Welcome back to a new quarter! We have a great group of speakers lined up for spring:

April 5^th Andreas Schwab (Heidelberg/Wisconsin-Madison)

“From God to Genealogy: Achaemenid Royal Ideology in Xerxes’ Rhetoric (Hist. 7.8-11)” cosponsored with Rhetoric & Poetics

April 12^th Nick Venable (UChicago, Classics)

“Roman Law, Social Knowledge, and Dispute Resolution in Coptic Hagiography”

April 26^th Seth Richardson (UChicago)

“Obedient Bellies: Hunger and Food Security in Mesopotamia”

May 3^rd Chris Faraone (UChicago)

“Empedocles the Poet, Philosopher, Scientist … and Magician?”

May 17^th Benjamin Keim (Pomona College)

“Harmodius’ Sister, or Rethinking Women and Honor in Classical Athens”

May 20^th Aglaia McClintock (Università degli Studi di Sannio)

“Nemesis, Augusta, Regina. A Representation of Imperial Justice”

May 23^rd 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).

January 26^th CAMWS mock talks

February 9^th Kiersten Neumann (UChicago)

“More Than Meets the Eye: The Multisensory Experience of the Neo-Assyrian Temple”

February 18^th Paul Vadan (UChicago, Classics)

“Hellenistic Risk Agenda”

February 23^rd Anthony Kaldellis (Ohio State University)

“Greek Mythology and the Making of Constantinople”

Anthony Kaldellis will also be delivering a talk on “The Byzantine Loss of Asia Minor in the Eleventh Century: Causes and Models” on the following day (Feb. 24th) in the John Hope Franklin Room SSRB 224 at 3:30.

All meetings will be held in Classics 21 at 3:30 pm.

Dear Ancient Societies Workshop Participants,

I would like to announce a revision to the Ancient Societies workshop schedule for this quarter. Please find the revised schedule below. Please note that because of the Classical Lecture Series lectures, we will not be holding a reception after either of the November lectures.

On November 11th the Center for the Study of Ancient Religions will be sponsoring a talk by Mark Munn (Pennsylvania State University) on “The Mother of the Gods and Empire”
On November 18th, Goda Thangada (University of Chicago, Classics) will deliver a paper on “Athletics and Female Initiation in Ancient Greece.”
On December 2nd (5 pm), Kassandra Jackson (University of Chicago, Classics) will deliver a paper on “Down to the Hour: Timing Systems in Galen’s Medical Writings.”

We are excited to have such a strong slate of speakers to finish out the quarter, and I look forward to seeing you all at these workshop meetings.

Sincerely,
Nick Venable

Welcome back to a new academic year and to the fall quarter of the Ancient Societies Workshop. As was announced at the end of last year, I will be the student coordinator of Ancient Societies for the 2014-2015 academic year, and the faculty sponsors are Chris Faraone and Sofia Torallas. We are very excited for our lineup of fall quarter speakers:

October 7th: James Keenan (Loyola University Chicago, Classics)
“‘Known Unknowns’: Thoughts on Lost (Papyrus) Evidence.”
October 14th: Ilan Peled (UChicago, NELC)
“Writing Cultural (Mis)conceptions: Hittite Borrowing of Mesopotamian Third-Gender Terminology”
October 21: Aaron Tugendhaft (UChicago, Harper Fellow)
“The Politics of Writing in the Late Bronze Age”
November 11: Goda Thangada (UChicago, Classics)
Title TBA
December 2nd (5 pm): Kassandra Jackson (UChicago, Classics)
“Down to the Hour: Timing Systems in Galen’s Medical Writings”

Please note that the workshop will typically meet at 3:30 pm on Tuesdays, with the exception of Kassi’s presentation on December 2nd, which will take place at 5pm.

All workshops will meet in Classics 21 and will be followed by the traditional wine and cheese reception, unless otherwise noted.

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).