathy Fox (773 702-8514) in advance.
For further information or any questions, please contact Kate Agnew (klagnew [at] uchicago).

Please join the Ancient Societies Workshop for our next meeting of the 2013-14 academic year, and our inaugural meeting of the spring quarter!

Tuesday, April 15, 3:30PM
Classics 21

Jared Secord (UChicago, Society of Fellows)

on

“Julius Africanus, Severus Alexander, and the Library of the Pantheon: A Sea-Change in Roman Intellectual Life?”

A reception will follow in the Classics lounge.

Persons with a disability who feel they may need assistance to participate fully are asked to contact Kathy Fox (773 702-8514) in advance.
For further information or any questions, please contact Kate Agnew (klagnew [at] uchicago).

Ancient Societies is proud to present the following schedule for Spring 2014 — our last quarter on the topic of “Texts and Archaeology”:

Tuesday, 15 April: Jared Secord (UChicago, Society of Fellows)
“Julius Africanus, Severus Alexander, and the Library of the Pantheon: A Sea-Change in Roman Intellectual Life?”

Tuesday, 22 April: Walter Shandruk (UChicago, Classics)
“Networking your way through magical gems”

Tuesday, 29 April: Jocelyne Nelis-Clément (CNRS | Ausonius, Université Bordeaux Montaigne)
“Time to write up: Ovid’s Fasti and Literary Epigraphy in Augustan Rome”

Monday, 5 May: Stéphane Benoist (Université Charles de Gaulle-Lille 3)
“Epigraphical Monuments and Imperial Discourse: Ancient Evidence, New Perspectives”

Tuesday, 13 May: Jonathan Winnerman (UChicago, NELC)
“Rethinking “The Royal Ka” and Divine Kingship in New Kingdom Egypt”

Tuesday, 20 May: Patch Crowley (UChicago, Art History)
“Protesilaus and the Art of Mourning”

Tuesday, 27 May: Kassandra Jackson (UChicago, Classics)
“A Doctor on the Clock: Galen’s Use of Clocks and Hours in Pecc.Dig.”

All meetings this quarter will be held at 3:30pm in Classics 21, to be followed by a reception in the Classics lounge. Persons with disabilities who feel they may need assistance are asked to contact Kathy Fox at (773) 702-8514 in advance; we are committed to having an accessible workshop.

We look forward to seeing you this quarter!

Please join the Ancient Societies Workshop for our next meeting of the 2013-14 academic year, and our final meeting of the winter quarter.

Tuesday, March 11, 3:30PM
Classics 21

Erika Jeck (UChicago, History)

on

“Press to impress: torcularia and other productive features as social display in the villas of central Italy

A reception will follow in the Classics lounge.

Persons with a disability who feel they may need assistance to participate fully are asked to contact Kathy Fox (773 702-8514) in advance.
For further information or any questions, please contact Kate Agnew (klagnew [at] uchicago).

Please join the Ancient Societies Workshop for our next meeting of the 2013-14 academic year, this time presented jointly with the Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium.

Tuesday, February 18, 3:30PM
Classics 21

Jason Osequeda (UChicago, History)

on

“Hope for the Kingdom of Heaven: Sixtus III and Pelagius”

A reception will follow in the Classics lounge.

Persons with a disability who feel they may need assistance to participate fully are asked to contact Kathy Fox (773 702-8514) in advance.
For further information or any questions, please contact Kate Agnew (klagnew [at] uchicago).

Please join the Ancient Societies Workshop for our next meeting of the 2013-14 academic year.

Tuesday, February 11, 3:30PM
Classics 21

Ryan Boehm (Tulane University)

on

“City and Empire: Synoikismos and Social Response in the Early Hellenistic Period”

A reception will follow in the Classics lounge.

Persons with a disability who feel they may need assistance to participate fully are asked to contact Kathy Fox (773 702-8514) in advance.
For further information or any questions, please contact Kate Agnew (klagnew [at] uchicago).

Please join the Ancient Societies Workshop for our next meeting of the 2013-14 academic year.

Tuesday, February 4, 5:00PM
Classics 21

Aleksandra Hallmann (University of Warsaw)

on

“Reading Ancient Egyptian Garments from Archaeological and Iconographic Sources”

Refreshments will be circulated during the meeting.

Persons with a disability who feel they may need assistance to participate fully are asked to contact Kathy Fox (773 702-8514) in advance.
For further information or any questions, please contact Kate Agnew (klagnew [at] uchicago).

Please join the Ancient Societies Workshop for our next meeting of the 2013-14 academic year — and please note the unusual starting time!

Tuesday, January 28, 5:00PM
Classics 21

Lieve Donnellan (UChicago, Classics)

on

“Navigating between Scylla and Charybdis: Interaction in the Bay of Naples in the Early Iron Age”

Refreshments will be circulated during the meeting.

Persons with a disability who feel they may need assistance to participate fully are asked to contact Kathy Fox (773 702-8514) in advance.
For further information or any questions, please contact Kate Agnew (klagnew [at] uchicago).